A. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Address Department of Psychology Lehigh University 17 Memorial Drive East Bethlehem, PA, 18015 Phone: 613-758-6779 Fax: 613-758-6277 Email: djp208@lehigh.edu Lab website: www.groupprocesseslab.blogspot.com Psychology Today blog (It s a Group Life): www.psychologytoday.com/blog/its-group-life Education 2007-2008, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University 2003-2007, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Toronto 2002-2003, M.A., Department of Psychology, University of Toronto 1997-2001, B.A. (Hon.), Psychology major, Int l Relations minor, McGill University Appointments 2009-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University Other University Appointments and Affiliations 2013-Present, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University 2010-Present, Core Faculty, Cognitive Science Program, Lehigh University B. PUBLICATIONS Articles in Refereed Journals Packer, D. J., & Miners, C. T. H. (in press). Tough love: The normative conflict model of dissent. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Packer, D. J. (in press). On not airing our dirty laundry: Intergroup contexts suppress ingroup criticism among strongly identified group members. British Journal of Social Psychology. Packer, D. J., Fujita, K., & Chasteen, A. L. (2014). The motivational dynamics of dissent decisions: A goal conflict approach. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 27-34. Packer, D. J., Fujita, K., & Herman, S. (2013). Rebels with a cause: A goal conflict approach to understanding when conscientious people dissent. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 927-932. Gill, M. J., Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2013). More to morality than mutualism: Consistent contributors exist and they can inspire costly generosity in others. [Commentary on N. Baumard, J. Andre & D. Sperber, A mutualistic approach to morality. ] Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36, 90. 1/15
Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., Haas, I. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (2012). The top-down influence of moral construal: Moral vs. non-moral construal elicits faster, more extreme and universal evaluations of the same actions. PLoS ONE, 7. Cunningham, W. A., Van Bavel, J. J., Arbuckle, N. L., Packer, D. J., & Waggoner, A. S. (2012). Rapid social perception is flexible: Approach and avoidance motivational states shape P100 responses to other-race faces. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6. Packer, D. J., & Miners, C. T. H. (2012). At the first sign of trouble or through thick and thin? When dissent is and is not disengagement from a group. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 316-322. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (2011). Modulation of Fusiform Face Area following minimal exposure to motivationally-relevant faces: Evidence of in-group enhancement (not out-group disregard). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 3343-3354. Packer, D. J., Chasteen, A. L., & Kang, S. K. (2011). Facing social identity change: Interactive effects of current and projected collective identification on expectations regarding future self-esteem and psychological wellbeing. British Journal of Social Psychology, 50, 414-430. Kesek, A., Cunningham, W. A., Packer, D. J., & Zelazo, P. D. (2011). Indirect goal priming is more powerful than explicit instruction in children. Developmental Science, 14, 944-948. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (2010). Loyal deviance: Testing the normative conflict model of dissent in social groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 5-18. Packer, D. J. (2010). The interactive influence of conscientiousness and openness to experience on dissent. Social Influence, 5, 202-219. Remedios, J., Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (2010). Sunny side up: The reliance on positive age stereotypes in descriptions of future older selves. Self and Identity, 9, 257-275. Packer, D. J. (2009). Avoiding groupthink: Whereas weakly identified members remain silent, strongly identified members dissent about collective problems. Psychological Science, 20, 546-548. Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (2009). Neural correlates of reflection on goal states: The role of regulatory focus and temporal distance. Social Neuroscience, 4, 412-425. Packer, D. J. (2008). On being both with us and against us: A normative conflict model of dissent in social groups. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 12, 50-72. Packer, D. J. (2008). Identifying systematic disobedience in Milgram s obedience experiments: A metaanalytic review. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 301-304. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (2008). The neural substrates of ingroup bias: An fmri investigation. Psychological Science, 19, 1131-1139. Cunningham, W. A., Zelazo, P. D., Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel J. J. (2007). An iterative reprocessing model of evaluation. Social Cognition, 25, 736-760. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (2006). Looking to the future: How possible aged selves influence prejudice toward older adults. Social Cognition, 24, 218-247 2/15
Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (2004). Increasing implicit self-esteem through classical conditioning. Psychological Science, 15, 498-502. Refereed Conference Proceedings Packer, D. J., O Séaghdha, P. G., Hupbach, A., & Bates, J. E. (2013). Social categories create (biased) semantic interference during face naming. Proceedings of the 35 th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Berlin: Cognitive Science Society. Book Chapters Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel (in press). The group, the self, and the brain: Dynamic self processes provide a foundation for coalitional social behavior. Invited chapter for K. J. Reynolds & N. R. Branscombe (Eds.), The Psychology of Change: Life Contexts, Experiences, and Identities. Packer, D. J. (2012). Obedience and conformity. Invited chapter for V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, Second Edition. Packer, D. J. (2011). The dissenter s dilemma and a social identity solution. Invited chapter for J. Jetten & M. Hornsey (Eds.), Rebels in Groups: Dissent, Deviance, Difference, and Defiance. Wiley-Blackwell. Packer, D. J., Kesek, A., & Cunningham, W. A. (2011). Self-regulation and evaluative processing. In A. Todorov, S. Fiske, & D. Prentice (Eds.), Social Neuroscience: Toward Understanding the Underpinnings of the Social Mind. Oxford University Press. Cunningham, W. A., Packer, D. J., Kesek, A., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2009). Implicit measures of attitudes: A physiological approach. In R. E. Petty, R. H. Fazio, & P. Brinol (Eds.), Attitudes: Insights from the New Implicit Measures (pp. 485-512). New York: Psychology Press. MacDonald, G., & Packer, D. J. (2009). Persuasion. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Published Reviews Packer, D. J., Aoki, J. T., & Frazier, P. A. (2012). On the advantages and disadvantages of a low resolution snapshot. [Review of Blumberg, H., Kent, M. V., Hare, P. M., & Davies, M. F. (2012). Small group research: Implications of peace psychology and conflict resolution. New York: Springer]. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Technical Reports Packer, D. J., Moskowitz, G. B., & Kugler, M. B. (2011). Investigating the dynamics of identity formation, and narrative information comprehension. Final Technical Report for Research Contract. Toronto: Defence Research and Development Canada. Packer, D. J. & Moskowitz, G. B. (2010). The normative conflict model: A social identity approach to dissent and social change. Technical Report on the Impact of Narratives on Social Identity Beliefs. Toronto: Defence Research and Development Canada. Moskowitz, G. B., & Packer, D. J. (2010). Persuasion and the processing of narratives from minority sources. Technical Report on the Impact of Narratives on Social Identity Beliefs. Toronto: Defence Research and Development Canada. 3/15
Popular/Non-Academic Articles Packer, D. J. (June 2013 present). It s a Group Life. Regular blog-posts at Psychology Today: www.psychologytoday.com/blog/its-group-life Van Bavel, J. J., & Packer, D. J. (September 16, 2013). The seductive allure of neuroscience, and the science of persuasion. Guest blog-post at Scientific American. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guestblog/2013/09/16/the-seductive-allure-of-neuroscience-and-the-science-of-persuasion/ Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (December 4, 2012). Is morality flexible, and why does it matter? Online article for Science and Religion Today. www.scienceandreligiontoday.com Packer, D. J. (Fall, 2012). Rebels with a cause. Article in Work Style Magazine. Packer, D. J. (April, 2012) Facing and fighting stigma. Article in National Alliance on Mental Illness, Lehigh Valley Newsletter. Articles Under Review Packer, D. J., & Kugler, M. B. (2013). Whom can I trust? A cooperative contingencies model of strategic intergroup bias. Manuscript under review. Articles In Preparation Packer, D. J., & Kugler, M. B. (in prep.). Effective cooperation-facilitating social institutions reduce strategic intergroup biases. Working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2235092 Packer, D. J., Gill, M. J., Chu, K., & Van Bavel, J. J. (In prep). How do consistent contributors affect cooperation in public goods games? Manuscript in preparation. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Ray, J. L. (In prep.). A dynamic model of moral cognition. Manuscript in preparation. Miners, C. T. H., & Packer, D. J., & Lui, J. (In prep.). The role of self-regulation in expressions of dissent: Ego depletion attenuates collectively-oriented dissent. Manuscript in preparation. Aoki, J. T., & Packer, D. J. (In prep.). Testing the moral imperative hypothesis: Willingness to act on moralized attitudes and judgments is sensitive to the costs of action. Manuscript in preparation. Packer, D. J., & Fujita, K. (In prep.). Construal level shifts the balance between self-interested and groupinterested ingroup criticism. Manuscript in preparation. Packer, D. J., Xaio, J., DeBellis, D., & Van Bavel, J. J. (In prep.). Rapid reactions to ingroup and outgroup emotions vary as a function of intergroup dynamics. Manuscript in preparation. Packer, D. J., Van Bavel, J. J., & Leonardelli, G. (In prep.). Underdog affiliation varies as a function of need for distinctiveness. Manuscript in preparation. van der Toorn, J., Jost, J. T., Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (In prep). System justification, religiosity and opposition to same sex marriage. Manuscript in preparation. 4/15
