Research Team 2024-2025: Eric Romero, Zoe O’Hanlon, Kelly Fleischer, Layla Maiocco, Lexi Koelzer, Angelica Tharpe, Ingrid Yu, Ashar Abdallah, Devanshi Upadhyaya, & Thierry Devos (from left to right)
Current Projects
Research carried out in the lab focuses on implicit intergroup biases. It is well established that stereotyping and prejudice often operate outside of conscious control. Even well-intentioned people are likely to display implicit associations that reflect pervasive stereotypes or prejudices. The goal of our ongoing work on this topic is to understand how implicit intergroup biases are embedded in social and cultural contexts.
Current directions of research include:
Documenting reliable relations between implicit intergroup biases and characteristics of social contexts;
Examining the stability and fluctuation of implicit intergroup biases across space and time;
Identifying important psycho-social correlates of context-level implicit intergroup biases.
If you want to know more about our work, click on Snapshots and Publications.
As much as possible, we implement open science practices in our research activities.
Interested in Joining the Lab?
Mentoring students in research experiences is an important component of our activities. We routinely involve graduate and undergraduate students in the various steps of our research projects.
If you have an interest in joining this lab and are either a student currently affiliated with SDSU or are considering applying to our M.A. Program in Psychology, we encouraged you to contact Dr. Thierry Devos.
Research Team
Graduate Students
Ashar Abdallah (she/her)
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Layla Maiocco (she/her)
Faculty
- Dr. Thierry Devos (he/him)
Collaborators
Our research is being conducted in close collaboration with colleagues affiliated with SDSU and other academic institutions. Recent and current collaborators include:
Lab Alumni
A non-exhaustive list of former lab members:
Archive of lab group pictures:
