ERIC HEHMAN CURRICULUM VITAE Department of Psychology New York University ericlhehman@gmail.com EDUCATION University of Delaware Ph.D. 2012 University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth B.A. 2005 POSITIONS Post-doctoral scholar, New York University, Advisor: Jon Freeman 2014 - Present Post-doctoral scholar, Dartmouth College, Advisor: Jon Freeman 2012-2014 Research Graduate, University of Delaware, Advisor: Sam Gaertner 2007-2012 Instructor, University of Delaware 2009-2012 Study Abroad Teaching Graduate, University of Delaware 2011 Teaching Graduate, University of Delaware 2007-2009 Research Assistant, Harvard University 2006-2007 Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 2004-2005 Research Assistant, Library of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University 2004 RESEARCH SUPPORT NSF BCS-1423708: Linking Real-Time Categorization Dynamics to Real-World Social Dynamics Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Jon Freeman; $525, 536 2014 Ellin Bloch and Pierre Ritchie Honorary Scholarship, APA 2011 Grant-In-Aid, SPSSI 2011 Superlab Research Grant, Psi Chi 2010 Grant-In-Aid, AP-LS 2010 FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND HONORS Research Training Fellowship, SISSA 2014 Summer School in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Fellowship, SISSA 2014 Regional Research Award, Psi Chi 2011 Basic Psychological Research Grant, Honorable Mention, APA 2011 Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award, APS/Psi Chi 2011 Competitive University Graduate Fellowship, University of Delaware 2011 Basic Psychological Research Grant, Honorable Mention, APA 2011 Conference Poster Award, Runner Up, SPSP 2011 Basic Psychological Research Grant, Honorable Mention, APA 2010 Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award, APS/Psi Chi 2010 Competitive University Graduate Fellowship, University of Delaware 2010 Outstanding Research Award, SPSP 2010 Summer School in Social Psychology, Fellowship, SPSP/SASP 2009 Graduate Travel Award, SPSP 2009 Faculty Development Grant, STP 2009
HEHMAN 2 PUBLICATIONS Hehman, E., Leitner, J. B., & Freeman, J. B. (in press). The face-time continuum: Lifespan changes in facial width-to-height ratio determine aging-associated perceptions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Hehman, E., Ingbretsen, Z. A., & Freeman, J. B. (in press). The neural basis of stereotypic impact on multiple social categorization. NeuroImage. Hehman, E., Carpinella, C. M., Johnson, K. L., Leitner, J. B., & Freeman, J. B. (in press). Early processing of gendered facial cues predicts the electoral success of female politicians. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Hehman, E., Stolier, R. M., & Freeman, J. B. (in press). Advanced mouse-tracking analytic techniques for enhancing psychological science. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., Deegan, M. P., & Jones, J. M. (in press). Adaptive disengagement buffers selfesteem from negative social feedback. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., Jones, J. M., & Forbes, C. E. (in press). Self-enhancement influences medial frontal cortex alpha power to social rejection feedback. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Carpinella, C. M., Hehman, E., Freeman, J. B., & Johnson, K. L. (in press). The gendered face of partisan politics: Consequences of facial sex-typicality for vote choice. Political Communication. Freeman, J.B., Stolier, R. F., Ingbretsen, Z. A., & Hehman, E. (in press). Amygdala responsivity to high-level social information from unseen faces. Journal of Neuroscience. Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Guerra, R., Hehman, E., & Saguy, T. (in press). A common ingroup identity: Categorization, identity, and intergroup relations. In Nelson, T. (Ed.), Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination (2 nd Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Gaertner, S. L., Guerra, R., Rebelo, M., Dovidio, J. F., Hehman, E., & Deegan, M. P. (in press). The Common Ingroup Identity Model and the development of a functional perspective: A cross-national collaboration. In Vala, J., Calheiros, M., & Waldzus, S. (Eds.), The Social Construction of Violence and Conflict Resolution. New York: Cambridge Scholars Press. Hehman, E., Volpert, H. I., & Simons, R. F. (2014). The N400 as an index of racial stereotype accessibility. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 544-552. ψthe first two authors contributed equally to this work. Hehman, E., Leitner, J. B., & Gaertner, S. L. (2013). Enhancing static facial features increases intimidation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 747-754. Hehman, E., Leitner, J. B., Deegan, M. P., & Gaertner, S. L. (2013). Facial structure is indicative of explicit support for prejudicial beliefs. Psychological Science, 24, 289-296. Leitner, J. B., Jones, J. M., & Hehman, E. (2013). Succeeding in the face of threat: The adaptive role of engagement regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 16-26. Hehman, E., Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Mania, E. W., Guerra, R., Wilson, D. C., & Friel, B. M. (2012). Group status drives majority and minority integration preferences. Psychological Science, 23, 46-52.
