EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Development of Social Biases (e.g., racial prejudice)
How are social biases spread? Can exposure to nonverbal bias in social interactions lead to the development of social bias?
2015 - 2017
University of Washington
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Psychology Department & Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences
Activation of Social Biases
Everyone has social biases of one kind or another, what are the factors (e.g., emotions, contexts) that lead these biases to be activated and expressed?
Social Bias Reduction
What strategies are effective in reducing the existence and expression of social biases?
Impacts of Social Bias
What impact do social biases have on targets? How do target's of social biases cope with their experiences?
2011 - 2015
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Ph.D.
Concentration in Quantitative Psychology
2007 - 2009
California State University, Chico
Psychological Science, M.A.
2003 - 2005
California State University, Chico
Psychology, B.A.
Collaborators
Sylvia Perry (Northwestern University)
Alyssa Croft (University of Arizona)
Kristina Olson (University of Washington)
Andrew Meltzoff (University of Washington)
Antonya Gonzalez (Western Washington University)
Ingrid Haas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Jacob Cheadle (University of Texas Austin)
Gandalf Nicolas (Princeton University)
Calvin Lai (Washington University)
Caitlin Hudac (University of Washington)
James Rae (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Cheryl Dickter (College of William & Mary)
Margaret Stevenson (University of Evansville)
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2017 - present
Northwestern University
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Psychology Department