VITA
James H. Sidanius
John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in memory of William James
and of African and African American Studies
Department of Psychology
Department of African and African American Studies
Harvard University
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Last Update:
Saturday, May 14, 2016
I. PERSONAL DATA
Birthdate: December 11, 1945
Marital Status: Married, one child
Ethnic Status: Afro-American
I. EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Psychology), Dissertation: "Cognitive functioning and Socio-political Ideology: Studies
in political psychology." University of Stockholm, Sweden, 1977.
B.A. (Psychology), City College, University of New York 1968.
I. PUBLICATIONS AND WRITTEN WORK
A. BOOKS
Sidanius, J., Levin, S., van Laar, C., & Sears, D. O. (2010). “The Diversity Challenge: Social
Identity and Intergroup Relations on the College Campus.” New York: The Russell Sage
Foundation (paper back edition).
Sidanius, J., Levin, S., van Laar, C., & Sears, D. O. (2008). “The Diversity Challenge: Social
Identity and Intergroup Relations on the College Campus.” New York: The Russell Sage
Foundation (hard back edition).
Jost, J. T., & Sidanius, J. (2004). Political Psychology: Key Readings. Ann Arbor, MI:
Psychology Press.
Sidanius, J. & Pratto, F. (2001). Social Dominance: An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy
and Oppression. New York: Cambridge University Press, (paper back edition).
Translated into Hungarian, 2005.
Sears, D. O., Sidanius, J., & Bobo, L. (2000). Racialized Politics: Values, Ideology, and
Prejudice in American Public Opinion. Chicago: University of Chicago press. (cloth
edition).
Sears, D. O., Sidanius, J., & Bobo, L. (2000). Racialized Politics: Values, Ideology, and
Prejudice in American Public Opinion. Chicago: University of Chicago press.
(paperback edition).
Sidanius, J. & Pratto, F. (1999). Social Dominance: An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy
and Oppression. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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B. PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS AND BOOKS
R. Bergh, N. Akrami, Sidanius, J. & Sibley, C. G. (in press). Is Group Membership Necessary
for Understanding Generalized Prejudice? A Re-evaluation of Why Prejudices Are
Interrelated. Journal Personality and Social Psychology.
Sidanius, J., Cotterill, S., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Kteily, N. & Carvacho, H. (in press). Social
dominance theory: explorations in the psychology of oppression. In Chris G. Sibley and
Fiona Kate Barlow (Eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice.
Grina, J., Bergh, R., Akrami, N., & Sidanius, J. (2016). Political orientation and dominance: Are
people on the political right more dominant? Personality and Individual Differences,94,
113 -117.
Levin, S., Kteily, N., Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., & Matthews, M. (2016). Muslims’ emotions
toward Americans predict support for Hezbollah and Al Qaeda for threat-specific
reasons. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 162-177. DOI 10.1007/s11031-015-9510-1
Levin, S. Roccas, S., J., Sidanius, & Pratto, F., (2015). Personal values and intergroup outcomes
of concern for group honor. Personality and Individual Differences, 86, 374 -384. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.06.047
Sidanius, J., Kteily, N., Levin, Shana, S., Pratto, F., & Obaidi, M. (2015). Support for
asymmetric violence among Arab populations: the clash of cultures, social identity, or
Counter-Dominance? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 1 -17. DOI:
10.1177/1368430215577224
Bergh, R., Sidanius, J., Sibley, C.G. (2015). Dimensions of social dominance: Their personality
and socio-political correlates within a New Zealand probability sample. New Zealand
Journal of Psychology, 44, 25-34.
Ho, A., Sidanius, J., Kteily, N., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Pratto, F., Henkel, K. E., Foels, R. &
Stewart, A. L. (2015). The nature of social dominance orientation: Theorizing and
measuring preferences for intergroup inequality. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 109, 1003-1028. http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pspi0000033
Molina, L., Phillips, N.L., & Sidanius, J. (2015). “National and ethnic identities in the face of
discrimination: ethnic minority and majority perspectives.” Cultural Diversity and Ethnic
Minority Psychology, 2, 225-236. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037880
Cotterill, S., Sidanius, J., Bhardwaj, A., & Kumar, V. (2014). Social dominance orientation and
social attitudes in India: The Mediation Role of Karma. Journal of Social and Political
Psychology, 2, 98-116.
Kteily, N., Cotterill, S., Sidanius, J., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Bergh, R. (2014). Not one of us’:
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Investigating the predictors and consequences of denying ingroup characteristics to
ambiguous suspects in the aftermath of terrorist acts. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 40 123-147, 1-17.
Thomsen, L., Obaidi, M., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Kteily, N. & Sidanius, J. (2014). Individual
differences in relational motives interact with the political context to produce terrorism
and terrorism-support. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37, 377 -378.
Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., Bou Zeineddine, F., Kteily, N., & Levin, S. (2014). When domestic
politics and international relations intermesh: Subordinated publics’ factional support
within layered power structures. Foreign Policy Analysis, 10, 127-148.
Kteily, N., Saguy, T., Sidanius, J. & Taylor, D. (2013). Negotiating power. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 978-995.
Guimond, S., Crisp, R., De Oliveira, P., Kamiejski, R., Kteily, N., Kuepper, B., Lalonde, R.,
Levin, S., Pratto, F., Tourgas, F., Sidanius, J., & Zick, A. (2013). Diversity policy, social
dominance and intergroup relations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104,
941-958.
Ho, A., Sidanius, J., Cuddy, A., & Banaji, M. (2013). Status boundary enforcement and the
categorization of black-white biracials. Journal of experimental Social Psychology, 49,
940-943.
Sidanius, J., Kteily, N., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Ho, A., Sibley, C. & Duriez, B. (2013). “You’re
inferior and not worth our concern”. Journal of Personality, 81, 313-323.
Sidanius, J., & Kurzban, R. (2013). Towards an evolutionarily informed political psychology.
In L. Huddy, D. O. Sears, & J. Levy. Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology. 2nd
Edition. Pp. 205 – 236. New York: Oxford University Press.
Levin, S., Pratto, F., Matthews, M., Sidanius, J., & Kteily, N. (2012). A dual process approach
to understanding prejudice toward Americans in Lebanon: an extension to intergroup
threat perceptions and emotions. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, on-line, 1-
20.
Navarrete, C. D., McDonald, M. M., Asher, B. D., Kerr, N. L., Yokota, K., Olsson, A., &
Sidanius, J. (2012). Fear is readily associated with an out-group face in a minimal group
context. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33 590-593.
Kteily, N., Ho, A., & Sidanius, J. (2012). Hierarchy in the mind: The predictive power of social
dominance orientation across social contexts and domains. Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology, 48, 543-549.
Ho, A. K., Sidanius, J., Pratto, F., Levin, S., Thomsen, L., Kteily, N., & Sheehy-Skeffington, J.
(2012). Social dominance orientation: revisiting the structure and function of a variable
predicting social and political attitudes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38,
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583 - 606.
Jost, J. T., Chaikalis-Petritsis, V., Abrams, D., Sidanius, J., van der Toorn, J. & Bratt, C. (2012).
Why men (and women) do and don’t rebel: Effects of system justification on willingness
to protest. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 197-208.
Levin, S., Matthews, M., Guimond, S., Sidanius, J., Pratto, F. Kteily, N., Pitpitan, E. V. &
Dover, T. (2012). Assimilation, multiculturalism, and colorblindness: mediated and
moderated relationships between social dominance orientation and prejudice. Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology, 48,207-212.
Sidanius, J., & Pratto, F. (2012). Social dominance theory. In Lange, Paul A.M., Kruglanski,
Arie W. and Higgins. E. T. (Eds.) In Handbook of Theories of Social Psychological. Pp.
418-439. London: Sage Publications.
McDonald, M. M., Navarrete, C. D., & Sidanius, J. (2011). Developing a theory of gendered
prejudice: an evolutionary and social dominance perspective. In Kramer, R., Leonardelli,
G., & Livingston, R. (Eds.) Social cognition, social identity, and intergroup relations: A
festschrift in honor of Marilynn Brewer. Pp. 189-220. New York: Psychology Press.
Kteily, N., Sidanius, J. & Levin, S, (2011). Social dominance orientation: cause or 'mere effect'?
Evidence for SDO as a causal predictor of prejudice and discrimination against ethnic
and racial outgroups." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 208-214.
Ho, A., Sidanius, J., Levin, D., & Banaji, M. (2011). Evidence for hypodescent and racial
hierarchy in the perception of biracial individuals. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 100, 492-506.
