Charlene Zhao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Zhao (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Kinsey Institute. She is a social psychologist, and her primary research interests are romantic relationships, including formation, maintenance, and dissolution, sexual wellbeing, and social cognition more broadly. Her current research focuses on partner selection processes in the U.S. and beyond.
Lindley Hall
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Education
- Ph.D., Social Psychology, Florida State University
Research interests
- Romantic relationships
- Sexual wellbeing
- Political psychology
- Social cognition
- Cultural psychology
Publications
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Zhao, C., & Gesselman, A. M. (2025). Politics in Pursuit: Associations Between Political Affiliation and Gendered Behaviors in Romantic Relationship Initiation. Manuscript under review. Sex Roles.
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Zhao, C., Liu, Q., March, D. S., Hicks, L. L., McNulty, J. K. (2023). Leveraging Impression Management Motives to Increase the Use of Face Masks. Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2023.2216880
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Zhao, C., McNulty, J. K., Turner, J. A., Hicks, L. L., & Meltzer, A. L. (2022). Evidence of a bidirectional association between daily sexual and relationship satisfaction that is moderated by daily stress. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(8), 3791–3806. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02399-0