Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Gender Psychology
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Intergroup Relations
- Political Psychology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
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My research, guided by three interrelated questions, investigates pathways to positive intergroup relations by examining the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components of intergroup contact. Specifically, I ask: (1) How can we improve the accuracy of intergroup expectations, thereby increasing the likelihood of positive future contact? (2) How do targets of discrimination proactively protect themselves from the negative consequences of discrimination?, and (3) How do emotions motivate majority group members to act on behalf of minority group members? Each question examines important theoretical issues in the context of significant social problems.
Journal Articles:
- Mallett, R.K., Huntsinger, J.R., Sinclair, S. & Swim, J.K. (2008). Seeing through their eyes: When group-based emotions motivate collective action on behalf of an outgroup. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 11, 453-472.
- Mallett, R.K & Swim, J.K. (in press). Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Proactive Coping with Racial Discrimination. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.
- Mallett, R. K., & Swim, J. K. (2007). The influence of inequality, responsibility, and justifiability on reports of group-based guilt for ingroup privilege. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 10, 57-69.
- Mallett, R. K., & Swim, J. K. (2005). Bring it on: Self-protective coping by targets of discrimination. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 411-441.
- Mallett, R.K., & Wilson, T.D. (in press). Increasing Positive Intergroup Contact. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
- Mallett, R.K., Wilson, T.D. & Gilbert, D. (2008). Expect the unexpected: Failure to Anticipate Similarities Leads to an Intergroup Forecasting Error. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 265-277.
Other Publications:
- Mallett, R. K., & Swim, J. K. (2004). Collective guilt in the United States: Predicting support for social policies that alleviate social injustice. In N. R. Branscombe & B. Doosje (Eds.), Collective Guilt: International Perspectives (pp. 56-74). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Courses Taught:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
- Research Methods for Psychology
- Social Psychology
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Robyn Mallett
Department of Psychology
Loyola University Chicago
1032 W. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
United States
Phone: (773) 508-3028