Website: http://emocoglab.depaul.edu
Google Scholar Profile
Dr. Joseph Mikels is a Professor of Psychological Science and Community Psychology. His research centers primarily on emotion cognition interactions, especially across the adult life span. Specifically, Dr. Mikels examines how emotions impact memory and decision making. His innovative work combines laboratory and field research to investigate how emotions can impact working memory, decision-making, risk-taking, and health-related behaviors in younger and older adults. Dr. Mikels has secured over $5.9 million in external funding from agencies and foundations like the National Science Foundation, National Institute on Aging, and the Kott Memorial Trust. His scientific productivity and impact are further illustrated by his authorship of 60 publications. His research is published in premier journals such as Perspectives on Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Psychology and Aging, and his work has collectively been cited over 12,000 times.
Education
Postdoctoral fellow, Psychology, Stanford University, 2003-2006
PhD, Psychology, University of Michigan, 2003
MS, Psychology, University of Michigan, 2000
BA, Psychology and German, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1998, Summa cum laude
Major Areas of Interest
- Health messaging
- Health interventions
- Aging and adult life-span development
- Emotion and motivation
- Emotion-cognition interactions
- Judgement and decision making