The PRIDE Lab is looking for a PhD Student for Fall 2025! Please reach out to Dr. Hoffman at ajh324@cornell.edu

Dr. Adam J. Hoffman

Lab Director

Dr. Hoffman is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan and North Carolina State University. Dr. Hoffman earned his MA and PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his BA in Psychology from Quinnipiac University. He researches the development of ethnic-racial and sexual and gender minority identities in adolescence and their implications for academic, psychosocial, and mental health outcomes.

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Vicki Baum

Graduate Research Assistant

Vicki earned her BA in Psychology from the State University of New York (SUNY) - Geneseo in 2015. She then went on to earn my Master of Public Health and Master of Social Work degrees at SUNY - Albany in 2019.​ She is interested in studying social systems supporting identity development in adolescence and young adulthood and originally from Spencerport, NY. ​ Now, she's a Ph.D. student in Human Development & Family Studies, Social & Personality Development​

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Rob Klein

Graduate Research Assistant

In 2018 Rob earned his BA in Agricultural Leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Then, in 2023, he earned his Master of Science in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.​ Broadly, he's interested in how social identity development contributes to flourishing in adolescents and young adults. He has methodological interests in scale design, growth models, and participatory research. Rob is from Northbrook, IL and now is a Ph.D. student in developmental psychology.

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Kiara Shan

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Kiara is interested in how different social institutions and the ways adolescents perceive themselves affect youth mental health. She's from Hangzhou, China  and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Human Development​.

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Ava Ingebrigtsen

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Ava has many research interests, but she hopes to study how the relationships we have contribute to development during childhood. Her hometown is Wantagh, New York and she is getting her Bachelor of Science in Human Development​ and a minor in American Studies and English.

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Julian Iwasko

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Julian is interested in the development of LGBTQ+ identity and intersections with other social identities and their impact on the mental health of LGBTQ+ adolescents.

He's from​ Dallas, Texas and pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Human Development with a double minor in Anthropology and Inequality Studies