Eric Wesselmann

Research Interests

1) Ostracism, 2) Stigma, 3) Sex and gender, 4) Aggression, and 5) Religious Beliefs

Publications/Presentations

Williams, K. D., Wesselmann, E. D., & Chen, Z. (in press). Social exclusion. In R. Baumeister and K. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Williams, K. D., Chen, Z., & Wesselmann, E. D. (in press). Social compensation. In R. Baumeister and K. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Wesselmann, E. D., Reeder, G. D., Pryor, J. B., Dart, T. J., Schubert, K., & Woodrick, T. (2007, May). Psychiatric labeling: Effects of ambiguous evidence and time to respond.  Presentation at the meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Wesselmann, E. D., Williams, K. D., & Pickett, C. L. (2007, May). Effects of a broken sociometer on the rejection-aggression link.  Presentation at the meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Wesselmann, E. D., Wirth, J. H., Pryor, J. B., & Williams, K. D. (2007, May). Compensation for the ostracism of a target. Presentation at the meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Wirth, J. H., Wesselmann, E. D., Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G. D., & Williams, K. D. (2007, May). Effects of Implicit and Explicit Anti-Fat Bias on Exclusionary Behavior.  Presentation at the meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Wesselmann, E. D., Williams, K. D., & Pickett, C. L. (2007, April). Being blindsided by rejection: Does the perception of a broken sociometer increase aggressive responses?  Presentation at the meeting for the Social Psychologists of Indiana, West Lafayette, IN. Wirth, J. H., Wesselmann, E. D., Williams, K. D., & Mroczek, D. K. (2007, April). Ostracism hurts quickly and powerfully: Monitoring affective valence during an ostracism experience. Presentation at the meeting for the Social Psychologists of Indiana, West Lafayette, IN. Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G. D., Wesselmann, E. D., Williams, K. D., & Wirth, J. H. (2007, January). They played a game: Reactions to obesity stigma in a Cyberball game. Presentation at the annual meeting for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN. Williams, K. D., Carter-Sowell, A., & Wesselmann, E. D. (2006, July). The loss of control: An important link in the ostracism-aggression chain.  Presentation at meeting for the International Society for Research on Aggression, Minneapolis, MN. Wesselmann, E. D., Williams, K. D., & Pickett, C. (2006, July). Some like it hot: Does social rejection following a friendly interaction imply a broken sociometer?  Presentation at meeting for the International Society for Research on Aggression, Minneapolis, MN. Wesselmann, E. D., Pryor, J. B., & Reeder, G. D. (2006, May). Responses to gender-typed mental illness over time.  Presentation at meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Wesselmann, E. D., Reeder, G. D., Pryor, J. B., Chrismore, S., & Woodrick, T. (2006, May). Psychiatric labeling and perceptions of dangerousness: Effects over time. Presentation at meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Hughes, J., Wesselmann, E. D., Ball, A., Coey, C., Davidson, L., Herion, E., Laskowski, A., Lynn, R., Strang, M., Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G. D., & Silvan Ferrero, M. P. (2005, May). Psychological reactions to perceived stigma. Poster presentation at the annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Reeder, G. D., Wesselmann, E. D., Pryor, J. B., & Chrismore, S. (2005, January). Psychiatric labeling and perceptions of dangerousness: Effects over time. Paper presented at the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research. Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G. D., Corrigan, P., & Wesselmann, E. D. (May, 2004). A reflexive/reflective model of reactions to stigma. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL. Pryor, J. B., Reeder, G. D., Yeadon, C., & Wesselmann, E. (2004, July). Reflexive and reflective reactions to perceived stigma. Presentation given at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI. Wesselmann, E. D., Pryor, J. B., & Palmieri, P. (May, 2002). Using a modified Stroop procedure to assess associations between ideas about sex and power. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.