Guimond, S., Oliveira., P. D., Kamiesjki, R., & Sidanius, J. (2010). The trouble with
assimilation: Social dominance and the emergence of hostility against immigrants.
International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 34, 642-650.
Navarrete, C. D., McDonald, M. M., Molina, L. E., & Sidanius, J. (2010). Prejudice at the nexus
of race and gender: An outgroup male target hypothesis. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 98, 933-945.
Settles, I. H., Navarette, C. D., Pagano, S. J., Abdou, C. M. & Sidanius, J. (2010). Racial
regard, racial centrality and depression among African American women. Cultural
Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16 248-255.
Staerklé, C., Sidanius, J., Green, E. & Molina, L. (2010). Ethnic minority-majority asymmetry
in national attitudes around the world: a multilevel analysis. Political Psychology, 31,
491-519.
Thomsen, L., Green, E. G. T., Ho, A. K., Levin, S., van Laar, C., Sinclair, S., & Sidanius, J.
(2010). Wolves in sheep’s clothing: SDO asymmetrically predicts perceived ethnic
victimization among white and Latino students across three years. Personality and Social
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Psychology Bulletin, 36, 225-238.
Ho, A., & Sidanius, J. (2009). “Preserving positive identities: public and private regard for one’s
ingroup and susceptibility to stereotype threat.” Group Processes and Intergroup
Relations, 13, 55-67.
Matthews, M., Levin, S., & Sidanius, J. (2009). A Longitudinal test of the model of political
conservatism as motivated social cognition. Political Psychology, 30, 921-936.
Green, E.G.T., Thomsen, L., Sidanius. J., Staerklé , C. & Potanina, P. (2009). Reactions to
crime as a hierarchy regulating strategy: the moderating role of social dominance
orientation. Social Justice Research, 22, 416-436.
Rabinowitz, J., Sears, D.O., Sidanius, J., & Krosnick, J. (2009). Why do white Americans
oppose racial policies? The political psychology of symbolic racism. Political
Psychology, 30, 805-828.
Kahn, K., Ho, A.K., Sidanius, J., & Pratto, F. (2009). The space between us: Perceptions of
status differences. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 12, 591-604.
Ho, A., Thomsen, L., & Sidanius, J. (2009). Perceived academic competence and overall job
evaluations: The Case of African and European American students' evaluations of
African and European American professors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology,
39,389-400.
Levin, S., Henry, PJ, Pratto, F. & Sidanius, J. (2009). Social dominance and social identity in
Lebanon: implications for support of violence against the West. In Victoroff, Jeff;
Kruglanski, Arie W. Psychology of terrorism: Classic and contemporary insights. Key
readings in social psychology. (pp. 253-267). New York, NY, US: Psychology Press.
Levin, S., Sinclair, S., Sidanius, J., & Van Laar, C. (2009). Ethnic and university identity across
the college years: A common in-group identity perspective. Journal of Social Issues, 65,
2, 287-306.
Navarrete, C.D., Olsson, A., Ho, A.K., Mendes, W.B., Thomsen, L., Sidanius, J. (2009). Fear
extinction to an outgroup face: The role of target gender. Psychological Science, 20, 155-
158.
Sidanius, J., Henry, P.J., Pratto, F., & Levin, S. (2009). Arab attributions for the attack on
America: The case of Lebanese sub-elites. In Victoroff, Jeff; Kruglanski, Arie W. (2009).
Psychology of terrorism: Classic and contemporary insights. Key readings in social
psychology. (pp. 269-279). New York, NY, US: Psychology Press.
Thomsen, L., Green. E.G.T., & Sidanius, J. (2008). We will hunt them down: How social
dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism fuel ethnic persecution of
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immigrants in fundamentally different ways. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,
44, 1455-1464.
Van Laar, C., Levin, S., & Sidanius, J. (2008). Ingroup and outgroup contact: A longitudinal
study of the effects of cross-ethnic friendships, dates, roommate relationships and
participation in segregated organizations. In U. Wagner, L. Tropp, G. Finchilescu and C.
Tredoux. Improving intergroup relations: On the legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew (pp.
127-142). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
Van Laar, C., Sidanius, J., & Levin, S. (2008). “Ethnic related curricula and intergroup attitudes
in college: Movement towards and away from the ingroup.” Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 38, 1601-1638.
Sidanius, J., Haley, H., Molina, L. & Pratto, F. (2007). Vladimir’s choice and the distribution of
social resources: A group dominance perspective.” Group Processes and Intergroup
Relations, 10, 259-268.
Thomsen, L., Sidanius, J., & Fiske, A. (2007). Interpersonal leveling, independence, and self-
enhancement: A comparison between Denmark and the US, and a relational practice
framework for cultural psychology. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 445-469.
Haley, H., & Sidanius, J. (2006). The positive and negative framing of affirmative action: a
group dominance perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32 656-668.
Sidanius, J., Mitchell, M., Haley, H., & Navarrete, C. D., (2006). Support for Harsh Criminal
Sanctions and Criminal Justice Beliefs: A Social Dominance Perspective. Social Justice
Research, 19, 433-449.
Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., & Levin, S, (2006). Social dominance theory and the dynamics of
intergroup relations: Taking stock and looking forward. European Review of Social
Psychology, 17, 271-320.
Sidanius, J., Sinclair, S. & Pratto, F. (2006). Social dominance orientation, gender and
increasing college exposure. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 1640-1653.
Haley, H., & Sidanius, J. (2005). Person-organization congruence and the maintenance of
group-based social hierarchy: A social dominance perspective. Group Processes and
Intergroup Relations, 8, 187-203.
Henry, P.J., Sidanius, J., Levin, S., & Pratto, F. (2005). Social dominance orientation,
authoritarianism, and support for intergroup violence between the Middle East and
America. Political Psychology, 26, 569-583.
Staerklé, C., Sidanius, J., Green, E.G.T., & Molina, L. (2005). Ethnic minority-majority
asymmetry and attitudes towards immigrants across 11 nations. Psicologia Polίtica, 30,
7-26.
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Van Laar, C., Levin, S., Sinclair, S., & Sidanius, J. (2005). The effect of university roommate
contact on ethnic attitudes and behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41,
329-345.
Haley, H., Sidanius, J., Lowery, B. & Malamuth, N. (2004). The interactive nature of sex and
race discrimination: a social dominance perspective. In G. Philogene (Ed.), Racial
Identity in Context: The Legacy of Kenneth B. Clark. American Psychological
Association pp. 149-160.
Peña, Y., Sidanius, J., & Sawyer, M. (2004). “Racial Democracy” in the Americas: A Latin and
North American Comparison.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35, 749-767.
Sawyer, M. Q., Peña, Y. & Sidanius, J. (2004). Cuban Exceptionalism: Group based hierarchy
and the dynamics of patriotism in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. The
Dubois Review. 1, 93-114.
Sidanius, J., Henry, P.J., Pratto, F., & Levin, S. (2004). Arab attributions for the attack on
America: The case of Lebanese sub-elites. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35,
403-416.
Sidanius, J., Pratto, F., van Laar, C., & Levin, S. (2004). Social dominance theory: Its agenda
and method. Political Psychology, 25, 845-880.
Sidanius, J., Van Laar, C., Levin, S., & Sinclair, S. (2004). Ethnic enclaves and the dynamics of
social identity on the college campus: The good, the bad, and the ugly.” Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 96-110.
Levin, S., Henry, PJ, Pratto, F. & Sidanius, J. (2003). Social dominance and social identity in
Lebanon: Implications for support of violence against the West. Group Processes and
Intergroup Relations, 6, 353-368.
Levin, S., Van Laar, C., & Sidanius, J. (2003). The effects of ingroup and outgroup friendships
on ethnic attitudes in college: A longitudinal study. Group Processes and Intergroup
Relations, 6, 76-92.
Sidanius, J. and Robert Kurzban. (2003). Evolutionary approaches to political psychology. In
D.O. Sears, Huddy, L., and Jervis, R. Handbook of Political Psychology, pp. 146-181.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Sidanius, J., & Peña, Y. (2003). The Gendered nature of family structure and group-based anti-
egalitarianism: A cross-national analysis. Journal of Social Psychology, 143, 243-251.
Sidanius, J., & Pratto, F. (2003). Social dominance theory and the dynamics of inequality: A
Reply to Schmitt, Branscombe, & Kappen and Wilson & Liu. British Journal of Social
Psychology, 42, 207-213.
