Dr Lisa Zadro BSC(Psychol) Hons; PhD

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (University of New South Wales), 2004
• Bachelor of Science (Psychology) Honours (University of New South Wales), 1998

Professional Memberships

• Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP)
• Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
• International Association for Relationship Research (IARR)

Professional Experience

• Basic and Applied Social Psychology
• Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
• Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
• Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
• Psychological Science

Employment History

• Lecturer at the University of Sydney (2005 to present)
• Post Doctoral Researcher: supervisor, A/Prof. Rick Richardson (2004)
• Administrator: Psychology of the Body and Mind (co-ordinator, 2002); Introductory Psychology (2003 to present)
• Tutor at the University of New South Wales (1998-2004)

Current Teaching

1st Year Courses

• Introductory Psychology (present).

2nd Year Courses

• Cognitive, Developmental, and Social Psychology (present).

3rd Year Courses

• Advanced Social Psychology (present).
  

4th Year Courses

• Current Approaches in Advanced Social Psychology (present).

Research Interests

• Ostracism: The psychological and health-related effects of ostracism on both targets and sources
• Personal Relationships: Attraction, courtship
• Health Psychology and psychophysiology: Cardiovascular responses

Grants and Awards

• ARC Discovery Grant (co-investigator with Mark de Rosnay and Caroline Hunt): Fitting in and making friends: The psych-social underpinnings of children's adaptation to school, $390,000
• ARC Discovery Grant (co-investigator with Michelle Moulds; 2006-2008): Developing strategies to ameliorate the aversive effects of ostracism, $200,000
• Research and Development Grant (2006): Investigating the effects of ostracism on children, $31,000.
• SPN Action Teaching Award (2006)
• Faculty Research Grant (co-applicant; 2005), $6000.
• Faculty Research Grant (co-applicant; 2004), $12,000.
• Australian Postgraduate Award (1998)

Publications

Journal Articles

Oaten, M., Jones, A., Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (2008).The effects of ostracism on self-regulation in the socially anxious. Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology, 27, 471-504.

Oliver, K. G., Huon, G. F., Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (2001). The role of interpersonal stress in overeating among high and low disinhibitors. Eating Behaviors, 2, 19-26.

Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., & Richardson, R. (2003). How Low Can You Go? Ostracism By A Computer Is Sufficient to Lower Self-Reported Levels of Belonging, Control, Self-Esteem, and Meaningful Existence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 560-567. [Summarised in The Research Digest (20), The British Psychological Society. This article has been one of the 10 most downloaded papers in JESP since its publication].

Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., & Richardson, R. (2005). Riding the 'O' train: Comparing the effects of ostracism and verbal disputes on targets and sources. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 8, 125-143.

Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (2006). How do you teach the power of ostracism? Evaluating the train ride demonstration. Social Influence, 1, 81- 104.

Zadro, L., Boland, C., & Richardson, R. (2006). How long does it last? The persistence of the effects of ostracism in the socially anxious. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 692-697.

Chapters

Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (2001). Ostracism: On being ignored, excluded and rejected. In M. R. Leary (Ed.), Interpersonal rejection (pp. 21-53). New York: Oxford University Press.[This chapter is cited in Myers, D. (2001) Psychology (6 th edition). The “train ride paradigm” (Zadro & Williams, 2000) appears as a recommended teaching exercise in the accompanying manual, Instructor’s Resources (Bolt, 2001).]

Williams, K. D., Forgas, J, P., von Hippel, W., & Zadro, L. (2005). The social outcast: An overview. In K. D. Williams, J. P. Forgas, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying (pp. 1-16).

Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (2005). Ostracism: An indiscriminate early detection system. In K. D. Williams, J. P. Forgas, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying (pp. 19-34).

Zadro, L., Arriaga, X. B., & Williams, K. D. (2008). Relational ostracism. In J. P. Forgas & J. Fitness (Eds.), Social relationships: Cognitive, affective, and motivational processes (pp. 305-320). NY: Psychology Press.

Conference Presentations

Winten, L., Zadro, L., Oaten, M., Jones, A., Richardson, R., Wyland, C., & Williams, K. D.(November, 2008)."There's no aphrodisiac like loneliness: The effects of ostracism on romantic affiliation . The Fifth Annual Conference of the APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group. Melbourne, AU.

Zadro, L., & Goodacre, R. (November, 2008). "O-Cam": Using a new paradigm to explore whether ostracism leads to revenge and retaliation. The Fifth Annual Conference of the APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group. Melbourne, AU.

Tang, H., Zadro, L., & Richardson, L. (September, 2008). Attention and mood following a brief experience of ostracism. The 31st conference for the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (AACBT), Adelaide, AU. 

Zadro, L., Fink, E., Richardson, R., Griffiths, B., Dadds, M., Hawes, D., & Williams, K. D. (July, 2008). Ostracism and Children: Does being ignored affect children’s primary needs and working memory? The 2nd International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection. Crete, Greece.

Zadro, L., & Goodacre, R. (July, 2008). “O-Cam”: A new paradigm for examining the effects of social ostracism. The 2nd International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection. Crete, Greece.

Paparo, J., & Zadro, L., (December, 2007). The effects of ostracism on memory recall, suggestibility, and conformity in jurors. Presented at the 2007 Jury Research and Practice conference, sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law. Sydney, AU.

Fink, E., & Zadro, L. (July, 2007). Ostracism and Children: Investigating the Psychological and Cognitive Consequences of Exclusion. Presented at the 15th Biennial conference of the Australian Human Development Association. Sydney, AU.

Zadro, L., Arriaga, X., & Williams, K. D. (2007, March). Relational ostracism. Presented at the Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology. Sydney.

Zadro, L., Richardson, R., & Williams, K. D. (2006, January). The Antecedents of Interpersonal Ostracism: Do Individual Differences Predict Propensity to be a Target or Source of the Silent Treatment? Presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. Palm Springs, CA.

Williams, K. D., Carter, A., & Zadro, L. (2006, January). Ostracism and Group Membership and Its Relation to Anti-Social Responses. Presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. Palm Springs, CA.

Zadro, L. (2005, November). How to destroy a relationship without uttering a single word: The power of ostracism in interpersonal relationships. Presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group. Melbourne, AU.

Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (2004, March). Ostracism: An indiscriminate early warning system. Presented at the Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology (“The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying”), Sydney, Aus.

Williams, K. D., Zadro, L., & Richardson, R. (2004, January). How low can you go? Ostracism by a computer can adversely affect fundamental needs and cardiovascular functioning. Presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. New Orleans.

Zadro, L., Boland, C., & Richardson, R. (2004, January). How long does it last? The persistence of the effects of ostracism on the socially anxious. Presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. New Orleans.

Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D., & Richardson (2003, April). Ostracism in the real world: Interviews with targets and sources of long-term ostracism. Presented at the Society for Australasian Social Psychology. Sydney, Aus.

Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D., & Richardson (2003, April). Ostracism in the real world: Interviews with targets and sources of long-term ostracism. Presented at the Society for Australasian Social Psychology, Sydney, Aus.

Williams, K.D., Case, T., Govan, C., & Zadro, L. (2002, April). Effects of social ostracism on sources and targets. Presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.

Zadro, L., Barker, G. L., Richardson, R., & Williams, K. D. (2001, May). Physiological impact of ostracism: Challenge and threat. Presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.

Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (2001, February). The effects of ostracism and argument on targets and sources. Presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. San Antonio, USA.

Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (2000, July). The silent treatment: Ostracism in intimate relationships. Presented at the joint ICCRP-IRPR conference on close relationships, Brisbane, Aus.

Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D, & Walton, C.J. (1999, November). All aboard the “O” train: Examining social ostracism using a role-play paradigm. Presented at the Australian Psychological Society, Hobart, Aus.

Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (1999, April). Forty years of solitude: Effects of long-term use of the silent treatment. Presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.

Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (1999, April). Long-term effects of giving or receiving the silent treatment. Presented at the Society for Australasian Social Psychology. Coolum, Aus.

Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., Walker, P., & Richardson, R. (2000, February). Psychophysiological effects of being ostracised. Presented at the 10th World Congress of Psychophysiology, Sydney, Aus.

Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (1998, April). Take the “O” Train: Oblivious versus punitive ostracism. Presented at the Society for Australasian Social Psychology, Christchurch, NZ.

Invited Talks and Colloquia

Zadro, L. (2004, August). Ostracism: From the real-world to the lab. Presented at the Twelfth Brisbane Symposium on Social Identity, Brisbane, Aus.

Zadro, L. (2006, November). Ostracism: When silence turns feral. University of New South Wales Colloquium series.

Zadro, L. (2007, November). Ostracism: From the real-world to the lab. University of Sydney Science Faculty Forum.

Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., Govan, C., & Warburton, W. (2003, January). Social Ostracism: Threats to four motives can lead to either pro- or anti-social reactions. Presented at the Group and Intergroup Processes Preconference for the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, Austin, TX.

Unpublished Manuscripts

Zadro, L., Richardson, R., & Williams, K. D. The silent masses: Interviews with targets and sources of long-term ostracism. To be submitted to Personal Relationships.

Zadro, L., Richardson, R., & Williams, K. D. The antecedents of ostracism: Do personality traits predict propensity to be a target and a source of ostracism? To be submitted to Journal of Personality.