CURRENT LAB MEMBERS

Meet the current research team!

The SIP lab is full of passionate researchers from diverse backgrounds who all come together to collaborate on difficult research questions.

CHRISTINE REYNA, PH.D.

Principle Investigator, Professor

Research interests:

The influence of stereotypes on attributional judgments
Stereotypes as legitimizing ideologies
The origins and consequences of moral judgments
The influence of stereotypes and values on political decision making
The impact of identity on self and group perceptions and interactions
The psychology of extremism (e.g., polarization, White Nationalism)

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THERESA LUHRS, PH.D.

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Research Interests:

Stereotypes and Prejudice
Heterosexism
Intimate violence
Perpetrators of intimate violence
Perceptions of men as victims
Intuition and the experience of intimate partner violence

GEOFFREY (GEOFF) DURSO, PH.D

Assistant Professor of Marketing, DePaul University

Driehaus College of Business

Research Interests:

Social judgment
Consumer behavior
Social movement marketing

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JEN ZIMMERMAN, PH.D.

Instructor

Research Interests:

Ideological beliefs
Legitimacy
System justification & resistance
Justice issues

KARA HARRIS, M.A.

Ph.D. Student--Psychological Science MA/Ph.D.

Research Interests:

Police brutality and colorism
Toxic white identity
White entitlement

KAELAN VAZQUEZ

Lab Manager, Ph.D. Student--Psychological Science MA/Ph.D.

Research Interests:

Stereotyping & prejudice
Identity Signaling/Management
Confrontation of prejudice
Ideological diversity
Antiracism as a framework to mitigate self-threat

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SAFA ASAD, M.A.

Ph.D. Student--Community MA/Ph.D.

Research Interest:

Disparities in access to education/educational opportunities
Achievement gap
Enhancing educational systems

KIANNA KING, M.A.

DePaul Psychology Subject Pool (SONA) Coordinator

Ph.D. Student--Industrial/Organization MA/Ph.D.

Research Interests:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
Racial trauma in the workplace
Intragroup marginalization
Human personality

MIGUEL VAZQUEZ

Lead Program Evaluator for Project Exploration

Ph.D. Student--Community MA/Ph.D.

Research Interests:

The Psychology of Extremism
Stereotyping & Prejudice
Program evaluation
STEM and education

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SULAIMON KASALI, M.S.

Ph.D. Student at the University of Tennessee

Research Interests:

Intergroup ideologies
Prejudice and distancing in questions
Threat perception to the self
Cultural misattribution bias

CHRISTINA CARR

Ph.D. Student--Community MA/Ph.D.

Research Interests:

Working with underserved Black communities with an emphasis on prejudice and bias impacting the community and groups
Exploring justice in terms of:
- Crisis management
- Interpersonal relationships
- Environmental racism
- Food injustice

SARAH J. SOFFER, CAPT, USAF, M.S.

Ph.D. Student--Psychological Science MA/Ph.D.

Research Interests:

The role cognitive dissonance plays in extremist beliefs and actions
Far-right extremism in the military
Self-identity
Radicalism

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Meet the 2021-2022 SIP Lab

ALUMNI & AFFILIATES

Meet who else helps to make SIP lab flourish!

AMY ANDERSON, PH.D

Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas

Research Interests:

STEM identity
Positive youth development
Educational equity

NANCY BARTEKIAN, M.S.

Research Associate at the University of Chicago Medical Center

Research Interests:

Stereotyping & Prejudice
Using stereotypes as legitimizing ideologies
Self and group identity impact on group perceptions and interactions
System justification
Cross-cultural psychology
Intergroup entitlement, anger, violence, and resilience
Radicalization

ANDREA (ANDE) BELLOVARY, PH.D.

Senior Data Analyst at Nielsen

Research Interests:

White identity and threat perception
System legitimacy and perception
Political decision making

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OR'SHAUNDRA (O.B.) BENSON, PH.D.

Professor at College of DuPage

Research Interests:

Stereotypes
Gender and racial identity

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MARK BRANDT, PH.D

Associate Professor, Michigan State University

Research Interests:

Morality and moralization
Belief system networks
Worldview conflict

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ELLIE BUEBENDORF

BA/M.S. Community Student

Research Interests:

Educational experiences of minoritized students
Attitudes toward homelessness/unhoused individuals
Experiences of displaced Single Room Occupancy (SRO) tenants
Harm reduction approaches toward substance misuse

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JIM DAVIS, PH.D

Assistant Professor, Benedictine University

Research Interests:

Experiences of social class and status
Toxic white identity

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PJ HENRY, PH.D

Associate Professor, NYU Abu Dhabi

Research Interests:

Forms of prejudice around the world
Gender equality
Legitimizing ideologies

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ALI OMAIR, PH.D

Professor at Jazan University in Saudi Arabia

Research Interests

Attributions and gender discrimination
The impact of stereotypes on self and social identity
Empowerment in the Middle East
Applications of social, developmental, and cognitive psychology in education

BRIANNA MABIE, M.A.

Ph.D. Student--Community MA/Ph.D.

Research Interest:

Institutional anti-racism
White accountability for racism

RUSSELL STEIGER, PH.D

Adjunct Instructor at DePaul University

Research Interests:

Moral emotions, values, and judgments
Contempt and disgust as predictors of social attiudes
Ideological bias and conflict
Links between LGBT discrimination and sex discrimination

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GEOFFREY WETHERELL, PH.D

Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University

Research interests:

Stereotypes and Prejudice
Social and Political Conflict
Moral Psychology
Meaning in Life

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