About Me

I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been moving up and down the West coast ever since. Growing up in a region so culturally diverse yet stratified deeply shaped who I am and inspired many of the research questions I investigate today.

I am a proud alum of Pomona College, where I majored in psychology and minored in Asian American studies. After graduating, I became a lab manager at Stanford SPARQ, a social science "do tank" that bridges research and practice to reduce social disparities in health, education, criminal justice, and economic mobility. I went on to earn my Ph.D. in social psychology at the University of Washington where I worked with Dr. Cynthia Levine and Dr. Sapna Cheryan.

Having been at many different higher education institutions, I feel grateful to be able to return to my liberal arts roots now as an assistant professor at the University of Puget Sound.

Outside of the lab I enjoy gardening, hosting dinner parties, reading Asian American literature, and cycling around the city. I also love talking about my research with K-12 classrooms through Skype A Scientist.

Want to get in touch? Email me at rsong@pugetsound.edu.