My research focuses on reactions to members of racial outgroups. I am particularly interested in associations between outgroups and threat, and the ways this association affects attention, face processing and behavior. Much of our work has examined (a) aspects of attention, categorization and face processing that may subserve racial bias, and (b) the possibility that cross-race contact can ameliorate bias.
PSYC 1001 - General Psychology
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Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Provides a foundation for engaging with scientific research on human behavior, and surveys the basic principles and theories of psychology. Topics include biological and hereditary influences on behavior; human perception, attention, learning, and memory; social influences; personality; psychiatric disorders and treatments.
PSYC 2111 - Psychological Science I: Statistics
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2024
Three hours of lecture and one two-hour lab per week. Introduces descriptive and inferential statistics and their roles in psychological research. Topics include correlation, regression, T-test, analysis of variance and selected nonparametric statistics.
PSYC 4011 - Senior Thesis
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Critically reviews some aspect of psychological literature, scholarly analysis of a major psychological issue, and/or empirical research project. See the psychology honors director for further information.
PSYC 5606 - Proseminar: Social-Personality Psychology
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
Provides a thorough introduction to methods and theories in social psychology concerned with topics such as the self, social cognition, judgment and decision making, attitude formation and change, small group processes, inter-group relations, health and social psychology, and others. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
PSYC 5741 - General Statistics 1
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
is part 1 of the 2-semester course sequence, PSYC 5741 and PSYC 5751. This course surveys probability and statistics in psychology, using the general linear model as a basic "recipe" for data analysis. After introducing a few powerful concepts that enable a range of questions to be asked, the course focuses on building and interpreting models using standard regression software. Restricted to Psychology and Neuroscience (PSYC & NRSC) graduate students. Instructor consent required for students outside of the department.
PSYC 5751 - General Statistics 2
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2024
is part 2 of the 2-semester course sequence, PSYC 5741 and PSYC 5751. This course surveys probability and statistics in psychology, using the general linear model as a basic "recipe" for data analysis. After introducing a few powerful concepts that enable a range of questions to be asked, the course focuses on building and interpreting models using standard regression software.
PSYC 6606 - Professional Issues in Social Psychology
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Fall 2018 / Spring 2019
Covers a range of topics important for professional development in social psychology, including preparation and delivery of research presentations, preparation of grant proposals and manuscripts, and peer review of manuscripts. Intended to prepare students for careers as research scientists. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
