PhD Student
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Kiana is currently a second year Ph.D student in Developmental Psychology at the University of Florida, studying under Dr. Susan Bluck. She received a B.S in Psychology and B.A in English from the University of Florida in 2020. In her undergrad, she studied literature published posthumously and joined the Life Story Lab as a research assistant after an inspiring experience attending one of their ‘Death Over Dinner’ events. Kiana’s research interests include understanding how the structure and features of adults’ narratives signal adaptive storying of autobiographical memories of challenging life events, such as death-related events. She employs a mixed methods by integrating content-analytic, qualitative and quantitative, and linguistic text analysis to investigate what directs individuals to narrative memories in adaptive ways, and whether this relates to individual differences such as personal wisdom. In her free time, Kiana likes to paint her walls crazy colors and listen to Taylor Swift.
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Examining Relations Between Older Adults’ Health, Wisdom, and Well-Being During Times of Hardship
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
3 - The Role of Wisdom in Adapting to Late-Life Spousal Loss
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET