Sydney Wicks

Sydney is a fifth-year social psychology graduate student in the Experimental Psychology PhD program and is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He received his B.S. in Psychology with minors in sociology and marketing from Mississippi State University and M.A. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Mississippi. Sydney’s research broadly explores the dynamics of relationships, focusing on how connection is formed, maintained, and dissolved. His current work focuses on close relationships, social exclusion, the influence of network opinions, and media use. Additionally, he investigates effective strategies for helping individuals recover from social exclusion. More information about Sydney can be found on his website.