Evava S. Pietri e Contact Information Yale University Center for Scientific Teaching P.O. Box 208103 New Haven, CT 06511 Phone: 614-314-6957 Email: evava.pietri@yale.edu Employment Postdoctoral Associate, Psychology Department and Center for Scientific Teaching, Yale University, June 2013-Present Education PhD Psychology, Ohio State University, Summer 2013 Major area: Social Psychology Minor area: Quantitative Psychology MA Psychology, Ohio State University, 2009 Major area: Social Psychology Minor area: Quantitative Psychology BA Psychology, cum laude, Amherst College, 2007 Honors and Awards Brock Award for Outstanding Graduate Achievement, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, 2012 The Brewer Graduate Research Award, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, 2012 Graduate Student Research Excellence Award, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, 2011 Baumgardner Travel Award, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, 2009, 2010, & 2011. Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program for Underrepresented Minorities Conference Travel Grant, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Ohio State University, 2009 & 2010. Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship, Alternate/Honorable mention, 2008
Evava Pietri 2 Graduate Enrichment Fellowship (Graduate Student Fellowship to Enhance Diversity), Ohio State University, 2007 & 2012 Research Interests Positive/negative biases in attitude formation and generalization. Interventions aimed at modifying negative biases. Biases and stereotypes associated with gender. Interventions aimed a reducing gender bias. Intergroup interactions. Psychological well-being. Feelings of belonging and threat for stigmatized individuals. Publications Pietri, E., Fazio, R. H., & Shook, N. J. (2012). Valence weighting as a predictor of emotional reactivity to a stressful situation. Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology. 31, 746-777. Pietri, E. S., Fazio, R. H., & Shook, N. J. (2013). Weighting positive versus negative: The fundamental nature of valence asymmetry. Journal of Personality, 81, 196-208. Pietri, E. S., Fazio, R. H., & Shook, N. J. (2013) Recalibrating positive and negative weighting tendencies in attitude generalization. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(6), 1100-1113. Fazio, R. H., Pietri, E. S., Rocklage, M.R. & Shook, N. J. (in press). Positive versus negative valence: Asymmetries in attitude formation and generalization as fundamental individual differences. Chapter to appear in J. M. Olson & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 51). San Diego, CA: Elsevier. Manuscripts Under Review Pietri, E. S., Moss-Racusin, C. A., Dovidio, J. F., Guha, D., Roussos, G., Brescoll, V. L., Handelsman, J. (submitted). Using Media to Increase Awareness of Bias Toward Women in Science. Pietri, E.S., Vasey, M., Grover, M., & Fazio, R. H. (submitted). Predicting changes in depressive symptoms from valence weighting during attitude generalization. Manuscripts In Preparation Pietri, E. S., Fazio, R. H., & Hatchett, A. P., (in prep). Recalibrating valence weighting biases to promote less rejection sensitivity and risky behaviors. [data collected from two experiments, manuscript in preparation]
Evava Pietri 3 Pietri, E. S., Fazio, R. H., & Kirkland, T. (in prep). Predicting the formation of positive and negative attitudes in a novel environment from trait happiness. [data collected from two experiments, manuscript in preparation] Rocklage, M., Pietri, E. S., Fazio, R. H. (in prep). Valence weighting as predictor of friendships during the first semester of college. [data collected from two experiments, manuscript in preparation] Invited Talks Pietri, E. S., Co-presented with Dovidio, J. D., and Moss-Racusin, C. A. (2014, July). The myth of meritocracy? Gender bias in academic science and the influence of diversity interventions. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington D.C. Pietri, E. S. (April, 2014). The correlates and consequences of valence weighting. Annenberg s Social Action Lab, Webinar. Pietri, E. S., Co-presented with Moss-Racusin, C. A. (2014, March). Testing interventions to reduce gender bias. The National Academies Summer Institutes on Undergraduate STEM Education Leaders Meeting, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C. Conference Presentations Schneid, E.D., Pietri, E.S., Carlston, D.E., & Fazio, R. H. (2014) Beanfest meets the igassp: Weighting bias in Spontaneous Evaluative Inferences. