The University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
5848 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Jessica Sim
Background
Jessica is a doctoral student in the Social Psychology program at the University of Chicago, working primarily with Joshua Correll. Jessica received her B.A. (Hons.) in Psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2005, and her M.A. in Social Psychology from the University of Chicago in 2008. Her current research emphasizes the tripartite model of the self, comprised of the individual, relational, and collective selves. In particular, she investigates how individuals regulate and maintain group membership, and the consequences of group affiliation for the self, group, and society.
Research Interests
Self and Identity
Group Processes
Culture and Ethnicity
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Teaching Experience
Jessica has served as an instructor of Social Psychology and a co-instructor of Psychology in Film & Literature. She has also served as a Teaching Assistant for a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Selected Publications
Menon, T., Sim, J., Fu, J., H.-Y., Chiu, C.-Y., & Hong, Y.-Y. (2010). Blazing the trail versus trailing the group: Culture and perceptions of the leader’s position. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 113, 51-61.
Sim, J., & Menon, T. (2009). Leadership. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sim, J., & Menon, T. (2009). Leadership styles. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Menon, T., & Sim, J. (2009). Agency. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Judd, A., Sim, J., Cho, J., von Mühlenen, A., & Lleras, A. (2004). Motion perception, awareness and attention effects with looming motion. Journal of Vision, 4, 608.
Selected Presentations
Sim, J.J., & Majka, E.A. (2011, May). Themes from “Twilight”: Giving students their first bite of psychology. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
Sim, J. J., Goyle, A., & Correll, J. (2011, January). Self and Social Identity: The Impact of Psychological Threat on Group Affiliation. Poster session presented at the Self and Identity Preconference at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas.
Sim, J. J., & Correll, J. (2010, April). The psychological utility of social groups: The impact of self-integrity and social threat on group norm compliance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sim, J. J., & Correll, J. (2010, January). Ingroup as a social resource: The impact of social threat and self-integrity on group norm compliance. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Sim, J. J., & Correll, J. (2009, May). Training moderates racial bias in the decision to shoot. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
