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Elizabeth
L. Haines, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
246 Science Hall (Office)
233 Science Hall (Lab)
telephone: 973.720.2500
fax: 973.720.3392
email: hainese@wpunj.edu
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I am a social and personality psychologist interested in the basic processes underlying social perception. My particular interest in social perception is when people "get it wrong" as in the case of stereotyping. racism, and sexism. Some of my current work is investigating bias against parents in the workplace, the reduction of 'implicit racism' as measured by the Implicit Association Test, working memory and physiological correlates of implicit racism, and women's self perception of power in response to a powerful role. I also have long-standing interests in nonverbal behavior, intergroup conflict, system justification, memory, gender, and social power. I work collaboratively with undergraduate students and run a social psychology lab with several students each semester.
My main courses are statistics, research methods, and social psychology. I offer a seminar in stereotyping and prejudice and I teach the psychology of women; I often teach honors courses for the social science concentration as well. My goal as a teacher is to foster students' self efficacy by providing opportunities to practice challenging skills and concepts and by giving thorough feedback. I strive to generate thoughtful examples, maintain high standards, and respond to the needs of individual students. Critical thinking is the centerpiece of all the courses I teach; I stimulate critical thinking by exploring the ways in which beliefs about human behavior are influenced by personal values, cultural assumptions, and social perspectives.
Educational and Professional Background
I am originally from Summit, New Jersey. I graduated from Summit High School in Summit, New Jersey and then attended the University of Delaware, in Newark, Delaware. While at Delaware, I gained a traditional background in the empirical investigation of psychology in areas such as gender, nonverbal behavior, and social power with Dr. F.L. Geis as my mentor. I graduated cum laude with an Honors in Psychology and a B.A. in English.
After graduating from the University of Delaware, I attended the Ph.D. program at The City University of New York, Graduate Center in Social-Personality Psychology, where I earned my Doctorate in 1999. There I received a modern education in social-personality psychology . While at CUNY, I worked closely with Dr. Vita Rabinowitz (adviser), Dr. Michelle Fine, and Dr. Kay Deaux. I adjuncted at Hunter College and Montclair State University in the beginning of my graduate school career and had several one year appointments at Montclair State University while completing my Ph.D. After completing my Ph.D., I worked with Dr. Anthony Greenwald at the University of Washington on a post doctoral grant from N.I.H. studying the effects of implicit racism using the Implicit Association Test. I am a member of APS, as well as APA's divisions 8, (social issues) 9 (social and personality), 14 (industrial and organizational ), 35 (women). I have been at William Paterson University since fall of 2002 and have been teaching at universities since 1994.