Shauna Bowes

My research aims to illuminate the psychological factors that predict accurate and openminded thinking and those that predict inaccurate and closeminded thinking. I am fascinated by how individual differences shape our beliefs and decisions. I focus on intellectual humility, conspiratorial ideation, misinformation, and polarization to understand how our beliefs go wrong and what we can do about it. Take a look at my published work to see the kinds of topics I'm interested in and hope to continue pursuing.​

I am an incoming Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Fall 2025). As a postdoc, I work with Dr. Lisa Fazio at Vanderbilt University. I received an NSF SBE postdoctoral fellowship to study the development of conspiracy belief across time and ages. For my PhD, I worked with Dr. Arber Tasimi and the late Dr. Scott Lilienfeld (1960-2020).​ Before pursuing my clinical psychology Ph.D., I received my B.S. in neuroscience and behavioral biology from Emory University. ​I completed my clinical internship at the Emory Child and Adolescent Mood Program.​​