Dr. Lair received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology with a concentration in Quantitative Methods from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2014. Before beginning her doctoral education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, she received her M.A. in Experimental Psychology from the College of William and Mary in 2010 and her B.A. in Psychology and Government from the College of William and Mary in 2007. Dr. Lair's research examines how people's feelings influence how people think, and how these processes in turn influence a wide variety of judgments, decisions, and behaviors.