Title | Professor |
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Department | Psychology |
Office | Meier Hall 224F |
Phone | 978.542.6458 |
sophia.evett@salemstate.edu |
FYPY 100 | First Year Seminar (psychology) |
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PSY 204R | Research Methods and Statistics II |
PSY 216 | Introduction to Social Psychology |
PSY 531 | Independent Research in Psychology |
PSY 547 | Seminar in Social Psychology |
PSY 600H | Honors in Psychology |
PSY 601H | Honors Independent Research in Psychology |
PSY 700 | Research Methods in Psychology |
PSY 788 | Social Psychology |
PSY 875 | Directed Study |
PSY 940 | Internship in Industrial/organizational Psychology |
PSY 999 | Psychology Masters Thesis II |
I have served on the faculty at Salem State University since Fall 1997.
Educational Background:
I am a social psychologist and specialize in the psychology of prejudice, stereotyping and intergroup relations. My current research, with Managament Professor Anne-Marie Hakstian, focuses on retail discrimination and consumer racial profiling and jury decision making in retail discrimination cases. I am also very involved with campus wide efforts to create a welcoming and inclusive community at Salem State through professional development, community dialogue, and assessment.
I love supervising student research. Here are some recent student projects:
Hakstian, A-M., Evett, S. R., Hoffmann, J. S., Marshall, J. M.., Boyland, E. A., & Williams, J. D. (in press). Racial diversity and group decision-making in a mock-jury experiment. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
Williams, J. D., Henderson, G. R., Evett, S. R., & Hakstian, A.-M. (2015). Racial discrimination in retail settings: A liberation psychology perspective. In M. Bay & A. Fabian (Eds.), Race and Retail: Consumption across the Color Line, pp. 263-277. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
Evett, S. R., Hakstian, A.-M. G., Williams, J. D., & Henderson, G. R. (2013). What’s race got to do with it? Responses to consumer discrimination. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 12(1), 165-185.
Conley, T. D., Evett, S. R., & Devine, P. G. (2007). Attitudes, subjective experiences, and behaviors of heterosexuals in imagined and actual encounters between gay and homosexual people. Journal of Homosexuality, 53(3), 35-63.
Evett, S. (2004, November). Beacon: Promoting diversity in the classroom. ASPECT, pp. 1, 3, 10, Salem State College School of Arts and Sciences.
Conley, T. D., Devine, P. G., Rabow, J., & Evett, S. R. (2002). Gay men and lesbians’ experiences in and expectations for interactions with heterosexuals. Journal of Homosexuality, 44 (1), 83-109.
Conley, T. D., Calhoun, C., Evett, S. R., Devine, P. G. (2001). Mistakes that heterosexual people make when trying to appear non-prejudiced: The view from LGB people. Journal of Homosexuality, 42 (2), 21-43.
Hakstian, A-M., Evett, S. R., Hoffmann, J. S., Marshall, J. M.., Boyland, E. A., & Williams, J. D. (March, 2022). Racial diversity and group decision-making in a mock-jury experiment. Paper presented at Conference of Empirical Legal Studies, Toronto, ON (virtual).
June 2017 Co-Facilitation of one-day diversity training session for Department Chairs, Salem State University.
Hoffmann, J., Evett, S., Hakstian, A.-M., Boyland, E., & Williams, J. D. (October, 2017). Exploring Racial Differences in Jury Decision Making in Retail Discrimination Trials. Poster presented at New England Psychological Association, Newton, MA.
Evett, S. R., Hakstian, A-M, G., & Burk, L. A. (March, 2012). Making the Case for Retail Discrimination: A Mock Jury Investigation. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Hakstian, A. G., & Evett, S. R. (December, 2009). Race Discrimination Or Unlawful Detention? Results Of A Mock Jury Study On Consumer Discrimination. Paper presented at Fourteenth Cross-Cultural Research Conference. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Benton, R. C., Brossoit, L. A., Evett, S. R., Hakstian, A. G., Newton, S. A. (May, 2009). Yes We Can! A Grassroots Approach to Changing the Culture and Climate in the Classroom and Beyond. Workshop presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, San Diego, NY.
Williams, J. D., Henderson, G. R., Hakstian, A. G., & Evett, S. R. (2009), “An Experimental Scenario-Based Approach to Analyzing Consumer Response to Marketplace Discrimination,” in E. S. Moore, J. K. Pappalardo, and W. L. Wilkie (Eds.), 2009 Marketing and Public Policy Conference Proceedings: Contributions, Controversies, and Continuing Challenges in the Worlds of Consumer Protection and Competition, Volume 19, Chicago, IL: American Marketing Association, 221-222. Paper presented May 30, 2009.
Evett, S. R., Hakstian, A.G., Williams, J. D., & Henderson, G. R. (April, 2008). Perceptions of marketplace discrimination. Poster presented at the Psychology and Social Justice Conference, New School, New York, NY.
My family, my dogs, travel, hiking and camping, music and theater.
Some of my favorite links:
Skeptics website: www.snopes.com
Prejudice sites: understandingprejudice.org, teachingtolerance.org, implicit attitudes test
Psychology sites: socialpsychology.org, aps.org, apa.org