Haley Mehlman

LIFE Fellow since 2026, University of Michigan

I am a PhD candidate in Social Psychology at the University of Michigan working under the mentorship Allison Earl and David Dunning. My work focuses on science and health communication through the lenses of attitudes, persuasion, information sharing, and message receptivity. Specifically, my projects focus on how experts, including scientists and doctors, can communicate uncertain, ambiguous, or developing information in a way the public finds credible, trustworthy, persuasive, and actionable. I aim to integrate quantitative, qualitative, and behavioral methods into my work.