Dr. Alexa Alcser-Isais

Former Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Psychology
UC Davis

About Alexa

Alexa is a mixed-methods researcher who received her PhD in Social-Personality Psychology from UC Davis in 2025. She began working in the Attraction & Relationships Research Lab as an undergraduate in 2019, earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UC Davis in 2020, and earned her M.A. in Psychology in 2023.

In her academic work, Alexa used mixed-methods to study the interpersonal factors that promote romantic relationship initiation and resilience. One of her favorite projects integrated quantitative and qualitative data to explore how the dyadic construction of romantic couples’ relationship narratives relates to their wellbeing. Alexa is passionate about applying her background and training in the social sciences to the public health and healthcare research domains.

Publications

Alcser-Isais, A. N., Smith, L. K., & Eastwick, P. W. (2022). Inferring one’s own attitude towards an unknown attribute: The moderating role of complexity in juice tasting. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 21, 1368-1389. [Download Article]

Posters

Alcser-Isais, A.N., Emery, L.F., & Eastwick, P.W. “You Helped Me Find My Way in the World”: A Mixed Methods Study of Relationship Narratives & Couple Wellbeing. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Close Relationships Preconference; 2024 Feb 8; San Diego, CA.