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Poppy L. McLeod
Associate Professor
Professor McLeod is as Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. She earned her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Social Psychology from Harvard University, and her B.S. in Psychology from Syracuse University. Prior to joining the Communication faculty at Cornell,... Read Poppy L. McLeod's full profile