Dr. Lisa R. Milford
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

email: lrmilfor@syr.edu
Phone: (315) 443-3462
Address: 501 Huntington Hall

Education

Nazareth College, BA. Psychology.

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, MA & Ph. D. Social Psychology

Research Interest:

My research mainly focuses on stereotypes and prejudice from both the target and the perpetrator’s perspectives.  My first line of research examines when and why women will or will not confront the sexism that they face. I am particularly interested in the role that social costs and the benefits of confronting discrimination play in predicting women’s responses to discrimination, as well as individual differences that influence women to respond to discrimination. Second, my research aims to reduce perpetrators’ negative attitudes toward outgroups. Specifically, I examine how providing individuals with social consensus information (information about other’s beliefs) effects their attitudes and behaviors toward outgroup members.

Representative Publications

Sechrist, G.B., & Milford, L.R. (2007). The influence of social consensus information on intergroup helping behavior. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29, 365-374