C. HONORS AND AWARDS 2013, Research highlighted at Dialogue Across the Disciplines Dinner, Lehigh University 2011, Travel Grant, President and Provost s Faculty Development Fund, Lehigh University 2009, Williamson Prize in Social Sciences, Lehigh University 2008, Nomination for Governor General s Gold Medal, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto 2007, Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2003, Certificate of Academic Excellence, Canadian Psychological Association 2000, McConnell Award for Academic Excellence, McGill University D. JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS Associate Editor, British Journal of Social Psychology Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Social Psychology Special Issue Co-Editor, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations: Methodological and Statistical Issues in Groups Research (with Dr. Lowell Gaertner) E. RESEARCH FUNDING Competitively Awarded Research Funding 2013-2016. Packer, D. J. (PI). Whom can I trust? A cooperative contingencies framework for predicting and reducing intergroup bias. Research grant funded by the National Science Foundation, $313,736 USD. 2012-2014. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Gill, M. J. (Co-PIs). When and how moral beliefs give purpose to moral action: A dynamic model of moral decision-making. Research grant from The Templeton Foundation, $249,000 USD. 2012-2017. Wohl, M. J. A. (PI), Halperin, E., Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (Co-Investigators). We were, we are, we will be: Constructive and destructive responses to collective angst. Research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $210,000 CND. 2012-2013. O Seaghdha, P., Hupbach, A., Packer, D. J., & Munoz-Avila, H. Identifying stable and dynamic representations of meaning through computational, behavioral, and brain imaging triangulation. Collaborative Research Opportunity Grant, Lehigh University, $60,000 USD. 2012. Packer, D. J. Investigating top down influences on rapid emotional responding during moral judgments. Paul J. Franz Pre-Tenure Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University, $2,000 USD. 2011. Packer, D. J. Investigating How Cooperation-Facilitating Mechanisms Influence Intergroup Prejudice. Paul J. Franz Pre-Tenure Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University, $3,000 USD. 2010-2011, Packer, D. J. (PI), & Moskowitz, G. B. Investigating the Dynamics of Identity Formation and Narrative Information Comprehension. Research contract with Defence Canada, $197,000 CND 2010. Packer, D. J. Investigating the signaling functions of prejudicial expressions. Paul J. Franz Pre-Tenure Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University, $3,500 USD. 5/15
2007-2009, Packer, D. J. Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $81,000 CND. 2004-2007, Packer, D. J. Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $105,000 CND. 2002-2004, Packer, D. J. Ontario Graduate Scholarships (2), $30,000 CND. 2000, Summer Research Award, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, $5,000 CND. E. SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS Organized or Chaired Conferences Wohl, M. J. A., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2011). Group Processes and Intergroup Relations Pre-Conference, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas. Organized or Chaired Symposia Van Bavel, D. J., & Packer, D. J. (March, 2013). Moral reasoning redux: The importance of reasoning in moral judgment and decision-making. Symposium organized for Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting, New York, NY. Morrison, K. R., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2010). United and divided we stand: On the collective and personal functions of conformity and dissent. Symposium organized for Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (May, 2006). 1 st Annual York University University of Toronto Symposium for Social and Personality Psychology, Toronto. Van Bavel, J. J., & Packer, D. J. (June, 2005). Social and temporal aspects of the self: Implications for interpersonal and intergroup relations. Symposium organized for the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal. Invited Presentations and Colloquia Packer, D. J. (February, 2014). TBA. Invited talk to be presented at Attitudes Pre-Conference, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, Texas. Packer, D. J. (November, 2013). The normative conflict model: A social identity approach to dissent and social change. Invited colloquium presented at the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Packer, D. J. (April, 2013). Whom can I trust? Introducing the cooperative contingencies model of strategic intergroup bias. Invited colloquium presented at Department of Psychology, University of Kansas. Packer, D. J., Moskowitz. G. B., & Kugler, M. B. (March, 2011). Investigating the dynamics of identity formation, and narrative information comprehension. Invited talk presented at Workshop on the Role of Narratives in Shaping Social Identity Beliefs, Defence Research and Development Canada, Toronto. 6/15
