Christopher Falco, M.A.

Lab Manager

Christopher Falco, MA is a PhD student in applied social psychology at Claremont Graduate University, the manager of the Depression and Persuasion Research Lab, and an associate in the Physician Wellness Research Lab. Christopher’s research interests include persuasion, increasing help seeking for depression, psychological reactance theory, resident physician wellness, social norms, and emotional intensity. Christopher has recently coauthored chapters on psychological reactance theory for TheHandbook of Mental Health Communication and the Handbook of the Science of Existential Psychology and published a scale validation in Assessment. Christopher’s MA thesis on static and trending norms was recognized with Claremont Graduate University’s Exemplary Scientific Contribution Award. Christopher has experience in program evaluation, consulted on survey design for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and teaches research methods at Chapman University.