Curriculum Vitae

 

Christine E. Reyna

 

 

Contact Information _____________________________________________________ 

Department of Psychology--DePaul University                                  

2219 N. Kenmore Ave.                                                                                  

Chicago, IL 60614                                                                  

(773) 325-4842 (office)

Email: creyna@depaul.edu                                                                                                                

 

Education _________________________________________________________________

 

Ph.D. Social Psychology, the University of California, Los Angeles

Minor: Measurement and Psychometrics (2000)

 

M.A. Social Psychology, the University of California, Los Angeles (1994)

 

B.A. Psychology, the University of California, Los Angeles (1991)

 

Academic Appointments___________________________________________________

 

2009-present   Associate Chair—Department of Psychology

 

2007-present   Associate Professor with tenure in Psychology, DePaul University

 

2000-07           Assistant Professor in Psychology, DePaul University

 

1995-99           Research Associate, Center for Mental Health in Schools, UCLA

 

1995-98           Teaching Associate, Department of Psychology, UCLA

 

1992-95           Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, UCLA

 

Grants, Fellowships and Awards _______________________________________

 

2010                DePaul University Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program (Intramural Grant)—Spring 2010

 

2009                DePaul University Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program. (Intramural Grant)—Summer 2009

 

2005                NSF Grant: A Cognitive Model of the Implicit Associations Test (Co-PI with Pablo Gomez, Ph.D.)--$100,000.00

 

2004                National Institute of Mental Health RO3 Grant: Modeling the Implicit Associations Test (Co-PI with Pablo Gomez). Not funded.

 

2001                DePaul University Summer Research Grant

 

2000                Bertram H. Raven Award for the Best Social Issues Paper, University of California, Los Angeles

 

1999-2000       Psychology Department Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles

 

1993-1997       Project 88 Ethnic Minority Student Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles

 

1994-1995       UCLA Department of Psychology Research Grant, University of California, Los Angeles

 

Scholarly Activities ______________________________________________________

 

Publications in Refereed Journals

 

Brandt, M. & Reyna, C. (2010). The Role of Prejudice and the Need for Closure in Religious Fundamentalism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 715-725.

 

Reyna, C., Brandt, M., & Viki, G.T. (2009). Blame it on hip-hop: Anti-rap attitudes as a proxy for prejudice. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 12, 361-380.

 

Reyna, C. (2008). Ian is Intelligent but Leshaun is Lazy: How Status, Cultural Beliefs, and the Preference for Internal Judgments May Perpetuate Attributional Stereotypes in the Classroom. European Journal of the Psychology of Education, 23, 439-458.

 

Zhang, A., Reyna, C., Qian, Z., & Yu, G. (2008). Interpersonal Attributions of Responsibility in the Chinese Workplace: A Test of Western Models in a Collectivist Context. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 2361-2377.

 

Henry, P.J., & Reyna, C. (2007). Value judgments: The impact of perceived value violations on political attitudes. Political Psychology, 23, 273-298.

 

Reyna, C., Goodwin, E. & Ferrari, J. (2007). Stereotypes of the Elderly among Care Providers in Residential Care Facilities: Examining the Relationship between Contact, Education, and Ageism. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 33, 50-55 .

 

Reyna, C., Henry, P.J., Korfmacher, W., & Tucker, A. (2006). Attributional stereotypes as cues for deservingness: Examining the role of principled conservatism in racial policy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 109-128.

 

Reyna, C., Tucker, A., Korfmacher, W., & Henry, P. (2005). Searching for Common Ground between Supporters and Opponents of Affirmative Action. Political Psychology, 26, 667-682.

 

Henry, P., Reyna, C. & Weiner, B. (2004) Hate welfare but help the poor: How the attributional content of stereotypes explains the paradox of reactions to the destitute in America. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 34-58.

 

Reyna, C., & Weiner, B. (2001). Justice and utility in the classroom: An attributional analysis of teachers’ punishment and intervention strategies. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93, 309-319.

 

Reyna, C. (2000). Lazy, dumb, or industrious: When stereotypes convey attribution information in the classroom. Educational Psychology Review, 12, 85-110.

 

Adelman, H., Reyna, C., Collins, R., & Taylor, L. (1999). Fundamental concerns about policy for addressing barriers to student learning. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 15, 327-349.

 

Weiner, B., Graham, S., & Reyna, C. (1997). An attributional examination of retributive versus utilitarian philosophies of punishment. Social Justice Research, 10, 431-452.

 

Scholarly Papers Presented ____________________________________________

 

Invited Talks and Colloquia

 

University of Texas, El Paso: Invited Speaker Series (2010). Attributional Stereotypes and the Legitimizing Ideology of Deservingness: How Perceived Value Violations Guide Attitudes toward Group-Based Policies.

