Kasey Creswell

Kasey Creswell is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Graduate Studies at Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Psychology, part of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her research focuses on addiction mechanisms, particularly the interplay between social and biological factors in alcohol and tobacco use disorders. She employs experimental methodologies like in vivo smoking cue exposure and alcohol administration protocols, alongside longitudinal studies with clinical samples, to explore self-regulation failures and vulnerability to addiction.

Her work integrates insights from clinical, health, and social psychology to address both basic and applied questions about emotion, social functioning, and substance use. Key themes include how alcohol affects empathy and emotion recognition, the role of personality traits in drinking behaviors, and the longitudinal predictors of alcohol problems. Creswell's Behavioral Health Research Lab emphasizes multi-modal investigations combining behavioral, physiological, and computational approaches.

Her publications span experimental studies, meta-analyses, and methodological innovations, addressing topics such as solitary drinking patterns, the effects of alcohol in social contexts, and the neurobiological underpinnings of addictive behaviors. She collaborates across disciplines to advance prevention and treatment strategies for substance use disorders while contributing to broader understanding of human emotion and social dynamics.