2004-2005 Speakers, Topics, and Background Information
Unless otherwise indicated, talks take place in first-floor conference room of the Department of Psychology, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA

Dr. Michael Sargent, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Bates College
Friday 10/29, 3:00 p.m.
Topic: Race, social psychology and law: Findings from one lab
http://sargent.socialpsychology.org/
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Dr. Joachim Krueger, Associate Professor of Psychology, Brown University
Thursday 11/11, 3:00 p.m.
Topic: Perceptions of similarity: Social projection or self-stereotyping?
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Psychology/people/facultypage.php?id=10378
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Dr. Nilanjana Dasgupta, Assistant Professor of Psychology, UMass-Amherst
Friday 12/3, 3:00 p.m.
Topic: From automatic sexual prejudice to behavior: The moderating role of traditional beliefs about gender, sexuality, and behavioral vigilance
http://euryale.sbs.umass.edu/users/dasgupta/
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Dr. Susan Fiske, Professor of Psychology, Princeton University
Thursday 12/9, 3:00 p.m.
Topic: The perils of prejudice: Emotional biases in brain, mind, and culture
http://weblamp.princeton.edu/~psych/psychology/research/fiske/index.php
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Spring 2005

Dr. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Yale University
Thursday 2/10, 3:00 p.m.
Topic: Building trust in the face of small numbers: How diversity cues affect the experience of under-represented groups in mainstream settings
http://www.yale.edu/psychology/FacInfo/Purdie-Vaughns.html
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Dr. Sheri Levy, Assistant Professor of Psychology, SUNY Stony Brook
Friday 2/18, 11:30 a.m.
Topic: A social-developmental approach to understanding the role of lay theories in intergroup relations
http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/psychology/index.php?people/faculty/levy_sheri
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Dr. Monica Biernat, Professor of Psychology, University of Kansas
Thursday 3/10, 3:00 p.m.
Topic: Stereotypes as standards: Implications for judging others and the self
http://www.psych.ku.edu/psych_people/faculty_Monica_Biernat.shtml ______________________________________________________

Dr. Steven Spencer, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Waterloo
Friday 4/8, 3:00 p.m.
Topic: Flirting as social identity threat: How being treated as a sex object undermines women's math and science performance
http://www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/people/faculty/sspencer/index.html ______________________________________________________

The purpose of the Diversity & Cognition series is to promote discourse and research at Tufts on the social, cognitive, and behavioral effects of race, gender, culture, and diversity in general. The series is also open to interested visitors from other colleges and universities. The organizers wish to thank the AS&E Diversity Fund and the Office of the Provost for their generous sponsorship of the series. For additional information, contact Samuel Sommers, Department of Psychology, sam.sommers@tufts.edu, 617.627.5293. Check this site regularly for updates on talk titles and locations.