Packer, D. J. (January, 2011). The normative conflict model: A social identity approach to dissent and social change. Talk presented at Group Processes and Intergroup Relations Pre-Conference, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas. Packer, D. J. (October, 2010). The dissenter s dilemma, and a social identity solution. Invited talk presented at Social Psychology Brown Bag Series, Psychology, New York University. Packer, D. J. (June, 2010). Taking social identities seriously. Invited talk presented at Social Perception and Evaluation Lab, Psychology, New York University. Packer, D. J. (March, 2010). The normative conflict model: A social identity approach to dissent and social change. Invited talk presented at Workshop on the Impact of Narratives on Social Identity Beliefs, Defence Research and Development Canada, Toronto. Packer, D. J. (September, 2009). Avoiding groupthink: Psychological factors influencing opinion expression in social groups. Invited talk presented at Social Research Seminar, Psychology, Princeton University. Packer, D. J. (June, 2008). Loyal deviance: A normative conflict model of dissent and its implications for collective identity. Invited talk presented at Group Processes Pre-conference, European Association for Experimental Social Psychology, Opatija, Croatia Packer, D. J. (April, 2008). Divided we stand? Loyal deviance and its implications for collective identity. Invited talk presented at Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (August, 2006). Evaluation and the self: An fmri investigation of common underlying processes. Invited talk presented at Queen s University, Department of Psychology, Kingston. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Dion, K. L. (June, 2006). Attitudes toward same sex marriage: Genuine religious opposition or merely anti-gay prejudice? Invited talk presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary. Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (November, 2005). Looking to the future: How possible aged selves influence prejudice toward older adults. Invited talk presented at 58 th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, Orlando. Refereed Presentations Conference Talks Packer, D. J., & Miners, C. T. H. (February, 2014). Taking the long view: A goal systems approach to dissent decisions. Talk to be presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Austin, TX. O Seaghdha, P., Packer, D. J., Frazer, A., Preusse, K., Hatalis, K., Munoz-Avila, H., & Hupbach, A. (November, 2013). Does mere co-activation drive semantic interference? Talk presented at the Psychonomic Society. Toronto, ON. Gill, M. J., Packer, D. J., Chu, K., & Van Bavel, J. J. (July, 2013). Consistent contributors can inspire robust, costly generosity in those with altruistic values. Talk presented at International Conference on Social Dilemmas, Zurich. Stivers, A., Packer, D. J., Deegan, M., Kugler, M., & Kuhlman, D. M. (May, 2013). Regulatory fit and social value orientation as predictors of individual dissent in a group decision. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL. 7/15
Chu, K., Packer, D. J., & Gill, M. J. (March, 2013). Is this a moral situation? How prosocial values shape detection of and responses to others moral acts. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. Aoki, J. T., & Packer, D. J. (March, 2013). Punishment of perceived moral transgressions is deterred by costs incurred: A disconfirmation of the moral imperative hypothesis. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., Hass, I. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (March, 2013). The importance of moral construal: Moral versus non-moral construal elicits faster, more extreme, universal evaluations of the same actions. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. Packer, D. J., & Miners, C. T. H. (August, 2012). Criticism wrought of care: Factors influencing group criticism and non-normative opinion expression. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. van der Toorn, J., Jost, J. T., Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (July, 2012). System justification, religiosity and opposition to same-sex marriage. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Chicago, Il. Golden, S., & Packer, D. J. (April, 2012). Reducing discriminatory in-group biases with cooperation-enhancing mechanisms. Talk presented at annual Social Research Social Justice Conference, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. Golden, S., & Packer, D. J. (April, 2012). Reducing discriminatory in-group biases with cooperation-enhancing mechanisms. Talk presented at LVIAC Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Easton, PA. Packer, D. J. (October, 2011). The right thing to do: Examining conditions under which group members express dissent. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Washington, DC. Packer, D. J. (July, 2011). The dissenter s dilemma, and a social identity solution: The role of self-regulation in dissent. Talk presented at European Association for Social Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden. Gill, M. J., & Packer, D. J. (July, 2011). Connecting prosocial dispositions to prosocial action: Prosocial dispositions energize cooperation by increasing attention to and moral construals of others prosocial acts. Talk presented at the International Conference on Social Dilemmas, Amsterdam. Packer, D. J., & Gill, M. J. (July, 2011). Further investigation of how prosocial dispositions connect to action: Evidence from computer mouse trajectories during decisions to cooperate or defect. Talk presented at the International Conference on Social Dilemmas, Amsterdam. Packer, D. J., Van Bavel, J. J., * Johnsen, I. R., & Cunningham, W. A. (July, 2010). The impact of moral construals on voting intentions. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, San Francisco, CA. Packer, D. J. (October, 2009). The dissenter s dilemma, and a social identity solution. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Portland, Maine. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (February, 2008). The power of in-group bias: The neural substrates and evaluative implications of membership in novel groups. Talk presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM. 8/15
Packer, D. J. (January, 2007). On uncomfortable conformity and predicting when group members dissent on principle. Talk presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (June, 2005). The impact of future identities on current intergroup relations. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (May, 2005). How thoughts about old age affect current age bias. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago. Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (August, 2003). Aging, gender, and age-based intergroup relations. Talk presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto. Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (June, 2003). Increasing implicit self-esteem through classical conditioning. Talk presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto. Refereed Presentations Conference Posters Lin, S-Y., & Packer, D. J. (February, 2014). Rapid evaluative tuning: The presence of cooperation-facilitating institutions reduces implicit race bias. Poster to be presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX. Aoki, J. T., & Packer, D. J. (February, 2014). Put your money where your morals are: The importance of loss vs. gain in the moral domain. Poster to be presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX. Packer, D. J., & Miners, C. T. H. (January, 2013). A self-control perspective on dissent within social groups. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Aoki, J. T., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2013). Punishment of perceived moral transgressions is deterred by costs incurred: A disconfirmation of the moral imperative hypothesis. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. DeBellis, D., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2013). Affective responses to ingroup and outgroup emotional expressions are sensitive to relations between the groups. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Frazier, P. A., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2012). Quality of consensus is important in learning and social influence. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. Aoki, J. T., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2012). Costly moral conflicts ignite aggression: When heated situations get even hotter. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. Aoki, J. T., & Packer, D. J. (May, 2011). Moral mandates and aggression: If you are the weakest link, goodbye! Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. DeBellis, D., & Packer, D. J. (April, 2011). Affective Priming is Sensitive to Ingroup and Outgroup Comparison Within Varying Modes of Intergroup Dynamics. Poster presented at LVIAC Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Easton, PA. Herman, S., & Packer, D. J. (April, 2011). Examining When Conscientiousness Leads to Dissent. Poster presented at LVIAC Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Easton, PA. Lui, J., & Packer, D. J. (April, 2010). The Role of Self-Regulation in Expressions of Dissent. Poster presented at LVIAC Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Bethlehem, PA. 9/15
Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (April, 2010). Social identity organizes face perception: The Fusiform Face Area responds preferentially to members of an experimentally created ingroup. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Montreal, QC. Johnsen, I. R., Packer, D. J., Van Bavel, J. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (January, 2010). Costs and benefits be damned: The impact of moral construals on voting intentions. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Packer, D. J. & Cunningham, W. A. (October, 2009). Neural correlates of reflection on goals: Distinguishing domain-specific and domain-general processes. Poster presented at 3 rd annual Social and Affective Neuroscience Conference, New York, NY. Van Bavel, D. J., Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (October, 2009). Social identity organizes face perception: The Fusiform Face Area responds preferentially to members of an experimentally created ingroup. Poster presented at 3 rd annual Social and Affective Neuroscience Conference, New York, NY. Packer, D. J., & Moeller, B. (February, 2009). Whether it entails conformity or dissent, strongly identified members publicly express concern about collectively-harmful group problems. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., Johnsen, I., & Cunningham, W. A. (February, 2009). The processes and outcomes associated with moral versus pragmatic evaluation. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL. Chasteen, A., L., Kang, S. K., Remedios, J., & Packer, D. J. (February, 2009). What does it mean to identify with your age group? Distinguishing between cohort and youth identification. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL. Remedios, J., Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (February, 2009). Thinking about our future selves: The role of age-related stereotypes. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL. Packer, D. J. (November, 2008). Loyal deviance: Testing the normative conflict model of dissent in social groups. Poster presented at the International Scholars Research Exposition, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Packer, D. J. (February, 2008). Using meta-analysis to identify systematic disobedience in Milgram s obedience experiments. Poster presented at Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM. Kesek, A., Packer, D. J., Zelazo, P. D., & Cunningham, W. A. (February, 2008). Implicit goal activation in children. Poster presented at Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., Waggoner, A. S., & Cunningham, W. A. (January, 2007). Flexibility in automatic social evaluations: Induced motivational states shift automatic intergroup categorizations and evaluations. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis. Kang, S., Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (January, 2007). Anticipating future stigma: Extending the rejectionidentification model to future group memberships. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis. Chasteen, A. L., Packer, D. J., & Kamis, R. (January, 2007). The blackest of sheep: How group members react to individuals who leave their group. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis. 10/15
Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (May, 2006). Rationality as a social institution: A preliminary model of decisionmaking. Poster presented at the Southern Ontario Behavioral Decision Research Conference, Toronto. Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (April, 2006). How do fear of aging and age group identification influence intergenerational relations? Poster presented at the 2006 Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta. Thomas, R. C., Packer, D. J., & Hasher, L. (April, 2006). Age differences in heuristic use of mood in estimating the frequency of emotional events. Poster presented at the 2006 Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (January, 2006). Anticipating old age: How thoughts about aging affect current age-group identities. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Palm Springs. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., Farb, N., Gonzalez, J., Chasteen, A. L., & Cunningham, W. A. (January, 2006). Feeling two things at once: A functional dissociation between implicit and explicit ambivalence toward social groups. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Palm Springs. Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2006). How do fear of aging and age group identification influence intergenerational relations? Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Palm Springs. Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2005). I like them, but don t want to be them: How age-group identification moderates the effects of older possible selves on age bias. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (March, 2004). Stereotyping my future self: The content of older possible selves and their impact on age-based bias. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (January, 2004). Stereotyping my future self: The content of older possible selves and their impact on age-based bias. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Austin. Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (August, 2003). Enhancing implicit self-esteem through classical conditioning. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto. Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (February, 2003). Classical conditioning of implicit self-esteem. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Los Angeles. Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (February, 2002). Can implicit self-esteem be modified via classical conditioning? Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Savannah. Other Local Presentations and Guest Lectures Packer, D. J. (February, 2013). Whom can I trust? Introducing a cooperative contingencies model of strategic intergroup bias. Talk presented at Brown Bag Series, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J. (November, 2012). The psychology of conformity and dissent. Guest lecture to Corporate Governance and Business Risk Management course, College of Business and Economics, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J. (September, 2011). Age group identities and young adults reactions to the prospect of old age. Talk presented at Brown Bag Series, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University. 11/15
