Theresa K. Vescio

Institution Pennsylvania State University Current Position Associate Professor Highest Degree Ph.D. in Psychology from University of Kansas, 1996 Research Interests Attitudes Gender Person Perception Prejudice/Stereotyping Self/Identity Sexuality/Sexual Orientation Social Cognition Laboratory Home Page PSU Social Cognition Laboratory Courses Taught Attitudes and Persuasion Basic Research Methods Intergroup Relations Stereotyping and Prejudice   Theresa K. Vescio Department of Psychology Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 U.S.A. Home Page Phone: (814) 863-1714 Fax: (814) 863-7002 Terri Vescio studies stereotyping and prejudice. Within this context, her recent work has focused on the following three questions: (1) how do global societal stereotypes influence judgments of and behavior toward individual members of stereotyped groups?, (2) how does contact with individual outgroup members affect stereotypic representations of outgroups and intergroup prejudice?, and (3) when do people in positions of power stereotype the relatively powerless and with what consequences? Vescio, T. K., & Biernat, M. (2003). Family values and antipathy toward gay men. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 833-847. Vescio, T. K., Gervais, S. J., Snyder, M., & Hoover, A. (2005). Power and the creation of patronizing environments: The stereotype-based behaviors of the powerful and their effects on female performance in masculine domains. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 658-572. Vescio, T. K., Judd, C. M., & Kwan, V. S. Y. (2004). Categorization and Intergroup Bias in Crossed Contexts: Examining the Benefits of Crossed Categories. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 478-496. Vescio, T. K., Sechrist, G., & Paolucci, M. P. (2003). Perspective taking and prejudice reduction: The mediational role of empathy arousal and situational attributions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 455-472. Vescio, T. K., Snyder, M., & Butz, D. A. (2003). Power in stereotypically masculine domains: A social influence strategy X stereotype match model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 1062-1078.

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