Education Allison L. Skinner 2015 (anticipated) Ph.D., University of Nebraska- Lincoln Experimental Psychology (Social Neuroscience) 2009 M.A., California State University, Chico Psychological Science 2005 B.A., California State University, Chico Major in Psychology, Cum Laude, Research Interests Publications Social psychology with a focus on prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination Perception and categorization of race Intergroup relations *Nicolas, G., & Skinner, A. L. (2012). That s so gay! General negative usage of the word gay increases implicit anti- gay bias. Journal of Social Psychology, 152, 654-658. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2012.661803 Stevenson, M. C., Sorenson, K. M., Skinner, A. L., & Dzwario, R.A. (2011). Impact of race on perceptions of adolescent sex offenders. In M. Paludi (Ed.), The Psychology of Teen Violence and Victimization (pp. 57-80). California: Praeger Publishers. Skinner, A. L., Sorenson, K. M., & Stevenson, M. C. (2011). Is public support for sex offender registration policies driven by a desire to protect society or punish offenders? In N. M. Palmetti & J. P. Russo (Eds.), The Psychology of Punishment (pp. 33-50). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers. Other Publications Stevenson, M. C., & Skinner, A. L. (2010). Does a history of childhood maltreatment shape perceptions of juvenile offenders? Section on Child Maltreatment Newsletter: Division 37, American Psychological Association. Skinner, A. L. (2009). Locus of control and attitudes about midwifery. Master s thesis, California State University, Chico. Manuscripts in Preparation Skinner, A. L., & Stevenson, M. C. (2012). Anti- Arab prejudice extends beyond terrorist stereotypes. Manuscript in preparation.
Skinner, A. L., & Stevenson, M. C. (2012). Are Asians stereotyped as bad drivers? Discrimination against Asian drivers: Asian Driver Stereotypes Scale construction and validation. Manuscript in preparation. Skinner, A. L., & Stevenson, M. C. (2012). The moderating role of hostile and benevolent sexism in predicting bias against female drivers. Manuscript in preparation. Stevenson, M. C., Skinner, A. L., & Sorenson, K. M. (2012). Victim race shapes perceptions of juvenile sex offenders in a forced rape case. Manuscript in preparation. Professional Presentations Skinner, A. L., & Stevenson, M. C. (2013, January). Ambivalent sexism and attitudes toward female drivers. Under review for presentation at the Society Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA. Skinner, A. L., & Stevenson, M. C. (2012, May). Discrimination against Asian drivers: Asian Driver Stereotypes Scale construction and validation. Presentation at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, Chicago, IL. Farnum, K. S., Skinner, A. L., *von Kampen, R., *Sadler, E. G., Gervais, S. J., & Wiener, R. L. (2012, April). My eyes are up here: Sexual harassment through the lens of objectification and affective forecasting theories. Presentation at the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Lincoln, NE. *Fowler, S., Skinner, A., & Hall, S. (2012, April). The impact of weight and gender on a civil trial. Paper presentation at the University of Southern Indiana s Endeavor Awards for Research and Creativity Symposium, Evansville, IN. Skinner, A. L., Stevenson, M. C., & *Fowler, S. (2012, March). Juror demographic characteristics as predictors of case judgments in a civil automobile accident trial. Presentation at the American Psychology- Law Society Conference, San Juan, PR. Skinner, A. L., Stevenson, M. C., *Fowler, S. (2012, March). Female driver stereotypes and attribution of responsibility in a civil automobile accident trial. Paper presentation at the American Psychology- Law Society Conference, San Juan, PR. Skinner, A. L., Stevenson, M. C., & Sorenson Farnum, K. (2012, January). Juvenile defendants who rape different- race victims are treated more punitively. Presentation at the Society Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA. Skinner, A. L., Stevenson, M. C., & Breault, M. (2011, May). Anti- Arab prejudice extends beyond terrorist stereotypes: Arabs are blamed for car accidents more than Caucasians. Winner of the Research on Socially and Economically Underrepresented Populations (RiSE- UP) Research Award and invited symposium at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, Washington, D.C. Skinner, A. L., Stevenson, M. C., & Breault, M. (2011, May). Anti- Arab prejudice extends beyond terrorist stereotypes: Arabs are blamed for car accidents more than Caucasians. Presentation at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, Washington, D.C.
