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Dr. Kimberly Fairchild Assistant Professor of Psychology

 

Education:

• B.A., The College of New Jersey, 2001
• M.S., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2004
• Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2007

Research and Scholarly Interests:

My recent research has focused on the consequences of women’s experience with stranger harassment (i.e. being whistled and catcalled in public places).  The evidence suggests that experiences with stranger harassment are related to objectification, fear of rape, restriction in movement.  I am interested in further exploring these consequences as well as the motivations of street harassers.  Additionally, I am interested in exploring the relationship between self-objectification and vanity.  My research suggests that the two concepts as they are currently assessed may be highly confounded.  Finally, I wish to continue using the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to uncover hidden associations between concepts and evaluations.

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:

Fairchild, K & Rudman, L.A. (2008).  Everyday stranger harassment and women’s self-objectification.  Social Justice Research, 21(3), 338-357

Rudman, L.A. & Fairchild, K. (2007).  The F word:  Is feminism incompatible with beauty and romance?  Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31(2),125-136.

Rudman, L.A. , Dohn, M.C., & Fairchild, K. (2007).  Implicit self-esteem compensation:  Automatic ego-threat defense.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93 (5),798-813.

Rudman, L.A. & Fairchild, K. (2004).  Reactions to counterstereotypic behavior:  The role of backlash in cultural stereotype maintenance.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87 (2), 157-176.

Rudman, L.A., Feinberg, J.M., & Fairchild, K. (2002).  Minority members implicit attitudes:  Ingroup bias as a function of group status.  Social Cognition, 20(4), 295-323.

 

Courses Taught/Teaching:

• LLRN 123: Roots of Social Science: Psychology
• PSYC 209: Introduction to Psychology II
• PSYC 321: Social Psychology
• PSYC 323: Advanced Research Methods
• PSYC 333: Motivation and Emotion
• PSYC 343: Psychology of Women

Contact Information:

• Telephone: (718) 862-7120
• Office: De LaSalle 447
• Fax: (718) 862-8044
• e-mail:   kimberly.fairchild@manhattan.edu

 

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