Profile
Dr. Lisa M. Brown
Titles: The Herman Brown Chair in Psychology, Professor of Psychology & Dean of Social Sciences
Department: Psychology
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Michigan 1993
M.A., University of Michigan 1990
A.B., Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges 1988
M.A., University of Michigan 1990
A.B., Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges 1988
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Courses Taught
- PSY 201: Research Methods in Psychology
- PSY 222: Environmental Psychology
- PSY 240: Social Psychology
- PSY 255: Health Psychology
- PSY 265: Human Sexuality (co-taught with Renee Countryman)
- PSY 340: Cultural Psychology
- PSY 410: Stigma and Prejudice
Research Interests
My graduate training was in social psychology. Much of my research focuses on collective identity, i.e., ways in which the personal (e.g., self-concept, self-presentation, well-being) and the social (e.g., group membership, cultural stereotypes of one’s group) intersect.
My students and I will be working on studies related to the following questions:
1) what types of judgments about people’s identities do we make from their friendship and romantic partner choices?
2) if we are concerned about being judged by the company we keep, do we shift the way we present our identities?
3) do we work less hard for others we think are not worthy of our work?
Select Publications and Links
Brown, L.M., Franks, D., Bigelow, N., Harcourt, F., Philipose, S., & Wolnisty, C. (2022). Same rhetoric, different decade: Recognizing the times and other sources of empowerment in Texas education. In M. Fortner, & I. Katzarska-Miller. (Eds.), Empowering students as change agents in psychology courses (pp. 288-302). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/empoweringstudents
Brown, L.M. (2021). The efficacy paradox: Teaching about structural inequality while keeping students’ hope alive. In M. Kite, K.A. Case, W.R. Williams (Eds.), Navigating Difficult Moments in Teaching Diversity and Social Justice (pp. 105-118). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000216-000
Brown, L.M. & Williams, W.R. (2021). Raising the consciousness of students holding ingroup stereotypes. In M. Kite, K.A. Case, W.R. Williams (Eds.), Navigating Difficult Moments in Teaching Diversity and Social Justice (pp. 133-149). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000216-000
Brown, L.M., Awad, G.H., Preas, E.J., Allen, V., Kenney, J., Roberts, S., & Lusk, L.B. (2013). Investigating prejudice towards men perceived to be Muslim: Cues of foreignness versus phenotype. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, E237–E245. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12015
Leach, C.W., Brown, L.M., & Worden, R.E. (2008). Ethnicity and identity politics. In L. Kurtz (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict. (vol. 1) (second edition) (pp. 758-768). San Diego: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373985-8.00063-5
Brown, L.M., Bradley, M.M., & Lang, P.J. (2006). Affective reactions to pictures of ingroup and outgroup members. Biological Psychology, 71, 303-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2005.06.003
Brown, L.M., McNatt, P.S., & Cooper, G.D. (2003). Ingroup dating preferences among Jewish and non-Jewish White undergraduates. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 27, 335-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0147-1767(03)00015-4
Brown, L.M. (1998). Ethnic stigma as a contextual experience: A possible selves perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167298242005
Malamuth, N.M., & Brown, L.M. (1994). Sexually aggressive men’s perceptions of women’s communications: Testing three explanations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67(4), 699–712. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.67.4.699