Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Psychology, Lehigh University, 2024
  • M.S., Psychology, Lehigh University, 2020
  • B.A., Psychology, George Washington University, 2018
Professional Affiliations
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • Research Society on Alcoholism
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Society of Experimental Social Psychology
  • Eastern Psychological Association
  • Psi Chi

Dr. Laura Wolter is a Human Factors Scientist at Exponent with more than eight years of experience in behavioral science and human-subjects research. She specializes in risk perception, decision-making, warnings and risk communication, survey research, and health behavior across consumer, healthcare, and safety-related contexts.

Dr. Wolter applies experimental, survey, qualitative, and mixed-methods research to evaluate how people perceive risk, respond to safety and health communications, and make decisions in real-world settings. Her expertise includes research on compliance, social norms, behavioral interventions, and prevention messaging. At Exponent, Dr. Wolter applies these specialties to consulting matters involving warnings and instructions, consumer understanding, product labeling, patient and user behavior, healthcare communications, driver behavior, and medical-device use.

Dr. Wolter earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Psychology from Lehigh University and her B.A. in Psychology from George Washington University. She has published peer-reviewed research on risk perception, social norms, health behavior, communication, and behavioral interventions, with a particular focus on factors that influence how people perceive risk, interpret information, and make decisions. Dr. Wolter continued her research in positions at the University of Michigan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Lehigh University. She managed federally funded research on health behavior and translated quantitative and qualitative findings for funders, schools, community partners, and academic audiences. Her expertise includes the design, implementation, and evaluation of longitudinal, intervention, and survey-based research involving diverse youth and adult populations.