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)

Research Interests

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

Grants and Awards

• ARC Discovery Grant (co-investigator with Lisa Zadro and Patricia Devine, 2011-2012): Using a cross national approach to investigate the link between ostracism and interethnic aggression, $250,000
• ARC Discovery Grant (co-investigator with Marilynn Brewer, 2010-2012): The role of social identity complexity in the success of interethnic contact, $290,000
• International Program Development Fund (IPDF) Grant (co-investigator with Lisa Zadro and Patricia Devine, 2010-2011): Social exclusion across cultures, $28,000
• Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Seed Grant (co-investigator with Lisa Zadro and Patricia Devine, 2009): Social exclusion across cultures, $1,800
• 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)

Current PhD Students

• Adem Aydogan. Reducing stress expectancy in intergroup interactions by manipulating resource appraisals (primary supervisor)
  
• Andrea van Dommelen. The role of social identity complexity, inclusiveness and structure in intergroup relations (primary supervisor)
  
• Genevieve Baijan. Acceptance and powerlessness (associate supervisor)
  
• Christopher John Hunt. Links between masculinity threats and increased gender conformity (primary supervisor)
  
• Annabel McGoldrick. The psychological impact of conflict news framings (associate supervisor)

Current Teaching

• Cognitive and Social Psychology (PSYC2013)
• Social Psychology (PSYC3017)
• Current Approaches in Advanced Social Psychology (HonoursSpecial Fields Seminar)

Publications

Journal Articles

Hunt, C.J., Gonsalkorale, K., and Nosek, B.A. (2012). Links between psychosocial variables and body dissatisfaction in homosexual men: Differential relations with the drive for muscularity and the drive for thinness. International Journal of Men's Health, 11, 127-136.

Gonsalkorale, K., Sherman, J.W., Allen, T.J., Klauer, K.C., Amodio, D.M. (2011). Accounting for successful control of implicit racial bias: The roles of association activation, response monitoring, and overcoming bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37 (11) pp. 1534-1545.

Gonsalkorale, K., Allen, T. J., Sherman, J. W., &  Klauer, K. C. (2010). Mechanisms of exemplar exposure effects on implicit attitudes. Social Psychology, 41, 158-168.

Nosek, B. A., Smyth, F. L., Sriram, N., Lindner, N. M., Devos, T., Ayala, A., Bar-Anan, Y., Bergh, R., Cai, H., Gonsalkorale, K., Kesebir, S., Maliszewski, N., Neto, F., Olli, E., Park, J., Schnabel, K., Shiomura, K., Tulbure, B., Wiers, R. W., Somogyi, M., Akrami, N., Ekehammar, B., Vianello, M., Banaji, M. R., & Greenwald, A. G. (2009). National differences in gender-science stereotypes predict national sex differences in science and math achievement.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 10593–10597.

Gonsalkorale, K., Sherman, J. W., & Klauer, K. C. (2009). Aging and prejudice: Diminished regulation of automatic race bias among older adults.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 410-414.

Gonsalkorale, K., von Hippel, W., Sherman, J. W., & Klauer, K. C. (2009). Bias and regulation of bias in intergroup interactions: Implicit attitudes toward Muslims and interaction quality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 161-166.

Beer, J. S., Stallen, M., Lombardo, M. V., Gonsalkorale, K.,Cunningham, W. A., & Sherman, J. W. (2008). The Quadruple Model approach to examining the neural underpinnings of prejudice. NeuroImage, 43, 775-783.

 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., & von Hippel, W. (2011). Intergroup relations in the 21st century: In-group positivity and out-group negativity among members of an internet hate group. In R. Kramer, G.J. Leonardelli, & R. Livingston (Eds.), Social Cognition, Social Identity, and Intergroup Relations: A Festschrift in Honour of Marilynn B. Brewer (pp. 163-188). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.

Gonsalkorale, K., Sherman, J. W., & Allen, T. J. (2010). Self-control over automatic associations. In R. R. Hassin, K. Ochsner, & Y. Trope (Eds.), Self control in society, mind, and brain (pp. 243-259). 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

Sherman, J. W., Gonsalkorale, K., Allen, T. J., Klauer, C. K., & Amodio, D. M. (July, 2011). Accounting for successful control of implicit racial bias. Presented in the symposium “On the self-regulation of implicit bias” (J. Sherman, Chair) at the 16th General Meeting of the European Association for Social Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Aydogan, A. F., & Gonsalkorale, K. (July, 2011). Anticipated stress in intergroup interactions. Presented at the 34th Annual Scientific Conference of the International Society of Political Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey.

Aydogan, A. F., & Gonsalkorale, K. (July, 2011). Reducing stress in intergroup interactions by manipulating resource appraisals. Presented at the 16th General Meeting of the European Association for Social Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Hunt, C. J., & Gonsalkorale, K. (July, 2011). The role of masculinity threats and peer influence in sexual harassment. Presented at the 16th General Meeting of the European Association for Social Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Aydogan, A. F., & Gonsalkorale, K. (April, 2011). Negative expectancies in intergroup interactions. Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Sydney, Australia.

Hunt, C. J.., & Gonsalkorale, K. (April, 2011). The role of masculinity threats and peer influence in sexual harassment. Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Sydney, Australia.

Gonsalkorale, K., & Brewer, M. B. (April, 2011). The effects of threat and opportunity primes on anticipated intergroup interaction. Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Sydney, Australia.

Gonsalkorale, K., & Brewer, M. B. (January, 2011). The effects of threat and social identity complexity on anxiety and control in interracial interactions. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, USA.

Hunt, C. J.., & Gonsalkorale, K. (April, 2010). Masculinity and muscularity: Changes in appearance concerns following a threat to manhood. Presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Freemantle, Australia.

Gonsalkorale, K. (January, 2010). Social identity complexity and intergroup contact. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, USA.

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.