Daniel Sanji was the inaugural Lab Manager of HIGHER Lab. Daniel graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022, with a B.S. in Psychology and History, and a minor in Asian American Studies. During his undergraduate studies, Daniel worked as a research assistant in Brauer Group Lab with Dr. Markus Brauer, where he published a systematic review of conservation psychology research with PhD student Sophia Winkler-Schor. He also worked as student staff for the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Student Center for three years.

Daniel spent two transformative years in HIGHER Lab working with Dr. Sa-kiera Hudson to create a social psychology laboratory centered on intersectionality, group hierarchies, and emotions. Daniel won the NSF GRFP Fellowship in 2024 with his project, Ambivalent Stereotypes of Asian Americans and their Hierarchy-Enhancing Function in US Society, with Dr. Hudson’s mentorship. Daniel will continue his research in the Social Psychology PhD Program at Northwestern University with Dr. Michael Kraus and Dr. Sylvia Perry starting in Fall 2024! We wish him success in all of his future endeavors!