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Rebecca S. Bigler, Ph.D.
Professor, The University of Texas at Austin and GARAL director
Becky was born in Minneapolis,
Minnesota and attended high school in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She
received her B.A. from Oberlin College, with high honors in
Psychology, in 1986. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from The
Pennsylvania State University, where she worked under the
supervision of Lynn S. Liben. Becky came to The University of Texas
at Austin as an Assistant Professor in 1991.
Her research has three broad foci. One area of research concerns
the cognitive and environmental factors that contribute to the
formation of intergroup attitudes. A second area of research
concerns the consequences of social stereotyping and prejudice for
children’s cognitions and behavior. A third area concerns the
mechanisms of social attitude change.
When she is not working, Becky spends time with her family,
including her three children, Holden, Caitlin, and Laurel.
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Andrea Arthur, M. A.
Graduate Student
Andrea was born in San Angelo, Texas.
She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002 with a
B.S. in biochemistry. Andrea received her M.A. in psychology from
the University of Texas at Austin in 2004.
Andrea's research focuses on the development of gender stereotyping
in preschool age children. Specifically, Andrea is looking at how
cognitive factors shape attitudes and behaviors in young children.
Currently, Andrea is doing a research project to determine the roots
of gender stereotyping in two and three year old children.
Andrea is the designer of this website and the lab's UTopia site.
She travels as much as she can (on a limited grad student budget!)
When in Austin, she enjoys cooking and the Austin music scene.
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Julie M. Hughes, M. A.
Graduate Student
Julie was
born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and also has strong family
roots in the panhandle of Texas. Her undergraduate alma mater is the
University of South Carolina at Columbia. She graduated in May 2002
summa cum laude with a BA in psychology and with Honors from South
Carolina Honors College. In August of 2004 she was awarded a Masters
of Arts in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.
Her research interests focus on the development of racial
stereotyping and prejudice, and racial attitude change among
children and adolescents. Julie is currently studying the effects of
antiracism education on African American and Hispanic children, as a
follow up to previous work with European American children. Other
ongoing projects include the development of a racial attitude
measure for children and the study of the effects of cognitive
development on the racial attitudes of adolescents.
Although passionate about matters of racism and feminism, Julie
saves as much time as she can for the pursuit and enjoyment of
musical, literary, and gustatory art.
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Lindsay Lamb
Graduate Student
Lindsay was born and raised in Las
Cruces, New Mexico. Lindsay graduated summa cum laude from Saint
Mary’s College of California with a BA in Psychology and a minor
in Women’s Studies.
Currently, Lindsay is a doctoral student in Human Development
and Education in the department of Educational Psychology at the
University of Texas at Austin. She will receive her MA in
Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in
December of 2007.
Lindsay’s research interests
focus broadly on issues of gender as they pertain to masculine
gender-role development among adolescent boys. She and Dr.
Bigler recently completed an anti-bullying intervention program
designed to teach elementary school children how to combat
gender-based bullying. She is also interested in the
relationship between investment in stereotypical masculine
gender roles to determine if adolescent boys investing in such
roles are more likely to experience negative psychological
repercussions such as poor psychological health, acting out in
the classroom (e.g., bullying gender atypical peers), and
disidentification with academics.
Lindsay is a bit of a health
nut and enjoys taking dance classes, canoeing, spending time
outdoors, practicing yoga, and hanging out with her friends
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Erin Pahlke
Graduate Student
Erin
was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised in San Diego, California.
She graduated summa cum laude with a BA in psychology from Wellesley
College in 2000.
Erin
received her MA in educational psychology from the University of
Texas at Austin in 2007.
Erin's
research focuses on children's understanding of discrimination and
racial differences. She recently examined the effects of learning
about
historical sexism on middle
school students. Currently, she is working on a research project at
the Ann Richards School, the first all-girls public school in
Austin.
When not poring over journal articles,
Erin
enjoys reading mystery novels, running, and traveling.
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Former Lab Members:
Meagan M. Patterson, Ph. D - graduated 2007
Meagan was born
in Mesa, Arizona and raised in Lexington, North Carolina. She graduated
summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in
2001, with a BA in psychology and linguistics and highest honors in
creative writing. In 2004, Meagan received her MA from the University of
Texas at Austin in psychology. In 2007, Meagan graduated from the
University of Texas at Austin with her Ph.D and is now an Assistant
Professor the University of Kansas.
Erica S. Weisgram, Ph. D - graduated 2006
Erica is originally from Burlington, Illinois a small town in the Chicagoland
area. As an undergraduate, she attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
She graduated in May of 2002 magna cum laude with a BA in Psychology and
German. She came to graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin
in August of 2002 and completed a Master of Arts degree in Developmental
Psychology in December of 2003. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Texas
in 2006. She is now an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Christia Spears-Brown, Ph. D - graduated 2003
Christia is now an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the
University of Kentucky.
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