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Sidanius, J., Van Laar, C., Levin, S. & Sinclair, S. (2003). Social hierarchy maintenance and
assortment into social roles: A social dominance perspective. Group Processes and
Intergroup Relations, 6, 333-352.
Federico, C. M., & Sidanius, J. (2002). Racism, ideology, and affirmative action, revisited: The
antecedents and consequences of ‘principled objections’ to affirmative action. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology 82, 488-502.
Federico, C. M., & Sidanius, J. (2002). Sophistication and the antecedents of whites’ racial-
policy attitudes: racism, ideology, and affirmative action in America. Public Opinion
Quarterly, 66, 145-176.
Levin, S., Federico, C., Sidanius, J., & Rabinowitz, J. (2002). Social dominance orientation and
intergroup bias: The legitimation of favoritism for high-status groups. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 144-157.
Major, B., Gramzow, R.H., McCoy, S.K., Levin, S., Schmader, T., & Sidanius, J. (2002).
Perceiving personal discrimination: The role of group status and legitimizing ideology.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82 269-282.
Peña, Y., & Sidanius, J. (2002). American patriotism and ideologies of group dominance: A tale
of asymmetry. Journal of Social Psychology, 142, 782-790.
Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., Stallworth, L. M. & Malle, B.F. (2001). Social dominance orientation: A
personality variable predicting social and political attitudes. In Michael A. Hogg, and
Dominic Abrams, (Eds.). pp. 30-59. Intergroup relations: Essential readings.
Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis.
Sidanius, J., & Petrocik, J. R. (2001). Communal and National Identity in a Multiethnic State: A
Comparison of Three Perspectives. In R. D. Ashmore, L. Jussim, and D. Wilder (eds.).
101-129. Social identity, intergroup conflict, and conflict reduction, (Rutgers Series on
Self and Social Identity, Volume 3) NY: Oxford University Press.
Sidanius, J., Levin, S., Federico, C., & Pratto, F. (2001). Legitimizing ideologies: the social
dominance approach. In J. Jost and B. Major (Eds.), The Psychology of Legitimacy:
Emerging Perspectives on Ideology, Justice, and Intergroup Relations, pp. 307-331.
Cambridge University Press.
Sidanius, J., Peña, Y. & Sawyer, M. (2001). Inclusionary discrimination: pigmentocracy and
patriotism in the Dominican Republic. Political Psychology, 22, 827-851.
Van Laar, C., & Sidanius, J. (2001). Social status and the academic achievement gap: A social
dominance perspective. Social Psychology of Education, 4, 235-258.
Sidanius, J., & Veniegas, R. C. (2000). Gender and race discrimination: The interactive nature
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of disadvantage. In S. Oskamp (Ed.). Reducing Prejudice and Discrimination the
Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, pp 47-69.
Pratto, F., Liu, J. H., Levin, S., Sidanius, J., Shih, M., Bachrach, H. & Hegarty, P. (2000).
Social dominance orientation and the legitimization of inequality across cultures.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 31, 369-409.
Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., Stallworth, L. M., & Malle, B. F. (2000). Social dominance orientation:
A personality variable predicting social and political attitudes. In Charles Stangor, (Ed).
Stereotypes and prejudice: Essential readings. Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis
Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis: Philadelphia, PA, pp. 259-288.
Sears, D.O., Hetts, J., Sidanius, J. & Bobo, L. (2000). Whites' attitudes toward contemporary
racial policies: background to the debates. In D.O. Sears, J Sidanius & L. Bobo (Eds.).
Racialized Politics: Values, Ideology, and Prejudice in American Public Opinion.
Chicago: University of Chicago press.
Sidanius, J., Levin, S., Liu, J.H. & Pratto, F. (2000). Social dominance orientation and the
political psychology of gender: An extension and cross-cultural replication. European
Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 41-67.
Sidanius, J., Singh, P., Hetts, J., & Federico, C. (2000). It’s not affirmative action, it’s the
Blacks: The continuing relevance of race in American Politics. In D.O. Sears, J Sidanius
& L. Bobo (Eds.). Racialized Politics: Values, Ideology, and Prejudice in American
Public Opinion. Chicago: University of Chicago press. .
Levin, S., & Sidanius, J. (1999). Social Dominance and Social Identity in the United States and
Israel: Ingroup Favoritism or Outgroup Derogation? Political Psychology, 20, 99-126.
Sidanius, J., Levin, S., Rabinowitz, J., & Federico, C. (1999). Peering Into the jaws of the
beast: The integrative dynamics of social identity, symbolic racism, and social
dominance. In Dale Miller and Deborah Prentice (Eds.), The Cultural Divide. Russell
Sage Publications, pp. 80-132.
van Laar, C., Sidanius, J., Rabinowitz, J. & Sinclair, S. (1999). The three r’s of academic
achievement: reading, ‘riting, and racism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
25, 139-151.
Fang, C. Y., Sidanius, J., & Pratto, F. (1998). Romance across the social status continuum:
interracial marriage and the ideological asymmetry effect. Journal of Cross Cultural
Psychology, 29, 290-305.
Levin, S., Sidanius, J., Rabinowitz, J. L., & Federico, C. (1998). Ethnic identity, legitimizing
ideologies and social status: A matter of ideological asymmetry. Political Psychology, 19,
373-404.
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Sidanius, J., Levin, S. & Pratto, F. (1998). Hierarchical group relations, institutional terror and
the dynamics of the criminal justice system. In J. Eberhard & S.T. Fiske (Ed.), Racism:
The problem and the response. Pp. 136-165. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Sinclair, S., Sidanius, J. & Levin, S. (1998). The interface between ethnic and social system
attachment: The differential effects of hierarchy-enhancing and hierarchy attenuating
environments. The Journal of Social Issues, 54, 741-757.
Sidanius, J., Feshbach, S., Levin, S. & Pratto, F. (1997). The interface between ethnic and
national attachment: ethnic pluralism or ethnic dominance? Public Opinion Quarterly,
61, 103-133.
Pratto, F., Stallworth, L. & Sidanius, J. (1997). The gender gap: Differences in political
attitudes and social dominance orientation. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36,
49-68.
Pratto, F., Stallworth, L., Sidanius, J. & Siers, B. (1997). The gender gap in occupational role
attainment: A social dominance approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
72, 37-53.
Sidanius, J., Pratto, F., Sinclair, S. & van Laar, C. (1996). Mother Teresa meets Genghis Khan:
The dialectics of hierarchy-enhancing and hierarchy-attenuating career choices. Social
Justice Research, 9,145-170.
Sidanius, J., Levin, S. & Pratto, F. (1996). Consensual social dominance orientation and its
correlates within the hierarchical structure of American society. International Journal of
Intercultural Relations, 20, 385-408.
Sidanius, J. Pratto, F. & Bobo, L. (1996). Racism, conservatism, affirmative action and
intellectual sophistication: A matter of principled conservatism or group dominance?
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70,476-490.
Mitchell, M. & Sidanius, J. (1995). Social hierarchy and executions in the United States: A
social dominance perspective. The death penalty: A social dominance perspective.
Political Psychology, 16, 591-619.
Sidanius, J., Pratto, F. & Brief, D. (1995). Group dominance and the political psychology of
gender: A cross-cultural comparison. Political Psychology, 16, 381-396.
Sidanius, J., Pratto, F. & Bobo, L. (1994). Social dominance orientation and the political
psychology of gender: A case of invariance? Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 67, 998-1011
Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., Stallworth, L.M., & Malle, B.F. (1994). Social dominance orientation: A
personality variable predicting social and political attitudes. Journal of Personality and
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Social Psychology, 67, 741-763.
Sidanius, J., Pratto, F., & Rabinowitz, J. (1994). Gender, ethnic status, and ideological
asymmetry: A social dominance interpretation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology,
25, 194-216.
Sidanius, J., Pratto, F. & Mitchell, M. (1994). Ingroup identification, social dominance
orientation, and differential intergroup social allocation. Journal of Social Psychology,
134, 151-167.
Sidanius, J., Liu, J., Pratto, F. & Shaw, J. (1994). Social dominance orientation, hierarchy-
attenuators and hierarchy-enhancers: Social dominance theory and the criminal justice
system. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 338-366.
Mitchell, M. & Sidanius, J. (1993). Group status and asymmetry in the relationship between
ideology and death penalty support: A social dominance perspective. National Journal of
Sociology, 7, 67-93.
Sidanius, J. & Pratto, F. (1993). Racism and support of free-market capitalism: A Cross-cultural
analysis. Political Psychology, 14, 383-403.
Sidanius, J. (1993). The interface between racism and sexism: Attempts at explanation. Journal
of Social Psychology, 127, 311-322.
