Recent Journal Publications – Social Perception Lab

This is a list of recent journal publications from the lab PI (Dr. Laurie O’Brien). To see a complete list, please check out her Google Scholor.

Bold: Lab Member; Underline: Graduate Student; Italic: Undergraduate Student *Regardless of current/former status in lab

2025

Kulibert, D., Reidt, I., & O’Brien, L. (2024). Is That Really Sexual Harassment? The Effect of a Victim’s Sexual Orientation on How People View a Sexual Harassment Claim. Journal of Homosexuality, 72(1), 20–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2302428

2024

O’Brien, L. T.,Casteigne, M., Waldon-Lee, T., Lowe, C., & Simon, S. (2024). Attributions to discrimination in multiracial contexts: Isolating the effect of target group membership. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(11), 2751–2770. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001475

2023

O’Brien, L. T., Kulibert, D., & Waldon-Lee, T. (2023, February). Stigma and Disadvantage. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.442

Chauvin, G. V., & O’Brien, L. T. (2023). Does More US Education Foster Racial Cooperation? Lessons from a Study of Formal Education and Intergroup Behavior. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 19(2), 35–44.

Moss, A. J., Budd, R. D., Blanchard, M. A., & O’Brien, L. T. (2023). The upside of acknowledging prejudiced behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 104, 104401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104401

2022

O’Brien, L., & Kulibert, D. (2022). Self-Censorship of Political Opinion on College Campuses: Testing an Intervention to Change Campus Norms. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ym86p

Billeaud, M., Kulibert, D., & O’Brien, L. (2022). Imagine yourself in her shoes: Investigating the role of perspective-taking on perceptions of sexual harassment. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/kbp79

Moss, A. J., Budd, R., Blanchard, M. A., & O’Brien, L. T. (2022).The upside of acknowledging prejudiced behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104401

Simon, S., Soilleux, M., Wyland, C., & O’Brien, L.T. (2022). Does he see what she sees? The gender gap in perceptions of institutional gender discrimination. Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2022.2085543

Prasad, A., Sockbeson, C., O’Brien, L.T. (2022). Examining stereotypes in a dynamic social order: The stereotype content model in India. Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2022.2071670

O’Brien, L.T., & Merritt, S. K. (2022). Attributions to discrimination against Black victims in a multiracial society: Isolating the effect of perpetrator group membership. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(1), 120-134. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220988372

2021

Merritt, S., Hitti, A., Van Camp, A.R., Shaffer, E., Sanchez, M. & O’Brien, L.T. (2021). Maximizing the impact of exposure to science role models: Testing an intervention to increase science identity among adolescent girls. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(7), 667-682. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12774

Merritt, S. K., O’Brien, L. T.,& Ruscher, J. B. (2021). Creating Clever Internet Memes Perpetuates Offensiveness. Western Journal of Communication, 85(4), 471-486. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2020.1800812

2020

Moss, A. J., Fitzpatrick, J., & O’Brien, L. T. (2020). Attributions for Atheism: Perceptions that Atheism is a Choice are Associated with Prejudice against Atheists among Christians, but Not Jews or Nonbelievers. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 31(2) 102-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2020.1815993

Prasad, A., O’Brien, L.T., & Sockbeson, C. (2020). Caste at work: study of factors influencing attitudes towards affirmative action in India. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An
International Journal, 39(6), 597-616. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-12-2018-0223

O’Brien, L. T., Garcia, D. M., Blodorn, A., Adams, G., Hammer, E., & Gravelin, C. (2020). An educational intervention to improve women’s academic STEM outcomes: Divergent effects on well-represented vs. underrepresented minority women. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(2), 163-168. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000289

2019

Simon, S., Magaldi, M., & O’Brien, L.T. (2019). Empathy vs. Evidence: Does Perspective-Taking for a Discrimination Claimant Bias Judgments of Institutional Sexism? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 22, 1109-1123. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430218818731

Van Camp, A. R., Gilbert, P. N., & O’Brien, L. T. (2019). Testing the effects of a role model intervention on women’s STEM outcomes. Social Psychology of Education, 22(3), 649-671.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-019-09498-2

Simon, S., Moss, A., & O’Brien, L.T. (2019). Pick Your Perspective: Racial-Group Membership and Judgments of Intent, Harm, and Discrimination. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 22, 215-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217735576

Moss, A., Blodorn, A., Van Camp, A., & O’Brien, L.T. (2019). Gender Equality, Value Violations, and Prejudice Toward Muslims. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 22, 288-301. . https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217716751

2017

O’Brien, L.T., Hitti, A., Schaffer, E., Van Camp, A., Gilbert, P., & Henry, D. (2017). Improving girls’ sense of fit in science: Increasing the impact of role models. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 301-309. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616671997

2016

Blodorn, A., O’Brien, L.T., Cheryan, S., & Vick, S.B. (2016). Perceptions of racism in Katrina related events: Understanding racial differences in perceptions of racism. Social Justice Research, 29, 139-158. . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-016-0259-9

2015

O’Brien, L.T., Garcia, D.M., Adams, G., Villalobos, J.G., Hammer, E., & Gilbert, P. (2015). The threat of sexism in a STEM educational setting: Moderating impacts of ethnicity and legitimacy beliefs. Social Psychology of Education, 18, 667-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-015-9310-1