Research

I am an assistant professor of social psychology at Wayne State University. I received my Ph.D. in Social and Personality Psychology under the supervision of James Pennebaker at the University of Texas at Austin and was an NIMH postdoctoral fellow in health psychology at UCLA, working with Ted Robles and Rena Repetti. Understanding close relationships and their impact on health is the central focus of my research.

My work has two main facets:

1) Basic research on close relationship processes

2) Investigations of the links between close relationships, biological processes and physical health

To learn more about my research, please click on the individual links below:

If you are an undergraduate interested in being a research assistant in our lab, please contact me at slatcher@wayne.edu