Dr. Cyr completed her PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Dr. Bergsieker. Emily researches how gender stereotypes influence our perceptions of romantic partners, and how objective social network structures moderate our behaviours and attitudes. She is a member of the Engendering Success in STEM consortium (https://successinstem.ca/) where she has been a central member of both the PRISM (Promoting Rising Inclusion and STEM Motivation in adolescence) and RISE (Realizing Identity-Safe Environments in the workplace) research groups. Some of her additional research interests include intergroup trust, negotiation strategies, and minority-majority interactions. As a SSHRC post-doctoral fellow, Emily is building on her PRISM research by examining new ways to boost girls' belonging and persistence in STEM. Select publications include: Cyr, E. N.*, Steele, J. R., Robinson, K., Schmader, T., Wright, S. C., Spencer, S., Bergsieker, H. (accepted). Friendship Networks Predict Girls’ STEM Fit and Interest Through Subjective Belonging. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Cyr, E. N.*, Spencer, S. J., Wright, S. C., Steele, J. R., Kathryn M. Kroeper, Patricia Colaco*, Dennehy, T. C., Shum, P., Ballinger, T., Nam, H., Reeves, S. L., Wells, M., Schmader, T., Bergsieker, H. B. (2025). Seeing women who ft: Girls’ forecasted ft in STEM fosters career interest. Social Psychology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-025-10056-2 Cyr., E. N.*, Kroeper, K. M., Bergsieker, H. B., Dennehy, T. C., Logel, C., Steele, J. R., Knasel, R. A., Hartwiwig, W. T., Shum, P., Reeves, S. L., Dys-Steenebergen, O., Litt, A., Lok, C., Ballinger, T., Nam, H., Tse, C., Forest, A. L., Zanna, M., Staub-French, S., Schmader, T., Wright, S. C., & Spencer, S. J. (2024). Girls are good at STEM: Opening minds and providing evidence reduces boys’ stereotyping of girls’ STEM ability. Child Development, 95(2), 636-647. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14007 Cyr, E. N., Bergsieker, H. B., Dennehy, T. C., & Schmader, T. (2021). Mapping social exclusion in STEM to men’s implicit bias and women’s career costs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(40), e2026308118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026308118