Kerry L. Marsh

Professor, Psychological Sciences

Primary Research Theme

Built Environment

Secondary Research Themes

Healthy Cities, People and the City, Social-Ecological Systems

Recent Cities-related Projects

  • Transportation, technology and society (especially how people interact with AVs and EVs and how these will affect dev of cities
  • Travelers Distracted Driving White paper: For Travelers Company (funded) wrote a white paper reviewing strategies for intervening to reduce distracted driving…and what research had been done to test effectiveness…plus reviewed two driving apps for them.
  • Driving simulator studies (plus AV involvement more generally): Using new driving simulator in Storrs, testing some hypotheses about the challenges of the “handoff” when one is driving an AV and has to take over control.

Selected Urban-Related Publications

Meagher B.R., Marsh K.L. (2017). Seeking the safety of sociofugal space: Environmental design preferences following social ostracism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Marsh K.L. (2017). Dynamics of synchrony and joint action. Computational Social Psychology.

Tucker A., Marsh K.L., Gifford T., Lu X., Luh P.B., Astur R.S. (2018). The effects of information and hazard on evacuee behavior in virtual reality. Fire Safety Journal.

Marsh K.L., Meagher B. (2016). Affordances and interpersonal coordination. Routledge.

Srinivasan S., Kaur M., Park I., Gifford T., Marsh K.L., Bhat A. (2015). The effects of rhythm and robotic interventions on the imitation/praxis, interpersonal synchrony. and motor performance of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). A pilot randomized control trial. Autism Research and Treatment.

Meagher B., Marsh K.L. (2015). Testing an ecological account of spaciousness in real and virtual environments. Environment and Behavior.

Nie L., Casban J., Marsh K.L. (2015). Comparing solo and joint syncopation shows dyadic facilitation. Psychology Press.

Overstreet N.M., Quinn D.M., Marsh K.L. (2015). Objectification in Virtual Romantic Contexts: Perceived Discrepancies Between Self and Partner Ideals Differentially Affect Body Consciousness in Women and Men. Sex Roles.

Marsh K.L. (2015). Social Ecological Context of Conversing. Ecological Psychology.