Contact Information
Office Hours
Research Areas
Research Interests
I have two broad line of interests:
- Psychological dynamics and consequences of religious and nonreligious de-identification both at the individual and societal levels,
- Psychological dynamics and consequences of perceiving conflict between science and religion (or lack thereof)
Grants
APA Division 36 Social Justice Task-force Grant
Louisville Institute Grant for Researchers
Courses Taught
PSYC201 - Introduction to Social Psychology
PSYC308 - Psychology of Religion & Spirituality
Recent Publications
Bagherian, M., Sheibani, H., & Rios, K. (2026). Shifting Demographics, Shifting Attitudes? How Anticipated Demographic Shifts Shape Majority-Minority Relations. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 20(8). https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.70164
Bagherian, M., Sheibani, H., Johnson, E., & Rios, K. (2026). Perceptions of Religious and non-Religious Doubters. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2025.2541978
Sayyad, P., Bagherian, M., Pazhoohi, F., Brown, M. (2025). Women’s Anti-Deception Tactics in Mating: A Preliminary Investigation. Evolutionary Psychological Science 11, 421–432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-025-00454-2
Bagherian, M., Sayyad, P., Brown, M., Rios, K. (2025). Affordances of Costly Religious Practices for Mating. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000577
Bagherian, M., Sayyad, P., Sheibani, H., & Rios, K. (2025). Fallout of faith in Iran: How religious leaders’ hypocrisy undermines beliefs while parents’ devotion sustains it. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000567