Cynthia Levine, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Advising:
Accepting new graduate students in 2025-2026.
Areas:
Social and Personality
Interests: social psychology, health psychology
Links:
Research
My research, which lies at the intersection of social and health psychology, examines the relationship between social and psychological factors and health and well-being among people from different backgrounds.
My work focuses, in particular, on showing that health and well-being depend upon fit between people and their social contexts. When people’s traits, thoughts, and feelings fit with what is normative and valued in their communities and institutions, and they feel included, rather than excluded, they are more likely to be healthy.
Please visit my website (link above) for more information on the specific research questions my lab is currently investigating.
Education
Stanford University
- July 24, 2024 Cynthia Levine received an award from the Center for Institutional Courage for research on women faculty
- April 8, 2024 Rachel Song featured panelist in UW Teaching & Learning Symposium keynote event on empowering students through teaching. Song is mentored by Cynthia Levine.
- September 25, 2023 Cynthia Levine awarded NSF grant to study mentoring in the geosciences
- June 30, 2021 Cynthia Levine was recently awarded a Royalty Research Fund grant for her project titled: A Sense of Belonging and Sleep among First-Generation College Students.
- Levine, C. S. (2017). Psychological buffers against poor health: The role of the socioeconomic environment. Current Opinion in Psychology, 18, 137-140.
- Levine, C. S., Atkins, A. H., Waldfogel, H. B., & Chen, E. (2016). Views of a good life and allostatic load: Physiological correlates of theories of a good life depend on the socioeconomic context. Self and Identity, 15, 536-547.
- Levine, C. S., Miyamoto, Y., Markus, H. R., Rigotti, A., Boylan, J. M., Park, J., . . . Ryff, C. D. (2016). Culture and healthy eating: The role of independence and interdependence in the U.S. and Japan. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 1335-1348.
- Curhan, K. B., Levine, C. S., Markus, H. R., Kitayama, S., Park, J., Karasawa, M., . . . & Ryff, C. D. (2014). Subjective and objective hierarchies and their relations to psychological well-being: A U.S. / Japan comparison. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 855-864.
- Levine, C. S., & Ambady, N. (2013). Nonverbal behaviour’s role in racial gaps in healthcare: Implications and solutions. Medical Education, 47, 867-876.
- Stephens, N. M., & Levine, C. S. (2011). Opting out or denying discrimination? How the framework of free choice in American society influences perceptions of gender inequality. Psychological Science, 22, 1231-1236.