Jenessa R. Shapiro
IN MEMORIAM
Professor Jenessa Shapiro died of metastatic breast cancer on December 6, 2018, at the age of 38. Social Psychology Network is maintaining this profile for visitors who wish to learn more about Professor Shapiro's work.
Please see below for more information:
- In memoriam: Jenessa Shapiro, 38, expert on stereotype threat, discrimination and prejudices (UCLA Newsroom)
- Jenessa Shapiro Diversity Fund (Society for Personality and Social Psychology)
- In Memoriam: Jenessa R. Shapiro, 1980-2018 (Women In Academia Report)
I am a social psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. I am an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department in the Social Psychology and the Diversity Science areas as well as the Anderson School of Management in the Management & Organizations area. My research focuses mainly on three topics: (1) social stigma and stereotype threat, (2) intergroup interaction, and (3) social cognition and social cognitive biases.
Primary Interests:
- Intergroup Relations
- Interpersonal Processes
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Ackerman, J. M., Goldstein, N. J., Shapiro, J. R., & Bargh, J. A. (2009). You wear me out: The vicarious depletion of self-control. Psychological Science, 20(3), 326-332.
- Ackerman, J. M., Shapiro, J. R., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2006). They all look the same to me (Unless they're angry): From out-group homogeneity to out-group heterogeneity. Psychological Science, 17(10), 836-840.
- Anderson, U. S., Perea, E. F., Becker, D. V., Ackerman, J. M., Shapiro, J. R., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2010). I only have eyes for you: Ovulation redirects attention (but not memory) to attractive men. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 804-808.
- Becker, D. V., Anderson, U. S., Neuberg, S. L., Maner, J. K., Shapiro, J. R., Ackerman, J. M., Schaller, M., & Kenrick, D. T. (2010). More memory bang for the attentional buck: Self-protection goals enhance encoding efficiency for potentially threatening males. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 182-189.
- Becker, D. V., Mortensen, C. R., Ackerman, J. M., Shapiro, J. R., Anderson, U. S., Sasaki, T., Maner, J. K., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2011). Signal detection on the battlefield: Priming self-protection vs. revenge-mindedness differentially modulates the detection of enemies and allies. PLoS ONE, 6, 1-5.
- Corrigan, P. W., & Shapiro, J. R. (2010). Measuring the impact of programs that challenge the public stigma of mental illness. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 907-922.
- Griskevicius, V., Tybur, J. M., Gangestad, S. W., Perea, E. F., Shapiro, J. R., & Kenrick, D. T. (2009). Aggress to impress: Hostility as an evolved context-dependent strategy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(5), 980-994.
- Kaiser, C., Major, B. M., Jurcevic, I., Dover, T., Brady, L., & Shapiro, J. R. (2013). Presumed fair: Ironic effects of organizational diversity structures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 504-519.
- Kenrick, A., Shapiro, J. R., & Neuberg, S. L. (2013). Do parental bonds break anti-fat stereotyping? Parental work-ethic ideology and disease concerns predict bias against heavy-weight children. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 723-731.
- King, E. B., Shapiro, J. R., Hebl, M. R., Singletary, S. L., & Turner, S. (2006). The stigma of obesity in customer service: A mechanism for remediation and bottom-line consequences of interpersonal discrimination. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(3), 579-593.
- Neel, R., & Shapiro, J. R. (2012). Is racial bias malleable? Whites’ lay theories of racial bias predict divergent strategies for interracial interactions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 101-120.
- Shapiro, J. R. (2011). Different groups, different threats: A multi-threat approach to the experience of stereotype threats. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 464-480.
- Shapiro, J. R., Baldwin, M., Williams, A. M., & Trawalter, S. (2011). The company you keep: Fear of rejection in intergroup interaction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 221-227.
- Shapiro, J. R., King, E. B., & Quinones, M. A. (2007). Expectations of obese trainees: How stigmatized trainee characteristics influence training effectiveness. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 239-249.
- Shapiro, J. R., Mistler, S., & Neuberg, S. L. (2010). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 469-473.
- Shapiro, J. R., & Neuberg, S. L. (2008). When do the stigmatized stigmatize? The ironic effects of being accountable to (perceived) majority group prejudice-expression norms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
- Shapiro, J. R., & Neuberg, S. L. (2007). From stereotype threat to stereotype threats: Implications of a multi-threat framework for causes, moderators, mediators, consequences, and interventions. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 11, 107-130.
- Shapiro, J. R., Williams, A. M., & Hambarchyan, M. (2013). Are all interventions created equal? A multi-threat approach to tailoring stereotype threat interventions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 277-288.
Other Publications:
- Shapiro, J. R. (2012). Types of threats: From stereotype threat to stereotype threats. In T. Schmader & M. Inzlicht (Eds.), Stereotype Threat: Theory, Process, and Application (pp. 71-88). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Williams, A. M., Jurcevic, I., & Shapiro, J. R. (2013). Stereotype threat. In D. S. Dunn (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Courses Taught:
- Introduction to Psychology (undergraduate core course)
- Introduction to Social Psychology (undergraduate core course)
- Leadership Foundations (MBA core course)
- Leading Diverse Organizations (MBA course)
- Organizational Behavior (MBA core course)
- Professional Issues in Psychology (graduate course)
- Social Stigma (graduate course)
