Ann Hoover

My main interest is the link between social power and stereotyping; specifically, I am interested in how possessing power can affect cognitive and motivational factors that perpetuate bias. I have approached this question from two perspectives: 1) how the relationship between power and approach tendencies can facilitate bias and 2) how the intertwined issues of power and gender can promote gender discrimination.

Publications/Presentations

Hoover, A.E. (in press). Affirmative action. To appear in J. O’Brien (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage. Hoover, A. E., & Goodwin, S. A. (2007). Masculinity/femininity.  R. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage. Vescio, T. K., Gervais, S., Snyder, M., & Hoover, A. (2005). Power and the creation of patronizing environments: The stereotype-based behaviors of the powerful and their effects on female performance in masculine domains. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 658-672. Hoover, A.E., Goodwin, S.A., & Brauer, M. (2008, February). The (Skewed) View from the Top: The Effects of Power on Perceptions of Biased Behaviors.  Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Albuquerque, NM. Dominique, L., Brauer, M., Goodwin, S.A., & Hoover, A.E. (2007, September).  When Power Leads to Behavioral Disinhibition. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the European Social Cognition Network. Brno, Czech Republic. Hoover, A.E., Goodwin, S.A., & Brauer, M. (2007, May). The Power to Harass: Power Priming Affects Perceptions of Sexual Harassment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL. Hoover, A.E., Goodwin, S.A., & Brauer, M. (2007, April). The Effects of Power on Inappropriate Behavior. Paper presented at the semiannual meeting of Social Psychologists of Indiana. West Lafayette, IN. Hoover, A. E. & Goodwin, S. A. (2007, January). Perceptions of male and female power-seekers. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Memphis, TN. Hoover, A. E., & Goodwin, S. A. (2006, January). The irony of vigilance: Threats moderate at the relationship between self-regulation and stereotyping. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. Longoria, Z. N., Hoover, A. E., & Goodwin, S. A. (2006, January). The games we play: Implicit ingroup preference and social inclusion. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. Hoover, A., Goodwin, S. A., & Blakely, A. (2005, May). Power and stereotyping: The role of regulatory focus. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Goodwin, S. A., Hoover, A., & Blakely, A. (2005, January). Power, regulatory focus, and stereotypic memory distortions: The mediating role of prevention focus in the power-bias link. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA. Hoover, A., Cohen, T., Heitzmann, C., Yezdimer, K., & Vescio, T. K. (2003, February). Power and gender based social categorization in gender neutral contexts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA. Hoover, A., Gervais, S., & Vescio, T. K. (2003, May). Responding to the social influence strategies of the powerful: Women's coping with low power roles  in stereotypically masculine contexts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.