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 inside the systems they live and work in—and how they can do so better. I especially examine this through the lens of affective processes, such as the experience and regulation of emotion.

Well-being isn’t achieved in isolation. It is produced in and through peoples’ bodies, relationships, cultures, and organizations. So, 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.