Year of the Active Bystander: Excuse Me, What Did You Say? Using Interpersonal Confrontation To Reduce Prejudice

You don't want to miss the next event in our Year of the Active Bystander Series! The office of Multicultural Affairs and Community Engagement is proud to welcome Dr. Sarah Gervais, Associate Professor in the Social and Cognitive Psychology and the Law-Psychology programs at the University of Nebraska, to Wright State University. She will be holding an evening lecutre entitled: Excuse Me, What Did You Say? Using Interpersonal Confrontation To Reduce Prejudice.

Dr. Gervais has a dual PhD in Psychology and Women's Studies from The Pennsylvania State University. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Social and Cognitive Psychology and the Law-Psychology programs at the University of Nebraska. Broadly speaking, her research focuses on prejudice and violence. Examining phenomenon like objectification, sexual harassment, and relationship aggression, Dr. Gervais has found that discriminatory and aggressive acts are often more subtle and nuanced than previously thought, but they still have negative social and legal consequences for recipients. She also examines how to reduce prejudice and violence in daily life. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and has been published in outlets such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Psychological Science, and the Journal of Social Issues. Dr. Gervais has been the recipient of the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize (APA Div. 9) and the Georgia Babladelis Best Paper Award (APA Div. 35). She has also won the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She authors the Prejudice and Power blog at Psychology Today and is an associate editor at the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 

Come join us Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 5:30 p.m in the Apollo Room (160A/B/C). Hope to see you there!