*Fowler, S., & Skinner, A. L. (2011, April). The impact of obesity on a civil trial. Paper presentation at the Mid-America Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Richmond, IN. *Nicolas, G., & Skinner, A. L. (2011, April). That s so gay!: Relationship between the use of the word gay as a negative term unrelated to sexual orientation and negative attitudes towards homosexuality. Paper presentation at the Mid-America Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Richmond, IN. Skinner, A. L., *Fowler, S., & *Fitzgerald, K. (2011, April). The effects of driver race and gender on civil case judgments. Poster presentation at the University of Southern Indiana s Endeavor Awards for Research and Creativity Symposium, Evansville, IN. *Nicolas, G., & Skinner, A. L. (2011, April). That s so gay!: Relationship between the use of the word gay as a negative term unrelated to sexual orientation and negative attitudes towards homosexuality. Poster presentation at the University of Southern Indiana s Endeavor Awards for Research and Creativity Symposium, Evansville, IN. Skinner, A. L., Stevenson, M. C., & Camillus, J. (2011, March). Are Asians better or worse drivers than Caucasians? Men and women disagree. Presentation at the American Psychology- Law Society conference, Miami, FL. Stevenson, M. C., Skinner, A. L., & Sorenson, K. M. (2011, March). Juvenile defendants who rape Black versus White victims are perceived as particularly dangerous. Presentation at the American Psychology- Law Society conference, Miami, FL. Sorenson, K. M., Stevenson, M. C., & Skinner, A. L. (2011, March). When does juvenile rape make sense? Victim socioeconomic status shapes perceptions of juvenile sex offenders. Presentation at the American Psychology- Law Society conference, Miami, FL. Kline, L., & Skinner, A. (2009, October). Animal and adopter characteristics that influence adoption decisions. Presentation at the convention for The International Society for Anthrozoology, Kansas City, MO. Skinner, A. (2009, April). Locus of control and attitudes about midwifery. Presentation at the convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR. Skinner, A. (2009, April). Neurological mapping of the reflective reward system. Presentation at the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Student Research and Scholarly Work Symposium, California State University, Chico. Grants Received or Submitted Skinner, A. L., & Gervais, S. J. (Spring, 2012). Valence of sexual objectification and perceptions of sexual harassment. Minority Affairs Committee Diversity Research Award, Association for Psychological Science, $500.00
Skinner, A. L., *Fowler, S., & *Fitzgerald, K. (Spring, 2011). The Effects of Driver Race and Gender on Civil Case Judgments. Endeavor Faculty Developed Project Award, University of Southern Indiana, $3,279.80 *Nicolas, G., & Skinner, A. L. (Fall, 2010). That s so gay! How implicit and explicit attitudes toward homosexuality relate to the use of the word gay as a negative term, perceived as unrelated to sexual orientation. Faculty mentor for Endeavor Undergraduate Project Award, University of Southern Indiana, $900. Honors and Awards *Undergraduate co- author 2012 Association for Psychological Science Student Caucus, Travel Assistance Award 2012 American Psychology Law Society, Diversity Research Award 2011 Warden Travel Fellowship, University of Nebraska- Lincoln 2011 Association for Psychological Science Student Caucus, RiSE- UP Research Award 2011 Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship 2011 Awarded the University of Nebraska- Lincoln Othmer Fellowship 2009 Elected to the Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Graduate Honors, California State University, Chico 2005 Elected to The Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Undergraduate Honors, California State University, Chico 2005 Inducted into Psi Chi, National Honors Society in Psychology 2003 Dean s List, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, California State University, Chico 2003 Honors List, Butte College Research Positions and Other Professional Experience 2012 Student Research Award Reviewer, Association for Psychological Science Student Caucus 2012 Research Reviewer, American Psychology- Law Society Conference, San Juan, PR 2012 