Sidanius, J. (1993). The psychology of group conflict and the dynamics of oppression: A social
dominance perspective. In S. Iyengar W. McGuire (Eds.), Explorations in Political
Psychology. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 183-219.
Sidanius, J. & Pratto, F. (1993). The inevitability of oppression and the dynamics of social
dominance. In P. Sniderman & P. Tetlock (Eds.), Prejudice, Politics, and the American
Dilemma. Stanford University Press, pp. 173-211.
Pratto, F., Sidanius, J. & Stallworth, L.M. (1993). Sexual selection and the sexual and ethnic
basis of social hierarchy. In Ellis, L. (Ed.). pp. 111-137. Social Stratification and
Socioeconomic Inequality: A Comparative Biosocial Analysis. Praeger.
Sidanius, J. & Liu, J. (1992). Racism, support for the Persian Gulf War, and the police beating
of Rodney King: A social dominance perspective. Journal of Social Psychology, 132,
685-700.
Sidanius, J., Devereux, E. & Pratto, F. (1992). A comparison of symbolic racism theory and
social dominance theory: Explanations for racial policy attitudes. Journal of Social
Psychology, 132, 377-395.
Sidanius, J., Pratto, F. Martin, M. & Stallworth, L. (1991). Consensual racism and career track:
Some implications of social dominance theory. Political Psychology, 1991 12, 691-721.
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Sidanius, J., Cling, B.J. & Pratto, F. (1991). Ranking and Linking as a Function of Sex and
Gender Role Attitudes. Journal of Social Issues, 47, 131-149.
Sidanius, J. (1990). Basic values and sociopolitical ideology: A comparison of political experts
and political novices. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 71, 447-450.
Sidanius, J. (1990). Socio-political attitudes and cognitive styles: A further reply to Ray.
Political Psychology, 11, 445-454.
Sidanius, J. (1989). Racial discrimination and job evaluation: The case of university faculty.
National Journal of Sociology, 3, 223-257.
Sidanius, J. & Crane, M. (1989). Job evaluation and sex bias? The case of university faculty.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 19, 174-197.
Sidanius, J. & Lau, R.R. (1989). Political sophistication and political deviance: A matter of
context. Political Psychology, 10, 85-109.
Ekehammar, B., Sidanius, J. & Nilsson, E. (1989). Social attitudes and social status: A
multivariate and multinational analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 10,203-
208.
Ekehammar, B., Sidanius, J. & Nilsson, E. (1988). Social class, perception and social class
among Swedish youth. International Journal of Psychology, 23, 41-50.
Ekehammar, B., Sidanius, J. & Nilsson, E. (1988). Social class status: Construct and external
validity. The Journal of Social Psychology, 127, 473-481.
Sidanius, J. & Duffy, G. (1988). The duality of attitude structure: A test of Kerlinger's criterial
referents theory within samples of Swedish and American Youth. Political Psychology, 9,
no.4, 649-670.
Sidanius, J. (1988). Political sophistication and political deviance: A structural equation
examination of context theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 37-51.
Sidanius, J. (1988). Race and sentence severity: The case of American justice. The Journal of
Black Studies, 18, 273-281.
Sidanius, J. (1988). Intolerance of ambiguity, conservatism and racism- Whose fantasy, whose
reality? A reply to Ray. Political Psychology, 9, 309-316.
Ekehammar, B., Sidanius, J., & Nilsson, I. (1987). Social status: Construct and external validity.
Journal of Social Psychology, 127, 473-481.
Sidanius, J. (1987). Social attitudes and political party preferences among Swedish youth.
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Scandinavian Political Studies, 10, 111-124.
Nilsson, E., Ekehammar, B. & Sidanius, J. (1987). Education and ideology: Basic aspects of
education related to adolescents` sociopolitical attitudes. Political Psychology, 8,
395-411.
Sidanius, J., Brewer, R.M., Banks, E. & Ekehammar, B. (1987). Ideological constraint, political
interest and gender: a Swedish-American comparison. The European Journal of Political
Research, 15 471-492.
Sidanius, J., Ekehammar, B. & Brewer, R.M. (1986). The political socialization determinants of
higher-order socio-political space: A Swedish example. The Journal of Social
Psychology, 126, 7-22.
Sidanius, J. (1986). Context theory revisited: A response to Ward. Political Psychology,
7,149-151.
Sidanius, J. (1985). Cognitive functioning and socio-political ideology revisited. Political
Psychology, 6, 637-661.
Nilsson, E. Ekehammar, B. & Sidanius, J. (1985). Education and sociopolitical attitudes.
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 29, 1-15.
Ekehammar, B., Sidanius, J. & Nilsson, E. (1984). Evaluative perceptions of politicians across
Time. European Journal of Political Research, 12,109-117.
Sidanius, J. (1984). Political interest, political information search and ideological homogeneity
as a function of socio-political ideology: a tale of three theories. Human Relations,
37,811-828.
Ekehammar, B., Sidanius, J. & Däcker, M.L. (1984). Political defection and psychosocial
factors in the Home. Journal of Social Psychology, 123,253-260.
Sidanius, J., Ekehammar, B. & Lukowsky, J. (1983). Social Status and socio-political ideology
among Swedish youth. Youth and Society, 14, 395-415.
Sidanius, J. & Ekehammar, B. (1983). Sex, political party preference and higher-order
dimensions of socio-political ideology. Journal of Psychology, 115, 233-239.
Ekehammar, B., & Sidanius, J. (1982). Sex differences in socio-political ideology: a replication
and extension. British Journal of Social Psychology, 21, 249-257.
Sidanius, J., Ekehammar, B. & Lukowsky, J. (1982). Socio-political ideology and dimensions of
political party conflict in Sweden. The Mankind Quarterly, 5, 1-25.
Sidanius, J. & Ekehammar, B. (1982). Test of a biological model for explaining sex differences.
Journal of Psychology, 110, 191-195.
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Sidanius, J. & Ekehammar, B. (1981). Arbetsmoment i forsknings processen. Chapter 3 I
Metodbok Om Patient Information. Nämnden for Samhälls Information.
Ekehammar, B. & Sidanius, J. (1980). Negative similarities versus correlational similarities.
Multivariate Behavioral Research, 15, 95-98.
Sidanius, J. & Ekehammar, B. (1980). Sex-related differences in socio-political ideology.
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 21, 17-26.
Sidanius, J. & Ekehammar, B. (1979). Political Socialization: A multivariate analysis of
Swedish political attitude and preference data. European Journal of Social Psychology,
9,265-279.
Ekehammar, B. & Sidanius, J. (1979). Political perception dimensions based upon negative
similarities. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 49, 19-26
Sidanius, J., Ekehammar, B. & Ross, M. (1979). Comparisons of socio-political attitudes
between two democratic societies. International Journal of Psychology, 14, 225-240.
Sidanius, J. (1978). cognitive functioning and socio-political ideology: An exploratory study.
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 46, 515-530.
Sidanius, J. (1978). Intolerance of ambiguity and socio-political ideology: A multidimensional
Analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology, 8, 215-235.
Sidanius, J. & Ekehammar, B. (1977). Cognitive differentiation and socio-political ideology: an
exploratory study. Psychological Reports, 41, 203-211.
Ekehammar, B. & Sidanius, J. (1977). Political perception and political preference: a
multivariate analysis of Swedish political attitude and preference data. Scandinavian
Journal of Psychology, 18, 285-295.
Sidanius, J. & Ekehammar, B. (1976). Cognitive functioning and socio-politico ideology: A
multidimensional and individualized analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 17,
205-216.
C. PUBLICATIONS IN NON-REFEREED JOURNALS AND WORKING PAPERS
Sidanius, J., van Laar, C., Levin, S. & Sinclair, S. (2002). Ethnic enclaves on the college
campus: The good, the bad and the ugly. Working Paper # 194. Russell Sage Foundation,
112 East 64th
Street, New York, NY 10021.
Sidanius, J., van Laar, C., Levin, S. & Sinclair, S. (2002). Social hierarchy maintenance and the
allocation of social roles: A social dominance perspective. Working Paper # 193. Russell
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Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th
Street, New York, NY 10021.
Levin, S., Sinclair, S., Sidanius, J., & van Laar, C. (2002). In search of a viable common
ingroup identity: A social dominance perspective. Working Paper # 192. Russell Sage
Foundation, 112 East 64th
Street, New York, NY 10021.