 

Loyola University, Invited Speaker Series (2009). Falling from Grace: Infrahumanization following Value Violation.

 

University of Illinois, Chicago: Social Psychology Speaker Series (2009). Falling from Grace: Infrahumanization following Value Violation.

 

University of the Incarnate Word, Psychology Colloquium Series. Keynote Speaker (2008). Attributional Stereotypes and the Legitimizing Ideology of Deservingness.

 

San Diego State University Psychology Speaker Series (2008). Opposition to Welfare, Immigration, and Affirmative Action: How the Attributional content of stereotypes conveys whether social groups deserve social policies.

 

University of Chicago: Social Psychology Speaker Series (2004).  Examining the Principles in Principled Conservatism: The Role of Responsibility Stereotypes as Cues for Deservingness in Racial Policy Decisions.

 

DePaul University: Faculty Research Seminar Series in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (2003). The Issues Driving Opposition to Affirmative Action Policy: Is it the Policy or the Recipients?

 

Government College Relations Council, Chicago, IL  (2002). The paradox of anti-affirmative action attitudes: The influence of stereotypes of decisions of deservingness.

 

University of Illinois at Chicago: Social Psychology Speaker Series (2001). An Attributional Model of Stereotypes.

 

Conference Presentations

 

Reyna, C., Zimmerman, J., & Patterson, B.  (2010). Strategies of Individuation in Single versus Multi-Dimensional Relationships. Social Psychologists of Chicago (SPOC).

 

Cleland, J., Ferrari, & Reyna, C. (2010). Outside the classroom: Academic programs to enhance graduate student education. Annual Midwest Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology.

 

Brandt, M., & Reyna, C. (2010). Beyond infra-humanization: The perception of human groups, the self, and supernatural entities as more or less than human. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

Kim, Y., & Reyna, C. (2010). Stereotypes and harsh immigration policy enforcement. ? Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

Reyna, C., Brandt, M., & Viki, G. T. (2010). Falling from grace: Infrahumanizing the ingroup following value violation. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

Zimmerman, J., Minarchek, C., & Reyna, C. (2010). Low status members justify Americans ideals not American outcomes. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

Gomez, P., Reyna, C., Cox, C (2009). Modeling the IAT with the diffusion model. Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

Reyna, C., Brandt, M., & Viki, T. (2009). Falling from Grace: Infrahumanizing the Ingroup Following Blame. Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association.

 

Zimmerman, J. & Reyna, C. (2009). System Justification? Low Status Members Think the System is Unfair. Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association.

 

Brandt, M. & Reyna, C. (2009). Symbolic Racism as a Legitimizing Ideology: Revised and Revisited. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

McLemore, K. & Reyna, C. (2009). The Role of Social Threat on Internalized Stigma and its Consequences. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

Zimmerman, J., Becker, E., & Reyna, C. (2009). System Justification: What exactly are High and Low Status Members Justifying? Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

Reyna, C. (2008). Attributional Stereotypes and the Legitimizing Ideology of Deservingness. Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association.

 

Reyna, C. & Henry, PJ (2008). A model of Value Expressions. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

Brandt, M. & Reyna, C. (2008). Its Right Because it Says So: Religion as Legitimizing Ideology. Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association.

 

McLemore, K., Zimmerman, J., & Reyna, C. (2008). The Relation Between Stigma Sensitivity and Signaling of Sexual Identity. Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association.

 

Zimmerman, J., McLemore, K., & Reyna, C. (2008). Signalling and Disclosing a Gay Identity Predicts Higher Self-Esteem. Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association.

 

Gomez, P., Reyna, C., & Markunas, S. (2007). A diffusion model account of the IAT. EPS-Psychonomic Society Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland

 

Reyna, C. (2007). Opposition to Welfare, Immigration, and Affirmative Action: How the Attributional content of stereotypes conveys whether social groups deserve social policies. Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society’s Social Psychology Division.

 

Reyna, C., & Henry, P.J. (2007). A Model of Value Expressions: Predicting Affect, Self-Esteem, and Political Attitudes. Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association.

 

Reyna, C., & Henry, P.J. (2006). Value Judgments:  The Impact of Perceived Value Violations on Political Attitudes. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

Tucker, A., Wilson, M., Reyna, C., & McLemore, K.  (2006).  Stereotypes of Male Rape Victims and the Conception of the Sexual Assault of Men scale.  Annual Conference for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

 

Reyna, C., Tucker, A., Korfmacher, W., & Henry, P. (2005). P.J. Henry Searching for Common Ground between Supporters and Opponents of Affirmative Action. Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society.

