Sol Isela Corral

Sol Isela Corral
  • Graduate Student

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Education —

B.S. in Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, 2023

Research —

Advisor: Monica Biernat, Ph.D
Research Lab: Stereotyping and Social Judgment Lab

I am a third year Ph.D. student in the Social Psychology program at KU. Currently, I am studying the stereotypes and prototypes of environmentalists and environmental activists. My research interests focuses on social cognition, stereotyping, group dynamics, and environmentalism. As an undergraduate, I researched alcoholism, acculturative stress, and future-thinking constructs (i.e., hope and prostalgia).

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., & 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, online.

Corral, S. I., & Biernat, M. (2024, November). Does activism impact perceptions of environmentalists? Paper presented at the 2024 Social Proseminar Series, University of
Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Corral, S. I., & Biernat, M. (2024, June). Stereotypes and prototypes of environmentalists and environmental activists. Paper presented at the 2024 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Corral, S. I., Bray, J. R., Jones, D., & Zárate, M. A. (2024, February). Development and Validation of a National Prostalgia Scale to Measure Acceptance and Desire for Cultural
Change. Poster presented at the 2024 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.