Laurie O’Brien, Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorPh.D., 2002, University of Kansas
Office: 3013 Percival Stern Hall
Telephone: (504) 862-3320
Email: lobrien2@tulane.edu
Prejudice and stigma from the perspective of both targets and perpetrators. Research encompasses topics such as stereotype threat, status legitimizing ideologies, and perceptions of prejudice and discrimination.
Selected Publications:
O'Brien, L.T., Kinias Z., & Major, B.N. (2008). How status and stereotypes impact attributions to discrimination: The stereotype-asymmetry hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 405-412.
Major, B.N., Kaiser, C.K., O'Brien, L.T., & McCoy, S.K. (2007). Fairing well in an unfair world: How worldviews moderate the impact of perceived discrimination on self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 1068-1086.
Adams, G., O’Brien, L.T., & Nelson, J.C. (2006). Perceptions of Racism in Hurricane Katrina: A Liberation Psychology Analysis. Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 215-235.
Adams, G., Thomas, Tormala, T., & O'Brien, L. T. (2006). The effect of self-affirmation on attributions of racism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 616-626
O'Brien, L. T., & Hummert, M. L. (2006). Self-stereotyping, stereotyping threat, and memory performance in middle-aged adults. Social Cognition, 24, 338-358..
O’Brien, L.T., & Major, B.N. (2005). System justifying beliefs and psychological well-being: The roles of group status and identity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1718-1729.
O’Brien, L.T., & Crandall, C.S. (2005). Perceiving self-interest: Power, ideology, and maintenance of the status quo. Social Justice Research, 18, 1-24.
*Winner of 2005 Morton Deutsch Award of the International Society of Justice Research.
Major, B. N., & O’Brien, L. T. (2005). The social psychology of stigma. Annual Review of Psychology, 56, 393-421.
O’Brien, L. T., & Crandall, C. S. (2003). Stereotype threat and arousal: Effects on women’s math performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 782-789.
Crandall, C. S., Eshleman, A., & O’Brien, L. T. (2002). Social norma and the expression of prejudice: The struggle for internalization. Journal for Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 359-378.
Hummert, M.L., Garstka, T.A., O’Brien, L.T., Greenwald, A.G., & Mellot, D.S. (2002). Age differences in implicit social perceptions: Analysis and interpretation of response latencies. Psychology and Aging, 17, 482-495.