Laura Sophia Gelety
Graduate Student
lsg205@lehigh.edu

Academic History
The Pennsylvania State University
B.S. 2004, Psychology

Research Interests
My research interests lie broadly under the rubric of social cognition. I conduct research in the areas of goals, motivation, and self-regulation. I am currently conducting studies examining how goal type (learning vs. performance goals) and task difficulty interact to influence mood, motivation, and performance.

Honors
Psi Chi National Honor Society, 2004
Penn State Hazleton Undergraduate Research Fair, Second Place Award Recipient, 2002

Conference Presentations
Gelety, L. S., & Grant, H. (2007, May). Achievement goals moderate the impact of obstacles on mood, motivation, and performance. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Gelety, L. S., & Grant, H. (2007, January). The impact of goals on anger and performance. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.