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Peer Reviewed:
(bolded names are current and former members of the SPIA lab)
Al-Kire, R. L., Miller, C. A., Pasek, M. H., Perry, S. L., & Wilkins, C. L. (2024). White by Another Name? Can Anti-Christian Bias Claims Serve as a Racial Dog Whistle? Psychological Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241236162
Efird, C., Wilkins, C. L., & Versey, H. S. (2024). Whiteness hurts society: How whiteness shapes mental, physical, and social health outcomes. Journal of Social Issues. DOI: 10.1111/josi.12598
Richmond, B. S., Toosi, N. R., Wellman, J. D., & Wilkins, C. L. (2024). Ignorance of critical race theory predicts White Americans’ opposition to it. Journal of Social Issues. DOI: 10.1111/josi.12601
Wilkins, C. L., Lisnek, J., Saadatian, K., & Martin, L. (2024). Congregation over denomination: Analyzing psychological reactions to a church ruling on same sex marriage. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Miller, C. A., Wilkins, C. L., de Paula Couto, C., Farias, J., & Lisnek, J. A. (2023). Anti-Black attitudes predict decreased concern about COVID-19 among Whites in the US and Brazil. Social Science & Medicine, 320, 115712. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115712
Wilkins, C. L., & Martin, L. (2022). Harnessing religious teachings to reduce sexual prejudice. Journal of Moral Education. DOI: 10.1080/03057240.2022.21100047
Ledgerwood, A., Hudson, S., Lewis, N., Maddox, K., Pickett, C., Remedios, J., Cheryan, S., Diekman, A., Goh, J. X., Goodwin, S., Munakata, Y., Navarro, D., Onyeador, I., Srivastava, S., & Wilkins, C. L. (2022). The pandemic as a portal: Reimagining Psychological Science as truly open and inclusive. Perspectives on Psychological Science.
Note: The first eight authors share co-first authorship; subsequent authors are listed alphabetically.
Lisnek, J. A., Wilkins, C. L., Wilson, M., & Ekstrom, P. (2022). Backlash against the #MeToo movement: How women’s voice causes men to feel victimized. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., Toosi, N., Miller, C, Lisnek, J. A., & Martin, L. A. (2022). Is LGBT Progress Seen as an Attack on Christians?: Examining Christian/Sexual Orientation Zero-Sum Beliefs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 122(1), 73-101. DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000363
Wellman, J. D., Beam, A. J., Wilkins, C. L., Newell, E. E., & Mendez, C. A. (2021). Masculinity Threat Increases Bias and Negative Emotions Toward Feminine Gay Men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000349
Chuang, R., Wilkins, C. L., Tan, M., & Mead, C. (2020). Racial minorities’ attitudes toward interracial couples: the role of perceived intergroup. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Versey, H. S., Cogburn, C. D., Wilkins, C. L., & Joseph, N. (2019). Appropriated racial oppression and widening the scope of internalized racism. Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.014
Wellman, J. D., Wilkins, C. L., Newell, E. E., & Kamiya Stewart, D. (2019). Conflicting motivations: Understanding how low-status group members respond to ingroup discrimination claimants. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218808500
Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., Flavin, E. L., & Manrique, J. (2017). When men perceive anti-male bias: Status-legitimizing beliefs increase discrimination against women. Psychology of Men and Masculinity. DOI: 10.1037/men0000097
Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., & Schad, K. D. (2017). Reactions to anti-male sexism claims: the moderating roles of status legitimizing belief endorsement and group identification. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 20(2), 173-185. DOI: 10.1177/1368430215595109
Wilkins, C. L., Hirsch, A. A., Kaiser, C. R. & Inkles, M. P. (2016). The threat of racial progress and the self-protective nature of perceiving anti-White bias. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. DOI: 10.1177/1368430216631030
Wellman, J. D., Liu, X., & Wilkins, C. L. (2016). Priming status-legitimizing beliefs: Examining the impact on perceived anti-White bias, zero-sum beliefs and support for Affirmative Action among Whites. British Journal of Social Psychology, 55(3), 426-437. DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12133
Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J.D., Babbitt, L., Toosi, N., & Schad, K. D. (2015). You can win but I can’t lose: Bias against high-status groups increases their zero-sum beliefs. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 57, 1-15. DOI:10.1016/j.jesp.2014.10.008
Wilkins, C. L. & Kaiser, C. R. (2014). Racial progress as threat to the status hierarchy: Implications for perceptions of anti-White bias. Psychological Science, 25(2) 439-446. DOI: 10.1177/0956797613508412
Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., & Kaiser, C. R. (2013). Status legitimizing beliefs increase positivity toward Whites who claim anti-White bias. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(6), 1114-1119. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.05.017
Townsend, S. S. M, Fryberg, S. A., Wilkins, C. L., & Markus, H. R. (2012). Being mixed and mixed being: Who claims a biracial identity? Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 18(1) 91-96. DOI: 10.1037/a0026845
Wilkins, C.L., Chan, J., & Kaiser, C. R. (2011). Racial stereotypes and interracial attraction: Phenotypic prototypicality and perceived attractiveness of Asians. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17(4) 427-431. DOI: 10.1037/a0024733
Wilkins, C. L., Kaiser, C. R., & Rieck, H. M. (2010). Detecting racial identity: The role of phenotypic prototypicality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1029-1034. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.05.017
Kaiser, C. R. & Wilkins, C. L. (2010). Group identity and prejudice: Theoretical and empirical advances and implications. Journal of Social Issues, 66, 461-476.
Kaiser, C. R., Hagiwara, N., Malahy, L. W. & Wilkins, C. L. (2009). Group identification moderates attitudes toward ingroup members who confront discrimination. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 770-777. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.027
Public Scholarship:
Wilkins, C. L. & Martin, L. A. (2021, August 17). New research suggests Christians see LGBT progress as threatening: Do Christians suffer in a changing America? Religion and Politics: fit for Polite Company. Retrieved from https://religionandpolitics.org/2021/08/17/new-research-suggests-christians-see-lgbt-progress-as-threatening/
Wilkins, C. L. (2019, January 30). The universality of white racism. [Review of the book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo]. The Common Reader: a journal of the essay, Retrieved from https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/the-universality-of-white-racism/
Wilkins, C. L. (2017, December 18). The dangerous belief that white people are under attack. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/the-dangerous-belief-that-white-people-are-under-attack-88622