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Grace Deason

Associate Professor
Psychology University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Grace Deason

Associate Professor

Psychology

Specialty area(s)

Social Psychology (political psychology, gender)

Current courses at UWL

Social Psychology
Psychology of Women
Psychology and Law

Education

PhD - Social Psychology (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
BA - Psychology (Macalester College)

Kudos

presented

Grace Deason, Erica Srinivasan and Tanvi Thakkar, all Psychology, presented "The Women, Gender Minorities, and Allies in Science Symposium" at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology Mid-Winter Meeting on Feb. 13 in Orlando. Thakkar chaired the symposium, and Deason and Srinivasan presented "From Barriers to Opportunities: How Stereotypes Shape Women's Experiences in Science" and "Gender Discrimination and Gender Stereotypes: Exploring the Impact on Women in Academia."

Submitted on: Feb. 17, 2023

 

published

Grace Deason, Psychology, co-authored the article "Authoritarianism and perceived threat from the novel coronavirus" in International Journal of Psychology published on Feb. 3 by John Wiley & Sons.

Submitted on: Feb. 21, 2022

 

presented

Grace Deason, Psychology, presented "Of Mothers, Fathers, and Motivation: Parenthood and the Pursuit of Gendered Goals" at The Society for Personality and Social Psychology's Annual Convention on Feb. 29 in New Orleans, LA.

Submitted on: Mar. 10, 2020

 

awarded

Ashley Edwards, Communication Studies; Margot Higgins, Environmental Studies; Hongying Xu, Global Cultures & Languages; Grace Deason, Psychology; and Benjamin Golden, Theatre Arts; received a CASSH Small Grant. They have been awarded a CASSH equity gap grant for “Effective Dissemination of the CASSH R&R Committee’s Report." The goal of this project is to disseminate information from the CASSH Recruitment & Retention Committee Report in a way that maximizes its impact on recruitment and retention of diverse faculty, staff, and students in CASSH. Their grant allows them to pay an undergraduate student artist to create a series of infographics that will convey the information from the report in an interpretable and engaging manner.

Submitted on: Mar. 4, 2020

 

published

Grace Deason, Psychology, authored the article "The psychology of maternal politics: Priming and framing effects of candidates’ appeals to motherhood" in Politics, Groups, and Identities and was accepted for publication by Taylor & Francis.

Submitted on: Feb. 10, 2020