 

Reyna, C., Henry, P., Korfmacher, W. & Tucker, A. (2004). Attributional stereotypes as cues for deservingness: Examining the role of principled conservatism in racial policy decisions. Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

 

Tucker, A. & Reyna, C.  (2003). Female stereotypes and the attribution of blame in incidences of date rape.  The Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

 

Reyna, C. (2002). A two-dimensional model of motivated social perception. The Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL

 

Reyna, C. (2001). An Attributional model of stereotypes and its implications to a public policy paradox. The Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL

 

Reyna, C. (2001). Lazy welfare queens and illogical women: The consequences of stereotypes as explanations. Social Psychologists of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

 

Reyna, C. (1998). Deliberative and implemental mindsets affect how positively a person is perceived. The Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.

 

Reyna, C., Sinclair, S. & Hardin, C. (1997). Subliminal priming of female stereotypes affects attributions for other’s mathematical performance. The Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.

 

Reyna, C. & Weiner, B. (1996). The attributional determinants of teachers’ punishment decisions. The Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, New York.

 

Reyna, C. & Weiner, B. (1994). Retribution and utility: Attributional determinants of punitive behavior. Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association. Los Angeles.

 

Teaching Experience _____________________________________________________

 

Advanced Research Methodology (graduate)—DePaul University (2007-present)

Experimental Methods in Psychology: Research Methods II--DePaul University (2002-Present)

Introduction to Statistics--DePaul University (2001-Present)

Social Psychology--DePaul University (2000-Present)

Graduate Seminar in Social Cognition--DePaul University (2001-Present)

Discover Chicago: Wild Chicago Adventure Sports in the City--DePaul University (2002-Present)

Introduction to Research Methods: Research Methods I--DePaul University (2002)

Research Methods in Psychology—UCLA (1999)

Human Motivation—UCLA (1999: Teaching Associate)

Research Methods in Experimental Social Psychology—UCLA (1997-1998: Teaching Associate)

Work Behavior of Men and Women—UCLA (1997: Teaching Associate)

 

Professional Service Activities

 

2007          Invited speaker for “Pipeline: Professional Development Symposium for Psychology Students of Color” at DePaul University. Title: “Professional Writing” (graduate student audience)

 

2007          Invited speaker for “Pipeline: Professional Development Symposium for Psychology Students of Color” at DePaul University. Title: “Strategies and Pitfalls of Getting Intro Graduate School” (undergraduate audience)

 

2005          Invited speaker for a panel discussion about first year programs at Northeastern University’s “University Day 2005.”

 

2005          Interviewed by the Mandell News Service out of Milwaukee regarding the recent hate crimes hoax at Trinity International University

 

2003          Interviewed by a journalist for the Daily Herald as an expert on stereotyping and gender

 

2001          Organizer of the 2001 conference of the Social Psychologists of Chicago (S.P.O.C.)

 

Ad Hoc Reviewer

 

2010          Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

2010          Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

 

2009          Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

2009          European Journal of the Psychology of Education

2009          Journal of Applied Social Psychology

2008          Social Psychology of Education

2008          Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

2008                Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

2007          Body Image

2005                Journal of Social Psychology of Education

2004          Basic and Applied Social Psychology

2004          Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

2004          Reviewer, NSF Grant review

2003          Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

2001          Psychological Inquiry

 

 

Professional Memberships ______________________________________________

 

American Psychological Association

American Psychological Society

Society of Personality and Social Psychology

Midwestern Psychological Association

 

Ongoing Scholarly Activities ____________________________________________

 

Manuscripts Under Review

 

Reyna, C., Brandt, M., Viki, G.T. & Hughes, E. Falling from grace: Value Violations and the Dehumanization of the Ingroup.

 

Reyna, C., Patterson, B., Zimmerman, J. Single versus Multi-Dimensional Relationships: How the Complexity of Outcome Dependency Affects Social Perception Strategies.

 

Brandt, M. & Reyna, C. The Functions of Symbolic Racism.

 

Manuscripts in Preparation and Revision

 

Brandt, M. & Reyna, C. Stereotypes as Attributions (invited chapter)

 

Zhang, A., & Reyna, C. The relationship between interpersonal attributions of responsibility, affect, and criticism in the Chinese workplace. (revise and resubmit)

 

Zimmerman, J. & Reyna, C. Endorsement of abstract ideals versus actual outcomes of American ideologies: Nuances of low status system justification

 

Gomez, P., Reyna, C., & Markunas, S. Modeling the IAT.

 

Tucker, A., Wilson, M., Reyna, C., & McLemore, K. Development of the Sexual Assault Against Males (SAM) Scale: A test of stereotypes about male victims of rape.