Faculty Profile

Shana Levin, Ph.D.
Professor

E-mail: shana.levin@cmc.edu
Phone: (909) 607-5089
Campus Address: Seaman Hall 230

Departments:
Curriculum Vitae

Office Hours

Monday

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Wednesday

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Current Course Schedule

PSYC198

W- 2:45 PM - 5:30 PM  RHN 102

PSYC92

MW- 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM  BrC 24

Educational Background

B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Teaching Interests

  • Social Psychology
  • Psychological Statistics
  • Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
  • Psychology Senior Research Seminar

Research Interests

  • Prejudice and Discrimination
  • Ideologies of Group Inequality
  • Ethnic Identification and Social Dominance Orientation
  • Intergroup Attitudes in the United States and Middle East

Selected Professional Activities

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Social Issues, 2008-present
  • Convention Co-Chair: 2006 Convention of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), Long Beach, CA
  • Governing Council Member: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), 2002-2005
  • Governing Council Member: International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), 2001-2004
  • Visiting Scholar: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001-2002, Summer 2003
  • Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Social Issues, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Political Psychology, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
  • Member: International Society of Political Psychology, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Western Psychological Association

Selected Research and Publications

  • Levin, S., & Matthews, M. (2010). Just world hypothesis. In J. M. Levine & M. A. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, vol. 1 (pp. 504-506). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Thomsen, L., Green, E. G. T., Ho, A. K., Levin, S., Van Laar, C., Sinclair, S., & Sidanius, J. (2010). Wolves in sheep’s clothing: SDO asymmetrically predicts perceived ethnic victimization among White and Latino students across three years. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 225-238.
  • Levin, S., Sinclair, S., Sidanius, J., & Van Laar, C. (2009). Ethnic and university identities across the college years: A common in-group identity perspective. Journal of Social Issues, 65, 287-306.
  • Matthews, M., Levin, S., & Sidanius, J. (2009). A longitudinal test of the model of political conservatism as motivated social cognition. Political Psychology, 30, 921-936.
  • Sidanius, J., Levin, S., Van Laar, C., & Sears, D. O. (2008). The diversity challenge: Social identity and intergroup relations on the college campus. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Van Laar, C., Levin, S., & Sidanius, J. (2008). Ingroup and outgroup contact: A longitudinal study of the effects of cross-ethnic friendships, dates, roommate relationships, and participation in segregated organizations. In U. Wagner, L. R. Tropp, G. Finchilescu, & C. Tredoux (Eds.), Improving intergroup relations: Building on the legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew. Blackwell.
  • Van Laar, C., Levin, S., & Sinclair, S. (2008). Social identity and personal identity stereotype threat: The case of affirmative action. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30, 295-310.
  • Van Laar, C., Sidanius, J., & Levin, S. (2008). Ethnic-related curricula and intergroup attitudes in college: Movement toward and away from the in-group. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 1601-1638.
  • Levin, S., Taylor, P. L., & Caudle, E. (2007). Interethnic and interracial dating in college: A longitudinal study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 24, 323-341.
  • Levin, S., & Van Laar, C. (Eds.) (2006). Stigma and group inequality: Social psychological perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Levin, S., Van Laar, C., & Foote, W. (2006). Ethnic segregation and perceived discrimination in college: Mutual influences and effects on social and academic life. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 1471-1501.
  • Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., & Levin, S. (2006). Social dominance theory and the dynamics of intergroup relations: Taking stock and looking forward. In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European Review of Social Psychology, Vol. 17, pp. 271-320.
  • Van Laar, C., & Levin, S. (2006). The experience of stigma: Individual, interpersonal, and situational influences. In S. Levin & C. Van Laar (Eds.), Stigma and group inequality: Social psychological perspectives (pp. 1-17). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Selected Awards

  • Recipient of the 2007 Western Psychological Association Early Career Research Award in recognition of exceptional achievements which have contributed to the advancement of the science and profession of psychology
  • Elected a Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in recognition of outstanding contributions to the study of social issues
  • Elected a Fellow of the Western Psychological Association in recognition of outstanding and unusual contributions to the science and profession of psychology
  • Elected a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in recognition of substantial contribution to social psychology as an empirical science
  • Honorable mention received for the 2004-2005 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize awarded by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues to J. Sidanius, C. Van Laar, S. Levin, and S. Sinclair for an article entitled, "Ethnic Enclaves and the Dynamics of Social Identity on the College Campus: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
  • Honorable mention received for the 2001-2002 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize awarded by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues to B. Major, R. H. Gramzow, S. K. McCoy, S. Levin, T. Schmader, & J. Sidanius for an article entitled, "Perceiving Personal Discrimination: The Role of Group Status and Legitimizing Ideology"
  • Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation to J. Sidanius, D. O. Sears, & S. Levin for a project entitled, "Studies in Intergroup Conflict: A University Context," 2000-2001