HEHMAN 3 Hehman, E., Graber, E. C., Hoffman, L. H., & Gaertner, S. L. (2012). Warmth and competence: A content analysis of photographs depicting American presidents. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 1, 46-52. Hehman, E., Stanley, E. M., Gaertner, S. L., & Simons, R. F. (2011). Multiple group membership influences face-recognition: Recall and neurological evidence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1262-1268. Hehman, E., Gaertner, S. L., & Dovidio, J. F. (2011). Evaluations of presidential performance: Race, prejudice, and perceptions of Americanism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 430-435. ψalbert Bandura Graduate Research Award Dovidio, J. F., Gaertner, S. L., Saguy, T. & Hehman, E. (2011). Obama s potential to transform the racial attitudes of White Americans. In G. S., Parks, & M., Hughey (Eds.), The Obamas and a Post-Racial America. New York: Oxford University Press. Hehman, E., Mania, E. W., & Gaertner, S. L. (2010). Where the division lies: Common ingroup identity moderates the cross-race effect. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 445-448. ψedwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award ψoutstanding Research Award UNDER REVIEW Hehman, E., Leitner, J. B., Deegan, M. P. & Gaertner, S. L. (under review). Picking teams: When dominant facial structure is preferred. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., Jones, J. M., Magerman, A., & Deegan, M. P. (under review). Facial structure predicts decreased inhibition: From pain tolerance to baseball swings. Deegan, M. P., Hehman, E., Gaertner, S. L., & Dovidio, J. F. (under review). Positive expectations encourage generalization from an intergroup Interaction to attitudes towards the group as a whole. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Hehman, E., & Freeman, J. B. (2014, February). Motivated to disconfirm: Resolving stereotype conflict to perceive others accurately. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Hehman, E., & Leitner, J. B. (2014, February). It's not all bad: Positive associations with dominant facial structure. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., Jones, J. M., Magerman, A. B., & Deegan, M. P. (2014, February). Facial structure predicts decreased inhibition: From pain tolerance to baseball swings. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., Most, S. B., & Jones, J. M. (2012, March). Attending to ambiguity: More racially ambiguous faces evoke a greater attentional blink. Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
HEHMAN 4 Guerra, R., Gaertner, S. L., Hehman, E., Carroll, A., Dovidio, J. F. (2011, July). Do we all feel the same? Common ingroup identity: A double edge sword for majorities and minorities. European Association for Social Psychology General Meeting, Stockholm. Hehman, E. (2011, June). Group boundaries reflect function: Categorization processes in face-recognition. Invited colloquium. Tajfelian Seminar, Warsaw. Hehman, E., Leitner, J. B., Olechowski, M., & Deegan, M. P. (2011, May). Experiencing discrimination as a lack of control. Graduate Student Forum. Newark, DE. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., & Jones, J. M. (2011, May). The psychological consequences of success in the face of threat. Graduate Student Forum. Newark, DE. Hehman, E., Stanley, E. M., Leitner, J. B., & Gaertner, S. L. (2011, April). Improved recognition for threatening targets. Sociology and Criminology Conference. Newark, DE. Leitner, J.B., Hehman, E., Wang, L., Most, S.B., & Jones, J.M. (2011, April). Face-induced attentional blink predicted by face race and motivation to appear egalitarian. Sociology and Criminology Conference. Newark, DE. Hehman, E., Stanley, E. M., Leitner, J. B., Mania, E. W., Gaertner, S. L., & Simons, R. F. (2011, March). Threatening group membership reverses the ingroup face-recognition advantage. Symposium cochair. Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, Boston, MA. ψregional Research Award Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., & Jones, J. M. (2011, March). Success in a stereotype threat domain: The adaptive role of psychological engagement. Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, Boston, MA. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., Wang, L., Most, S. B., & Jones, J. M. (2011, February). Target race and perceiver motivation predict attentional recovery from face-induced blink. Cognitive Science Conference, Newark, DE. INVITED PRESENTATIONS Department of Psychology, California State, San Bernardino 2014 Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2013 Vision Sciences Lab, Department of Psychology, Harvard University 2013 Department of Psychology, Quinsigamond Community College 2013 Social Brain Sciences, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College 2012 Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware 2012 Social Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh 2012 Van Bavel & Amodio Social Neuroscience Labs, New York University 2011 TEACHING AND UNDERGRADUATE MENTORSHIP INSTRUCTOR, University of Delaware Research Methods Spring, 2011 Research Methods Fall, 2011
