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Dr. Jessica Tracy is a Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and a Sauder Distinguished Scholar. She holds an adjunct role as Associate Editor at Affective Science and her research is supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant. Her work focuses on emotion, moral thinking, nonverbal expression, and the role of self-conscious emotions like pride and shame in social hierarchy and status dynamics. Tracy’s secondary research area is Health, exploring links between emotional expression and health outcomes.
Tracy earned her PhD in Psychology from the University of California-Davis in 2006. She is the author of Take Pride, which examines how pride shapes culture and human behavior. Her research has been recognized with awards such as the Society for Personality and Social Psychology award (2017) and the Killam Faculty Research Prize (2011).
Her research interests span evolutionary approaches to emotions, the psychological basis of moral judgments, and the nonverbal signals of dominance and prestige. Tracy’s work has been published in high-impact journals like Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, with a focus on topics including the physiological underpinnings of disgust, the financial costs of status signaling, and cross-cultural studies of emotional expression.
Tracy leads a research lab investigating the interplay between emotions, social dynamics, and cultural evolution. She actively mentors students and collaborates on interdisciplinary projects exploring how emotions drive social behaviors and hierarchies. Her contributions to psychological science emphasize both theoretical advancements and practical implications for understanding human behavior in diverse contexts.
