James Climenhage

Interests: At present, I am a PhD student in the social psychology program at SFU. My research interests mainly center around categorization processes, specifically the influence of ingroup prototypicality on perceptions of the self and others. Currently, I am looking at how ingroup identification and target prototypicality influence facial perception as well as research looking at the influence of prototypicality and intragroup respect on group-serving behaviour.

Email: jclimenh@sfu.ca

Rob Outten

Interests:  I am currently a PhD student in the social psychology program at SFU. My research primarily falls into two interrelated categories: 1) looking at how members of disadvantaged social groups cope with their relative disadvantage and 2) examining how members of advantaged social groups respond to threats to their existing privilege.

Publications:
Outten, H. R., Schmitt, M. T., Miller, D. A., & Garcia, A. L. (2012). Feeling threatened about the future: Whites’ emotional      reactions to anticipated ethnic  demographic changes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 14-25. 
Outten, H.R., Giguere, B., Schmitt. M. T., & Lalonde, R.N. (2010). Racial identity, racial context, and ingroup status:      Implications for attributions to discrimination among Black Canadians. Journal of Black Psychology, 36, 172-196.
Outten H. R., Schmitt M.T., Garcia, D.M., & Branscombe, N.R. (2009). Coping options: Missing links between minority group      identification andpsychological well-being. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 58, 146-170.

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Email: routten@sfu.ca

Lisa Giamo

Interests:  I am a PhD student in Social Psychology. I received my BA in Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University and my MA from Simon Fraser University. My research  investigates the experiences of individuals who identify as multiracial and the potential psychological and social consequences of this identity. I am currently studying how multiracials' experiences with discrimination and sense of multiracial identification impact their psychological well-being. I am also interested in perceivers' categorization and subsequent judgments of multiracial targets.

Email:  lgiamo@sfu.ca