Planning Team

Drs. Alexandra Corning & Dawn Gondoli

Graduate Students

Rae Lundy, MA

Becky Morrisey, MA

Undergraduate Team 2011-2012

Amy Anderson

Lauren Knauf

Rachael Niezgodski

Erin Rosario

Lab Location and Contact Information
B-7 Suite located on the lower level of Haggar Hall @ Notre Dame	574.631-0971 Email the Lab

Eating Disorders & Unhealthy Weight Practices

Sociocultural factors such as negative media, peer, and family messages are players in the development and maintenance of eating disorders. They also, however, influence everyday unhealthy eating- and body-related attitudes. In our lab, we investigate these problems from a social cognition perspective -- we focus on how people process all the incoming social information with which they're faced.

You already know there are all sorts of messages out there about thinness and fatness, food and exercise, and calories and grams. But why do people have such different reactions to them? Our work focuses on understanding how these social and cultural messages are interpreted and how, ultimately, they affect behavior. Learn more about our research here. We invite your interest and we welcome your questions, reactions, and requests for papers.

Notre Dame undergraduates: Are you seeking research experience in an eating disorders lab? Read our flyer to learn about our lab.

Notre Dame Students, Faculty, and Staff: Are you interested in getting an up-to-date and thorough understanding of eating disorders?

Join Prof. Corning's "Understanding Eating Disorders" seminar on campus this summer

Research Links:Society of Clinical Psychology  Society of Counseling Psychology  APS  APA National Eating Disorders Association Academy for Eating Disorders Society for Personality & Social Psychology Social Psychology Network 
Course Links:   Understanding Eating Disorders    Clinical Skills & Interventions Psychological Assessment II

acorning@nd.edu Fax 574.631-8883  Department of Psychology University of Notre Dame   Notre Dame, IN 46556 Updated 01.22.12