Chris Welker is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Virginia. Chris studies social psychology, and his research focuses on interpersonal communication and the transmission of beliefs through social networks. Chris’s recent work demonstrates that social interactions and relationships actively shape our beliefs about the world around us, and even those about ourselves. Before starting as a postdoc, Chris earned his Ph.D. from Dartmouth where he worked with Thalia Wheatley in the Dartmouth Social Systems Lab and his B.A. from Cornell University where he majored in Psychology. When he is not working, Chris can usually be found trail running or gravel biking through the Shenandoah Mountains.