Brian S. Lowery Stanford University - Graduate School of Business 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 723-8119 blowery@stanford.edu Education Ph.D. Social psychology, June, 2002, University of California, Los Angeles Minor Area: Measurement and Psychometrics M.A. Social psychology, 1998, University of California, Los Angeles B.S. Psychology, 1996, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Positions September 2012 - Present July 2009 September 2012 September 2006 July 2009 Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Tenured Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Untenured Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business September 2002 September 2006 Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Awards and Honors James and Doris McNamara Faculty Fellow, Stanford - Graduate School of Business, 2004-2005 Charles and Sue Young Award, Outstanding Graduate Student in College of Letters and Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002 Research Mentorship Award, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001-2002 Bertram H. Raven Award, Best social issues paper of the year, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001 Harold Kelley Award, Best basic research paper of the year, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999 National Science Foundation Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998-2001
Awarded Ford Foundation Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998 Project 88 Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997-2000 Professional Affiliations Society of Experimental Social Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Society for Personality and Social Psychology Professional Service Convention Committee, Society of Personality and Social Psychology, 2011 - present Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2010 - present National Science Foundation, Social Psychology Grant Panel, 2007-2010 Associate Editor, Social Justice Research, 2008 2009 Invited Presentations Harvard University, New York University, Northwestern University, Pennsylvania State University, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of British Columbia - Vancouver, University of California Berkeley, University of California Los Angeles, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Connecticut Storrs, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Virginia, Yale University Peer-reviewed Articles Phillips, L.T. & Lowery, B.S. (in press). Herd Invisibility: The Psychology of Racial Privilege. Current Directions in Psychological Science. Sun, S., Lowery, B. S., & Guillory, L. (2017). Keeping Minorities Happy: Hierarchy Maintenance and Whites Decreased Support for Highly Identified White Politicians. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 1615-1629. Phillips, L.T. & Lowery, B.S. (2015). The hard-knock life? Whites claim hardships in response to racial inequity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 61, 12-18. Lowery, B. S. (2014). Nancy DiTomaso: The American Non-Dilemma: Racial Inequality without Racism. Administrative Science Quarterly,59, 49-51. Knowles, E. D., Lowery, B. S., Chow, R. M., & Unzueta, M. M. (2014). Deny, Distance, or Dismantle: How White Americans manage a privileged identity. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 594-609. Knowles, E. D., Lowery, B. S., Schulman, E. P., & Schaumberg, R. L. (2013). Race, ideology, and the Tea Party: A longitudinal study. PloS one, 8, e67110.
Chow, R. M., Lowery, B. S., & Hogan, C. M. (2013). Appeasement: Whites' strategic support for affirmative action. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 332-345. Lowery, B. S., Chow, R. M., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (2012). Paying for positive group-image: How perceptions of inequity affect responses to redistributive social policies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 323-. Knowles, E. D. & Lowery, B. S. (2012). Meritocracy, self-concerns, and Whites denial of racial inequity. Self and Identity, 11, 202-222. Lowery, B. S. & Wout, D. A. (2010). When inequality matters: The effect of inequality frames on academic engagement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 956-966. Chow, R. M. & Lowery, B. S. (2010). Thanks, but no thanks: The role of personal responsibility in the experience of gratitude. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 487-493. Knowles, E. D., Lowery, B. S., & Schaumberg, R. L. (2010). Racial prejudice predicts opposition to Obama and his health care reform plan. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 420-423. Unzueta, M. M. & Lowery, B. S. (2010). Determinants of the perceived legitimacy of standardized tests: Performance expectations versus group-interest. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 1948-1968. Knowles, E. D., Lowery, B. S., & Schaumberg, R. L. (2009). Anti-egalitarians for Obama? Group-dominance motivation and the Obama vote. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 965-969. Lowery, B. S., Chow, R. M., & Randall-Crosby, J. (2009). Taking from those that have more and giving to those that have less: How inequity frames affect corrections for inequity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 375-378. Knowles, E. D., Lowery, B. S., Hogan, C., & Chow, R. M. (2009). On the malleability of ideology: Motivated construals of color-blindness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 857-869. Unzueta, M. M. & Lowery, B. S. (2008). Defining racism safely: The role of self-image maintenance on White Americans conceptions of racism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1491-1497.
