Jennifer S. Hunt
Associate Professor
(716) 878-3421
Campus Address: Classroom Building C308
huntjs@buffalostate.edu
Dr. Jenn Hunt is a Social Psychologist specializing in stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination as well as behavior in legal contexts. Her work emphasizes the effects of gender, race, and culture in our daily lives. Dr. Hunt earned her bachelor’s degree from Creighton University in 1995 and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2001. Prior to coming to Buffalo State College in 2007, she was a faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Research Interests: Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; behavior in legal contexts, including eyewitness testimony and juror decision making; cultural influences on psychological and behavioral processes; race and gender issues.
Courses Usually Taught
Psychology of Social Behavior (PSY325)
Psychology of Gender (PSY387)
Senior Seminar (PSY472W)
Mentoring
Undergraduate students working with me at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have been accepted in doctoral programs at institutions such as University of Texas-Austin, University of Texas-El Paso, University of Kansas, Oklahoma State University, Ohio University, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They also have been accepted to law school, medical school, and physical therapy programs. My former graduate students are working as post-doctoral fellows in academic settings or researchers in applied settings.
Representative Publications Include:
Zhang, S., & Hunt, J.S. (in press). The stereotype rebound effect: Universal or culturally bounded process? To appear in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Ryan, C.S., Hunt, J.S., Weible, J.A., Peterson, C.R., & Casas, J.F. (in press). Multicultural versus color-blind ideology and its relation to out-group homogeneity and ethnocentrism among Black and White Americans. To appear in Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Hunt, J.S., Rothmann, T.L., Rothman, A.J., Iyer, S.N., & McGorty, E.K. (in press). Implicit and explicit associations between social groups and health problems. To appear in Psychology and Health.
Hunt, J.S., Armenta, B.E., & Seifert, A.L. (in press). Katrina in my community: How intergroup contact, individuating information, and perceived threat affect outgroup bias. To appear in Psychological Science.
Hunt, J.S. (2007). Implicit bias and hate crimes: A psychological framework and critical race theory analysis. Chapter to appear in R.L. Wiener, B.H. Bornstein, B. Schopp, & S. Wilborn (Eds.), (Eds.), Legal Decision Making in Everyday Life: Controversies in Social Consciousness (pp. 247-265). New York: Springer.
Hunt, J.S., & Rothman, A.J. (2007). College students’ mental models for recognizing anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Appetite, 48, 289-300.
Hunt, J.S., Seifert, A.L., Armenta, B.E., & Snowden, J.L. (2006). Stereotypes and prejudice as dynamic constructs: Reminders about the nature of intergroup bias from the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 237-253.
Hunt, J.S., & Borgida, E. (2006). Social psychology and law. In S.E. Taylor, L.A. Peplau, & D.O. Sears, Social psychology (12th ed., pp. 468-492). New York: Prentice Hall.
Hunt, J.S., & Budesheim, T.L. (2004). How jurors use and misuse character evidence. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 347-361.
Hunt, J.S., Borgida, E., Kelly, K.M., & Burgess, D. (2002). Gender stereotyping. In D.L. Faigman, D.H. Kaye, M.J. Saks, & J. Sanders (Eds.) Modern scientific evidence: The law and science of expert testimony (2nd ed., Vol. 2, pp. 384-426). St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co.
Hunt, J.S., & Borgida, E. (2001). Is that what I said?: Witnesses’ responses to interviewer modifications. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 583-604.
Selected Refereed Presentations with Undergraduate Student Authors and Co-Authors (*):
Maeder, E., Hunt, J.S, & Olinger, L.* (2007, January). The word of a Black man: The influence of character witness and defendant race on juror decision making. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, Memphis TN.
Hunt, J.S., Schmersal, L.A.*, Ramse, M.,* & Silva, K.* (2006, March). Ethnic and cultural influences on eyewitness testimony following a staged crime. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society conference, St. Petersburg FL.
Schmersal, L.A.,* & Hunt, J.S. (2005, August). Cultural variations in communication styles during investigative interviews. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association conference, Washington DC.
Hunt, J.S., & Mashek, A.M.* (2004, March). When to say what: How witnesses’ conversational rules vary across interview situations. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society conference, Scottsdale AZ.
Hansen, F.,* Hunt, J.S., Ruff, C.,* Schmersal, L.,* & Mashek, A.* (2003, July). Expectations about police interactions across cultural groups. Poster presented at the Psychology and Law International, Interdisciplinary Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Knaus, D.,* Zhang, S., Steele, C.,* & Hunt, J.S. (2003, May). Automatic bias against Arabs and terrorists following 9/11. Poster presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Zhang, S., Soon, K.Y.,* & Hunt, J.S. (2003, February). Being happy and somber: The impact of culture and mood on stereotype use and inhibition. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles CA.