Toni Schmader is a Professor and Canada Research Chair[1] in social psychology at the University of British Columbia.[2]
Education
editSchmader earned a PhD in social psychology in 1999 from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Previously she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude Washington and Jefferson College.
Career
editSchmader was named a Canada Research Chair in social psychology in 2010, receiving funding to "research the interplay between negative stereotypes, self-esteem, emotion, motivation and performance."[3] Among her findings were that "women inhibit their own performance", getting higher scores on tests done under a fictitious name;[4] and that girls are more likely to grow up believing that they can work outside the home if their fathers perform traditionally female domestic chores inside the home.[5]
Publications
edit- K Block, WM Hall, T Schmader, M Inness, E Croft. Social Psychology, 2018. 'Should I Stay or Should I Go?' doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000343
- JP Jamieson, WB Mendes, E Blackstock, T Schmader. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2010. 'Turning the knots in your stomach into bows: Reappraising arousal improves performance on the GRE.' doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2009.08.015
- M Johns, M Inzlicht, T Schmader. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2008. 'Stereotype threat and executive resource depletion: Examining the influence of emotion regulation.' doi:10.1037/a0013834
- T Schmader, M Johns. Journal of personality and social psychology, 2003. 'Converging evidence that stereotype threat reduces working memory capacity.' doi:10.1037/0022-3514.85.3.440
References
edit- ^ "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca. November 29, 2012.
- ^ "Toni Schmader". UBC Social Identity Lab.
- ^ Bellett, Gerry (27 March 2010). "Federal government gives UBC $11.4 million for research". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia. p. A16. Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Brooks, David (12 December 2012). "Men are dumber around women ... _ ... and other useful principles of social science". National Post. Toronto, Ontario. p. A15. Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Shore, Randy (28 January 2013). "Study: Traditional dads more likely to raise 'girlie girls'". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia. pp. A1, A2. Retrieved 16 June 2019.