Brian Lowery

Brian S. Lowery

Stanford University - Graduate School of Business 518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 723-8119 [email protected]

Education Ph.D. Social psychology, June, 2002, University of California, Los Angeles Minor Area: Measurement and Psychometrics

M.A. Social psychology, 1998, University of California, Los Angeles

B.S. Psychology, 1996, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Positions July 2009 – present Tenured Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

September 2006 – July 2009 Untenured Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

September 2002 – September 2006 Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Awards and Honors James and Doris McNamara Faculty Fellow, Stanford - Graduate School of Business, 2004-2005 Charles and Sue Young Award, Outstanding Graduate Student in College of Letters and Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002 Research Mentorship Award, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001- 2002 Bertram H. Raven Award, Best social issues paper of the year, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001 Harold Kelley Award, Best basic research paper of the year, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999 National Science Foundation Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998- 2001 Awarded Ford Foundation Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998 Lowery

Project 88 Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997- 2000

Professional Affiliations Academy of Management Society of Experimental Social Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Professional Service Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2010 - present National Science Foundation, Social Psychology Grant Panel, 2007 - 2010 Associate Editor, Social Justice Research, 2008 – 2009

Invited Presentations Harvard University, New York University, Northwestern University, Pennsylvania State University, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of British Columbia - Vancouver, University of California – Berkeley, University of California – Los Angeles, University of California – Santa Cruz, University of Connecticut – Storrs, University of Illinois – Chicago, University of Virginia, Yale University

Book Chapter Haley, H., Sidanius, J., Lowery, B. S. & Malamuth, N. (2004). The Interactive Nature of Sex and Race Discrimination: A Social Dominance Perspective. In G. Philogene (Ed.), Racial Identity in Context: The Legacy of Kenneth B. Clark (pp. 149-160). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Peer-reviewed Articles Lowery, B. S., Chow, R. M., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (in press). Paying for positive group-image: How perceptions of inequity affect responses to redistributive social policies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Knowles, E. D. & Lowery, B. S. (in press). Meritocracy, self-concerns, and Whites’ denial of racial inequity. Self and Identity.

Lowery, B. S. & Wout, D. A. (2010). When inequality matters: The effect of inequality frames on academic engagement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 956-966. Lowery

Chow, R. M. & Lowery, B. S. (2010). Thanks, but no thanks: The role of personal responsibility in the experience of gratitude. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 487-493.

Knowles, E. D., Lowery, B. S., & Schaumberg, R. L. (2010). Racial prejudice predicts opposition to Obama and his health care reform plan. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 420-423.

Unzueta, M. M. & Lowery, B. S. (2010). Determinants of the perceived legitimacy of standardized tests: Performance expectations versus group-interest. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 1948-1968.

Knowles, E. D., Lowery, B. S., & Schaumberg, R. L. (2009). Anti-egalitarians for Obama? Group-dominance motivation and the Obama vote. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 965-969.

Lowery, B. S., Chow, R. M., & Randall-Crosby, J. (2009). Taking from those that have more and giving to those that have less: How inequity frames affect corrections for inequity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 375-378.

Knowles, E. D., Lowery, B. S., Hogan, C., & Chow, R. M. (2009). On the malleability of ideology: Motivated construals of color-blindness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 857-869.

Unzueta, M. M. & Lowery, B. S. (2008). Defining racism safely: The role of self-image maintenance on White Americans’ conceptions of racism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1491-1497.

Chow, R. M., Lowery, B. S., & Knowles, E. D. (2008). The two faces of dominance: The differential effect of ingroup superiority and outgroup inferiority on dominant- group identity and group-esteem. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1073-1081.

Unzueta, M. M., Lowery, B. S., & Knowles, E. D. (2008). “Overcoming” affirmative action: Policy beliefs as self-affirmations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105, 1-13.

Lowery, B. S., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (2007). Framing inequity safely: The motivated denial of White privilege. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1237-1250.

Lowery, B. S., Eisenberger, N., Hardin, C. D., & Sinclair, S. (2007). The persistence of priming effects on academic performance. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29,151-157. Lowery

Lowery, B. S., Unzueta, M. M., Knowles, E. D., & Goff, P. A. (2006). Concern for the ingroup and opposition to affirmative action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 961-974.

Sinclair, S., Hardin, C. D., & Lowery, B. S. (2006). Self-stereotyping in the context of multiple social identities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 529- 542.

Sinclair, S., Lowery, B. S., Hardin, C. D., & Colangelo, A. (2005). The social tuning of automatic ethnic attitudes: The role of affiliative motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 583-592.