Levin, S., Van Laar, C., & Sidanius, J. (2002). The effects of ingroup and outgroup friendships
on ethnic attitudes in college: A longitudinal study. Working Paper # 191. Russell Sage
Foundation, 112 East 64th
Street, New York, NY 10021.
Sawyer, M. Q., Peña, Y. L., & Sidanius, J. (2002). Cuban exceptionalism: Group based
hierarchy and the dynamics of patriotism in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and
Cuba. Working Paper # 190. Russell Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th
Street, New York,
NY 10021.
Peña, Y. L., & Sidanius, J. (2002). The gendered nature of family structure and group-based
anti-egalitarianism: A cross-cultural analysis. Working Paper #188. Russell Sage
Foundation, 112 East 64th
Street, New York, NY 10021.
Sidanius, J., Henry, P.J., Pratto, F., & Levin, S. (2002). Why do they hate us so? The clash of
civilizations or the politics of dominance? Working Paper #187. Russell Sage
Foundation, 112 East 64th
Street, New York, NY 10021.
Henry, P.J., Sidanius, J., Levin, S. & Pratto, F. (2002). Social dominance orientation,
authoritarianism, religious identification and support for terrorism in the Middle East.
Working Paper # 186. Russell Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th
Street, New York, NY
10021.
Federico, C. & Sidanius, J. (2001). Sophistication and the Antecedents of Whites’ Racial-Policy
Attitudes: Racism, Ideology, and Affirmative Action in America. Working Paper #184,
Russell Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th
Street, New York, NY 10021.
Federico, C. M., & Sidanius, J. (2001). Racism, Ideology, and Affirmative Action, Revisited:
The Antecedents and Consequences of ‘Principled Objections’ to Affirmative Action.
Working Paper #183, Russell Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th
Street, New York, NY
10021.
Peña, Y. L., Federico, C. & Sidanius, J. (2001). Race and support for the Criminal Justice
System: A matter of asymmetry. Working Paper #181, Russell Sage Foundation, 112
East 64th
Street, New York, NY 10021.
Bobo, L. D., Johnson, J.H., Oliver, M.L., Sidanius, J. & Zubrinsky, C. (1992). Public Opinion
Before and After a Spring of Discontent: A preliminary Report on the 1992 Los Angeles
County Social Survey.
Nilsson, E., Ekehammar, B. & Sidanius, J. (1986). Social Class Perception as a function of
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social status. Reports from the Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm,
Number 649.1
1 All Reports from the Department of Psychology at the University of Stockholm are indexed and available in Psychological Abstracts.
Sidanius, J., Ekehammar, B. & Lukowsky, B. (1985). Social Attitudes and Political Party
Preferences among Swedish Youth. Reports from the Department of Psychology,
University of Stockholm, Number 640.
Sidanius, J. & Lau, R.R. (1985). Political Extremism and Political Sophistication. Reports from
the Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, 1985, Number 641.
Nilsson, E., Ekehammar, B. & Sidanius, J. (1984). Education and Social Attitudes: A
Replication and Extension. Reports From the Department of Psychology, The University
of Stockholm, Number 627.
Sidanius, J. (1984). Race and Ideology in America: An Exploratory Study. Reports from the
Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Number 624.
Nilsson, E., Ekehammar, B. & Sidanius, J. (1984). Education and Sociopolitical Attitudes.
Reports from the Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Number 617.
Ekehammar, B., Sidanius, J. & Nilsson, E. (1984). Toward a construct validation of social class.
Reports from the Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Number 616.
Sidanius, J., Ekehammar, B. & Lukowsky, J. (1983). Political Interest, Political Information
Search and Socio-political Ideology. Reports from the Department of Psychology,
Number 598.
Ekehammar, B., Sidanius, J. & Nilsson, E. (1982). Evaluative Perceptions of Politicians across
Time. Reports from the Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Number
Sidanius, J. & Ekehammar, B. (1981). Gender and Socio-political Ideology. Reports from the
Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Number 570
Ekehammar, B., Sidanius, J. & Nilsson, E. (1981). Politikerförakt? En Explorativ Studie I
Politisk Perception. Rapporter, Psykologiska Institutionen, Stockholms Universitet,
Number 37.
Sidanius, J. (1981). Political Socialization, Military Socialization and Defense Willingness.
Swedish Defense Department Report, 1981.
Sidanius, J. (1976). A Swedish Scale of Conservatism. Reports from the Department of
Psychology, University of Stockholm, Number 465.
Sidanius, J. (1976). Cognitive Functioning and Socio-political Ideology: Studies in Political
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Psychology. Reports from the Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm,
Supplement 36.
Sidanius, J. (1976). Further Tests of a Swedish Scale of Conservatism. Reports from the
Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Number 467.
Sidanius, J. (1976). Studies in Political Psychology: Theoretical and Empirical Speculations
towards the Derivation of Theory. Reports from the Department of Psychology,
University of Stockholm, Supplement 34.
Sidanius, J. (1975). Cognitive Functioning and Socio-political Ideology. Reports from the
Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Number 443.
Sidanius, J. (1974). Some notes on the study of values in experimental psychology research
from 1933-1971. Örebroprojektet, Delstudier, Number22, Psykologiska Institutionen,
Stockholms Universitet.
D. INVITED ADDRESSES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Sidanius, J. (September 24, 2015). Invited to give a Keynote address at the Centre for Social
Conflict and Cohesion Studies, Santiago, Chile.
Sidanius, J. Invited talk at investigative workshop, "Evolutionary approaches to the
understanding of decentralized warfare," to be held at the National Center for
Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBIoS), to be held in Knoxville, TN, 16-18
September, 2015.
Sidanius, J. Invited keynote address of the 9th
Biennial Congress of the International Academy
for Intercultural (IAIR 2015), University of Bergen, Norway. July 2015.
Sidanius, J. (December, 2014). Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, New York
University.
Sidanius, J. (November, 2014). Invited talk at the Department of Human Development,
University of Chicago.
Sidanius, J. (October 23rd
, 2014). Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, University of
Ottawa, Canada.
Sidanius, J. (June 4th
, 2014). Invited to give a Keynote address at the inauguration of the Centre
for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies, Santiago, Chile.
Sidanius, J. (May 25th
, 2014). Invited presentation at the Association of Psychological Science.
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San Francisco, CA.
Sidanius, J. (October 27-31, 2013). Invited to present two keynote addresses at Summer School
on Inequality at the University of South Africa.
Sidanius, J. (October 10, 2013). Invited presentation at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Sidanius, J. (September 23, 2013). Invited presentation at the Harvard School of Education,
Civic and Moral Education Initiative.
Sidanius, J. (May 6, 2013). Invited to give presentation at the Multidisciplinary Program in
Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Sidanius, J. (April 25, 2013). Invited talk at the Social Psychology brown-bag, UMass Boston.
Sidanius, J. (October, 2012). Invited Keynote speaker, NYU, Abu Dhabi.
Sidanius, J. (December 14, 2012). Invited talk at the Social Psychology brown-bag, UMass
Amherst.
Sidanius, J. (May 9, 2012). Invited talk at the Political Science Brown-bag, Brown University.
Sidanius, J. (July 18, 2012). Invited lecturer to the Summer Institute for Political Psychology
(SIPP), Stanford University.
Sidanius, J. (February, 2012). Invited to give the Basowitz Lecture at University of Alabama.
Sidanius, J. (November 8, 2011). Invited to give keynote address at the Harvard-IDC
Symposium in Political Psychology and Decision Making IDC campus, Israel.
Sidanius, J. (October 24, 2011). Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, Yale University.
Sidanius, J. August, 2011. Invited to teach summer school in social psychology in Wedendorf,
Germany.
Sidanius, J. (July, 2011). Invited lecturer to the Summer Institute for Political Psychology
(SIPP), Stanford University.
Sidanius, J. (July, 2011). Invited lecturer to the Summer School in International Society for
Political Psychology, Istanbul Turkey.
Sidanius, J. October, 2011. Invited to give a research presentation a workshop in our Social
psychology graduate school of the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sidanius, J. April 1st and 2
nd, 2011. Invited to give a research presentation on the behalf of the
Psychological Society of University College Cork in Ireland.
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Sidanius, J. March 11-12, 2010. Invited talk second biennial Power, Status, and Influence (PSI)
conference. PSI 2010 will be hosted by NYU’s Stern School of Business and Wagner
School of Public Service.
Sidanius, J. 9th
– 11th
April, 2010. Invited talk at the Pszinapszis, XIV. Psychology Days in
Budapest, Hungary.
Sidanius, J. (September 7-9, 2010). Invited to give Keynote an address at the Annual BPS Social
Psychology Conference 2010 in Winchester, UK.
