Dasha Yermol
- Graduate Student
Contact Info
Education —
Research —
Advisor: Jeffrey Girard, Ph.D.
Research Lab: Affective Communication & Computing (AffCom) Lab
I study affective synchrony and how individual differences (e.g., mental health and personality) impact our perception of facial expressions.
Selected Publications —
Girard, J. M., Yermol, D. A., Bylsma, L. M., Cohn, J. F., Fournier, J. C., Morency, L., & Swartz, H. A. (2025). Dynamic and Dyadic Relationships between Facial Behavior, Working Alliance, and Treatment Outcomes during Depression Therapy. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/b2a87_v1
Langbehn, A. T., Yermol, D. A., Zhao, F., Thorstenson, C. A., & Niedenthal, P. M. (2022). Wearing N95, Surgical, and Cloth Face Masks Compromises the Perception of Emotion. Affective Science, 3, 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-021-00097-z
Awards & Honors —
- Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Mentor Award, Spring (2025)
- Larry Wrightsman Summer Fellowship, Summer (2025)
Service —
- BBQ Student Representative
- Student Committee, Society for Affective Science