Eva Meza, M.A.

she/her/hers
University of California, Davis
Office: Young Hall 148B
Phone: 408-841-1104
Email: emmeza@ucdavis.edu

Research Interests: close relationships, attraction, ideal partner preferences, relationship evaluation, infidelity, Latinx population

Eva Meza is a fourth year doctoral student in Social Psychology at the University of California at Davis. She was awarded the Distinguished Psychology Scholar Fellowship entering her first year.

She earned her BA in Psychology from University of California at Riverside in June 2020. Eva has prior research experience in a neuroscience lab at UC Riverside working with Fragile X mice to evaluate whether a serotonin-agonist drug reduced symptoms of seizures. During her gap year, Eva joined a social psychology lab at UW Madison studying group and intergroup processes.

As a graduate student, Eva is interested in studying factors that influence relationship satisfaction, ideal partner preferences, and relationship evaluation. As a Mexican-American woman, Eva would like to contribute to studying the Latinx population and increasing representation of the Latinx population in empirical research. She is passionate about providing mentorship and encouraging students of color to continue in higher education. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends, trying new foods, hiking, and traveling.