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Grace Deason

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Professor
Psychology University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Grace Deason Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Professor

Psychology

Specialty area(s)

Social Psychology (political psychology, gender)

Education

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

Career

Teaching history

FYS 100: Fight the Power: The Psychology of Subordination and Resistance

PSY 241: Social Psychology 

PSY 308: Research Apprenticeship

PSY 318: Psychology of Women

PSY 343: Group Dynamics

PSY 377: Psychology and Law

PSY 331: Research Methods

PSY 391: Special Topics: Political Psychology

PSY 405: Teaching Apprenticeship in Psychology

PSY 481: Individual Project in Psychology

PSY 482: Honors Projects in Psychology

PSY 495: Senior Seminar: The Psychology of Women in Leadership

PSY 495: Senior Seminar: The Psychology of Activism and Social Change

Research and publishing

Check out my Google Scholar page for more information about my research.

Kudos

presented

Grace Deason, Psychology, presented "Think Parent, Think Mom: Stereotypes of Mothers, Fathers, and Parents" at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting on April 18 in Chicago, IL. This study examined whether stereotypes of parents are gendered. U.S. adults rated the typicality of a set of traits for one of five groups: women, men, parents, mothers, or fathers. Results showed greater similarity between the parent and mother stereotypes than between stereotypes of parents and fathers. Findings demonstrate gender bias in parent stereotypes, with implications for a variety of social and professional contexts.

Submitted on: April 19

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

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Grace Deason's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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