Laura Sels Anemoonstraat 87 2440 Geel Curriculum Vitae [email protected] +32494134631 https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-sels62652791 Doctoral researcher in psychology with strong data-analytical skills, experience in international collaborations, and an interest in interpersonal affective dynamics and well-being Research experience 2014-current Doctoral researcher, Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, KU Leuven Topic: interpersonal emotion dynamics and their relationship with well-being • Managing multiple projects o Multi-method: experience sampling methodology, dyadic lab interactions, and questionnaires • Analyzing existing and own data with basic and advanced statistics • Presenting results in internationally recognized journals and on international conferences (see below) • Initiating international collaborations between research groups (ongoing) o 2 month research visit to Harry Reis, University of Rochester, USA o Working together on publications Summer 2014 Research assistant, the Center of Language and Education, KU Leuven (Data-input) January -May Research internship, Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, KU Leuven 2014 (Data-collection) September- Research internship, Cambridge Prosociality and Well-being Laboratory, University December 2013 of Cambridge (Data-analysis) Summer 2013 Research assistant, Center for Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology, KU Leuven (Systematic literature review) 2011-2014 Research assistant, Center for Social and Cultural psychology, KU Leuven (Data- collection, field work) Teaching and supervising experience October 2014- Teacher and examiner for psychometrics and construction of psychodiagnostic current instruments, coaching 3rd year psychology bachelor students October 2014- Supervising master students and assistants (+10 in total) current Summer Leader of activities for children and teenagers at the local authority 2011, 2012 September Girl leader 2009-2011 Education 2014-current PhD in Psychology KU Leuven Expected to finish in September 2018 2012-2014 Master in Psychology, Theory and Research Graduated magna cum laude KU Leuven 2009-2012 Bachelor in Psychology (option: clinical psychology) Graduated magna cum laude KU Leuven 2003-2009 Latin- modern languages Sint-dimpnacollege Geel Interests and skills • PhD representative in o The faculty council of psychology o Diverse steering committees (policy, funding, and strategy) - for KU Leuven in “doctoral schools” - for the MSc Theory and Research in Psychology - for humanities and social sciences on funding for young researchers - for “Mind the Gap”, an initiative to make a bridge between PhD students and the external work market • Advanced statistical skills o Participated in multiple statistical courses and workshops - e.g. on multilevel modeling, multi-day seminars on advanced data-analyses, and R (KU Leuven) • Interest/experience in clinical psychology o Volunteer in non-profit organization that helps people to cope with loss and grief as a support group facilitator (monthly) o Took multiple courses on clinical psychology during master and PhD - E.g. relationship- and family therapy and science, psychopathology (KU Leuven and the University of Rochester) • Software knowledge o Proficient: SPSS and R o Familiar with: C, SAS and HLM • Organizing skills, e.g.: o Setting up and managing a large scale study with 100 couples (e.g. recruiting couples, planning, guiding student-researchers that helped on the study, ..) o Organizing different projects in the research group (e.g. monthly meetings) o Co-organizing different charity and fundraising events Publications Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., Bulteel, K., & Kuppens, P. (2016). Emotional interdependence and well-being in close relationships. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(283), 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00283 Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., & Kuppens, P. (2017). Partner-expected affect: how you feel now is predicted by how your partner thought you felt before. Emotion, 17(7), 1066-1077, 10.1037/emo0000304 Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., & Kuppens, P. (in press). A general framework for capturing interpersonal emotion dynamics: associations with psychological and relational adjustment. In A. Randall, & D. Schoebi, Interpersonal emotion dynamics in close relationships. Cambridge University Press. Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., Pe, M., & Kuppens, P (in press). The impact of emotions on romantic judgments: sequential effects in a speed-dating study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 10.1177/0265407518789288 Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., & Kuppens, P. (in press). A Test of the Peak‐End Rule in Couples’ Conflict Discussions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 10.1002/ejsp.2547 Erbas, Y., Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., & Kuppens, P. (2016). Feeling me, feeling you: The relation between emotion differentiation and empathic accuracy. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7 (3), 240-247, 10.1177/1948550616633504 Erbas Y., Ceulemans E., Blanke E., Sels L., Fischer A., Kuppens P. (in press). Emotion differentiation dissected: Between-category, within-category, and integral emotion differentiation, and their relation to well-being. Cognition & Emotion, 10.1080/02699931.2018.1465894 Manuscripts in revision or submitted Sels, L., Cabrieto, J., Butler, E., Reis, H., Ceulemans, E., & Kuppens, P. (Major revision in JPSP). The occurrence and correlates of emotional Interdependence in romantic relationships. Sels, L., Ruan, Y., Kuppens, P., Ceulemans, E., & Reis, H. (Manuscript submitted for publication). Actual and perceived emotional similarity in couples’ daily lives. Conference paper presentations Sels, L., Cabrieto, J., Butler, E., Reis, H., Ceulemans, E., & Kuppens, P (April, 2018). Emotional Interdependence in Close Relationships. Talk at the consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE). Glasgow, United Kingdom. Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., Cabrieto, J., Kuppens, P. (July, 2017). Emotional interdependence in close relationships. Talk at the EASP Preconference: Relationships & Health 2017, Granada, Spain. Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., Kuppens, P. (July, 2016). Partner-expected affect: how you feel now is predicted by how your partner thought you felt before. Talk at the consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE). Leiden, the Netherlands. Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., Bulteel, K., & Kuppens, P (May, 2016). Emotional interdependence and well- being in close relationships. Symposium on the socio-cultural construction of emotions and well-being: evidence from research on emotional fit with romantic partners and the broader cultural context. Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences. Antwerp, Belgium. Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., Kuppens, P. (April, 2016). Partner-expected affect: how you feel now is predicted by how your partner thought you felt before. Poster presentation at the EASP Medium Size Meeting “Promoting a social approach to emotions”. Social Cognition Center Cologne, Germany. Sels, L., Ceulemans, E., Kuppens, P. (March, 2016). Partner-expected affect: how you feel now is predicted by how your partner thought you felt before. Talk at the Society for Affective Science. Chicago, USA. Sels, L., & Bulteel, K., Ceulemans, E., Kuppens, P. (November, 2014). Dyadic emotion dynamics in real life: a network approach. Poster presentation at the Workshop on Computationally Intensive Modeling of Social Interaction, Arizona, United States .