Noah is a third-year graduate student in the Social Psychology area at Yale and co-advised by Maria Gendron and Margaret Clark. He is originally from Houston, Texas and obtained a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a minor in Spanish from Texas A&M University. Here, he worked as a lab manager for The Emotion Science Lab, where he investigated the functions of emotions (anger and boredom) with Dr. Heather Lench. Noah is interested in the different strategies we utilize to achieve belonging in close relationships, social energy expenditure, and interpersonal emotion regulation. During his spare time, Noah enjoys exercising at the gym, playing sports, and spending time with family and friends.