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Vescio, T. K., Schermerhorn, N. E. C., Lewis, K.A., Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K., Loviscky, A. J. (2023). Masculinity threats sequentially arouse public discomfort, anger, and positive attitudes toward sexual violence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. DOI: 10.1177/01461672231179431
Ashburn-Nardo, L., Moss-Racusin, C. A., Smith, J. L., Sanzari, C. M., Vescio, T. K., & Glick, P (2022). Does Researcher Gender Affect how People Perceive Replication Failures in Psychology? The Reproducibility Movement as a Masculinity Contest. Frontiers in Psychology: Gender, Sex and Sexualities Section. DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.823147
Steiner, T. G., Vescio, T. K., & Adams, R. B., Jr. (2022). The Effect of Gender Identity and Gender Threat on Self-Image. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 101. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104335
Schermerhorn, N. E. C., & Vescio, T. K. (2022). Hegemonic masculinity predicts responses to COVID-19. Journal of Health Psychology, Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1177/13591053221081905
Schermerhorn, N. E. C., Vescio, T. K., & Lewis, K. A. (2022) Hegemonic masculinity predicts support for supreme court justices, President Trump, and policies that reify heterosexual white male dominance. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/19485506221077861
Schermerhorn, N. E. C., & Vescio, T. K. (2021). Perceptions of a sexual advance from gay men leads to negative affect and compensatory acts of masculinity. European Journal of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2775
Vescio, T. K., Schermerhorn, N. E. C., Gallegos, J. M., & Laubach, M. L. (2021). The effects of threats to masculinity on perspective taking, empathy, guilt, and shame. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 97. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104195
Vescio, T. K., & Schermerhorn, N. E. C. (2021). Hegemonic masculinity predicts 2016 and 2020 voting and candidate evaluation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 18(2), 1 – 10, e2020589118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020589118.
Vescio, T. K., & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (2020). The not so subtle effects of everyday sexism. In Halpern, D. & Cheung, F. M. (Eds.), The Cambridge International Handbook on Psychology of Women. (pp. 205-220). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Gallegos, J., Vescio, T. K., & Shields, S. A. (2019). Perceived morality determines the acceptability of stereotypic feminine emotional displays in men. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 20, 623-636. DOI:10.1037/men0000195
Ratcliff, N. J., & Vescio, T. K. (2018). The effects of leader illegitimacy on leaders’ and subordinates’ responses to relinquishing power decisions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 365-379. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2335
Vescio, T. K., Cuddy, A. J. C., Crosby, F., & Weaver, K. S. (2017). Racism, complexity, and affirmative action. In Krosnick, J. A., Chiang, I-C, A., & Stark, T. H. (Eds), Political Psychology: New Explorations. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
Cundiff, J. C., & Vescio, T. K. (2016). Gender stereotypes influence how people explain gender disparities in the workplace. Sex Roles, 75, 126-138. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-016-0593-2
Dahl, J. L., Vescio, T. K., & Weaver, K. S. (2015). How threats to masculinity sequentially cause public discomfort, anger, and ideological dominance over women. Social Psychology, 46, 242-254. DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000248
Weaver, K. S., & Vescio, T. K. (2015). The justification of social inequality in response to masculinity threats. Sex Roles, 72, 521-535. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-015-0484-y
Ratcliff, N. J., Vescio, T. K., & Dahl, J. L. (2015). (Still) Waiting in the wings: How stereotypes of competence influence to whom one would relinquish power. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 57, 23-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.11.004
Danube, C., Vescio, T. K., & Davis, K. C. (2014). Masculinity endorsement and sexism predict men’s attitudes toward casual sex, intoxicated sexual contact, and casual sex. Sex Roles, 71, 219-232. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-014-0394-4
Cundiff, J. L., Vescio, T. K., Loken, E., & Lo, L. (2013). Do gender-science stereotypes predict science identification and science career aspirations among undergraduate science majors? Social Psychology of Education, 16, 541-554. DOI: 10.1007/s11218-013-9232-8
Ratcliff, N. J., & Vescio, T. K. (2013). Benevolently bowing out: The influence of Task Performance and Self-Construals on the Relinquishing of Power. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 978-983. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.06.003
