Margo J. Monteith
Margo is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the College of Health and Human Sciences. Her research interests concern stereotyping and prejudice (particularly involving implicit biases and prejudice reduction strategies), inequality and discrimination, and fostering positive intergroup relations, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Monteith has been elected to a variety of leadership roles, including President of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Executive Committee member of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and Council member of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the Midwestern Psychological Association. She has served as Associate Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Cognition, and Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, and she currently the Editor-in-Chief for Social Psychological and Personality Science. Her research has been funded by various grants from the National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation, and internal funding mechanisms. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association, the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the Midwestern Psychological Association.
Liz Noland is a fifth year PhD candidate in the Social Psychology Program. They graduated from Valparaiso University with a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish in 2019 and received their Master's Degree in Social Psychology from Purdue University in 2021. Broadly, their research centers on examining strategies for reducing intergroup bias and creating environments in which targets of bias can thrive. They have projects at various stages of the research process examining these topics.
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At Purdue, Liz serves in a variety of leadership roles. For example, in 2021 they co-founded and have chaired the Purdue Psychology Mentorship Program, which provides mentorship opportunities to underrepresented psychology
undergraduates. To date, this program has provided mentorship to over 50 undergraduates. In 2021-2022, they received the H.H Remmers Award, for academic excellence and social science responsibility in social science graduate studies.
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Anna (Haoyang) Li
Anna Li is a first-year graduate student advised by Dr. Margo Monteith. She graduated from Carleton College with a major in Psychology and a minor in cognitive science in 2021. Before starting graduate school, she worked as a post-baccalaureate research fellow for two years in the lab. Her research interests broadly involve stereotyping, social identity threats, bias and prejudice. She's particularly interested in applying an intersectional framework to understand people's experiences of biases. She is also driven to develop and test theory-driven strategies that can reduce the activation and application of biases.
Laura Hildebrand
Samuel J. Gray
Samuel is an undergraduate student at Purdue University pursuing a triple bachelor’s degree in Psychological Sciences, Sociology, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. His primary research interests involve critical cultural studies and the influence of virtual communication mechanisms on social and psychological behavior, with a particular interest in the LGBTQ+ community. He aspires to address cultural and social inequities through his research contributions, making a meaningful impact on the experiences of marginalized communities.
Shaelin M. Biron
Shae is a currently a Junior majoring in Psychological Sciences and minoring in Human Resources. She has a passion for studying ways to foster positive, inclusive environments and improve the lives of those around her. She is in the Research Focused Honors Program where she is planning a project to evaluate effective methods of prejudice and stereotype reduction. She is motivated to continue to do research to help others through graduate school.
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Laura Hildebrand
Laura Hildebrand received her B.A. in Psychology and English from Hendrix College and her M.S. and PhD. in Psychology from Purdue University. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in The Ohio State University Social Psychology program. Laura’s research takes a solution-focused approach that examines not only obstacles to diversity and inclusion (e.g., prejudice), but also how we can overcome such obstacles using theoretically-driven strategies. Specifically, her research asks: What strategies reduce the activation and application of bias, in both others and ourselves? How do these strategies influence feelings of belonging, safety, and inclusion among marginalized group members? And how do subtle manifestations of bias perpetuate and reinforce non-inclusive environments?
Max Miller
Max is a lab manager working with Dr. Linda Zou at the University of Maryland. He graduated from Purdue in 2022, where they received their B.S. in Brain and Behavioral Sciences with a minor in Biological Sciences. With Dr. Monteith and Liz Noland, they completed their undergraduate thesis investigating the development of social costs for confronters of bias.
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In their time with Dr. Zou, they have contributed to research investigating how perceptions of status and foreignness can influence the endorsement of discrimination experienced by racial and ethnic minorities, as well as research examining the perceptions of racial attitudes of people in interracial relationships. They are also conducting independent research examining reactions to an increase of gay people in occupations promoting family values. He intends to pursue a PhD in social psychology focusing on intergroup relations, with a particular interest in studying gender and sexual minority group members.
