Faculty Profile

Luis M. Rivera
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2006
Social Psychology
Graduate Program: General Experimental Psychology

Contact Information:

Office:SB-530
Phone:909.537.5590
Fax:909.537.7003
Email:luis@csusb.edu

Research and Teaching Interests:

My research program identifies and examines the social cognitive processes that underlie attitudes toward groups (stereotyping, prejudice) and the self (self-stereotyping, self-esteem), and when do such attitudes lead to behavioral outcomes (discrimination, health, performance). Current projects mainly focus on addressing the following research questions: (a) what is the role of different psychological motivations in stereotyping and prejudice? (b) what are the consequences of stereotyping and prejudice on health and educational outcomes, the self, and discriminatory behaviors? (c) what are the conditions that reduce versus increase implicit attitudes toward groups and the self?

Teaching:

Courses related to social psychology, social cognition, stereotyping and prejudice, cultural psychology, and the history of attitudes toward disadvantaged groups.