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Shauna Bowes

About

Shauna Bowes is a fourth-year doctoral student in the clinical psychology program at Emory University in Atlanta. Shauna earned her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and behavioral biology from Emory University. She works with Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, author of The Skeptical Psychologist for Psychology Today. Her principal areas of research are intellectual humility, abnormal and normal personality traits, political polarization, conspiratorial ideation and unusual beliefs, rationality, and the implications of cognitive biases for practice, interpersonal dialogue, and belief formation. Shauna has contributed to Skeptical Inquirer in the past and is eager to continue discussing psychological science in popular press formats.

Recent Posts
Measurement Matters: Prevalence of COVID-19 Conspiracies

We need to discuss measurement issues in the context of conspiracy theories, or else we run the risk of grossly under- or overestimating their prevalence.

We need to discuss measurement issues in the context of conspiracy theories, or else we run the risk of grossly under- or overestimating their prevalence.

COVID-19 Conspiracies: Making Sense of a Global Pandemic

People strive to make sense of the unimaginable, to regain control over devastating and haphazard situations. COVID-19 is no exception.

People strive to make sense of the unimaginable, to regain control over devastating and haphazard situations. COVID-19 is no exception.

What Does It Mean to Be Intellectually Humble?

Intellectual humility may help us bridge ideological gaps and facilitate respect for those with different views.

Intellectual humility may help us bridge ideological gaps and facilitate respect for those with different views.