Darien Kearney is a master’s student in applied psychology at the University of Southern California (USC). Before USC, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in business administration, each time specializing in finance. His decision to become more involved in finance and economics comes from his experience as an investment analyst with D. Hilton Associates, where he modeled executive retirement scenarios. During his two years with the company, he watched how the impact of economic downturns contributed to client mood fluctuations. COVID-19 presented yet another opportunity to observe intense discussions around portfolio restructuring due to client uncertainty. At present, his work at Immersion Neuroscience allows him to study how people make decisions unconsciously. While Immersion uses this thought-leadership to help market researchers, managers, and executives predict consumer behavior, he believes this technology can help predict investor behavior. During his academic career, he has been the recipient of several awards including the King Solomon Accounting Scholarship, the Risk Management Association’s Scholarship, the Ph.D. Project Stipend Award, the Southern Management Pre-Doctoral Consortium Stipend Award, and now the Research in Color Foundation Scholarship. Darien’s current research interests are in the field of Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Finance, and Neuroeconomics. He hopes to study how investor behavior impacts market runs and market crashes. To do this, he would like to analyze the influence of economic variables on investor emotion and investor personality