Conference Coordinator, Pre- Conference: Current and Future Topics in Social Psychology and Law, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA 2011-12 Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Richard Wiener & Dr. Sarah Gervais, University of Nebraska- Lincoln Objectification, Affective Forecasting, and Sexual Harassment 2011-12 Campus Representative, Association for Psychological Science Student Caucus, 2011-12 University of Nebraska- Lincoln Membership Committee Member, APA Division 37 s Section on Child Maltreatment and Neglect 2011 Conference Coordinator, Program of Excellence Conference on Justice, Conflict, and Well- being, University of Nebraska- Lincoln. 2011 Research Reviewer, American Psychology- Law Society Conference, Miami, FL 2010-11 Lab Manager for Dr. Margaret Stevenson, Psychology and the Law Laboratory, University of Evansville 2010 Faculty Reviewer for Student Portfolios, Truman Portfolio Project, Truman State University
2010 Student Research Evaluator, Psi Chi Research Conference, Truman State University 2010 Student Poster Award Reviewer, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV 2009-10 2009-10 Independent researcher for Dr. Michele Breault, Truman State University Research Assistant for Dr. Jeffrey Vittengl, Psychosocial Research Laboratory, Truman State University Telling stories to get acquainted 2008 Research Assistant for Dr. Linda Kline, California State University, Chico Animal and adopter characteristics that influence adoption decisions Additional Training and Skills Teaching Experience E- Prime, Qualtrics, Microsoft Office Suite, Mechanical Turk Statistical packages: SPSS, SAS Semester- long readings course in Functional Neuroanatomy led by Dennis Molfese ERP training workshop (summer 2012) Introduction to Social Psychology Instructor, University of Nebraska- Lincoln Fall, 2012 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology II Adjunct Instructor, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN Spring, 2011 (enrollment = 14) Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology I Adjunct Instructor, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN Taught in Fall, 2010 (enrollment = 17); Spring, 2011 (enrollment = 15) Life- Span Developmental Psychology Adjunct Instructor, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN Taught two sections in Fall, 2010 (enrollment = 30-31); two sections in Spring, 2011 (enrollment = 30-32); one section in Summer, 2011 (enrollment = 14) Lifetime Health and Fitness Part- time Lecturer, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO Taught two sections in Spring, 2010 (enrollment = 70-75) Personality Psychology Teaching Assistant, California State University, Chico Assisted in two sections in Spring, 2008 Professional Affiliations American Psychological Association Society for Personality and Social Psychology Association for Psychological Science American Psychology Law Society APA Division 37: Child and Family Policy and Practice APA Division 37 s Section on Child Maltreatment and Neglect
Community Service 2012 Conference Volunteer, Association for Psychological Science Conference, Chicago, IL. 2011 Session Moderator, Mid- America Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Richmond, IN. 2011 Conference Volunteer, American Psychology- Law Society Conference, Miami, FL 2010 Committee Member, Evansville Mayor s Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Education Subcommittee, Evansville, IN 2010 PlaySpaces Volunteer, 4C of Southern Indiana, Inc, Evansville, IN 2010 Registration Volunteer, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV 2008 Forensic Mental Health Unit Volunteer, Community Action Volunteers in Education, Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA 2004-05 Friendship Circle Group Leader, Community Action Volunteers in Education, California State University, Chico 2004-05 Mentor, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Chico, CA 2003 Adopted Grandparent Volunteer, Community Action Volunteers in Education, California State University, Chico Non- Research Experience 2007-09 Intervention Specialist, Parent Infant Programs, Chico, CA 2006 Behavior Therapist, BEST Consulting, Sacramento, CA 2006 Student Work Exchange, British Universities North America Club, London, UK