Meiyu (Emilia) Chen

Emilia Chen is pursuing her first year in the Cognitive Psychology in Context program at Peabody College. She graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with a major in Psychology and a minor in Art History. She is currently working in Appraisal, Stress, Coping, and Emotion lab with Dr. Craig Smith. Her research focuses on integrating Appraisal Theory with Confucian philosophy to create a comprehensive framework for exploring stress coping and resilience in multiple cultural settings. Her research interests center around stress buffering and affective regulation, aiming to develop interventions for atypical populations. In her free time, she enjoys reading, piano playing, and photography.