Sinclair, S., Dunn, E., & Lowery, B. S. (2005). The relationship between parental racial attitudes and children’s automatic prejudice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 3, 283-289.

Graham, S. & Lowery, B. S. (2004). Priming unconscious racial stereotypes about adolescent offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 483-504.

Lowery, B. S., Hardin, C. D., & Sinclair, S. (2001). Social influence effects on automatic racial prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 842-855.

Unpublished Manuscripts

Chow, R. M., Lowery, B. S., & Hogan, C. M. Giving a little to keep a lot: Appeasement as a source of support for redistributive policies. Working paper

Schaumberg, R. L., Lowery, B. S., & Knowles, E. D. Hiding illegitimacy under a cloak of equality: Dominant groups’ recognition of unfair advantage prompts endorsement of equity beliefs. Working paper.

Cases

Lowery, B. S., Wheeler, C. S., & Denend, L. (2006). PacifiCare's African American Health Solutions (AAHS).

Lowery, B. S., & Denend, L. (2005). Neighborhood Health Clinic: Serving the Underserved in a Complex Environment.

Lowery, B. S., & Denend, L. (2005). Neighborhood Health Clinic: Grappling with Interpersonal and Multicultural Challenges.

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Lowery, B. S., & Denend, L. (2005). Neighborhood Health Clinic: Resolving Conflict in a Dysfunctional Workplace.

Conference Presentations

Lowery, B. S. & Knowles, E. D. (2007). Hiding in plain sight: The denied power of White identity. Paper presented at American Sociological Association, New York, NY.

Lowery, B. S., Chow, R. M., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (2006). How Perceptions of Inequality Affect Responses to Redistributive Social Policies. Paper presented at International Society of Political Psychology, Barcelona.

Inesi, M. E. & Lowery, B. S. (2006). Betting on your chances: The effect of affirmative action on White men’s behavioral confidence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Chow, R. M., Lowery, B. S., & Knowles, E. D. (2006). Distancing from dominance: The effect of unearned privilege on Whites’ racial identity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Chow, R. M., Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., & Knowles, E. D. (2005). Does the salience of social inequity increase support for affirmative action? Depends on how you look at it. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, HI.

Unzueta, M. M., Lowery, B. S., & Knowles, E. D. (2005). Framing inequity safely: The motivated denial of privilege. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, HI.

Sinclair, S., Lowery, B.S., & Hardin, C. D. (2004). Social tuning of automatic ethnic attitudes: The role of relationship motivation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., & Knowles, E. D (2004). White racial identity and group- interested opposition to affirmative action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA.

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Lowery, B.S., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (2004). The motivated denial of racial privilege and its consequences. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, CA.

Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., & Knowles, E. D (2004). White racial identity and group- interested opposition to affirmative action. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, CA.

Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., & Knowles, E. D (2004). Are we ahead or are they behind? How inequality frame affects acceptance of redistributive social policy. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, CA.

Unzueta, M. M., Lowery, B.S., & Knowles, E. D (2004). The effect of perception of affirmative action on nonbeneficiaries self-image. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, CA.

Lowery, B.S., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. (2004). The motivated denial of racial privilege and its consequences. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology’s Self and Identity Pre-conference, Austin, TX.

Lowery, B.S., Unzueta, M. M., Knowles, E. D. (2004). Understanding opposition to affirmative action: Reconciling justice concerns and redistributive social policy. Chaired Symposium and paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Graham, S. & Lowery, B.S. (2000). The effect of non-conscious stereotypes on judgments of juvenile suspects. Project presented at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice network meeting, Chicago, IL.

Lowery, B. S., Hardin, C. D., Sinclair, S. (1999). Social tuning effects on automatic prejudice. Paper presented at American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.

Lowery, B. S., Sinclair, S., & Hardin, C. D. (1998). The effect of stereotypes on automatic prejudice. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Ann Arbor, MI.

Teaching Experience

Groups and Teams, Stanford University, Fall 2008

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Managing Diversity, Stanford University, Winter 2007

Perspectives on Justice, Stanford University, 2005, 2006

Micro-organizational Behavior, Stanford University, Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Social Psychology of Organizations, Stanford University, Winter 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Teaching Assistant, Statistics for Psychologists, University of California, Los Angeles, Fall 1999, Winter 2000,

Teaching Assistant, Social Psychology Research Methods, University of California, Los Angeles, Spring 1999, Summer 1999, Spring 2000

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Social Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Summer 1998, Spring 2001