Name/Handle/User Name/Etc: Kayla / manifesta What You Do (i.e., grad student, adjunct, librarian, etc): Undergrad, psychology major/women's studies minor, graduating winter 2011. Specialization (discipline, subfield, whatever level of granularity you want): Social psychology; in particular, social cognitive theory with a feminist bent. Research/Teaching Interests: *flails* I'm still trying to figure this one out. Currently I'm engaged in research on stereotype threat and confrontation bias (following the basic premise that if stereotype threat reduces performance, then a confrontation that contradicts a stereotypical statement will reduce the amount of threat and increase performance) but it's not where my true interests lie. As much as I like empirical research, I like applying that research to theory more than actually conducting it. Which presents an unfortunate dilemma, because I've yet to find a grad school that encourages this type of rebel thinking. Geographic Location: Bellingham, WA (1.5 hours north of Seattle on the Canadian border). Other Stuff You Do (i.e., the stuff that keeps you from going crazy): Salsa/ballroom, drink massive amounts of coffee, read and analyze genre books (fantasy/romance/YA). Anything Else You Feel Compelled To Add: I don't discuss my actual research too much outside vague references. Mostly I write about books and the publishing industry using feminist and/or very basic social psychological theory.
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Date: 2010-04-03 11:41 pm (UTC)What You Do (i.e., grad student, adjunct, librarian, etc): Undergrad, psychology major/women's studies minor, graduating winter 2011.
Specialization (discipline, subfield, whatever level of granularity you want): Social psychology; in particular, social cognitive theory with a feminist bent.
Research/Teaching Interests: *flails* I'm still trying to figure this one out. Currently I'm engaged in research on stereotype threat and confrontation bias (following the basic premise that if stereotype threat reduces performance, then a confrontation that contradicts a stereotypical statement will reduce the amount of threat and increase performance) but it's not where my true interests lie. As much as I like empirical research, I like applying that research to theory more than actually conducting it. Which presents an unfortunate dilemma, because I've yet to find a grad school that encourages this type of rebel thinking.
Geographic Location: Bellingham, WA (1.5 hours north of Seattle on the Canadian border).
Other Stuff You Do (i.e., the stuff that keeps you from going crazy): Salsa/ballroom, drink massive amounts of coffee, read and analyze genre books (fantasy/romance/YA).
Anything Else You Feel Compelled To Add: I don't discuss my actual research too much outside vague references. Mostly I write about books and the publishing industry using feminist and/or very basic social psychological theory.