Elsa Ermer Specialist

Elsa Ermer is a postgraduate researcher working with Professors Leda Cosmides and John Tooby at the Center for Evolutionary Psychology. Elsa received her B.A. (2000) in psychology with a Latin minor from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, and her M.A. (2002) and Ph.D. (2007) degrees in psychology from UCSB. Her dissertation used experimental economics, among other methods, to explore how coalitional support regulates people’s resource allocation decisions and feelings of entitlement. More generally, her research interests include coalitional psychology, psychology of status, risky decision-making, and cognitive neuroscience of social reasoning.

Contact Information

Phone: (805) 893-8720
Fax: (805) 893-4303
E-Mail: ermer@psych.ucsb.edu
Office: Bldg 429, Room 215

Mailing Address

Department of Psychology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660

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