Sidanius, J. (July, 2009). Invited lecturer to the Summer Institute for Political Psychology
(SIPP), Stanford University.
Sidanius, J. (September, 2008). Invited talk at within the Department of psychology, Michigan
State University.
Sidanius, J. (August, 2008). Invited talk at within the Department of psychology, Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Sidanius, J. (July, 2008). Invited lecturer to the Summer Institute for Political Psychology
(SIPP), Stanford University.
Sidanius, J. (October, 2008). Invited talk at within the Department of psychology, University of
Santiago, Chile.
Sidanius, J. (November 30th
, 2008). Invited talk at Distinguished Speaker’s colloquium within
the Department of psychology, University of Washington.
Sidanius, J. (August 14th
, 2008). Invited talk at International Society for Justice Research,
Adelaide, South Australia.
Sidanius, J. (July 9th
, 2008). Keynote address delivered at the Annual Scientific Meetings of the
International Society of Political Psychology, Paris France.
Sidanius, J. (June, 2008). Paper delivered at Society for Annual meeting of the Society for the
psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). The interface between ethnic and national
identity.
Sidanius, J. (June, 2008). Paper delivered at Society for Annual meeting of the Society for the
psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). Student organizations as ethnic enclaves:
Some expected and unexpected consequences.
Sidanius, J. (March 8, 2008). Invited talk at the Law and Mind Sciences Conference at Harvard
Law School on March 8, 2008
Sidanius, J. (2006). Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, Princeton University.
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October, 6, 2006.
Sidanius, J. (2006). Plenary Address at the 18th
Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and
Evolution Society (HBES). The Interactive Nature of Patriarchy and Arbitrary-set
Hierarchy: The Dynamics of Sexism and Racism from An Evolutionary and Social
Dominance Perspective. June 7-11, 2006.
Sidanius, J. (2006). Invited to teach at Summer School at the University of Jena, Germany,
concerning "Discrimination and Tolerance in Intergroup Relations". April 18th
, 2006.
International Graduate College "Conflict and Cooperation between Social Groups".
Sidanius, J. (2005). Invited talk at the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology,
Wuerzburg, Germany, July 19-23, 2005.
Sidanius, J. (2004). Under Color of Authority: Terror, Intergroup Violence and the Law:
A Social Dominance Perspective. Talk given at the University of Western Ontario,
London, Canada, June 4 - 5, 2004. Conference on “Why Neighbours Kill: Explaining the
Breakdown of Ethnic Relations."
Sidanius, J. (2004). Invited address at conference entitled: “The Dynamics of Social Change”
convened at Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Talk entitled:
“Individual and institutional congruence in the reproduction of group-based social
hierarchy: A social dominance perspective.”
Sidanius, J. (2004). Invited address at the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social
Policy. Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Malcolm Winer
Center for Social Policy. Talk entitled: The Interactive Nature of Sex and Arbitrary-set
Discrimination.
Sidanius, J. (2004). Invited lecture at the Department of Psychology, California State University
at Long Beach. Talk entitled: The Interactive Nature of Sex and Arbitrary-set
Discrimination.
Sidanius, J. (2004). Invited symposium presentation at the conference “Why neighbors kill.”
University of Western Ontario. Talk entitled: Under Color of Authority: Terror,
Intergroup Violence and the Law: A Social Dominance Perspective.
Sidanius, J. (2004). Invited symposium presentation at the pre-conference on group and
intergroup processes at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Talk entitled: Individual and
Institutional Congruence in the Reproduction of Group-based Social Hierarchy: A Social
Dominance Perspective.
Sidanius, J. (2004). Invited symposium at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology. Austin, Texas. Talk entitled: Social Hierarchy and
Asymmetrical Group Behavior: A Social Dominance Perspective.
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Sidanius, J. (2004). Invited lecture at conference on intolerance and prejudice conference
Washington University. Entitled talk: Beyond Intolerance and Prejudice: A Social
Dominance Perspective.
Sidanius, J. (2004). Invited lecture at Cal State Northridge.
Sidanius, J. (2003). Invited to the “Symposium on the robustness and variation of sexual
differentiation.” Berlin, Germany, November 1-3, 2003.
Sidanius, J. (2003). Invited lecture at the Stanford University Business School, “The interactive
nature of ethnic and racial discrimination.” September, 2003.
Sidanius, J. (2003). Invited lecturer to the Summer Institute for Political Psychology (SIPP),
August, 2003.
Sidanius, J. (2003). Invited to give Tanner Lecture on Human Values in Response to Professor
Claude Steele, University of Michigan. Lecture entitled: Stereotype Threat and The
Cooperative Maintenance of Group-Based Social Dominance.
Sidanius, J. (2003). Invited talk at the Stanford University School of Business. Talk entitled:
The Interactive Nature of Sex and Arbitrary-set Discrimination.
Sidanius, J. (2003). Invited talk at the University of California, Department of Psychology. Talk
entitled: The Interactive Nature of Sex and Arbitrary-set Discrimination.
Sidanius, J. (2002). Invited talk at the Fetzer Institute. Talk entitled: The Dynamics of
Discrimination.
Sidanius, J. (2002). Invited lecturer to the Summer Institute for Political Psychology (SIPP),
August, 2002.
Sidanius, J. (2002). Invited lecturer to the conference on “An agenda for Civil Society in South-
Eastern Europe. Sponsored by the UNDP, November 29-30, 2002.
Sidanius, J. (2002). Invited speaker to the conference on “Denigration, Exclusion and violence –
Analyses of Dangers Facing a Humane Republic.” University of Bielefeld, Germany,
November 13 – 15, 2002.
Sidanius, J. (2002). Invited speaker to the Tanner Lecture on “Stereotype Threat research”,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. October 18th
-19th,
2002.
Sidanius, J. (2002). Re-thinking the problem of prejudice and discrimination from a social
dominance perspective. Invited speaker to the Fetzer Institute, mini-conference on
“Rethinking the Nature of Prejudice.” September 6-7, 2002.
Sidanius, J. (2002). The Criminal Justice System and Maintenance of Group-based Social
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Hierarchy: A social dominance perspective. Annual meeting of the Society for the
psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). Toronto, Canada, June 28th
30, 2002.
Sidanius, J. (2002). Social identity and group processes. 14th
Annual meeting of the American
Psychological Society, New Orleans, June 6-9, 2002.
Sidanius, J. (2002). The interactive interface between gender and ethnic discrimination: A social
dominance and evolutionary perspective. Invited address, Solomon Asch Center,
University of Pennsylvania, January 15th
, 2002.
Sidanius, J. (2001). The interactive interface between gender and ethnic discrimination: A social
dominance and evolutionary perspective. Invited address, at conference entitled: “Race
and identity: Perspectives on American society: A conference on psychology honoring
Kenneth Clark.” Sarah Lawrence College, October 12-13, 2001.
Sidanius, J. (2001). The interactive interface between gender and ethnic discrimination: A social
dominance and evolutionary perspective. Invited address, Western Psychological
Association, 2001, May 5, Maui.
Sidanius, J. (2001). Invited lecturer to the Summer Institute for Political Psychology (SIPP),
August, 2001.
Sidanius, J. (2000). Double Jeopardy: A social dominance and evolutionary perspective on
gender and ethnic discrimination. Invited talk at the Departments Psychology and
Political Science, University of Minnesota, November 3.
Sidanius, J. (2000). Double Jeopardy: A social dominance and evolutionary perspective on
gender and ethnic discrimination. Invited talk at the Department of Political Science,
University of Missouri, Friday, September 29.
Sidanius, J. (2000). Social Dominance and the Dynamics of Intergroup Relations: Refinements
and Clarifications. Invited talk, 12th
Annual convention of the American Psychological
Society.
Sidanius, J. (2000). Invited lecturer to the Summer Institute for Political Psychology (SIPP),
August, 2000.
Sidanius, J., & Petrocik, J. R. (1999). Patriotism, Ethnicity and the Multiethnic State. Presented
at Annual convention of the International Society of Political Psychology, Amsterdam,
Holland.
Sidanius, J. (1999). The psychology of legitimacy. Paper delivered at the 1999 conference of the
Society of Experimental Social Psychology, October, 1999.
Sidanius, J. (1999). Explorations in social dominance theory. Invited Address, University of
Vermont, October 7th
, 1999.
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Sidanius, J. (1999). The Interactive Interface between Gender and Ethnic Discrimination: A
Social Dominance and Evolutionary Perspective. Invited address, Annual Convention of
the International Society of Political Psychology, Amsterdam, Holland.
