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Glenn Adams, adamsg@ku.edu
I am an associate professor in the Social Psychology Program at the University of Kansas. I got my Ph.D. in social psychology at Stanford University for a dissertation (on the topic of enemyship) based on field research in West Africa. In my current work, I apply a variety of methods (both qualitative and quantitative) to investigate the sociocultural-historical foundations of mind. More specifically, much of my research considers the following topics.
1. Sociocultural foundations of mind and relationship: This research program uses comparative field research in West African settings to illuminate the typically invisible, socially constructed affordances that underlie patterns of mind and relationship observed in mainstream psychological science.
2. A cultural psychology approach to racist oppression: Rather than prejudice and stereotypes, this research program considers "intentional worlds" of racism: everyday constructions of reality (e.g., textbook representations of U.S. history) that (a) reflect particular beliefs and desires and (b) systematically promote "desired" outcomes. Regardless of individual intention or awareness, these constructions of reality can be sufficient to reproduce racial inequality
Website: http://www.psych.ku.edu/psych_people/faculty_Glenn_Adams.shtml
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Stephanie Anderson, stephanie@ku.edu
I am currently a psychology instructor at Central Community College in Hastings, Nebraska.
My research focuses primarily on the cultural grounding of personal relationship.
I study how particular socio-cultural and historical circumstances influence psychological phenomena,
such as the process of attraction. For example, the importance of attractiveness in everyday life
may vary depending on the extent to which different cultural worlds afford or require individual choice
in the construction and maintenance of relationship. I have found evidence for this hypothesis along various
dimensions, including national context, relationship context, rural-urban context, and experimental manipulation
of relationship constructions.
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Stephanie K. Decker, logos@ku.edu
I am working on my PhD in sociology at the University of Kansas. My research interests include deviance,
social control, oppositional and alternative groups, moral panics, social movements, collective behavior
and group processes. My research involves interviewing and observing members of historical reenactment groups,
interviewing those under house arrest, analyzing interrogation transcripts from the Salem witchcraft
trials, analyzing Black Panther newsletters, and comparing pirate and privateer codes.
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Gökçe Güngör, sggungor@ku.edu
I am Ph.D. student in the Social Psychology program at KU. My primary work lies in the domain of stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination. I approach these different phenomena from a cultural perspective. More specifically, I study the cultural grounding of stereotypes and prejudice with a focus on how ones engagement with different cultural meaning patterns both shapes and perpetuates certain cultural representations of men and women, gay men and straight men, etc. Another line of work I involve in the lab focuses on the cultural grounding of personal relationships. This work explores how personal relationship patterns (e.g. friendship and enemyship) vary according to dynamic constructions of reality in different cultural settings.
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Tuğçe Kurtiş, tugcekurtis@gmail.com
I am a third year PhD student in the Social Psychology program at the University of Kansas and work as part of the Culture and Psychology Group under the supervision of Glenn Adams.My research focuses on the sociocultural and gendered constructions of self and identity (particularly through self and cultural narratives), self-disclosure and self-silencing as well as the implications of these processes for relationship dynamics, health and social policy. Recently, I began exploring processes of collective remembering and forgetting, different constructions of past traumatic events and their role on collective identity and identity-relevant action.
Website: http://www.tugcekurtis.com
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Sahana Mukerjee, sahana@ku.edu
I work primarily with Ludwin Molina and Glenn Adams. My research interests fall broadly within Political and Cultural Psychology. I am in the process of exploring the role of the 'other' in defining one's group identity. That is, by distinguishing who the other group is helps us define our own group. I am also interested in the relation between gender and helping behavior, especially how helping relations are unequal social relations. My other research interests include cultural constructions of identity, construction of a national identity and the study of racism and oppression
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Ludwin Molina, ludwin@ku.edu
Website: http://www.psych.ku.edu/psych_people/faculty_Ludwin_Molina.shtml
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Nia L. Phillips, nia@ku.edu
I am Ph.D. student in the Social Psychology program at KU. In general, I am interested in the mutual relationship between identity and oppression. For example, I examine the extent to which constructions of identity (such as viewing American identity as rooted in colorblindness or multiculturalism) have different implications for one's understandings of discrimination. At the same time, I'm also interested in how attitudes and beliefs about oppression can influence how individuals think about themselves. I am particularly interested in studying aspects of identification that may promote liberatory consequences.
Website: http://www.people.ku.edu/~nia
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Kate M. Pickett, kpickett@ku.edu
I am a Ph.D. student in social psychology program at the University of Kansas.
In general my interests involve the study of racism and oppression from a sociocultural perspective. My current research topics include racism and
oppression absent of differential treatment, perceptions of racism and sexism, and the effects of representations of
racism in social psychology courses. I am also interested in place connection and the various kinds of bonds that people have to places.
Website: http://www.people.ku.edu/~kpickett
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Leah Pound, LeahBPound@gmail.com
I am a second year Master's student in Social Psychology at KU. My research interests include military culture and the impact it has on the individuals within that organization, specifically women. I also interested in stereotyping and prejudice, in particular in its relation to people's social identities.
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Phia S. Salter, psalter@ku.edu
I am currently working on my PhD in Social Psychology at KU with an emphasis
in African and African American studies. I am primarily interested in the
cultural constructions of memory and identity. My research interests include cultural
representations of the historical past (e.g., Black History Month displays, museums),
group differences in perceptions of racism, and the relationship between collective memory
and identity in West African and Diasporic settings.
Website: http://www.people.ku.edu/~psalter
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