Chow, R. M., Lowery, B. S., & Knowles, E. D. (2008). The two faces of dominance: The differential effect of ingroup superiority and outgroup inferiority on dominantgroup identity and group-esteem. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1073-1081. Unzueta, M. M., Lowery, B. S., & Knowles, E. D. (2008). Overcoming affirmative action: Policy beliefs as self-affirmations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105, 1-13. Lowery, B. S., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (2007). Framing inequity safely: The motivated denial of White privilege. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1237-1250. Lowery, B. S., Eisenberger, N., Hardin, C. D., & Sinclair, S. (2007). The persistence of priming effects on academic performance. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29,151-157. Lowery, B. S., Unzueta, M. M., Knowles, E. D., & Goff, P. A. (2006). Concern for the ingroup and opposition to affirmative action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 961-974. Sinclair, S., Hardin, C. D., & Lowery, B. S. (2006). Self-stereotyping in the context of multiple social identities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 529-542. Sinclair, S., Lowery, B. S., Hardin, C. D., & Colangelo, A. (2005). The social tuning of automatic ethnic attitudes: The role of affiliative motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 583-592. Sinclair, S., Dunn, E., & Lowery, B. S. (2005). The relationship between parental racial attitudes and children s automatic prejudice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 3, 283-289. Graham, S. & Lowery, B. S. (2004). Priming unconscious racial stereotypes about adolescent offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 483-504. Lowery, B. S., Hardin, C. D., & Sinclair, S. (2001). Social influence effects on automatic racial prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 842-855. Book Chapter Haley, H., Sidanius, J., Lowery, B. S. & Malamuth, N. (2004). The Interactive Nature of Sex and Race Discrimination: A Social Dominance Perspective. In G. Philogene (Ed.), Racial Identity in Context: The Legacy of Kenneth B. Clark (pp. 149-160). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Unpublished Manuscripts Phillips, L. T. & Lowery, B. S. I ain t no fortunate one: On the motivated denial of class privilege. Cases Lowery, B. S., Wheeler, C. S., & Denend, L. (2006). PacifiCare's African American Health Solutions (AAHS). Lowery, B. S., & Denend, L. (2005). Neighborhood Health Clinic: Serving the Underserved in a Complex Environment. Lowery, B. S., & Denend, L. (2005). Neighborhood Health Clinic: Grappling with Interpersonal and Multicultural Challenges. Lowery, B. S., & Denend, L. (2005). Neighborhood Health Clinic: Resolving Conflict in a Dysfunctional Workplace. Conference Presentations Guillory, L. & Lowery, B. (2012). Hierarchy Maintenance and the Rejection of Highly Identified Whites Poster presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. San Diego, California. Chow, R. M., Lowery, B. S., & Hogan, C. M. (2010). Appeasement: Pro-hierarchy dominant group members strategic support for redistributive policies. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Banff, Canada. Chow, R. M. & Lowery, B. S. (2009). Thanks but no thanks: The role of responsibility in the experience of gratitude. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL. Guillory, L., Lowery, B. (2009). Examining the Relationship Among Identification, World views, and Acceptance in a Minority Sample. Poster presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. Las Vegas, Nevada. Lowery, B. S. & Knowles, E. D. (2007). Hiding in plain sight: The denied power of White identity. Paper presented at American Sociological Association, New York, NY. Lowery, B. S., Chow, R. M., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (2006). How Perceptions of Inequality Affect Responses to Redistributive Social Policies. Paper presented at International Society of Political Psychology, Barcelona.
Lowery, B. S., Chow, R. M., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (2006). How Perceptions of Inequality Affect Responses to Redistributive Social Policies. Paper presented at International Society for Justice Research, Berlin. Inesi, M. E. & Lowery, B. S. (2006). Betting on your chances: The effect of affirmative action on White men s behavioral confidence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. Chow, R. M., Lowery, B. S., & Knowles, E. D. (2006). Distancing from dominance: The effect of unearned privilege on Whites racial identity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. Chow, R. M., Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., & Knowles, E. D. (2005). Does the salience of social inequity increase support for affirmative action? Depends on how you look at it. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, HI. Unzueta, M. M., Lowery, B. S., & Knowles, E. D. (2005). Framing inequity safely: The motivated denial of privilege. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, HI. Sinclair, S., Lowery, B.S., & Hardin, C. D. (2004). Social tuning of automatic ethnic attitudes: The role of relationship motivation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., & Knowles, E. D (2004). White racial identity and groupinterested opposition to affirmative action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA. Lowery, B.S., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (2004). The motivated denial of racial privilege and its consequences. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, CA. Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., & Knowles, E. D (2004). White racial identity and groupinterested opposition to affirmative action. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, CA. Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., & Knowles, E. D (2004). Are we ahead or are they behind? How inequality frame affects acceptance of redistributive social policy. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, CA. Unzueta, M. M., Lowery, B.S., & Knowles, E. D (2004). The effect of perception of affirmative action on nonbeneficiaries self-image. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, CA.
Lowery, B.S., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. (2004). The motivated denial of racial privilege and its consequences. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology s Self and Identity Pre-conference, Austin, TX. Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., Knowles, E. D. (2004). Understanding opposition to affirmative action: Reconciling justice concerns and redistributive social policy. Chaired Symposium and paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX. Graham, S. & Lowery, B.S. (2000). The effect of non-conscious stereotypes on judgments of juvenile suspects. Project presented at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice network meeting, Chicago, IL. Lowery, B. S., Hardin, C. D., Sinclair, S. (1999). Social tuning effects on automatic prejudice. Paper presented at American Psychological Society, Denver, CO. Lowery, B. S., Sinclair, S., & Hardin, C. D. (1998). The effect of stereotypes on automatic prejudice. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Ann Arbor, MI. Teaching Experience Groups and Teams, Stanford University, Fall 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Critical Analytical Thinking, Fall 2010 Managing Diversity, Stanford University, Winter 2007 Perspectives on Justice, Stanford University, 2005, 2006 Micro-organizational Behavior, Stanford University, Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Social Psychology of Organizations, Stanford University, Winter 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Teaching Assistant, Statistics for Psychologists, University of California, Los Angeles, Fall 1999, Winter 2000, Teaching Assistant, Social Psychology Research Methods, University of California, Los Angeles, Spring 1999, Summer 1999, Spring 2000 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Social Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Summer 1998, Spring 2001