Madison Montemayor-Dominguez is a 4th-year Ph.D. student in the PAWlab at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). Currently, she is conducting research on improving social connection using high-quality listening and curiosity-based interventions. Broadly, her research interests include well-being, positive activity intervention efficacy, curiosity and motivation, and social connection.
Before beginning her graduate studies at UCR, Madison spent five years in New York City working at various media buying agencies and media companies as an analyst, senior analyst, and ultimately manager. Madison completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Willamette University in Salem, OR, where she graduated cum laude with departmental honors in both her majors of Psychology and Civic Communications and Media.
