People of EMIC

Katie Hoemann

Assistant professor & Director of EMIC Lab

Dr. Katie Hoemann is an Assistant Professor and the Dale J. Weary Faculty Fellow of Social Psychology at the University of Kansas. She has been fascinated by how people experience and make meaning of the world for as long as she can remember. Katie holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology, Spanish, and Linguistics from Northwestern University, an MA in Cognitive Linguistics from Bangor University, and a PhD in Psychology from Northeastern University. She was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology at KU Leuven. 

Our researchers

Ratna Kandala

Postdoctoral researcher

Dr. Ratna Kandala joined the EMIC lab in November 2024 after obtaining her PhD in Linguistics from IIT Hyderabad. Ratna also holds bachelors and masters degrees in Systems Biology and English Language from the University of Hyderabad. She specializes in natural language syntax and natural language processing (NLP). 

Dasha Yermol

Graduate researcher

Dasha is a PhD student in KU’s Brain, Behavior, and Quantitative Science program. Her research examines how individuals perceive nonverbal affective signals and how nonverbal behavior and physiological activity become synchronized between interaction partners. Her work aims to develop statistical methods that appropriately capture the nested, dynamic, and interdependent nature of affective processes.

Cadance Devine

Undergraduate researcher

Kyle Tradio

Undergraduate researcher

Leah Stoltz

Undergraduate researcher

Elise Hammes

Undergraduate researcher

Reese Bowman

Undergraduate researcher

Zoey Morgan

Undergraduate researcher

Lilly Sails

Undergraduate researcher

Sofía Paz Ojeda

Undergraduate researcher

Our alumni

Nathan Williams

Undergraduate researcher

Tre Harmon

Undergraduate researcher

Alora Wilder

Undergraduate researcher

We are looking

Interested in joining the team? There are many ways to get involved with research at the EMIC lab, and we would love to hear from you.