Her research illuminates linkages between macro- and micro-social order, showing how social systems and local contexts of interaction affect feelings and behavior. Kathryn has studied, for example, emotional responses to inequity among paralegals and within families, and the impact of social domain and characteristics such as gender and age on emotional experience and emotion management. Her recent piece in Advances in Group Processes suggests steps forward in integrating theoretical perspectives in social psychology, and explains the role of social psychological processes in the reproduction of inequality.