Contact Info Office: EP 218 Office Hours: T/Th 9:20-10:50 and by appointment Phone: (415) 405-3477 E-mail: mabalaki@sfsu.edu

Educational Background
Ph.D. in Social Psychology in 1987 from Moscow Sate University, Moscow, Russia.

Research Interests
Cross-cultural research in social cognition and stereotyping, cultural issues in providing and receiving health care, and intercultural relations.

Recent Publications
Tomala-Mealy, M,, Stephan, W. G., & Abalakina-Paap, M. (in press). Reverence for mothers in Ecuadorian and Euro-American Culture. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Lab Info
I am a co-coordinator (with Dr.Newton) of the Social Psychology Lab.

Areas of expertise to supervise research
Cross-cultural research in social cognition and stereotyping, cultural issues in providing and receiving health care, intercultural and intergroup relations, political psychology.