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Jessica Salvatore

My research program focuses on identity at both the personal and collective levels. I am particularly interested in identities that are socially stigmatizing.

Primary Interests:

  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Gender Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Persuasion, Social Influence
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Gender Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Persuasion, Social Influence
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity

Journal Articles:

  • Salvatore, J., & Marecek, J. (2010). Gender in the gym: Evaluation concerns as barriers to weight lifting among women. Sex Roles, 63, 556-567.
  • Salvatore, J., & Shelton, J. N. (2007). Cognitive costs of exposure to racial prejudice. Psychological Science, 18, 810-815.
  • Shelton, J. N., Richeson, J. A., & Salvatore, J. (2005). Expecting to be the target of prejudice: Implications for interethnic interactions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1189-1202.
  • Shelton, J. N., Richeson, J. A., Salvatore, J., & Trawalter, S. (2005). Ironic effects of racial bias during interracial interactions. Psychological Science, 16, 397-402.

Other Publications:

  • Haslam, S. A., Salvatore, J., Kessler, T., & Reicher, S. D. (2008). The social psychology of success. Scientific American Mind, 19, 24-31.
  • Salvatore, J., & Prentice, D. A. (2011). The independence paradox. In J. Jetten & M. J. Hornsey (Eds.), Rebels in Groups: Dissent, Deviance, Difference and Defiance. Blackwell-Wiley.
  • Shelton, J. N., Richeson, J. A., Salvatore, J., & Hill, D. M. (2006). Silence is not golden: The intrapersonal consequences of not confronting prejudice. In S. Levin and C. Van Laar (Eds.), Stigma and Group Inequality. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Courses Taught:

  • Advanced Graduate Statistics
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Self and Identity
  • Advanced Graduate Statistics
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Self and Identity

Jessica Salvatore
Department of Psychology
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002
United States

Phone: (413) 542-5183

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