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Dr. Kimberly Fairchild

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.

Recent Publications:

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:

Fairchild, K & Rudman, L.A. (in press).  Everyday stranger harassment and women’s self-objectification.  Social Justice Research.

Rudman, L.A. & Fairchild, K. (in press).  The F word:  Is feminism incompatible with beauty and romance?  Psychology of Women Quarterly.

Rudman, L.A. , Dohn, M.C., & Fairchild, K. (2006).  Implicit self-esteem compensation:  Automatic ego-threat defense.  Manuscript revised and submitted to Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

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: General Psychology
  • PSYC 321: Social Psychology

Contact Information:

 

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