Sidanius, J. (1999). The Interactive Interface between Gender and Ethnic Discrimination: A
Social Dominance and Evolutionary Perspective. 11th
Annual convention of the
American Psychological Society, Denver, Colorado.
Sidanius, J. (1999). The Interactive Interface between Gender and Ethnic Discrimination: A
Social Dominance and Evolutionary Perspective. SPSP Pre-conference, June 1999,
Denver, Colorado.
Sidanius, J. (1999). The Interactive Interface between Gender and Ethnic Discrimination: A
Social Dominance and Evolutionary Perspective. Invited Address, University of
Vermont, April 2, 1999.
Sidanius, J. (1999). Social Dominance: The interaction between Gender and Ethnic
Discrimination. Invited Address for the Sixteenth Annual Claremont Symposium on
Applied Social Psychology. Claremont Graduate University, February 27, 1999.
Sidanius, J. (1998). Ethnic identity, legitimizing ideologies, and social status: A matter of
ideological asymmetry. Invited Address for the Conference on the “Psychology of
legitimacy,” Stanford University, August 21-23.
Sidanius, J. (1998). Interface Between Race and Gender Discrimination: An Evolutionary
Perspective. Invited Address at the 1998 Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association, August 14-18, San Francisco.
Sidanius, J. (1997). What is really going on here...prejudice or ideologies of group dominance?
Paper delivered at Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Toronto,
Canada, 1997.
Singh, P., Sidanius, J., Hetts, J. J. & Federico, C. (1997). It’s not the affirmative action, it’s the
African Americans: The continuing relevance of race in attitudes towards race-targeted
policies. Paper delivered at the "UCLA Conference on Racism, Ideology and Politics,"
November, 1997.
Sidanius, J., van Laar, C., Rabinowitz, J. & Sinclair, S. (1996). Wanted: Persons with good
communication skills, and legal expertise. Those with high racial prejudice preferred.
Paper presented at the Nineteenth Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society
of Political Psychology, June 30 - July 3, 1996, Vancouver, Canada.
Sidanius, J., Feshbach, S., Levin, & Pratto, F. (1996). The Interface between Ethnic and
National Attachment: Ethnic Pluralism. Paper presented at the Meeting of the Society of
Experimental Social Psychology, Sturbridge, MA, October 18 - October 20, 1996.
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Sidanius, J. (1996). Race, Power and the Mind: Toward an Interdisciplinary Approach to Racial
Identity. Invited talk at the University of Michigan.
Invited Speaker for the Langfeld lectures, Princeton University, 1996.
Sidanius, J., Feshbach, S., & Pratto, F. (1995). The Differential Interface between Ethnic and
National Attachment: Ethnic Pluralism or Ethnic Dominance? Presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York City, August 11-15,
1995.
Sidanius, J. (1995). The Criminal Justice systems and the dynamics of social dominance. Paper
delivered at the Eighth Annual University of Massachusetts Conference on Adversity,
May, 1995.
Levin, S. & Sidanius, J. (1995). Social Dominance Orientation and the Political Psychology of
Gender: A Middle-Eastern and Multicultural Replication. Paper presented at the 18th
Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology,
Washington, DC, July 5 - 9, 1995.
Rabinowitz, J. L. & Sidanius, J. (1995). Social dominance orientation, ethnic status, and
intergroup evaluation: Consequences for self-esteem. Presented at the 75th Annual
Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, March, 1995.
Invited speaker at the Eighth Annual University of Massachusetts Conference on Adversity,
1995.
Singh, P. & Sidanius, J. (1994). Principled Conservatism Versus Group Position: The dynamics
of Racial Policy Attitudes in American Society. Prepared for delivery at the 90th Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1994, New York City.
Sidanius, J. & Pratto, F. Career Choice as Hierarchy-enhancing versus Hierarchy-attenuating
Social Roles: A Social Dominance Perspective. Presented at the American Psychological
Association meetings, Los Angeles, 1994.
Sidanius, J., Levin, S. & Pratto, F. (1994). Social dominance orientation: A personality variable
predicting social and political attitudes. Prepared for the Second International Congress
on Prejudice, Discrimination and Conflict, Jerusalem, Israel, July 4-7, 1994
Sidanius, J. & Pratto, F. (1994). Career Choice as Hierarchy-enhancing versus Hierarchy-
attenuating Social Roles: A Social Dominance Perspective Presented at the Seventeenth
Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology. Santigio de
Compostela (Le Corona), Spain. July 11- 15, 1994.
Sidanius, J. & Pratto, F. Consensual Social Dominance Orientation and its Correlates Within the
Hierarchical Structure of American Society. Presented at the Second International
Congress on Prejudice, Discrimination and Conflict, Jerusalem, Israel, July 4-7, 1994.
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Singh, P. & Sidanius, J. (1994). Implications of core values and group interests in public
explanatios of inequality. Paper presented at the Western Political Science Association,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 10-12, 1994.
Sidanius, J. (1992). Police attitudes and the dynamics of social power: Some implications of
social dominance theory. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological
Association, April, 1992.
Bobo, L. & Sidanius, J. (1991). Prejudice and Politics in Red and White: The Social Psychology
of Modern Ethnic Antagonism. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American
Sociological Association, August 23-27, 1991, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sidanius, J., Pratto, F. Liu, J. & Shaw, J. (1991). Police attitudes and the dynamics of social
power: Some implications of social dominance theory. Presented at the Annual Meeting
of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 23-27, 1991.
Sidanius, J. (1989). Social Dominance, Social Attitudes and Legitimizing Myths: An Application
to the American Dilemma. Presented at a conference on American Race relations,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, March.
Sidanius, J. (1990). The Inevitability of Oppression and the Dynamics of Social Dominance.
Presented at The American Political Science Convention, San Francisco.
Sidanius, J. (1990). The Dynamics of Oppression. Presented at the conference on race and
politics, University of Syracuse, April 17.
Sidanius, J. & Pratto, F. (1990). The Inevitability of Oppression and the Dynamics of Social
Dominance. Presented at conference on Prejudice, Politics and Race in America Today,
Institute of Personality Assessment and Research, University of California at Berkeley.
Sidanius, J. (1989). The psychology of political conflict: A social dominance perspective.
Presented at the annual of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Los Angeles,
CA.
Invited speaker, Department of African-American Studies, Pomona College, 1989.
Invited speaker, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989.
Sidanius, J. (1988). Symbolic and group conflict theories of racism: An attempt at a synthesis.
Presented at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political
Psychology, New Jersey.
Invited conference participant on the social psychology of social change, UC Santa Cruz, 1988.
Invited speaker, African-American Studies Program, UCLA, 1988.
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Invited to deliver two papers at the tenth annual meeting of the International Society of Political
Psychology in San Francisco, CA, 1987.
Sidanius, J. (1986). Context or extremism: A structural Equation model of political
sophistication and political deviance. Presented at the 9th Annual Scientific Meeting of
the International Society of Political Psychology, Amsterdam, Holland, June 29- July 3.
Panel Chair on personality and politics at the International Society of Political Psychology
Convention, Amsterdam, Holland, 1986.
Delivered paper at the 6th Annual International Society of Political Psychology Convention,
Oxford, England, 1983.
Participant, 5th Annual International Society of Political Psychology Convention, Washington,
D.C., 1982.
Participant, 4th Annual International Society of Political Psychology Convention, Mannheim,
Germany, 1981.
E. TEACHING MONOGRAPHS
Sidanius, J. (1980). Some notes on one and two factor analysis of variance. Department of
Psychology, University of Stockholm, Teaching Manuscript.
Sidanius, J. (1980). Some Intermediate Level Multivariate Techniques for the Behavioral
Sciences. Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Teaching Manuscript.
F. UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
Sidanius, J. (1988). Value Pluralism, Political Deviance and Political Schemas: A
Reexamination.
Buchanan, B. & Sidanius, J. (1988). A Structural Model of Evaluative Attitudes toward
Presidential Performance.
Sidanius, J. (1974). Dimensions of Intolerance of Cognitive Ambiguity and Socio-politico
Ideology.
G. GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS
Named
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Named Jim Sidanius
John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in memory of William James
and of African and African American Studies
Department of Psychology
Department of African and African American Studies
Winner of the 2014 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize awarded by Society for the
Psychological Study of Social Issues for the paper entitled "Diversity Policy, Social
Dominance, and Intergroup Relations: Predicting Prejudice in Changing Social and
Political Contexts," (with co-authors Serge Guimond, Richard J. Crisp, Pierre De
Oliveira, Rodolphe Kamiejski, Nour Kteily, Beatte Kuepper, Richard N. Lalonde, Felicia
Pratto, Francine Tougas and Andreas Zick).