Packer, D. J. (September, 2011). Moral evaluative processing. (Short) talk presented at Cognition, Language and Neuroscience Group, Psychology, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J., Moskowitz. G. B., & Kugler, M. B. (April, 2011). Investigating the dynamics of identity formation, and narrative information comprehension. Talk presented at Social Cognition Area Meeting, Psychology, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J., & Aoki, J. (March, 2011). Developing a typology of intergroup aggression. Talk presented at Social Cognition Area Meeting, Psychology, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J. (November, 2010). Why do people identify with underdogs? Talk presented at Social Cognition Area Meeting, Psychology, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J. (October, 2010). The normative conflict model: A social identity approach to dissent and social change. Talk presented at Cognitive Science Program, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J. (September, 2010). Effects of opportunities to influence on conformity and dissent. Talk presented at Social Cognition Area Meeting, Psychology, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J. (October, 2009). Personality and construal-level effects on dissent. Talk presented at Brown Bag Series, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J. (February, 2009). Differentiation within groups, and the psychological importance of making unique contributions. Talk presented at Brown Bag Series, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J. (November, 2008). Differentiation within groups, and the psychological importance of making unique contributions. Talk presented at the Social Cognition Research Group, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University. Packer, D. J. (November, 2008). Avoiding groupthink: Factors affecting opinion expression among strongly identified group members. Talk presented at the Group for Attitudes and Persuasion, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University. Packer, D. J. (October, 2007). Responsible deviance: Psychological factors underlying principled acts of dissent. Talk presented at the Social Cognition Research Group, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University. Packer, D. J. (October, 2006). Where does the self live, and what does it do there? An fmri investigation of self-processing. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology Area Meeting, University of Toronto. Packer, D. J. (May, 2007). Identifying systematic disobedience in Milgram s obedience experiments: Implications for interrogations and dissent. Talk presented at 2 nd Annual York University University of Toronto Symposium for Social and Personality Psychology, Toronto. Packer, D. J. (May, 2006). How perceived power discrepancies affect willingness to take action against an outgroup. Talk presented at 1 st Annual York University University of Toronto Symposium for Social and Personality Psychology, Toronto. Packer, D. J. (October, 2005). An identity model of dissent. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology Area Meeting, University of Toronto. 12/15
Packer, D. J. (November, 2004). Categorization may contaminate: On the implicit association test and the uncertainty principle. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology Area Meeting, University of Toronto. Packer, D. J. (October, 2004). Taking advantage of the double cohort: How competition for entry affects adjustment to the group. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology Area Meeting, University of Toronto. Packer, D. J. (February, 2004). The construction of older possible-selves and their implications for age-based bias. