PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT SOPHIE EVETT Associate Professor sophia.evett@salemstate.edu (978) 542-6458

Courses I teach:

PSY101 General Psychology

PSY203R Research Methods and Statistics I

PSY204R Research Methods and Statistics II

PSY216 Social Psychology

PSY325 Theories of Motivation

PSY547 Seminar in Social Psychology

PSY700 Research Methods in Psychology (Masters in Psychology Programs)

Directed Studies and Independent Research

College Involvement:

• Department Curriculum Committee
• Department Subject Pool Committee
• President's Advisory Committee on Diversity and Minority Issues
• Workshops for faculty and staff on Diversity and Multicultural Issues

Research Interests

• Prejudice and Intergroup Interactions (especially based on ethnicity, appearance, or sexual orientation)
• Retail discrimination and consumer racial profiling (visit our website: http://www.consumerequality.org)
  with Anne Marie Hakstian (SSC Department of Management), Gerri Henderson & Jerome Williams (University of Texas - Austin)
• Identity and Psychological Well-being of Members of Stereotyped Groups
• Attitudes and Persuasion

Educational Background

• Ph.D. 1996 University of Wisconsin - Madison, Social Psychology, Distributed Minor in Sociology and statistics

Advisor Patricia Devine, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Heterosexuals’ Expectancies and Experiences in Face-to-Face Interactions with Male Homosexuals

• M.A. 1995 University of Wisconsin - Madison
• B.A. 1989 Cornell University, Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, With Distinction in Psychology

 Advisor:  David Dunning, Ph.D.
 Honors Thesis: The Interaction of Political Attitudes and Situational Construal

• High school 1985: Cleveland Heights High School, OH

Favorite Links

• Skepticism, Urban Legends and Myths: www.snopes.com

• Prejudice: www.consumerequality.org, www.teachingtolerance.org, www.understandingprejudice.org, www.implicit.harvard.edu

• Social Psychology: www.socialpsychology.org

• Psychology: www.apa.org