Advanced Research in Social Identity
PSYC 380
Spring 2025
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01
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| This course may be repeated for credit. |
Students in this course will contribute to ongoing research on topics related to social identity. As part of the research team, students will learn and apply social psychological approaches to investigate how people understand their social group memberships, experience or express identity-based bias, and evaluate strategies for addressing prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping. As part of an active research lab, this course will provide an overview on how to conduct experimental research in social psychology. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PSYC |
| Course Format: Laboratory Course | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Examples of potential readings:
Ashburn-Nardo, L., Morris, K. A., & Goodwin, S. A. (2008). The Confronting Prejudiced Responses (CPR) model: Applying CPR in organizations. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 7(3), 332¿342.
Brown, K. T., & Ostrove, J. M. (2013). What does it mean to be an ally?: The perception of allies from the perspective of people of color. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43(11), 2211¿2222. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12172.
Case, K. A., Rios, D., Lucas, A., Braun, K., & Enriquez, C. (2020). Intersectional patterns of prejudice confrontation by White, heterosexual, and cisgender allies. Journal of Social Issues, 76(4), 899-920.
Cheng, S., Ng, L., Traylor, A., & King, E. (2019). Helping or hurting?: understanding women¿s perceptions of male allies. Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 5(2), 44-54. https://doi.org/10.25035/pad.2019.02.006
Droogendyk, L., Wright, S. C., Lubensky, M., & Louis, W. R. (2016b). Acting in solidarity: Cross-group contact between disadvantaged group members and advantaged group allies. Journal of Social Issues, 72(2), 315¿334. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12168.
Erskine, S. E., & Bilimoria, D. (2019). White allyship of Afro-Diasporic women in the workplace: A transformative strategy for organizational change. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 26(3), 319-338.
Sue, D. W., Alsaidi, S., Awad, M. N., Glaeser, E., Calle, C. Z., & Mendez, N. (2019). Disarming racial microaggressions: Microintervention strategies for targets, White allies, and bystanders. American Psychologist, 74(1), 128.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Students will be evaluated based on completion of a term-long research project. Specifically, students will be assessed based on (1) an annotated bibliography on current research in social identity relevant to coursework, (2) class participation (i.e., completion of assigned research tasks), and (3) an APA-style paper or presentation of their research project. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
In addition to submitting a POI request electronically, interested students should email the instructor with the following: 1) information about why you are interested in the course and 2) indicate how your background and experiences would contribute to the class environment. |
| Instructor(s): De Souza,Lucy Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: TBA |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 10 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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