Contemporary Issues in the psychology of prejudice: Social and Personality Psychology

This symposium presents various perspectives on contemporary issues in the psychology of prejudice. The papers in this symposium focus on such topics as the measurement of and relations between implicit and explicit prejudice, group differences in the expression of and reaction to prejudice, prejudice confrontation, and modern expressions of prejudice. Moreover, the papers examine these issues in several different prejudice domains, including racism, homonegativity, and weight prejudice. In organizing this symposium, one major goal was to offer graduate students the opportunity to present their research at a major psychological conference and, for this reason, all of the presenters of the papers in this symposium are graduate students. In addition, this symposium is truly an international one, as the graduate student researchers are located in prominent universities in Ireland, the United States, and Canada. Furthermore, Drs. Melanie and Todd Morrison, who are world-renowned researchers in the area of the modern expression of prejudice, and who are currently editing a book dedicated to this topic, have expressed interest in acting as discussants. Thus, this symposium addresses a contemporary issue of major concern, is international in scope, and focuses on research being conducted by graduate students.