Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Wagner College
Staten Island, NY 10301


Office: 112 Parker Hall

Phone: (718) 420-4278

Email: esh at wagner.edu

 Spring 2008 Office Hours

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Education

B.A., Psychology, Hope College
M.A., Psychology, University of Kansas
Ph.D., Psychology, University of Kansas

Courses

  • Spring 2008 Course Schedule
 PS 291-ILC Spcial Topics: Aggression  
PS 116 Psychologucal Statistics and Methodology  
PS 116L Laboratory for Psychological Statistics & Methodology  
PS 308 Experimental Psychology: Social Psychology       
  • Courses Taught
Introduction to Psychology (PS 101)
Psychological Statistics & Methodology (PS 116)
Psychology of Gender (D) (PS 241)
Experimental Psychology: Social Psychology (PS 308)
Psychology of Prejudice (D) (PS 240)

Research Interests

My research interests span the fields of social and personality psychology, with specific attraction to problems in the areas of prejudice, stigma, social influence, and the social construction of gender. I enjoy collaborating with students at each stage of the research process—formulating a hypothesis, developing the methodology to test the hypothesis, collecting and analyzing data, and interpreting results. Conducting a scientific investigation is a terrific way to develop skills in critical thinking and problem solving.

Selected Publications

  • Day, E.N., Edgren, K., & Eshleman, A. (In press). Measuring stigma toward mental illness: Development and application of the mental illness stigma scale. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
  • Crandall, C.S., & Eshleman, A. (2003). A Justification-Suppression Model of the expression and experience of prejudice. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 414-446.
  • Crandall, C.S., Eshleman, A., & O’Brien, L.T. (2002). Social norms and the expression and suppression of prejudice: The struggle for internalization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 359-378.
  • Crandall, C.S., O'Brien, L.T. & Eshleman, A. (2002). Adapting the self to local group norms: Internalizing the suppression of prejudice. In. J.P. Forgas & K.D. Williams (Eds.), The social self: Cognitive, interpersonal and intergroup perspectives (pp. 293-308). New York: Psychology Press.
  • Blaine, B.E., Trivedi, P., & Eshleman, A. (1998). Religious belief and the self-concept: Evaluating the implications for psychological adjustment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1040-1052.

    • Selected Conference Presentations

  • Nygard, S.K. & Eshleman, A. (2007, May). Cognitive dissonance increases college students' intentions to use condoms. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
  • Andiloro, N. R., & Eshleman, A. K. (2006, May). Photo lineup administrators influence accuracy of eyewitness identification. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
  • Eshleman, A.K. (2005, May). Influencing expressions of prejudice through manipulation of perceived social norms. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Eshleman, A.K., & Edgren, K. (2005, May). The prevalence of stigma against mental illness: Ingroup and outgroup assessment. Poster presented at 17th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Eshleman, A.K., Thompson, E.R., & Biernat, M.R. (2000, May). Multiple stigmas and social rejection. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

    • Updated May, 2007