Julie E. Phelan

Education

• Ph.D., Social Psychology, Rutgers University, expected 2010
• M.S., Statistics, Rutgers University, expected 2010
• M.S., Social Psychology, Rutgers University, 2007
  • Thesis: How Actors' Reactions to Deviance Maintain Racial Stereotypes: The Role of Backlash and Racial Identity
  • Advisor: Dr. Laurie A. Rudman
• B.A., Psychology and Art (dual major), summa cum laude, Lafayette College, 2005
  • Departmental Honors in Psychology
    • Thesis: Factors Influencing the Social Tolerance of Mental Illness
  • Departmental Honors in Art

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

• Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, Department of Education, 2006-2010
• Social Area Graduate Student Research Award, Rutgers University, 2007, 2008
• Graduate School Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, Rutgers University, 2008
• SPSP Summer Institute in Social Psychology, University of Texas - Austin, 2007
• Graduate School Merit Fellowship, Rutgers University, 2005-2006
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 2005, 2006
• Excel Scholar, Lafayette College, January 2004 - May 2005
• Burton H. Cohen Memorial Prize for Psychology, Lafayette College, Spring 2005
• Student Conference Travel Grant, Lafayette College, 2005
• Psi Chi, Lafayette College, inducted Spring 2004
• Sigma Xi, Lafayette College, inducted Spring 2005

Research Interests

• Intergroup relations, prejudice, and stereotyping
• Implicit social cognition
• Gender and social roles
• Creativity and the unconscious
• Values and morality

Publications and Papers

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Phelan, J. E., Moss-Racusin, C. A., & Rudman, L. A. (in press). Competent yet out in the cold: Shifting criteria for hiring reflects backlash toward agentic women. Psychology of Women Quarterly.
• Rudman, L. A., & Phelan, J. E. (2007). The interpersonal power of feminism: Is feminism good for romantic relationships? Sex Roles, 57, 787-799. • Request Paper
• Rudman, L. A., Phelan, J. E., & Heppen, J. B. (2007). Developmental sources of implicit attitudes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1700-1713. • Request Paper
• Phelan, J. E., & Basow, S. A. (2007). College students' attitudes towards mental illness: An examination of the stigma process. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 2877-2902. • Request Paper
• Basow, S. A., Cahill, K. F., Phelan, J. E., Longshore, K., & McGillicuddy-Delisi, A. (2007). Perceptions of relational and physical aggression among college students: Effects of gender of perpetrator, target, and perceiver. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31, 85-95. • Request Paper
• Basow, S. A., Phelan, J. E., & Capotosto, L. (2006). Gender patterns in college students' choices of their best and worst professors. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 25-35. • Request Paper

Book Chapters

• Rudman, L. A., & Phelan, J. E. (2008). Backlash effects for counterstereotypical behavior in organizations. In A. Brief & B. M. Staw (Eds.), Research in organizational behavior: Volume 28 (pp. 61-79). New York, NY: Elsevier.
• Rudman, L. A., Glick, P., & Phelan, J. E. (2007). From the laboratory to the bench: Gender stereotyping research in the courtroom. In E. Borgida & S. T. Fiske (Eds.) Beyond common sense: Psychological science in the courtroom. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. • Buy Book
• Rudman, L. A., & Phelan, J. E. (2007). Sex differences, sexism and sex: The social psychology of gender from past to present. In S. J. Correll (Ed), Social psychology of gender: Advances in group processes (Vol. 24) (pp. 19-47). New York: Elsevier. • Buy Book

Manuscripts Under Review

• Rudman, L. A., & Phelan, J. E. (2008). Comparing sources of implicit attitudes. Manuscript submitted for publication.
• Rudman, L. A., & Phelan, J. E. (2008). Actors' reactions to ethnic deviance: The role of backlash in racial stereotype preservation. Manuscript submitted for publication.
• Phelan, J. E., Moss-Racusin, C. A., & Rudman, L. A. (2008). Beyond warmth and competence: Backlash for gender deviants' status incongruity. Manuscript submitted for publication.
• Sanchez, D. T., Moss-Racusin, C. A., Phelan, J. E., & Crocker, J. (2007). The sexual costs and benefts of communal norms for women in heterosexual and lesbian relationships. Manuscript submitted for publication.
• Phelan, J. E., Rudman, L. A., & Fairchild, K. (2007). Negations are not good for the IAT. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Conferences and Presentations

• Phelan, J. E., & Rudman, L. A. (2008, February). How actor's reactions to deviance maintain racial stereotypes: The role of backlash and racial identity. Poster presented at the 9th annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
• Rudman, L. A., & Phelan, J. E. (2007, October). Feminism and romance: Oil and water or champagne and strawberries? Invited talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Chicago, IL.
• Phelan, J. E., & Rudman, L. A. (2007, May). The role of backlash and social support in stereotype maintenance. Poster to be presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
• Phelan, J. E., & Rudman, L. A. (2007, January). Gender and stereotypic emotions: Implicit and explicit judgments. Poster presented at the 8th annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
• Phelan, J. E., & Rudman, L. A. (2006, October). It's in the eyes: The role of implicit and explicit gender stereotypes in emotional attribution. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
• Basow, S. A., Cahill, K. F., Phelan, J. E., Longshore, K., & McGillicuddy-DeLisi, A. (2006, August). Perceptions of gendered aggression among college students. Poster presented at the 114th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
• Phelan, J. E., & Rudman, L. A. (2006, May). Feminism and close relationships: Toward a marriage of (equal) power and romance. Poster presented at the 18th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
• Phelan, J. E., Basow, S. A., & Pinto, J. (2005, August). Factors influencing the social tolerance of mental illness. Poster presented at the 113th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
• Phelan, J. E. (2005, April). Factors influencing the social tolerance of mental illness. Poster presented at the 20th annual Lehigh Valley Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Cedar Crest College, PA.
• Phelan, J. E. (2005, April). Factors influencing the social tolerance of mental illness. Poster presented at the 19th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Virginia Military Institute, VA.
• Basow, S. A., Phelan, J. E., & Capotosto, L. (2005, February). Gender patterns in college students' choices of their best and worst professors. Paper presented at the 30th annual conference for the Association for Women in Psychology, Tampa, Fl.

Teaching Experience

• Instructor
  • Quantitative Methods, Rutgers University, Summer 2008
  • Cognition Lab, Rutgers University, Summer 2007
• Teaching Assistant
  • Introduction to Psychology Lab, Lafayette College, Fall 2004
    (Instructor: Susan A. Basow)
  • Introduction to Psychology Lab, Lafayette College, Fall 2003
    (Instructor: Susan A. Basow)

Service

• Social Psychology Area Representative, Graduate Student Association, Rutgers University, 2006 - present.
• Vice President, Association for Social and Health Psychology Graduate Students, Rutgers University, 2006 - 2007.
• Treasurer, Association for Social and Health Psychology Graduate Students, Rutgers University, 2006 - present.
• Ad Hoc Reviewer: Self and Identity, Violence and Victims.

Professional Memberships

• American Psychology Association
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Division 8)
  • Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division 9)
  • Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35)
• American Psychological Society