Sally Xie

Pronouns: she/they
Assistant Professor
Psychology

Areas of interest

Social

Research Interests 

Social cognition, person perception, cognitive flexibility, transformative experiences, narrative identity, cultural evolution, quantitative methods.

Selected Publications

Hester, N., Xie, S.Y., Bertin, J.A., Hehman, E. (2023). Stereotypes shape response competition when forming impressions. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 

Xie, S.Y., Thai, S., & Hehman, E. (2022). Everyday perceiver-context influences on impression formation: No evidence of consistent effects. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Xie, S.Y., Flake, J.K., Stolier, R.M., Freeman, J.B., & Hehman, E. (2021). Facial impressions are predicted by the structure of group stereotypes. Psychological Science, 32(12), 1970-1993.

Hehman, E., & Xie, S.Y. (2021). Doing better data visualization. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 4(3), 1-18.

Hester, N., Xie, S.Y., & Hehman, E. (2021). Little between-region and between-country variance when forming impressions of others. Psychological Science, 32(12) 1907–1917.

Jones, B., DeBruine, L., Flake, J.K.,…Hehman, E., Xie, S.Y., â€¦Chartier, C. (2021). To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply? Nature Human Behavior, 5, 159-169.

Xie, S.Y., Flake, J.K., & Hehman, E. (2019). Perceiver and target characteristics contribute to impression formation differently across race and gender. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(2), 364.

Hehman, E., Stolier, R.M., Freeman, J.B., Flake, J.K., & Xie, S.Y. (2018). Toward a comprehensive model of face impressions: What we know, what we don’t, and paths forward. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12431.

Courses

Future courses may be subject to change.