Cheryl Kaiser

Assistant Professor

Degree From: University of Vermont
Interests: Self, Social Identity, Prejudice, Stigma, Social Justice, Intersection of Social Science and Law

Contact

Office Guthrie 221
Phone (206) 616-1435
E-mail ckaiser@uw.edu
Website http://faculty.washington.edu/ckaiser/

Advising

Do I accept and train new psychology graduate students in general?
Yes
Social and Personality

Research

Work in my laboratory is focused on understanding prejudice and intergroup relationships, particularly from the perspective of members of socially devalued groups. For example, our research addresses personal and situational factors that affect whether individuals perceive prejudice-related threats, their cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to prejudice, and the implications of how they cope with prejudice for well being and interpersonal relationships. We are also interested in the implications of this work for law and legal processes.

Research Publications

  • Kaiser, C. R. & Pratt-Hyatt, J. S. (2009). Distributing prejudice unequally: Do Whites direct their prejudice toward strongly identified minorities? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 432-445.
  • Kaiser, C. R., Hagiwara, N., Malahy, L. W., & Wilkins, C. L. (2009). Group identification moderates attitudes toward ingroup members who confront discrimination. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 19, 770-777.
  • Kaiser, C. R., Drury, B. J., Spalding, K. E., Cheryan, S., & O’Brien, L. T. (2009). The ironic consequences of Obama’s election: Decreased support for social justice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 556-559.
  • Malahy, L. W., Rubinlicht, M., & Kaiser, C. R. (in press). Justifying inequality: A cross temporal investigation of the relationship between income disparities and just world beliefs from 1973-2006. Social Justice Research.
  • Kaiser, C. R., Eccleston, C. P., & Hagiwara, N. (2008). Post-Hurricane Katrina racialized explanations as a system threat: Implications for Whites_ and Blacks_ racial attitudes. Social Justice Research, 21, 192-203.
  • Major, B., Kaiser, C. R., O'Brien, L. T., & McCoy, S. K. (2007). Perceived discrimination as worldview threat or worldview confirmation: Implications for self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 1068-1086.
  • Inzlicht, M., Kaiser, C. R., & Major, B. (2008). The face of chauvinism: How prejudice expectations shape perceptions of facial affect. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 758-766.
  • Kaiser, C.R., Dyrenforth, P. S., & Hagiwara, N. (2006). Why are attributions to discrimination interpersonally costly?: A test of system and group justifying motivations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32 , 1523-1536.
  • Kaiser, C. R., & Major, B. (2006). A social psychological perspective on perceiving and reporting discrimination. Law and Social Inquiry, 36, 801-830.
  • Kaiser, C. R., Vick, S. B., & Major, B. (2006). Prejudice expectations moderate preconscious attention to social identity threatening cues. Psychological Science, 17, 332-338.
  • Kaiser, C. R., Vick, S. B., & Major, B. (2004). A prospective investigation of the relationship between just world beliefs and the desire for revenge post-September 11, 2001. Psychological Science, 15,503-507.

  • Kaiser, C. R., Major, B., & McCoy, S. K. (2004). Expectations about the future and the emotional consequences of perceiving prejudice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 173-184.
  • Kaiser, C. R. (2006). Dominant ideology threat and the interpersonal consequences of attributions to discrimination. In C. van Laar & S. Levin (Eds.), Stigma and Group Inequality: Social Psychological Approaches (pp. 45-64). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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