Attitudes toward Infant Feeding Methods
I investigate both implicit and explicit attitudes toward breastfeeding. Attitudes toward breastfeeding can vary, depending on the setting and what types of expectations we hold for mothers. Women face a great deal of pressure when deciding whether to breastfeed, formula feed, or use a combination of both; my research also investigates this pressure for perfection during motherhood.
I investigate both implicit and explicit attitudes toward breastfeeding. Attitudes toward breastfeeding can vary, depending on the setting and what types of expectations we hold for mothers. Women face a great deal of pressure when deciding whether to breastfeed, formula feed, or use a combination of both; my research also investigates this pressure for perfection during motherhood.
Women in the Workplace
In this line of research, I am interested in how women are evaluated in the workplace and the intersection between work and family needs. For example, one study explores whether people are less willing to hire a woman who requests breastfeeding accommodations compared to other medical needs.
In this line of research, I am interested in how women are evaluated in the workplace and the intersection between work and family needs. For example, one study explores whether people are less willing to hire a woman who requests breastfeeding accommodations compared to other medical needs.
Attitude Transfer
When people meet a member of a social group, they can very quickly form an attitude toward this specific group member. If the person meets another individual from the same social group, they may transfer this attitude from the original individual to the new group member. My research investigates what factors may moderate this process; for example, I investigate whether voluntary group membership affects attitude transfer.
When people meet a member of a social group, they can very quickly form an attitude toward this specific group member. If the person meets another individual from the same social group, they may transfer this attitude from the original individual to the new group member. My research investigates what factors may moderate this process; for example, I investigate whether voluntary group membership affects attitude transfer.
Identity and Intersectionality
One of my newest lines of research explores the intersection of multiple group identities and how this intersection relates to attitudes toward a specific group. For example, my colleagues and I investigated how a person with multiple stigmatized identities (e.g. a woman who identities as disabled and Black) may feel more or less positive toward their overarching group membership (e.g. as a person with a disability) compared to someone with a single stigmatized identity. Another current project is exploring how skin color bias, or colorism, operates in different racial or ethnic communities. Research on the impact of multiple group identities is still lacking in the field of psychology, and my colleagues and I are working to add to this research literature.
One of my newest lines of research explores the intersection of multiple group identities and how this intersection relates to attitudes toward a specific group. For example, my colleagues and I investigated how a person with multiple stigmatized identities (e.g. a woman who identities as disabled and Black) may feel more or less positive toward their overarching group membership (e.g. as a person with a disability) compared to someone with a single stigmatized identity. Another current project is exploring how skin color bias, or colorism, operates in different racial or ethnic communities. Research on the impact of multiple group identities is still lacking in the field of psychology, and my colleagues and I are working to add to this research literature.