Franklin, R.G., Jr., Nelson, A. J., Baker, M., Beeney, J. E., Vescio, T. K., Lenz-Watson, A., & Adams, R. B. Jr. (2013). Neural mechanisms of empathy for humans and animals. Social Neuroscience, 8, 217-227. DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2013.763852
Gervais, S. J. & Vescio, T. K. (2012). Patronizing behavior and gender differences in personal control and performance. Sex Roles, 66, 479-491. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0115-1
Gervais, S. J., Vescio, T. K., Maass, A., Suitner, C., & Forster, J. (2012). Seeing women as objects: The sexual body part recognition hypothesis? European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 743-753. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1890
Ratcliff, N., J., Bernstein, M. J., Cundiff, J. L., & Vescio, T. K. (2012). Seeing wrath from the top (through stratified lenses): Socially dominant perceivers show superior anger identification for high-status individuals. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 1373-1376. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.016
Ratcliff, N. J., Franklin, R. G., Nelson, A. J., & Vescio, T. K. (2012). The scorn of status: Anger on high-status faces is a stronger signal of social threat. Social Cognition, 30, 631-642. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.016
Gervais, S. J., Vescio, T. K., & Allen, J. (2011). When what you see is what you get: The consequences of the objectifying gaze for women and men. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35, 5-17. DOI: 10.1177/0361684310386121
Winner: Georgia Babladelis PWQ Best Paper Award, Society for the Psychology of Women (division 35 of the American Psychological Association).
Gervais, S. J., Vescio, T. K., & Allen, J. (2011). When are people interchangeable sexual objects? The effect of gender and body type on sexual fungibility. British Journal of Social Psychology, 51, 499-513. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2010.02016.x
Gervais, S. J., Hillard, A. & Vescio, T. K. (2010). Confronting sexism: The role of relationship orientation and gender. Sex Roles, 63, 7-8. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9838-7
Guinote, A., & Vescio, T. K. (2010). The Social Psychology of Power. NY, NY: Guilford Press.
Vescio, T. K., & Guinote, A. (2010). Power: New understandings and future directions. In Guinote, A., & Vescio, T. K. (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Power (pp.428-452). Guilford Press.
Vescio, T. K., Schlenker, K. A., & Lenes, J. G. (2010). Power and sexism. In Guinote, A., & Vescio, T. K. (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Power (pp. 363-380). Guilford Press.
Vescio, T. K., Gervais, S. J., Heidenreich, S., & Snyder, M (2006). The effects of prejudice level and social influence strategy on stereotypic responding to racial outgroups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 435-450. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.344
Vescio, T. K., Judd, C. M., & Chua, P-P. (2006). Categorization and intergroup bias in crossed categorization contexts. In M. Hewstone & R. Crisp (Eds.), Multiple Categorization. London, UK: Blackwell.
Behar, E., Vescio, T. K., & Borkovec, T. D. (2005). The effects of suppressing thoughts and images about emotional and non-emotional stimuli. Behavior Therapy, 36, 157-168. DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7894(05)80077-2
Vescio, T. K., Gervais, S., Snyder, M., & Hoover, A. (2005). Power and the creation of patronizing environments: The stereotype-based behaviors of the powerful and their effects on female performance in masculine domains. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 658-672. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.4.658
Winner: Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (division 9 of the American Psychological Association), 2005-2006.
Winner: Roy C. Buck Award, the Pennsylvania State University, 2005
Vescio, T. K., & Judd, C. M., & Kwan, V. S. Y. (2004). Categorization and intergroup bias in crossed contexts: Evidence of reductions in the strength of categorization, but
not intergroup bias. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 478 – 496. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2003.09.005
Vescio, T. K., & Biernat, M. (2003). Family Values and Antipathy Toward Gay Men. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 833-847. DOI:
10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01927.x
Vescio, T. K., Sechrist, G., & *Paolucci, M. P. (2003). Perspective taking and prejudice reduction: The mediational role of empathy arousal and situational attributions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 455-472. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.4.65
Vescio, T. K., Snyder, M., & **Butz, D. A. (2003). Power in stereotypically masculine domains: A social influence strategy X stereotype match model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 1062-1078. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.6.1062
Biernat, M., & Vescio, T. K. (2002). She swings, she hits, she’s great, she’s benched: Shifting judgment standards and behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 66-76. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2010.02016.x