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychology Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Pietri, E., & Fazio, R. H. (2014, January). Recalibrating negative weighting biases to promote changes in rejection sensitivity Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX. Pietri, E., & Fazio, R. H. (2013, May) Valence biases in attitude formation and generalization predict past versus future judgments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Pietri, E., & Fazio, R. H. (2013, January). Unique valence biases predict judgments regarding the past versus future. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Pietri, E., & Fazio, R. H. (2012, May) Recalibrating valence weighting to promote change in risk tolerance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Evava Pietri 4 Pietri, E., & Fazio, R. H. (2012, January). Recalibrating valence biases to promote changes in risky tendencies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. Pietri, E., & Fazio, R. H. (2011, May) Predicting risk-taking propensities from a valence weighting bias. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Pietri, E., & Fazio, R. H. (2011, January). Predicting risk-taking behavior from a negativity bias. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX. Pietri, E., Shook, N. J., & Fazio, R. H. (2010, May). Negativity bias: A predictor of reactivity to stressful events. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Pietri, E., Shook, N. J., & Fazio, R. H. (2010, January). Predicting emotional reactivity from the negativity bias. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV. Pietri, E., Fazio, R. H., & Shook, N. J. (2009, May). Recalibrating the negativity bias. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Pietri, E., Fazio, R. H., & Shook, N. J. (2009, February). Recalibrating negativity biases to promote more positive interpretation of social events. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL. Consultant Grant from the John Templeton Foundation, Training the mind to evaluate better: Recalibration toward a balanced weighting of positive and negative valence fosters self-control and wellbeing. (PI: R. H. Fazio), 8/14-8/17. Educational Workshops Summer Institute for Social Psychology (Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey). Accuracy in Interpersonal Perception Workshop with instructors Dr. Judith Hall and Dr. Tessa West. July, 2011.
Evava Pietri 5 Teaching Experience Introduction to Social Psychology, Instructor, Ohio State University, Fall 2009, Winter, 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Spring 2012. Cumulative Student Evaluation Rating, Average=4.6 (4.2 College Average). Research Mentor to Undergraduate Students, Winter 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Winter 2010, Spring 2010, Winter 2012, Spring 2012. Experimental Research Methods, Teaching Assistant, Winter 2009. Teaching Supervised by Dr. Kentaro Fujita Responsibilities included lectures on statistics and using SPSS, serving as consultant to student groups conducting original research projects. Close Relationships, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2008. Teaching Supervised by Dr. Lisa Libby Responsibilities included leading discussion sections once per week and grading student work. Stereotyping and Prejudice, Guest Lecturer, Spring 2013 Invited to give a lecture, entitled Ethnicity versus Race: Implications for Latino Identity. Teaching Interests Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Social Psychology, Attitudes and Persuasion, The Self, Social Cognition, Emotions, Stereotyping and Prejudice, The Psychology of Gender, Close Relationships, Social Psychology and Health, Groups, Research Methods and Statistics. Diversity Workshops Co-Lead Yale s Center for Teaching Advance Teaching Workshop: Gender Bias in Science, Fall 2013. Professional Affiliations Society of Personality and Social Psychology Ad hoc Reviewer Psychology of Women s Quarterly SAGE Open Service Colloquium Chair for speaker series, Ohio State University Social and Behavioral Interest Group (SBIG). 2012-2013.
Evava Pietri 6 Colloquium Chair assistant, Ohio State University SBIG, 2011-2012. Coordinator of the Social Psychology Program s student recruitment weekend at Ohio State University, 2010, 2011. Publicity, Ohio State University SBIG, 2009-2011 Treasurer, Latino Graduate and Professional Student Association (LGSPA), 2010-2013 Vice President, LGPSA, 2009-2010 Active Member, Balance Education Life and Latina Awareness 2009-2012. Served on Graduate/Professional Student Recruitment Initiative Graduate Student Panel 2009, 2010, 2011