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Rebecca S. Bigler, Ph.D.
Professor

CURRICULUM VITAE Email: bigler@psy.utexas.edu Phone: 471-9917 Lab: 471-6261 Office: SEA 5.210, Lab: SEA 1.218 (A-E) Gender and Racial Attitudes Lab See also Developmental Psychologyy, Children's Research Lab

Rebecca S. Bigler received her Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests are social cognition in children, gender role development, racial stereotyping.

Courses

UNDERGRADUATE:

Psy 304, Introduction to Child Psychology
Psy 365G, Gender and Racial Attitudes

GRADUATE:

Psy 394K, Fundamentals of Social and Personality Development

Selected Publications

Bigler, R. S., Averhart, C. J., & Liben, L. S. (2003). Race and the workforce: Occupational status, aspirations, and stereotyping among African American children. Developmental Psychology, 39, 572-580.

Brown, C. S., & Bigler, R. S. (2004). Children's perceptions of gender discrimination. Developmental Psychology, 40, 714-726.

Patterson, M. M., & Bigler, R. S. (2006). Preschool children's attention to environmental messages about groups: Social categorization and the origins of intergroup bias. Child Development, 77, 847-860.

Bigler, R. S., & Liben, L. S. (2006). A developmental intergroup theory of social stereotypes and prejudice. In R. V. Kail (Ed.), Advances in child development and behavior (Vol. 34, pp. 39-89). San Diego: Elsevier.

Bigler, R. S., & Liben, L. S. (2007). Developmental intergroup theory: Explaining and reducing children's social stereotyping and prejudice. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 162-166.

Bigler, R. S., & Hughes, J. M. (in press). The nature and origins of children's racial attitudes. In J. Banks (Ed.), The Routledge international companion to multicultural education. New York: Routledge.


Bigler, R. S., Arthur, A. E., Hughes, J. M., & Patterson, M. M. (in press). The politics of race and gender: Children's perceptions of discrimination and the U. S. presidency. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy.