M.S., Purdue University, 2006 Primary Advisor Duane T. Wegener
Contact Information Address: Purdue University  Department of Psychological Sciences 703 Third Street Rm. PSYC 2174 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081 Phone: (765) 494-6892 Fax: (765) 496-1264 E-mail: ahoover@psych.purdue.edu Homepage: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~aehoover/

Research Interests

My main interest is the link between social power and stereotyping; specifically, I am interested in how possessing power can affect cognitive and motivational factors that perpetuate bias. I have approached this question from two perspectives: 1) how the relationship between power and approach tendencies can facilitate bias and 2) how the intertwined issues of power and gender can promote gender discrimination.

Recent Publications

Vescio, T. K., Gervais, S., Snyder, M., & Hoover, A. (2005). Power and the creation of patronizing environments: The stereotype-based behaviors of the powerful and their effects on female performance in masculine domains. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 658-672. 
 
Hoover, A.E., & Goodwin, S.A. (2007). Masculinity/femininity. R. Baumeister & K.D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
 
Hoover, A.E. (2009). Affirmative action. To appear in J. O’Brien (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
 
Goodwin, S.A. & Hoover, A.E. (in press). Power. To appear in J.M. Levine & M.A. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.