People.

The Web Lab is comprised of lead research Gregory D. Webster, his four Ph.D. students, and about 15–25 undergraduate research assistants. The Web Lab will not be accepting any new graduate students this year.

Our Team

Gregory D. Webster
Web Lab Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor (2017–2020)

Greg's primary research interests include (a) personality traits related to aggression, (b) romantic and sexual relationships, (c) heuristics and biases in perceptions of rare and random events (e.g., natural disasters), and (d) novel applications of cutting-edge data collection and analytic methods to personality and psychology, including meta analysis, multilevel modeling, and social network analysis. Greg's CV.

Liz Mahar
Web Lab Manager
Third-Year Graduate Student

Liz received her bachelor’s degree at Oberlin College, double majoring in neuroscience and psychology. She earned her Master of Science in experimental psychology at Villanova University. Her research focuses on romantic relationships and sexual behavior. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her 75-pound rescue dog, Avocado.

Joy E. Losee
Fifth-Year Graduate Student

Joy received her bachelor and master's degree in psychology from Georgia Southern University. Her research focuses on examining factors that influence threat perception and how threat influences people's behavior. In Web Lab, Joy examines the how individual differences and social network composition influences the perception of threat in severe weather and intentions to prepare for these threats. Here is Joy's webpage.

Imani N. Turner
Third-Year Graduate Student

Imani received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama, majoring in psychology and minoring in sociology. She earned her Master of Science degree in experimental psychology from the University of South Alabama. Her research interests include the Dark Triad: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Specifically, Imani is interested in theory of mind and empathy abilities in those who score higher on Dark Triad traits. Additionally, she is  also interested in individual differences in online social media behavior and scale development.

Val Wongsomboon
​​​Third-Year Graduate Student

Val's research interests include sexual satisfaction, sexual function (especially female orgasm), orgasm gap, uncommitted sexual relationships (e.g., hook-up), sexual risk behavior, sexual information avoidance, and health-related risk behavior. Here is Val's webpage.