Contributed Articles
Should COVID-19 Cancel Halloween? Nope!
FunWorld • May 2020
Why is it fun to be frightened?
The Conversation • October 2018
Voluntary arousing negative experiences (VANE): Why we like to be scared.
Emotion (Peer Review) • June 2019
I found love in a haunted place
Salon • October 2017
My Philadelphia Ghost Story
New York Times Op Ed • October 2015
The Terror of Yurei
Slate • October 2015
Black Friday Fears
Salon • November 2015
The Science of Fear
Funworld Magazine • May 201
Sociologist who studies Fear
NBC Left Field
Why do we like to be scared?
Manufacturing Fear
Interviews and Reviews
“Why We’re Living in the Age of Fear”
Rolling Stone • October 2016
“A Scaredy-Cats Investigation Into Why People Enjoy Fear”
New York Times • October 2016
“Forget ghosts or zombies — nothing is scarier than what’s in your own mind”
Washington Post • October 2015
“The Fright Stuff”
Wall Street Journal • October 2015
“She Knows Why You Scream”
Psychology Today • Fall 2015
“What’s the ethical limit of a boundary pushing haunted house?”
Jezebel • October 2015
“Why People Pay to Feel Scared”
The Atlantic • October 2015
“Nightline”
ABC News • October 2015
“It’s no puzzle why escape room adventures are so popular”
Washington Post • January 2015
“What are you afraid of?”
Parade Magazine • January 2015
“A Haunted House Turned Scientists’ Lab”
NPR Science Friday • October 2014
“Is Scaring Myself Healthy?”
Time.com • October 29th
“Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?”
The Atlantic • Oct. 31, 2013
“Why do we like to be scared, for the fun of it?”
SCOPE by Stanford Medicine • Oct. 31, 2013