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Email
acrodriguez@wpi.edu
Office
Salisbury Labs 317B
Phone
+1 (508) 8315787
Lab Links
Stigma, Eating, & Endocrinology Dynamics (SEED) Lab
Affiliated Department or Office
Psychological Science
Neuroscience
Global Public Health
Education
BA Psychology & Spanish Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2012
MA Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 2015
PhD Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 2018

Angela Incollingo Rodriguez is an assistant professor of Psychological & Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience. She directs the Stigma Eating & Endocrinology Dynamics (SEED) Lab and collaborates on interdisciplinary research initiatives across WPI and the globe.

Dr. Rodriguez's research program harnesses an integrated biopsychosocial approach to identify psychosocial predictors and mechanisms that drive health behaviors, overall health, and health disparities. Her mixed-methods research occurs at the intersection of social phenomena (such as weight stigma), biomarkers (such as cortisol and inflammation), and psychological factors (such as stress and behavior change). Core themes throughout her work include eating and exercise, weight and obesity, stigma and discrimination, pregnancy and maternal health, and chronic pain.

Dr. Rodriguez is dedicated to teaching and mentoring students. She instructs Social Psychology (PSY 1402), Health Psychology (PSY 2408), Psychophysiology (PSY 2502), and Advanced Psychophysiology (NEU 504) and serves as Assistant Director for the Psychological & Cognitive Science Program. She also leads an active team of student researchers in the SEED Lab and encourages any interested students to contact her about opportunities to work, volunteer, or conduct projects.

Research Interests
Eating and dieting
Weight and obesity
Physiological stress and cortisol
Weight stigma
Pregnancy
Pain

Scholarly Work

Nephew, B. C., Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C., Melican, V., Polcari, J., Nippert, K. E., Rashkovskii, M., Linnell, L., Hu, R., Ruiz, C., King, J., & Gardiner, P. (2022). Depression predicts chronic pain interference in racially-diverse, low-income patients. Pain Medicine. (First two authors made equal contributions.) 2022

Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C., Polcari, J. J., Nephew, B. C., Harris, R., Zhang, C., Murgatroyd, C., & Santos Jr., H. P. (2022). Acculturative stress, telomere length, and postpartum depression in Latinx mothers. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2022

Gatsonis, C. M. & Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C. (2022). Association between smartphone use and consumption: Should we put the phone down? Appetite. 2022

Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C. & Nagpal, T. S. (2021). The WOMBS Framework: A review and new theoretical model for investigating pregnancy-related weight stigma and its intergenerational implications. Obesity Reviews. 2021

Hill, B. & Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C. (in press). Weight stigma across the preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum periods: A narrative review and conceptual model. Seminars in Reproductive Medicine: Special Issue on Obesity, Diabetes, and Reproductive Health. 2021

Nippert, K. E., Smieszek, S. M., Tomiyama, A. J., & Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C. (2020). Online news media as a source of weight stigma for pregnant and postpartum women. Obesity. 2021

Professional Highlights & Honors
Varsity Athletics Faculty Champion, 2020
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NPR
Postpartum Weight Stigma

Angela Incollingo Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Psychological & Cognitive Sciences and Neuroscience, spoke with the Southern California NPR station KPCC about weight stigma before and after pregnancy, and its relationship to postpartum depression and social media.

Telegram.com
As I See It: Balancing Work and Life Also Balances Me

Angela Rodriguez, assistant professor in the Social Science and Policy Studies department, wrote an account for the Telegram & Gazette's "As I See It" section on how our culture can more positively reshape its portrayal of the working mom and work-life-balance – especially while in a pandemic.