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Julie Spencer-Rodgers

Julie Spencer-Rodgers

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Dr. Spencer-Rodgers received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Psychology and Child Development at California Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo and an Adjunct Professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing, China). She has been an Assistant Research Professor at the Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara, an Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Psychology at the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada), and a Statistician at the Institute of Personality and Social Research at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Spencer-Rodgers' research interests lie in the areas of culture and the self, social stigma and its mental/physical health consequences, and traumatic stress. In her current research, she is examining variables (e.g., group affirmation, dialectical thinking) that moderate the relationship between perceptions of discrimination and mental and physical health outcomes (e.g., neuroendocrinological and cardiovascular responses). She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in statistics and research methods, as well as health, cultural, and social psychology.

Dr. Spencer-Rodgers is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 52 and 9). Her other professional honors include the Early Career Award from the International Academy of Intercultural Research (2011) and the Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2004).

Primary Interests:

  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Gender Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Research Methods, Assessment
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

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Journal Articles:

  • Ma-Kellams, C., Spencer-Rodgers, J., & Peng, K. (2011). I am against us? Unpacking cultural differences in ingroup favoritism via naïve dialecticism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 15-27.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., Boucher, H. C., Mori, S., Wang, L., & Peng, K. (2009). The dialectical self-concept: Contradiction, change, and holism in East Asian cultures. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 29-44.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., Boucher, H. C., Peng, K., & Wang, L. (2009). Cultural differences in self- verification: The role of naïve dialecticism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 860-866.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., & Collins, N. L. (2006). Risk and resilience: Dual effects of perceptions of group disadvantage among Latinos. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 729-737.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., Gilbert, M., & Peng, K. (2013). The Racial/Ethnic Group Disadvantage Scale: A scale for use with multiple groups in diverse geographical contexts. International Journal of Psychological Studies, 5 (2), 39-51.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., Hamilton, D. L., & Sherman, S. J. (2007). The central role of entitativity in stereotypes of social categories and task groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 369-388.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., & McGovern, T. (2002). Attitudes toward the culturally different: The role of intercultural communication barriers, consensual stereotyping, affective responses, and perceived threat. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 26, 608-630.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., Peng, K., & Wang, L. (2009). Dialecticism and the co-occurrence of positive and negative emotions across cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., Peng, K., Wang, L., & Hou, Y. (2004). Dialectical self-esteem and East-West differences in psychological well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1416-1432.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., Williams, M. J., Hamilton, D. L., Peng, K., & Wang, L. (2007). Culture and group perception: Dispositional and stereotypic inferences about novel and national groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 525-542.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., Williams, M. J., & Peng, K. (2012). Culturally-based lay beliefs as a tool for understanding intergroup and intercultural relations. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 36, 169-178.
  • Spencer-Rodgers, J., Williams, M. J., & Peng, K. (2010). Cultural differences in expectations of change and tolerance for contradiction: A decade of empirical research. Personality and Social Psychology Review.
  • Williams, M. J., Palluck, E. L., & Spencer-Rodgers, J. (2010). The masculinity of money: Automatic stereotypes predict gender differences in estimated salaries. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 34, 107-120.
  • Phone: (805) 756-2914

Julie Spencer-Rodgers
Department of Psychology and Child Development
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
1 Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo, California 93407-0387
United States of America

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