Russell Sage Foundation Grant to study Policing Inequality: Building an Agenda for Research on
Racial Bias in Law Enforcement. August 6, 2013 – January, 2011: $275,000.
Received the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2013 Career Contribution Award.
Inducted as a Fellow into the Association of Psychological Science (APS), May 13, 2013.
Russell Sage Foundation Grant to study Policing Inequality: Building an Agenda for Research on
Racial Bias in Law Enforcement. December, 2009 – January, 2011: $340,450.
Inducted as a Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007.
Winner of the 2006 The Harold Lasswell Award for “distinguished scientific contribution in the
field of political psychology.” Presented by the International Society of Political
Psychology.
Appointed as External Faculty of the Santa Fe Institute, July 1, 2004 – June 30th
, 2007.
Awarded Honorable Mention for the 2001-2002 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize for
the paper entitled: “Perceiving Personal Discrimination: The Role of Group Status and
Legitimizing Ideology.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82 269-282.
Awarded Honorable Mention for the 2004-2005 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize for
the paper entitled: “Ethnic Enclaves and the Dynamics of Social Identity on the College
Campus: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 87, 96-110.
Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, September 2001 – June 2002.
National Science Foundation grant (#BCS-9808686) – Studies in Intergroup Conflict: A
University Context. 2000: $85,025.
Russell Sage Foundation Grant to study intergroup contact within the university environment,
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1993: $261,569.
National Institute of Drug Abuse Grant for project entitled: "Drug Abuse and Gang-violence in
the African-American Community. 1992: $97,610.
Nominated for the Mortar Board Faculty Excellence Award for 1992. UCLA Mortar Board,
National Senior Honor Society.
University Research Grant, UCLA, 1989.
Research Grant from the Ford Foundation and the Afro-American Studies Program for
Interdisciplinary Research, Center for Afro-American Studies, UCLA, 1989.
University of Texas at Austin, University Research Institute Grant, 1986.
Swedish Crime Prevention Council Grant B:31:57/80, 1980 - 1981.
HSFR Grant 82/81, 1981 - 1982. (Note: HSFR = Swedish Council for Social Science
Research).
HSFR Grant 188/81, 1981 - 1982.
HSFR Grant 207/80, 1980 - 1981.
HSFR Grant 969/79, 1979 - 1980.
HSFR Grant 840/79, 1979 - 1980.
HSFR Grant 715/78, 1978 - 1979
Magnus Bergvall Foundation Grant, 1979.
Magnus Bergvall Foundation Grant, 1977.
Doctoral Stipend, University of Stockholm: 1972 - 1974.
New York State Regents Scholarship: 1963 - 1968.
H. UNIVERSITY SERVICE
1992-2006, Undergraduate Admissions Committee, University wide, UCLA.
1992- 2006, Chair of Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Psychology.
1989- 2006, Comprehensive Examinations Committee, UCLA.
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1989- 2006, Admissions Committee, UCLA.
1988- 2006, Committee to Administer the Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies,
UCLA
1987- Member of Recruitment, Admissions and Placement Committee, New York University.
1987- 1988 Member of Graduate Curriculum Committee, New York University.
1985 - 1986 Head of program in political behavior, Department of Government, University of
Texas at Austin.
1984 - 1986, Admissions Committee for Graduate Training in Political Science, Department of
Government, University of Texas at Austin.
1984 - 1986, Minority liaison officer - Department of Government, University of Texas at
Austin.
1980 - 1981 Education Planning Committee, University of Stockholm, Department of
Psychology.
1978 - 1981 Methodology Committee, University of Stockholm, Department of Psychology.
1968 - 1970 Member of Admissions Committee for Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology, New
York University.
I. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS HELD
2015 – Appointed Consulting Editor, Psychological Review.
2013 - Appointed to the Editorial Board of the Russell age Foundation March 5, 2013.
2010- Co-Editor of Political Psychology.
2010- 2011 Consulting Editor of Psychological Review.
2006 – Appointed Full Professor of Psychology and African & African American Studies,
Harvard University, 2006-.
2006 – Editorial Board of Dubois Review.
2006- 2014 Editorial Board of International Journal of Conflict and Violence.
2004- Editorial Board of Political Psychology
2003- Editorial Board of Social Justice Research.
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2002- Promoted to Full Professor, Step VI, Department of Psychology, UCLA.
2000- Served on Advisory Board of the Department of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnie
Mellon University, October 30-31, 2000.
1999- 2003 Editorial Board of Psychological Review.
1998- Elected Vice-President of the International Society of Political Psychology
1998- Associate Editor- Political Psychology
1997- 2002 Consulting Editor to Journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
1997-1998- Elected to Governing Council of the International Society of Political Psychology.
1993- Promoted to Full Professor, Department of Psychology, and UCLA.
1989-Visiting Professor of psychology and political science, Princeton University.
1988- Associate Professor with tenure, University of California at Los Angeles.
1987-Promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, University of Texas at Austin.
1987-Appointed as Special Editor for Political Psychology.
1987- Promoted to Associate Professor (Docent) of Psychology, University of Stockholm.
1986 - Member of the Editorial Board of Political Psychology.
1984 - Assistant Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin.
1983 - 84 Visiting Assistant Professor and Post - doctoral Fellow, Carnegie-Mellon University.
1980 - 88 Research Psychologist, Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm (On
leave).
1978 - 80 University Lektor, Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm.
1977 - 78 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm.
1974 - 77 Assistant Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm.
1969 - 70 Academic Diagnostician and Counselor, Hunter College, City University of New
York.
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Reviewer for:
American Journal of Political Science
American Political Science Review
American Psychologist
American Sociological Review
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Behavior Research Methods
British Journal of Social Psychology
Dubois Review
Ethnic and Racial Studies
European Journal of Personality
European Journal of Social Psychology
European Review of Social Psychology
Evolution and Human Behavior
Group Dynamics
Group Processes and Intergroup Behavior
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Journal of Higher Education
Journal of Individual Differences
Journal of Personality
Journal of Politics
Journal of Self and Identity
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Social Psychology
Journal Personality and Social Psychology
Organization Science
Organizational Behavior
Peace Psychology Review
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Political Psychology
Psychological Bulletin
Psychological Reports
Psychological Review
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Social Justice Research
Social Psychology Quarterly
Social Science Quarterly
Social Science Research
Sociological Quarterly
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J. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of California, Los Angeles
Introduction to statistics (Undergraduate level)
Advanced statistics. (Undergraduate level)
Intermediate statistics. (Graduate level)
Political Psychology. (Under graduate level)
Political Psychology. (Graduate level)
Intergroup Relations. (Graduate level)
University of Texas at Austin
The Political Psychology of Oppression. (Undergraduate level)
The Psychology of Political Behavior. (Undergraduate level)
American Public Opinion and Political Attitudes. (Undergraduate level)
Political Psychology. (Graduate level)
Applied Multivariate Statistics in the Social Sciences. (Graduate level)
Research Design and Psychometric theory. (Graduate level)
Carnegie-Mellon University
Social Influences. (Undergraduate level)
Introduction to Statistical Analysis. (School of Urban and Public Affairs)
University of Stockholm
Political Psychology. (Undergraduate level)
Elementary Statistics. (Undergraduate level)
Differential Psychology and Test theory. (Undergraduate level)
Introduction to Research Methodology. (Undergraduate level)
General Psychology. (Undergraduate level)
Advanced Statistical Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. (Graduate level)
Planning and Evaluation of Experimental Research. (Graduate level)
New York University
Political methodology (Graduate level)
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Attitudes and Persuasion. (Undergraduate level)
Political Leadership. (Undergraduate level)
Princeton University
Introduction to political psychology (undergraduate level)
Harvard University
The psychology of racism, prejudice and discrimination. (Undergraduate and graduate levels)
Multivariate analysis in psychology. (Graduate level)
Intermediate Statistical Analysis in Psychology. (Graduate level)
African and African American studies: (Graduate proseminar)
Intergroup Relations: (Undergraduate proseminar)
K. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Clinical training in psychological and psychopathological diagnosis of adults and children,
Clinical Training Program, New York University, 1968 - 1970.
One Year practical experience of psychological diagnosis of patients at various hospitals and
clinics in New York, 1969 - 1970.
Psychological support counselor for Black and Hispanic students at SEEK Program, Hunter
College, City University of New York, 1969 -1970.
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