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology Area Meeting, University of Toronto. Packer, D. J. (November, 2003). Me be like you one day: The content of age stereotypes and their impact on age-based bias. Talk presented at Cognitive Science @ Scarborough Lecture Series, University of Toronto. F. PUBLIC OUTREACH Panelist, Trayvon Martin, Race and Justice. (October, 2013). Race and the injustice system. Organized by the MLK Organizing Committee, Lehigh University. Panelist, MLK Week Panel Discussion. (January, 2013). The social psychology of prejudice. Organized by the MLK Organizing Committee, Lehigh University. Packer, D. J. (March, 2012). Stigma, its consequences, and what can be done about it. Talk presented to National Alliance on Mental Illness, Lehigh Valley Chapter Board of Directors Meeting. Bethlehem, PA. Packer, D. J. (April, 2012). Stigma, its consequences, and what can be done about it. Talk presented to Pennsylvania Behavioral Health and Aging Coalition. Bethlehem, PA. G. TEACHING AND RESEARCH ADVISING Courses Graduate Seminar on Social Cognition: Spring 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2013 Graduate Professional Development Seminar: Fall 2013 Introduction to Psychology: Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011 Social Psychology: Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014 Advanced Seminar on Self and Identity: Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2010 Research Advising Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Lehigh University Dr. Matthew Kulger (2010-2012) Ph.D. Students, Lehigh University Justin Aoki (2010-present) Shiang-Yi Lin (2012-present) Nick Ungson (2013-present) Natasha Thalla (2013-present) 13/15
M.Sc. Students, Lehigh University Kelly Chu (2011-2013) Phillip Snow (2010-2012) Dominic James Packer Curriculum Vitae Undergraduate Honors, Lehigh University: Samantha Golden (2011-2012) Derek DeBellis (2010-2011) Thesis won the Donald T. Campbell Social Science Research Prize, Lehigh Scott Herman (2010-2011) Jonathan Lui (2009-2010) Undergraduate Supervised Research, Lehigh University: Benjamin Shepherd (2012-2013) Emily Chambers (2012-2013) Nevada Heft (2012-2013) Lydia Gourley (2011-2012) Anders Pederson (2011-2012) Alexa Wallerstein (2011) Dustin Lee (2011) Samantha Golden (2011) Kyle Nacci (2011) Kelly Chu (2010-2011) Allison Miyashita (2010-2011) Franklin Ma (2010) Kristen Arestad (2009-2010) John Lalomio (2009-2010) Tara Troiano (2009) Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Second Reader Jacqueline Werner (ongoing) Brady Dubin (ongoing) Victoria Oliva (ongoing) Kimberly Preusse (2012-2013) Tabitha Echavarria (2012-2013) Graduate Committees Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member: Philip Getty, Lehigh University (ongoing) Jessica Eye, Psychology, Lehigh University (ongoing) Courtney Ignarri, Psychology, Lehigh University (2011) M.Sc. Thesis Committee Member: Stephanie Cerce, Lehigh University (ongoing) Christine Perndorfer, Lehigh University (2013) Jessica Goren, Psychology, Lehigh University (2012) Philip Getty, Psychology, Lehigh University (2011) Comprehensive Exam Committee Member: Philip Getty, Psychology, Lehigh University (2012) Courtney Ignarri, Psychology, Lehigh University (2010) Jessica Eye, Psychology, Lehigh University (2010) External Dissertation Examiner: Rachel McDonald, Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia (2012) Sarah Esposo, Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia (2011) Monique Crane, Psychology, Australian National University, Australia (2010) Marc Chan, Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia (2009) 14/15
H. SERVICE Service to University 2013-present, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University 2012-present, Committee on Discipline, Lehigh University 2010-present, Cognitive Science Supervisory Committee, Lehigh University 2012-present, Co-Chair, Donald T. Campbell Social Science Research Prize Committee, Lehigh University 2013, Panelist, Faculty Exchange Workshop on NSF Funding, Lehigh University 2010-2013, Member of Integrative Cognitive Neuroscience Cluster Proposal Group 2010-2012, Secretary to the Faculty Meeting, Psychology, Lehigh University 2010-2012, Psychology Department Participant Pool Coordinator, Lehigh University 2009-2012, Member, Donald T. Campbell Social Science Research Prize Committee, Lehigh University 2009-2011, Psychology Department Publicity and Promotion, Lehigh University 2011, Faculty Presenter, Dialogue Lehigh Research Event (Presentation to Advancement Staff) 2010, Faculty Work Load Working Group, Psychology, Lehigh University Grant Review Panel National Institutes of Health, Early Career Reviewer Program (invited) Grant Reviewing National Science Foundation, Social Psychology Program National Science Foundation, Cognitive Neuroscience Program Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development Croatian Science Foundation Journal and Book Reviewing Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Psychological Review Perspectives on Psychological Science Current Directions in Psychological Science Social and Personality Psychology Compass Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Social Psychological and Personality Science Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience NeuroImage PLoS Biology Organization Management Journal British Journal of Social Psychology European Journal of Social Psychology Group Processes and Intergroup Relations Group Dynamics Social Influence Basic and Applied Social Psychology Journal of Applied Social Psychology Environment and Behavior Journal of General Psychology MIT Press I. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Society of Experimental Social Psychology Society for Personality and Social Psychology Social Psychology Network Social and Affective Neuroscience Society Academy of Management Eastern Psychological Association 15/15