Her primary research areas are social psychology, group processes, social networks, and community sociology. Broadly, her research examines motivations for cooperation and collective action, and how group processes impact, and in turn are impacted by, group identity, resource exchanges, social solidarity, and social capital. She has expertise in survey methodology and experimental design. Dr. Whitham’s Social Interaction Research Laboratory is equipped for experimentally studying small group interactions and social processes in a controlled laboratory setting.