HEHMAN 5 Three of my teaching techniques were included in: Morling, B. (2012). Instructors manual to accompany Psychology Research Methods. New York: W.W. Norton. UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS ADVISEES Natalie Salmanowitz, Dartmouth College Hannah Volpert, University of Delaware Erik Koepplin, University of Delaware AD HOC REVIEWER Basic and Applied Social Psychology Brain and Cognition European Journal of Social Psychology Experimental Brain Research Group Processes and Intergroup Relations Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes Neuropsychologia Personality and Social Psychology Review PLoS ONE Political Psychology Psychophysiology Social Issues and Policy Review Social Neuroscience Social Psychological and Personality Science Social Science Research POSTER PRESENTATIONS Hehman, E., & Freeman, J. B. (2014, April). The neural basis of inhibiting irrelevant stereotypical associations in person perception. Social and Affective Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Hehman, E., & Freeman, J. B. (2014, April). Resolving stereotype conflict at the neural level. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Deegan, M.P., Hehman, E., Agboh, D., & Gaertner,S.L. (2014, February). Responses to invitation to friendship by racial outgroup members. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., & Jones, J. M. (2013, January). Can you shift self-esteem to a safe place?: Validation of the Strategic Engagement Regulation scale. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Deegan, M. P., Hehman, E., Leitner, J. B., & Gaertner, S. L. (2013, January). Facial width-to-height ratio in expressionless displays of intimidation. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
HEHMAN 6 Mania, E. W., Hehman, E., & Gaertner, S. L. (2013, January). The importance of being non-prejudiced increases susceptibility of displaying prejudice to social influence. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Volpert, H. I., Hehman, E., & Simons, R.F. (2012, September). Neural correlates of implicit and explicit racial prejudice: N100, P200, N400. Society for Psychophysiological Research Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Hehman, E., Leitner, J. B., Deegan, M. P., Olechowski, M., & Gaertner, S. L. (2012, January). The accurate detection of prejudice from faces. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Leitner, J. B., Jones, J. M., & Hehman, E. (2012, January). Succeeding in the face of threat: The adaptive role of domain attachment regulation. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Volpert, H., Hehman, E., & Simons, R. F. (2011, August). Brain potentials shine a light on implicit racial prejudice: The N400. Summer Scholars Poster Session. Newark, DE. Deegan, M. P., Hehman, E., & Gaertner, S. L. (2011, May) Attribution, aversive racism, and the homeless. 2011 Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, D. C. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., & Jones, J. M. (2011, May). Psychological engagement and perceived performance outcomes predict subsequent self-esteem and performance. 2011 Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, D. C. Koepplin, E., Hehman, E., Leitner, J. B., & Gaertner, S. L. (2011, May). Experiencing discrimination as a lack of control. Annual University of Delaware Undergraduate Psychology Poster Conference. Newark, DE. Hehman, E., Leitner, J. B., Mania, E. W., Guerra, R., & Gaertner, S. L. (2011, March). Associated arousal disrupts face-processing. Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, Boston, MA. Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., Wang, L., Most, S. B., & Jones, J. M. (2011, March). Face-induced attentional blink predicted by target race and external motivation of participant. Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, Boston, MA. Mania, E. W., Hehman, E., Riek, B. M., & Gaertner, S. L. (2011, March). The effects of race and penance on retaliating to betrayal. Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, Boston, MA. Hehman, E., Carroll, A. E., & Gaertner, S. L. (2011, January). When faces are masks: Subliminal threat impairs face-recognition. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. ψconference Poster Award Popa-Roch, M., Guerra, R., Waldzus, S., Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Hehman, E., Mania, E. W., Carroll, A. E., & Lloret, B. (2011, January). Effectiveness of dual identity to induce intergroup harmony: A matter of framing and group status. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Stanley, E. M., Hehman, E., & Simons, R. F. (2010, September). Increased N100 amplitude to in-group faces predicts more accurate recognition. Society for Psychophysiological Research Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
HEHMAN 7 Hehman, E., Gaertner, S. L., Carroll, A. E., & Guerra, R. A. (2010, May). Threatening group membership reverses the ingroup face-recognition advantage. Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA. Carroll, A.E., Hehman, E., & Mania, E. W. (2010, May). Effects of the Race IAT as a teaching tool on student engagement. Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA. Mania, E. W., Riek, B. M., Hehman, E., & Gaertner, S. L. (2010, May). Potential for racial discrimination creates a racial bias favoring Black transgressors among Blacks and Whites. Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA. Allen, C., Leitner, J. B., Hehman, E., & Jones, J. M. (2010, May). TRIOS as a buffer to blood pressure reactivity in females. Annual University of Delaware Undergraduate Psychology Poster Conference. Newark, DE. Hehman, E., Gaertner, S. L., & Mania, E. W. (2010, January). How Black is he? Perceptions of Obama vary with approval. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations pre-conference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. Hehman, E., Mania, E. W. & Gaertner, S. L. (2010, January). Where the division lies: Common ingroup identity moderates the cross-race recognition effect. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. Johnson, L.C., Perna, F.M., Medaglia-Terwal, D., Beaton, C., Hehman, E., & Kinnunen T. (2007, May). Effects of exercise on smoking cessation attempts in sedentary women. Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Kinnunen, T., Hehman, E., Hoskinson, Jr. R., & Miesmaa, P., Terwall, D., Perna, F. M., & Garvey, A. J. (2007, February). Tobacco dependence in female menthol and non-menthol smokers. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Hehman, E., Walsh, E., & Silva, L. (2005, September). Effects of social influence on ingroup and outgroup alcohol consumption. Psi Chi Annual Regional Undergraduate Psychology Conference, North Dartmouth, MA.