Dr. Abigail Riemer

Assistant Professor of Social Psychology Get Contact Info

TEACHES IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM(S)

Department of Life Sciences Psychology

Biography

作为一名社会心理学家,拥抱和增加多样性是我最关心的问题. In my research, 我研究了一种微妙形式的性别偏见的原因和后果——性物化,在这种情况下,女性被贬低为性感的身体部位或外表. 了解这些原因和后果背后的机制, my work attempts to not only help women cope with prejudicial experiences, but also to stop them from happening in the first place. 我的应用视角一直伴随着我进入课堂,让学生获得识别和理解日常生活心理的能力. 

我对增加多样性的追求源于我作为一名对工程感兴趣的年轻女性的个人经历. 在布拉德利大学意识到我对心理学研究的热情之后, I decided to pursue a Ph.D. 内布拉斯加大学林肯分校,以便通过心理科学更好地理解多样性和包容性问题. As a result, my work continues to investigate factors, like alcohol and cultural orientation, that lead men and women to see women as sexual objects, 此外,这些经历塑造了女性对肇事者的看法以及她们自己的职业和关系目标. 总之,我的研究项目旨在找出增加女性在刻板的男性领域(如男性和女性)代表性的方法.g., STEM, business).

When I'm not teaching or doing research, I love checking out new places whether that's a new state or country, or a new restaurant downtown Milwaukee. I also enjoy baking (I'm currently on a frozen custard kick), doing escape rooms, and hanging out with my husband and two mischievous cats.

Education

  • 2019 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ph.D. in Social Psychology
  • 2016 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, M.S. in Psychology
  • 2013 Bradley University, B.S. in Psychology, Minor in Decision Analysis

Areas of Specialization

社会心理学,多样性,偏见,性别,性骚扰,STEM领域的女性

Scholarly and Professional Achievements

Publications

Sáez, G., Riemer, A. R., Valor Segura, I., & Expósito, F. (2021). “我现在不说话了”:女性对物化互动的沉默回应. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. doi: 10.1177/0265407520958474

Riemer, A. R., Allen, J., *Gullickson, M., & Gervais, S. J. (2020). 物化效价与女性对性化的享受相互作用,从而影响社会认知. Sex Roles.
 
Sáez, G., Riemer, A. R., Valor Segura, I., & Expósito, F. (2021). “我现在不说话了”:女性对物化互动的沉默回应. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. doi: 10.1177/0265407520958474
 
Wollast, R., Riemer, A. R., Sarda, E., & Klein, O. (2020). 自我同情如何调节男性和女性身体监视和身体羞耻之间的关系. Mindfulness. doi: 10.1007/s12671-020-01448-w
 
Riemer, A. R., Sáez, G., Brock, R. L., & Gervais, S. J. (2020). 关系中的自我实现物化:亲密伴侣关系中男性物化期望对女性自我物化的影响. Self and Identity. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2020.1778518
 
Wollast, R., Riemer, A. R., Gervais, S. J., Grigoryan, L., & Bernard, P. (2020). How文化取向和自我同情塑造了美国女性物化的身体意识, Belgium, Russia, and Thailand. Self and Identity. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2020.1787220
 
Riemer, A. R., Allen, J., *Gullickson, M., & Gervais, S. J. (2020). 物化效价与女性对性化的享受相互作用,从而影响社会认知. Sex Roles. doi: 10.1007/s11199-020-01143-z
 
Sáez, G., Riemer, A. R., Brock, R. L., & Gervais, S. J. (2020). 人际性物化在异性亲密伴侣暴力中的作用——从感知者和目标者的角度看. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi: 10.1007/s11199-018-0990-9
 
Gervais, S. J., Sáez, G., Riemer, A. R., & Klein, O. (2020). 客观化的社会互动模型(SIMO):客观化是感知者和目标之间(通常)自我实现的互动过程. British Journal of Social Psychology59, 248-283. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12339   
 
Wollast, R., Riemer, A. R., Bernard, P., Leys, C., Kotsou, I., & Klein, O. (2019). 自我同情如何调节身体监控对主观幸福感的影响, Psychological Distress and Body Shame among Women. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 60, 464-472doi: 10.1111/sjop.12553 
 
