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Ellie Shockley

The University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
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Chicago, IL, 60637

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Ellie Shockley


Background

Ellie is a doctoral student in the Social Psychology area. In 2006, Ellie graduated from Duke University with a BS in personality/social psychology and a BA in French studies. Following graduation, Ellie worked as a research coordinator in the Department of Psychology at Drexel University. Ellie has been at the University of Chicago since 2008 where she now works with Penny Visser. In 2009, Ellie had the opportunity to attend Stanford University's Institute in Political PSychology.

Trial Research Title

African American Racial Identity Centrality and Ideology as a Predictor of Political Participation

Research Interests

  • Political psychology (and in particular, ideologies)
  • Motivated reasoning
  • Stereotyping, prejudice, stigma, & discrimination
  • Social influence, attitudes & persuasion

  • Recent Presentations

    Shockley, E., Krosnick, J.A., & Visser, P.S. (July, 2010). The Impact of Aging on Political Ideology. Paper and talk presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

    Shockley, E., Visser, P.S., & Ashburn-Nardo, L. (May, 2010). African American Racial Identity and Political Participation. Talk presented at the annual University of Chicago Minority Graduate Student Association Conference, Chicago, IL. 

    Shockley, E., Visser, P.S., & Ashburn-Nardo, L. (May, 2010). African American Racial Ideology as a Predictor of Political Participation. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

    Shockley, E., Visser, P.S., & Ashburn-Nardo, L. (April, 2010). African American Racial Identity as a Predictor of Political Participation. Talk presented at the Chicago Psychology Graduate Student Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.

    Discussant for Hatemi, P.K. (April, 2010). The Neurobiology of Political Preferences. University of Chicago Political Psychology Workshop, Chicago, IL.

    Teaching Experience

    Intern for Social Science Inquiry, 2010-2011

     

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