I am a PhD candidate in Social Psychology at the University of Michigan, working with Drs. Ethan Kross and Shinobu Kitayama.

I study how people thrive in the everyday systems in which they live and work. I largely focus on examining this through the lens of affective processes, such as the experience and regulation of emotion.

My approach rests on this insight: Well-being isn’t achieved by individuals acting alone in a vacuum. It is built through physiology, relationships, cultures, and organizations. Thus, in my research I look beyond individuals to the systems configuring their everyday life—and how the structure and dynamics of these systems shape thriving.

To do this work, I integrate perspectives and methods from social, affective, and cultural psychology with complex systems, sociology, and computational science.

I also maintain r4psych.org, a free guide to learning R pragmatically for psychological research.

If you’d like to contact me or are interested in collaborating, you can reach me at cbwin [at] umich.edu.