Sáez, G., Riemer, A. R., Brock, R. L., & Gervais, S. J. (2019). 从女性接受者和男性施害者的角度看浪漫关系中的物化. Sex Roles, 81, 370-384doi: 10.1007/s11199-018-0990-9
 
Riemer, A. R., Gervais, S. J., Skorinko, J., *Douglas, S. M., *Spencer, H., *Nugai, K., *Karapanagou, A., & *Miles-Novelo, A. (2018). 她在床上看起来就像一只动物:在社交场合喝酒的女人失去人性. Sex Roles. doi: 10.1007/s11199-018-0958-9
 
Gervais, S. J., Allen, J., Riemer, A. R., & *Gullickson, M. (2018). 平衡客观化假说:客观化效价和身体情绪对源情绪的影响. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. doi: 10.1177/0146167218789625
 
Riemer, A. R., Haikalis, M., Franz, M. R., Dodd, M., DiLillo, D., & Gervais, S. J. (2018). 喝啤酒的人眼里出西施:对酒精影响的初步调查, attractiveness, warmth, and competence on the objectifying gaze in men. Sex Roles, 79, 449-463. doi: 10.1007/s11199-017-0876-2
 
Franz, M. R., Haikalis, M., Riemer, A. R., Parrott, D., Gervais, S. J., & DiLillo, D. (2018). 实验室模拟性侵犯任务的进一步验证:与性暴力新风险因素的关联. Violence and Victims, 33, 486-503. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-17-00064
 
Gervais, S. J., Philippe, B., & Riemer, A. R. (2015). Who treats people as sex objects? 文化取向、社会比较与性物化行为. International Review of Social Psychology special issue, Objectifying Others: Social Psychological Perspectives, 28, 153-181.
 
Riemer, A. R., Chaudoir, S. R., & Earnshaw, V. A. (2014). What looks like sexism and why? 评论类型和施暴者类型对女性性别歧视认知的影响. The Journal of General Psychology, 141, 263-279. doi: 10.1080/00221309.2014.907769

*denotes undergraduate student co-author

Recent Presentations

Riemer, A. R. (2019, October). 希望取得成绩:性物化降低了女性的学习成绩,因为降低了希望. 论文将在第56届实验社会心理学学会(SESP)年会上的“性物化”研讨会上发表, Toronto, Canada. 

Riemer, A. R., Gervais, S. J., & Davidson, M. M. (2019, April). 性物化降低了女性的学习成绩,因为希望减少了. 论文发表于第91届美国中西部心理学会年会“女性的性骚扰与物化”研讨会, Chicago, IL. 

Riemer, A. R., Gervais, S. J., & Skorinko, J. (2019, February). 她在床上看起来就像一只动物:在社交场合喝酒的女人失去人性. 数据闪电战将在人格与社会心理学学会(SPSP)第20届年会上发表, Portland, OR.

What is your teaching style?

我的教学风格集中在强调心理学如何在我们的日常生活中展开. 我想最初吸引我学习心理学的原因是我可以用我在课堂上学到的东西来理解我自己和他人是如何互动的. Because of that, 在我的讲座、活动和作业中,我包含了很多现实生活中的例子, I challenge students to do the same. I also think that it is important to understand psychology as a science, so reading scientific articles takes center-stage in my classes. Although these readings can be challenging, 我喜欢利用课堂时间来分析研究结果,也喜欢作为研究人员所依赖的方法的关键消费者.

Why do you do what you do?

我热爱我的工作,因为我可以把所有我感兴趣的东西都融入到心理学中! While in the classroom I get to share with students all of the theories, methods, and research findings that excite me. 当谈到与我们预期相悖的研究结果时,我喜欢那种惊喜的时刻,也喜欢当我们能够理清真相时那种清晰的感觉. And when I am not in the classroom, 我可以提出我个人对社会互动感兴趣的研究问题. 通过与学生和其他研究人员合作的过程,我在设计研究研究时变得富有创造性,当我们的发现帮助我们增加对社会互动的不断发展的理解时,我总是很兴奋. 

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