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Helen C. Boucher is a Professor of Psychology at Bates College, specializing in social psychology with a focus on self-related processes. She holds a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago (1998), an M.A. (2001), and a Ph.D. (2005) from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research explores self-concept, self-esteem, self-regulation, and cultural influences on psychological processes. Key areas include responses to self-threat, the psychology of money and social class, meaning in life, and cross-cultural differences in self-perception. She has advised numerous students on topics ranging from emotional residue beliefs to supernatural agency and social class dynamics.
Dr. Boucher’s work bridges theoretical and applied psychology, with publications in Self and Identity, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Her research highlights how cultural contexts shape self-perception and adaptive strategies, such as compensation for threats to self-meaning or leveraging money priming to enhance task persistence. She teaches courses on cultural psychology, social psychology, and positive psychology at Bates.
Her interdisciplinary approach integrates cross-cultural comparisons (e.g., East Asian vs. Western perspectives), dialectical self-concept models, and interventions targeting well-being. Recent projects examine how socioeconomic status influences self-consistency and the role of meaning in life as a buffer against existential threats.
