Dr Karen Gonsalkorale

Position: Lecturer

Office: 445, Brennan MacCallum Building
Ph: +61 2 9351 8930
Fax: +61 2 9036 5223
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Postal Address:
School of Psychology
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia



Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales (2005)
  • Bachelor of Psychology (Honours Class One and the University Medal), University of New South Wales (2001)

Previous Appointments

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis, USA (2005-2008)
  • Tutor, University of New South Wales, Australia (2002-2005)

Research Interests

  • Social cognition
  • Stereotyping and prejudice
  • Intergroup relations
  • Ostracism


Awards

  • European Journal of Social Psychology Best Early Career Paper Award for the article entitled “The KKK won’t let me play: Ostracism even by a despised outgroup hurts” (2007)
  • Postdoctoral Scholars Association Travel Grant, University of California, Davis (2006)
  • Australian Postgraduate Award (2002-2005)
  • The University Medal (2001)


Professional Memberships

  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Society of Australasian Social Psychologists
  • Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
  • Association for Psychological Science


Professional Experience

  • International partner for Project Implicit ( Australia site)
  • Ad-hoc reviewer for European Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Cognition


Publications

Journal Articles

Gonsalkorale, K., von Hippel, W., Sherman, J. W., & Klauer, K. C. (in press). Bias and regulation of bias in intergroup interactions: Implicit attitudes toward Muslims and interaction quality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

 Sherman, J. W., Gawronski, B., Gonsalkorale, K., Hugenberg, K., Allen, T. J., & Groom, C. J. (2008). The self-regulation of automatic associations and behavioural impulses. Psychological Review, 115 , 314-335.

Gonsalkorale, K., & Williams, K. D. (2007). The KKK won’t let me play: Ostracism even by a despised outgroup hurts. European Journal of Social Psychology , 37 , 1176-1186.

Gonsalkorale, K., Carlisle, K., & von Hippel, W. (2007). Intergroup threat increases implicit stereotyping. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 7, 189-200.

von Hippel, W., & Gonsalkorale, K. (2005). “That is bloody revolting!”: Inhibitory control of thoughts better left unsaid. Psychological Science, 16, 497-500.

 Laham, S. M., Gonsalkorale, K., & von Hippel, W. (2005). Darwinian grandparenting: Preferential investment in more certain kin. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 63-72.

 

Other Publications

Gonsalkorale, K., Sherman, J. W., & Allen, T. J. (in press). Self-control over automatic associations. In R. R. Hassin, K. Ochsner, & Y. Trope (Eds.), From society to brain: The new sciences of self control. New York: Oxford University Press.

von Hippel, W., & Gonsalkorale, K. (2007). Encoding. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks: Sage.


Conference Presentations

Gonsalkorale, K., Carter-Sowell, A. R., Sloan, L. R., & Williams, K. D. (February, 2008). The KKK won’t let Tyrone play; but inclusion hurts, too. Presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, USA.

Sherman, J. W., Gonsalkorale, K., & Allen, T. J. (February, 2008). On the underlying bases of implicit attitude malleability. Presented in the symposium “Mechanisms of Prejudice and Stereotyping Moderation” (S. Sinclair & J. R. Huntsinger, Chairs) at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, USA.

Pickett, C. L., Gonsalkorale, K., Robins, R., & Tracy, J. (February, 2008). We're number one! Examining the antecedents of two forms of collective pride across group identities. Presented at the Self and Identity Preconference to the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, USA.

Gonsalkorale, K., Gillath, O., & Sherman, J. W. (January, 2007). The effects of a security boost and mortality salience on implicit attitudes. Presented in the symposium “Growth, Death, and What’s In Between: Insights from the Integration of Attachment Theory and Terror Management Theory” (O. Gillath, Chair) at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, USA.

Allen, T. J., Gonsalkorale, K., Sherman, J. W., Amodio, D., Bartholow, B., & Dasgupta, N. (January, 2007). On the underlying bases of implicit attitude malleability. Presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, USA.

Gonsalkorale, K., von Hippel, W., & Brewer, M. B. (January, 2006). Ingroup love and outgroup hate on an internet hate site. Presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, USA.

von Hippel, W., Laham, S., & Gonsalkorale, K., (June, 2005). The preferential investment hypothesis: An evolutionary perspective on kin investment. Presented at the Human Behaviour and Evolution Society Conference , Texas, USA .

Gonsalkorale, K., & von Hippel, W. (April, 2005). Ingroup positivity, outgroup negativity, and intergroup threat. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Townsville, Australia.

Gonsalkorale, K., Laham, S., & von Hippel, W. (January, 2005). Preferential grandparental investment: An evolutionary perspective. Presented at the 3rd Society for Personality and Social Psychology Evolutionary Psychology Pre-Conference, New Orleans, USA.

Gonsalkorale, K., & von Hippel, W. (January, 2005). Inhibition of socially inappropriate behaviour. Presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, USA.

Gonsalkorale, K., & von Hippel, W. (April, 2004). Scratching beneath the surface: Implicit denigration predicts discriminatory behaviour towards Muslims. Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Auckland, New Zealand.

Gonsalkorale, K., & Williams, K. D. (April, 2004). The KKK won’t let me play: Ostracism by a despised outgroup hurts. Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Auckland, New Zealand.

Williams, K. D., & Gonsalkorale, K. (April, 2004). The KKK won’t let me play: Ostracism by a despised outgroup still hurts. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, USA.

Gonsalkorale, K., & Williams, K. D. (September, 2003). The KKK won’t let me play: How do we respond to being ostracized by a despised outgroup? Presented at the 11th Brisbane Symposium on Social Identity, Brisbane, Australia.

Laham, S., Gonsalkorale, K., & von Hippel, W. (July, 2003). Preferential grandparental investment: An evolutionary perspective. Presented at the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Science, Sydney, Australia.