Friending Meme!

[ajnabieh]

Friending/Introduction meme! Because everyone needs more acafriends, right? Right?

Here's a suggested format:

Name/Handle/User Name/Etc:
What You Do (i.e., grad student, adjunct, librarian, etc):
Specialization (discipline, subfield, whatever level of granularity you want):
Research/Teaching Interests:
Geographic Location:
Other Stuff You Do (i.e., the stuff that keeps you from going crazy):
Anything Else You Feel Compelled To Add:

Comments

[manifesta]

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.