Roommate Relationships

Today we put roommate relationships in the spotlight! In this episode we combined our personal experiences with research on roommate relationships in college. We also gave the senior members of the podcast a chance to reflect on their college experiences in this episode. Once you're finished listening to this episode, listen to our previous episodes for more engaging conversations on our lived experiences in college! Our podcast hosts in this episode are Terryn Witherspoon, Ashley Larkins, Aaron Woolfolk, Julia Eustace, Darin Spitzer, and Nathan Brown. The research articles from this episode are listed below:

Gaither, S. E., & Sommers, S. R. (2013). Living with an other-race roommate shapes Whites' behavior in subsequent diverse settings. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(2), 272-276.

Hudson, T. D. (2018). Random roommates: Supporting our students in developing friendships across difference. About Campus, 23(3), 13-22.

McDonald, K. L., & Asher, S. R. (2013). College students' revenge goals across friend, romantic partner, and roommate contexts: The role of interpretations and emotions. Social Development, 22(3), 499-521.

Strother, L., Piston, S., Golberstein, E., Gollust, S. E., & Eisenberg, D. (2021). College roommates have a modest but significant influence on each other’s political ideology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(2), e2015514117.

Whitmore, C. B., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2014). Trust development: Testing a new model in undergraduate roommate relationships. The Journal of genetic psychology, 175(3), 233-251.