Sol Isela Corral
- Graduate Student
Contact Info
1415 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
I am a fourth year Ph.D. student in the Social Psychology program at KU. Currently, I am studying how identity formation and change influences membership recruitment and maintenance in social movements. My master thesis focused on how the stereotypes and prototypes of environmentalists and environmental activists impact pro-environmental behaviors. More broadly, my research interests focuses on social cognition, stereotyping, group dynamics, environmentalism, and feminism. As an undergraduate, I researched alcoholism, acculturative stress, and future-thinking constructs (i.e., hope and prostalgia).
Education —
Research —
Research Lab: Stereotyping and Social Judgment Lab
Advisor: Monica Biernat, Ph.D
Selected Publications —
Vera-Adrianzen, X. F., Corral, S. I., Sanchez-Garciaguirre, A. I., & Field, C. A. (2025). Acculturative stress, collectivistic coping, and drinking in a predominantly Latino college sample. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 31(3), 465–480. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000653
Corral, S. I., Bray, J. R., Jones, D. N., Armenta, A. D., & Zárate, M. A. (2024). Development and validation of a National Prostalgia scale to measure acceptance and desire for cultural change. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 2, 1276367. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsps.2024.1276367
Selected Presentations —
Corral, S. I. (2026, July). Perceptions of environmentalists and environmental activists: Implications for pro-environmental behaviors. Paper presented at the 2026 General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Strasbourg, France.
Corral, S. I., & Biernat, M. (2026, February). Impact of Stereotypes and Activist Behavior on Perceptions of Environmentalists and Pro-environmental Actions. Poster presented at the 2026 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Corral, S. I., Toizer, B., Lies, T., & Adams, G. (2025, November). The Effect of Land Acknowledgments on Environmental Cognitive Alternatives. Paper presented at the 2025 Kansas Annual Conference of The Association of Psychological and Educations Research, Atchison, KS.
Corral, S. I., & Biernat, M. (2025, February). How do gender, race, and activism engagement influence perceptions of environmentalists? Poster presented at the 2025 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
Corral, S. I. (2024, December). Do expectations of individual characteristics impact perceptions of environmental groups? Paper presented at the Sustainability, Identity, and Social Change (SISC) laboratory, Simon Fraser University, onli
Service —
Co-chair of 2027 Sustainability Pre-conference at SPSP
Member of 2024-2025 Social Psychology's Visiting Student Committee
Memberships —
2026 – Present PWQ Student Advisory Board, Member
2026 – Present SPSP Sustainability Preconference Organizing Committee, Co-chair
2025 – 2026 APA Division 34 Student Committee, Member
2025 – 2026 SPSP Sustainability Preconference Organizing Committee, Member
2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) – Honorable Mention