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Aanchal Setia defends her dissertation on August 27
PhD candidate Aanchal Setia defends her doctoral dissertation on August 27 at 10 a.m. in Tobin 521b.
Aanchal Setia, a PhD candidate in Social Psychology, defends her doctoral dissertation on August 27, 2026 at 10 a.m. in Tobin 521b.
Her research examines how members of disadvantaged groups navigate identities assigned to them at birth, such as race and gender, alongside their professional identities in high-achievement contexts, and how those identities shape belonging, identity threat, and the strategies people use to pursue upward mobility.