When: 
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Where: 
Oechsle Hall 224
Presenter: 
Rebecca S. Bigler, Ph.D.
Price: 
Free

ABSTRACT: Racial and ethnic stereotyping and prejudice continue to be pressing problems worldwide. Stereotypes and prejudices concerning race and ethnicity emerge during childhood. In this talk, I will review work from my own and other labs concerning factors that predict individual differences in racial and ethnic attitudes, as well as development processes related to their change over time and in response to intervention.

WHEN & WHERE: Thursday, October 13 at 12:15pm in Oechsle Hall 224 (lecture hall). PIZZA PROVIDED!

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Rebecca S. Bigler, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Ze received a B.A. from Oberlin College and Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University before joining the faculty at UT- Austin in 1991.  Ze is interested in the effects of school contexts on children’s attitudes about race and gender, and the reciprocal effects of children’s racial and gender attitudes on their schooling. Among other findings, her work has documented effects of children’s gender and racial attitudes on their memory, occupational goals, perceptions of discrimination, and peer relations. Dr. Bigler also has developed and tested school-based intervention strategies aimed at reducing children’s social stereotyping, intergroup biases, and harassment of gender atypical peers.   Ze is the recipient of several major teaching awards from UT-Austin and is a supporter of gender-neutral language.

Sponsored by: 
Department of Psychology