Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington

Associate Professor in Psychology
New York University Abu Dhabi

New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island P.O. Box 129188 United Arab Emirates

I study how core psychological mechanisms react to socioecological conditions such as resources, power, and group membership, with consequences for political behavior and societal change.

Twitter: @jsskeffington

Bluesky: @jsskeffington.bsky.social

 Teaching

CURRENT TEACHING

  • PSYCH-UH-1001 Introduction to Psychology (Undergraduate Core Course)

  • PSYCH-UH 2211 Social Psychology (Undergraduate Elective)

  • PSYCH-UH 3090 Research Seminar in Psychology (Undergraduate Core Course)

  • PSYCH-UH 4001 Capstone Project in Psychology 1 (Undergraduate Core Course)

  • PSYCH-UH 4002 Capstone Project in Psychology 2 (Undergraduate Core Course)

Capstone SUPERVISION

Jennifer supervises undergraduate capstone students in the Psychology Program, who have completed the Research Seminar in Psychology in their Junior Year.

PHD SUPERVISION

Jennifer would consider supervising PhD students through the NYU Global PhD Fellowship, though is not actively seeking applications at this time.

Jennifer no longer acts as primary supervisor for PhD students at the LSE, but would consider acting as secondary supervisor to a student who has identified a primary supervisor from the faculty of the LSE Psychological and Behavioral Science Department.