Hi, I’m Trystan Loustau, a Ph.D. candidate in Social Psychology at Boston College. My research is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP). I graduated summa cum laude with my BS in Psychology from Florida State University, where I received the Marion Jewell Hay Award from Phi Beta Kappa, recognizing the most outstanding graduate from FSU.

My research spans morality, identity, and intergroup relations. My work has been published in journals like JESP, PAID, Scientific Reports, Behavioral Sciences, and Social Cognition and featured in Time magazine.

I collaborate frequently with nonprofit organizations dedicated to understanding and bridging social divides. I current serve as a Research Fellow for More in Common, where I study pathways to social connection across lines of difference. Previously I held a position as a Research Fellow with Listen First Project, where I helped develop the Social Cohesion Impact Measure (SCIM).

In my downtime, I enjoy pickleball, board games, and snuggling with my two kittens, Fate and Felix.