Jeanine Lee Skorinko
100 Institute Rd.
Dept. of Social Science and Policy Studies
Worcester, MA 01609
Office: (508) 831-5451
Email: skorinko@wpi.edu
Education
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Ph.D. in Social Psychology, May 2007.
Thesis: Perspective Taking and stereotyping: The role of stereotype content.
M.A. in Social Psychology, January 2004.
Thesis: Race-Crime associations and consequences for juror decision making.
Rice University, Houston, TX
B.A. in Psychology, May 2001. Magna Cum Laude and Honors in Psychology.
Thesis: To disclose or not to disclose. . . and when? The effects of timing on self disclosure for overt stigmas
Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, MA
A.A. May 1999. With Distinction
Publications
(*denotes that authors contributed equally and authorship was determined alphabetically)
Hebl, M. R., *Guiliano, T., *King, E. B., *Knight, J. L., *Skorinko, J., & *Shapiro, J. (2004). Paying the way to equity: The disparity between men’s and women’s sports ticket prices. Sex Roles, 51, 227-235.
Hebl, M. R., & Skorinko, J. (2005). Acknowledging one's physical disability in the interview: Does "when" make a difference? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 2437-2492.
Sinclair, S., Huntsinger, J. H., Skorinko, J. & Hardin, C. (2005). Social tuning of the self: consequences for the self-evaluations of stereotype targets. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 160-175.
Skorinko, J., Kemmer, S., Hebl, M. R.,& Lane, D. M. (2006). A rose by any other name: Color naming influences on decision making. Psychology and Marketing, 23, 975-993.
Skorinko, J. & Spellman, B. A. (under review). Stereotypic crimes: How group-crime associations affect memory and (sometimes) verdicts and sentencing.
Weisbuch, M., Sinclair, S., Skorinko, J. & Eccleston, C.P. (under review). Sustained social tuning of the self: Endorsement of an alternative beauty norm and female self-esteem.
Press Releases
Color Naming Research
McCook, A. (June 10, 2002). My Sweater's Not Brown-It's 'Mocha Almond Fudge' reuters.com
Happiness Flash. (August 2002). Self Magazine, p. 108.
Acknowledging a Disability Research
Almond, B.J. (March 15, 2006). Applicants Should Acknowledge Physical Disability During Job Interviews. http://www.explore.rice.edu/explore/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=8317
Sheridan, P. (April 27, 2006). Job Applicant Should Acknowledge Disability Early in Interviews. http://media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=8494&SnID=1126384292
Bruce, A. (August 31, 2007). What's in a street name? Minor details may subconsciously affect buying decisions. The Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/realestate/ci_6771458
p class="style3">Bruce, A. (September 17, 2007). What's in a street name? Minor details may subconsciously affect buying decisions. San Francisco Chronicle
Conference Presentations
(*denotes that authors contributed equally)
Talks Given:
Skorinko, J. Sinclair, S. A., Weisbuch, M., & Eccelston, C. P. (June 2006). Self-Esteem depends on the beholder: Social tuning among heavyweight women. Paper presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Biennial Convention, Long Beach, CA.
*Eliezer, D., *Skorinko, J. L., & Spellman, B. (March 2006). When anti-discrimination laws fail: Stereotype suppression and discrimination against elderly workers. Paper submitted to be presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference (AP-LS),St. Petersburg, FL.
Skorinko, J. & Spellman, B. A. (March 2005). Is it the man dressed in black or the Black man? Stereotypes and interference with memories of who-done-it. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference (AP-LS), La Jolla, CA.
Skorinko, J. & Spellman, B. A. (May 2004). Justice served?!: Stereotypic crimes and decision making. Paper presented at the Fifty Years After Brown vs. Board of Education Conference, Lawrence, KS.
Skorinko, J. & Spellman, B. A. (May 2004). Race-Crime associations consequences for juror decision making. Presented at the University of Virginia's Cognitive Mini-Conference, Charlottesville, VA.
Skorinko, J. & Spellman, B. A. (March 2004). Stereotypic crimes and consequences for juror decision-making. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference (AP-LS),Scottsdale, AZ.
Skorinko, J. & Hebl, M. (April 2001). To disclose or not to disclose·and when? Timing effects of disclosure for overt stigmas. Paper presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association Conference (SWPA),Houston, TX.
Poster Presentations:
Skorinko, J., Sinclair, S., & Conklin, L. (in January 2008). Perspective taking moderates the impact of significant-other representations. Poster accepted to the Ninth Annual Meeting of Social Psychology and Personality Society (SPSP), Albequerque, NM.
