Jason A. Nier
Box 5305
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, Connecticut 06320
U.S.A.
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Jason Nier is a social psychologist whose research focuses primarily on intergroup relations. As a result, he is concerned with the psychological processes that are responsible for prejudice and discrimination, and the processes through which intergroup biases may be reduced. Within this broad area he has several specific research interests:
(1) The assessment of intergroup attitudes -- What different techniques can be used to measure individuals' attitudes toward different groups?
(2) Reducing intergroup bias -- Through what psychological processes can prejudice and discrimination towards those who belong to different groups be reduced?
(3) Contemporary forms of discrimination and the enforcement of civil rights laws -- What are the implications of social psychological research for Title VII and other anti-discrimination laws?
(4) The social psychology of collective action -- How are collective acts perceived? Under what circumstances does collective behavior improve (or worsen) intergroup attitudes? How do collective acts influence an individual's identity as a group member?
Professor Nier also co-authored a book chapter that won the 1998 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, awarded annually to the best paper in the field of intergroup relations.
 Books:
 Nier, J. A. (Ed.). (2006). Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial issues in social psychology (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin.
Journal Articles:
- Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Rust, M. C., Nier, J. A., Banker, B., Ward, C. M., Mottola, G. R., & Houlette, M. (1999). Reducing intergroup bias: Elements of intergroup cooperation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 388-402.
- Nier, J. A. (2005) How dissociated are implicit and explicit measures of racial attitudes? A bogus pipeline approach. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 8, 39-52
- Nier, J. A., Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Banker, B. S. & Ward, C. M. (2001). Changing interracial evaluations and behavior: The benefits of a common ingroup identity. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 4, 299-316.
- Nier, J. A., Mottola, G. R., & Gaertner, S. L. (2000). The O. J. Simpson criminal verdict as a racially symbolic event: A longitudinal analysis of racial attitude change. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 507-516.
- Nier, J. A., Nier, C L., Gaertner, S. L. & Dovidio, J. F. (in press). The contemporary nature of discrimination and civil rights law enforcement. Journal of Intergroup Relations.
Other Publications:
- Dovidio, J. F., Gaertner, S. L., Nier, J. A., Kawakami, K., & Hodson, G. (2004) Contemporary racial bias: When good people do bad things. In A. Miller (ed.), The social psychology of good and evil: Understanding our capacity for kindness and cruelty (pp. 141-167). New York: Guilford Press.
- Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Nier, J. A., Banker, B.S., Ward, C. M., Houlette, M., Loux, S. (In press). The common ingroup identity model for reducing intergroup bias: Progress and challenges. In R. Brown and D. Capozza (Eds.) Social identity processes: Trends in theory and research. London: Sage.
- Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Nier, J. A., Hodson, G., & Houlette, M. (in press). Aversive racism: Bias without intention. In L. B. Nielsen & B. Nielsen (eds.), Rights and Realities: New Perspectives on Anti-Discrimination Law.
- Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Nier, J. A., Ward, C. M., & Banker, B. S. (1999). Across Cultural Divides: The value of a superordinate identity. In D. Prentice and D. Miller (Eds.), Cultural Divides: Understanding and overcoming group conflict. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
- Nier, J. A., Gaertner, S. L., & Gorcheva, R. S. (in press). Examining the dynamism dimension of intergroup beliefs. In D. Chadee & J. Young (eds.), Current Themes and Perspectives in Social Psychology.
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