Department of Psychology
PAS building, room 3020
Tel 519-888-4567 Ext. 42813
Fax (519) 746-8631
Email psych@uwaterloo.ca
BA (Stanford) MA, PhD (Princeton)
View my profile on academia.edu, Google scholar, or ResearchGate.
Website of Diversity and Intergroup Relations Lab
My research examines the interpersonal dynamics of intergroup interactions and relationships -- probing impression management, strategic communication, nonverbal behaviour, affect, depletion, and trust -- to understand when and why problems can arise even in the absence of animus. I use a relational approach to analyze asymmetries in experiences of individuals from different groups as they interact and develop relationships (e.g., as friends, classmates, coworkers). Because distrust between societal groups is pervasive and close relationships normally involve conflicts that could undermine trust, investigating how trust is established, maintained, and repaired in intergroup close relationships is a timely, crucial challenge in our increasingly multicultural society. Another line of work focuses on collaborative social cognition, identifying covert channels through which negative impressions and stereotypes propagate from communicators to audiences. Criticism and stereotypes can be strategically suppressed (negativity omission) and then inferred (via innuendo) in conversation, limiting opportunities for individuals from historically stigmatized groups.
Hall, W., Schmader, T., Cyr, E. N., & Bergsieker, H. B. (in press). Collectively constructing gender-inclusive work cultures in STEM. European Review of Social Psychology.
Cyr, E. N., Bergsieker, H. B., Denney, T. C., & Schmader, T. (2021). Mapping social exclusion in STEM to men’s implicit bias and women’s career costs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, e2026308118.
Bergsieker, H. B., Wilmot, M. O., Cyr, E. N., & Grey, C. B. (2021). A threat in the network: STEM women in less powerful network positions avoid integrating stereotypically feminine peers. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(3), 321-349.
Bennett, E. H., Bergsieker, H. B., Coe, I. R., Koch-Kraft, A., Langelier, E., Morrison, S., ... Decker, J. E. (2020). Enacting workplace culture change for excellence in research: A gender lens. FACETS, 5, 228–233.
Cyr, E. N., Donald, J., & Bergsieker, H. B. (2020). Engineering team dynamics: Connecting friendship networks and academic trajectories. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), 20, 1-8.
Department of Psychology
PAS building, room 3020
Tel 519-888-4567 Ext. 42813
Fax (519) 746-8631
Email psych@uwaterloo.ca
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