Skorinko, J., Bountress, K., & Spellman, B. (November 2007). Effect of perspective-taking on decision-making in the courtroom. Poster accepted at the Second Annual Empirical Legal Studies Conference, New York, NY.
Bountress, K., Skorinko, J., & Spellman, B. (August 2007). Effect of perspective-taking on decision-making in the courtroom. Poster Presented at the American Psychology Association Conference (APA, San Francisco, CA.
Bountress, K., Skorinko, J., & Spellman, B. (April 2007). Effect of perspective-taking on decision-making in the courtroom. Poster presented to the University of Virginia's First Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Charlottesville, VA.
Skorinko, J., Bountress, K., & Spellman, B. (January 2007). Effect of perspective-taking on decision-making in the courtroom. Poster presented at the Eighth Annual Meeting of Social Psychology and Personality Society (SPSP), Memphis, TN.
Skorinko, J., & Spellman, B. (October 2006). Stereotypic crimes: How group-crime associations affect memory and (sometimes) verdicts and sentencing. Poster presented at the Empirical Legal Studies Conference (ELSC), Austin, TX.
Skorinko, J., Kemmer, S., Lane, D., & Hebl, M. R. (January 2006). "A rose by any other name" would stink: Color naming influences on consumer decision making. Poster presented at the Seventh Annual Meeting of Social Psychology and Personality Society (SPSP), Palm Springs, CA.
*Whitchurch, E. R., *Skorinko, J. L., & Sinclair, S. (January 2006). Social tuning of the self: The role of perspective taking. Poster presented at the Seventh Annual Meeting of Social Psychology and Personality Society (SPSP), Palm Springs, CA.
Weisbuch, M., Sinclair, S., & Eccleston, C.P., & Skorinko, J. L. (January 2006). Local and cultural norms: Endorsement of an alternative norm for feminine beauty produces enduring, localized changes in female body image. Poster presented at the Seventh Annual Meeting of Social Psychology and Personality Society (SPSP), Palm Springs, CA.
Skorinko, J., Huntsinger, J. R., & Sinclair, S. (January 2005). Keep away: The anti-tuning effect & its motives. Poster presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting of Social Psychology and Personality Society (SPSP), New Orleans, LA.
Skorinko, J. & Spellman, B. A. (January 2004). Justice served?!: Stereotypic crimes and decision making. Poster presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Social Psychology and Personality Society (SPSP)Austin, TX.
*Shapiro, J. R.,*Wig, A., *Skorinko, J. L., *Knight, J. L., *King, E. B., Guiliano, T. A., & Hebl, M. R. (January 2004). Paying the way: The ticket to gender equality in sports. Poster presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Social Psychology and Personality Society (SPSP)Austin, TX.
Skorinko, J. & Spellman, B. A., (February 2003). When is a crime stereotypic? Poster presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Social Psychology and Personality Society (SPSP),Los Angeles, CA.
Skorinko, J., Hebl, M., Kemmer, S., & Lane, D. M. (June 2002). A rose by any other name would not smell as sweet: Color naming influences on decision making. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society (APS), New Orleans, LA.
Skorinko, J., Brunner, N., Sakai, T., & Smith, K. (April 2000). So cosmo says you're fat, I'm not down with that: An analysis of weight attitudes in Black and White women. Poster presented at theFirst Annual Rice University Research Methods Conference, Houston, TX.
Research Interests
Stigmatization, Stereotyping, and Discrimination
Perspective Taking
Social Psychology and the Law
Reducing Social Inequality
Influences on Consumer Decisions
Judgments and Decision Making
Teaching Experience
Instructor Experience at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Social Psychology, Spring 2008
Methods, Modeling, and Analysis in Social Science, Spring 2008
Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2007
Instructor Experience at The University of Virginia
For the following courses, was responsible for every aspect of the lab/discussion, including leading lab/discussion sessions, designing active learning tasks, directing individual and group projects, grading (final lab grades, papers, quizzes).
(*Denotes Head TA position--involves preparing syllabus for sections, preparing and revising course plans for each class, revising old assignments, creating new assignments, holding weekly TA meetings to teach TAs teaching and grading techniques, and handling student issues.)
Introduction to Psychology, Spring 2007.
Team Taught Course at UVA's VA Beach campus.
Will lecture on Social, Clinical, and Cognitive Psychology. Created syllabus for these sections of the course, in charge of exams, assignments, and grading for these sections of the course.
