Research Interests
Most of my research aims to better understand manifestations of contemporary forms of sexism, racism, and heterosexism. However, I am also currently exploring issues related to climate change. With regard to the first, most of my current work focuses on understanding everyday experiences of being the target of prejudice. This concerns understanding how individuals detect prejudice in others, how people come to decide that they or others have been targets of discrimination, how people cope with the experience of being a target of prejudice, and the consequences of being a target of discrimination or recognizing others' experiences with discrimination. My current research has three primary foci: 1) I am currently testing the roles that goals and affect play in these processes with a particular focus on how they play in confronting instances of discrimination; 2) I am developing work on what features of people and situations lead to improved judgments of whether others endorse prejudice related beliefs. 3) Finally, emerging research is exploring the role that psychology, particularly social psychologists, can play in addressing issues of climate change. I am particularly interested in understanding whether and how research on intergroup relationships can aid in our understanding ways to address issues of climate change.
Recent Publications
Swim, J. K. & Thomas, M. A. (. (2006). Responding to Everyday Discrimination: A Synthesis of Research on Goal-directed, Self-regulatory Coping Behaviors. Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Sechrist, G. B., Swim, J. K., & Stangor, C. (2004). When do the stigmatized make attributions to discrimination occurring to the self and others? The roles of self-presentation and need for control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87 (1), 111-122.
Swim, J. K., Mallett, R., & Stangor, C. (2004). Understanding subtle sexism: Detection and use of sexist language. Sex Roles, 51 (3-4), 117-128.
Swim, J. K., Hyers, L. L., Cohen, L. L., Fitzgerald, D. C., & Bylsma, W. H. (2003). African american college students' experiences with everyday racism: Characteristics of and responses to these incidents. Journal of Black Psychology, 29 (1), 38-67.
Swim, J. K., Scott, E. D., Sechrist, G. B., Campbell, B., & Stangor, C. (2003). The role of intent and harm in judgments of prejudice and discrimination. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84 (5), 944-959.
