Room location

The pre-conference will be held in the Longworth Room of the Fairmont Hotel. See you there!

Speaker Schedule

Please see below for the pre-conference schedule. See you next month!

Welcome (9:00-9:05)

1: Veronica Benet-Martinez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (9:05-9:45)

Talk Title: The Multi-Cultural Self: Cultural Frame-Switching and Bicultural Identity Integration

2: Carmit Tadmor, Tel Aviv University; Adam D. Galinsky, Northwestern University; & William W. Maddux, INSEAD (9:45-10:25)

Talk Title: Biculturalism and Integrative Complexity: How Second Culture Exposure Facilitates Creative and Professional Success

Coffee Break (10:25-10:40)

3: Sonia Roccas, Open University of Israel (10:40-11:20)

Talk Title: Personal Values and Tolerance in a Diverse Society

4: Miguel M. Unzueta & Angelica Gutierrez, UCLA Anderson School of Management (11:20-12:00)

Talk Title: The effect of interethnic ideologies on the likability of stereotypic vs. counterstereotypic minority targets

Lunch (12:00-1:30)

5: Astrid Homan, VU University Amsterdam, Lindred L. Greer, Annebel H. B. de Hoogh, & Deanne N. den Hartog, University of Amsterdam (1:30-2:10)

Talk Title: Eye of the Leader: The Crucial Role of Categorization in Diverse Teams

6: Eric D. Knowles, University of California at Irvine (2:10-2:50)

Talk Title: Intergroup motives and the construal of "diversity"

Coffee Break (2:50-3:05)

7: Victoria Plaut, University of California at Berkeley; Flannery Garnett, University of Michigan; Laura Buffardi, University of Georgia; & Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, University of California at Berkeley (3:05-3:45)

Talk Title: “What about me?” Perceptions of Exclusion and Whites’ Reactions to Multiculturalism

8: Sheri Levy, Stony Brook University; & Lisa Rosenthal, Yale University (3:45-4:25)

Talk Title: The Social, Academic, and Health Implications of Polyculturalism

Welcome!

This is the official website for the 2011 SESP Groups Pre-Conference, which will be held on Thursday, October 13th at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC. The theme of the pre-conference is "Multiculturalism and Diversity in the 21st Century."

Here is the list of pre-conference speakers. More information (e.g., talk titles, abstracts) will follow shortly.

Veronica Benet-Martinez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Astrid Homan, VU University Amsterdam
Eric D. Knowles, University of California at Irvine
Sheri Levy, Stony Brook University
Victoria Plaut, University of California at Berkeley
Sonia Roccas, Open University of Israel
Carmit Tadmor, Tel Aviv University
Miguel Unzueta, University of California at Los Angeles

We hope to see you at the pre-conference!

Sincerely,

Kimberly Rios, University of Chicago
Richard Crisp, University of Kent