Research Methods and Statistics II Lab, Fall 2005. Spring 2006, *Fall 2006, *Spring 2007
Research Methods and Statistics I Lab, Spring, 2005
Social Psychology Discussion Section, Spring 2004, *Fall 2004
Child Psychology Discussion Section, Fall 2001
Teaching Assistant Experience
For the following courses, ran weekly review sessions, designed and graded quizzes, papers, and exams, helped design active learning tasks, assisted students with questions and assignments.
Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2002, Spring 2003
Psychology of Aging, Spring 2002
Statistics, Rice University, Fall 2000
Invited Lectures
Social Psychology (4 hour seminar) Introduction to Psychology. Invited by Professor Mandy Hege. Given at Piedmont Community College. Summer, 2006
Eyewitness Memory Introduction to Psychology. Invited by Dr. Brian Nosek. Given at University of Virginia. Spring, 2003
Elderly Stereotypes and Discrimination. Psychology of Aging. Invited by Dr. Tim Salthouse. Given at University of Virginia. Spring 2002
Mentorship Experience
Undergraduate Research Advisor, Fall 2001-Present
Directed research projects and advised 5-9 undergraduate research assistants per semester.
Honor Thesis Advisor, Fall 2003-Present
Assisted in the direction of the following undergraduate honors thesis students' research projects through the Distinguished Majors Program.
Hayley Daglis (helped 2003-2004)--Courtroom Strategies
Psychology Graduate student at Georgetown University
Erik Shumaker (helped 2004-2005)- Implicit Memory Bias in Individuals with Spider Fear
Clinical Psychology Graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis
Jennifer Stoneburner (co-advised 2004-2005)--Perspective Taking and Relationship Motivation
Applying to law school
Dina Eliezer (2005-2006)--Stereotype Suppression and Anti-Discrimination Laws
Social Psychology Graduate Student at University of California, Santa Barbara
Lindsey Conklin (2005-2006)--Relational Schemas and Perspective Taking
Applying to I/O Psychology Graduate programs
Katlin Bountress (2005-2006)--Perspective Taking and the Law
Applying to Clinical Psychology Graduate programs
Teaching Interests
Introduction to Psychology
Social Psychology
Research Methods and Data Analysis
I/O Psychology and/or Organizational Behavior
Leadership
Judgments and Decision Making
Psychology and Law
Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Social Stigma
Psychology of Gender
Social Psychology and The Real World (Applied Social Psychology)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Department Service
Tansfer Credit Authorication Review Committee Fall 2007-Present
University of Virginia Psychology Department Service
Participant Pool Co-Director Fall 2003-Summer 2007
Designed, assisted in creation, and currently co-maintaining and co-administering the participant pool signups website. Assisted in creation of manual for participant pool administrators and set guidelines for experimenters and participants. Answer support requests for the participant pool. http://www.virginia.edu/psychology/ppool
Social Psychology Webpage Mistress, Fall 2002-Summer 2007
Voluntarily created, designed, and currently maintaining the social psychology area web page. http://www.virginia.edu/psychology/socialpsych
Trial Consulting and Law Experience
National Legal Research Group, Charlottesville VA--Intern Summer 2006-Present
Assisted Dr. Jeff Frederick with various duties in trial consulting, including running focus groups, data collection, data analysis.
Law Office of Cameron Vann, Houston TX--Intern February 2000-June 2000
Assisted the Attorney with various duties, including, transcribing, billing, sending clients information, and witnessing the signing of legal documents. Learned about the realities of probate and family law.
Community Experience
RAVA (Rice Alumni Volunteers for Admission)--Alumni Interviewer Fall 2002-Present
Interview interested Rice applicants for admission. Write recommendations to the admissions committee regarding interviewees. Provide applicants with information about Rice University and the Houston area.
Professional Memberships
American Psychological Society. Member since 2001.
American Psychology-Law Society. Member since 2001.
Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Member since 2001.
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Member since 2006.
References
Dr. Mikki Hebl, Department of Psychology and Management, Rice University.
713.348.2270, hebl@rice.edu
Dr. Stacey Sinclair, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
434.982.4733, stacey_sinclair@virginia.edu
Dr. Barbara Spellman, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
434.982.5581, spellman@virginia.edu
Dr. Karen Schmidt, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
434.924.0694, kschmidt@virginia.edu
Dr. Jim Freeman, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
434.924.0447, freeman@virginia.edu
