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Institution
Pennsylvania State University
Current Position
Professor
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Psychology from University of Minnesota, 1988
Research Interests
 | Culture/Ethnicity |
| Gender |
| Intergroup Relations |
| Interpersonal Processes |
| Prejudice/Stereotyping |
| Sexuality/Sexual Orientation |
Courses Taught
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Janet Swim
Psychology Department
515 Moore Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania 16801
U.S.A.
Home Page
Phone: (814) 863-1730
Fax: (814) 863-6002
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Janet Swim’s research focuses on prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination and intergroup relationships. Her early research addressed the perceiver’s perspective, that is, the person who holds prejudicial or stereotyped beliefs. She examined the use of information about another person’s gender in judgments, the accuracy of gender stereotypes, and modern sexist beliefs. In recent years she has added a focus on the target’s perspective on intergroup relationships, that is, the perspective of a person who is the target of a perceiver’s prejudicial or stereotyped beliefs. Her research concerns how people come to decide that they or others have been targets of prejudice or discrimination, the consequences of being a target of discrimination or recognizing others’ experience with discrimination, and how people cope with the experience of being a target of prejudice. Her work has addressed a broad range of experiences including experiences with sexism, racism, and heterosexism. Currently, she is examining topics such as accuracy in judgments about who is prejudiced and meta-perceptions of prejudice, racial identity development in transracialy adopted children, and the role of goals in coping with discrimination.
 Books:
 Swim, J. K., & Stangor, C. (Eds.). (1998). Prejudice: The target's perspective. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Journal Articles:
- Swim, J. K. (1994). Perceived versus meta-analytic effect sizes: An assessment of the accuracy of gender stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 21-36.
- Swim, J. K., Aikin, K. J., Hall, W. S., & Hunter, B. A. (1995). Sexism and racism: Old fashioned and modern prejudices. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 199-214.
- Swim, J. K., & Hyers, L. L. (1999). Excuse me--What did you just say?!: Women’s public and private reactions to sexist remarks. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 35, 68-88.
- Swim, J. K., Hyers, L. L., Cohen, L. L., & Ferguson, M. J. (2001). Everyday sexism: Evidence for its incidence, nature, and psychological impact from three daily diary studies. Journal of Social Issues, 57, 31-54.
- Swim, J. K., & Hyers, L. L., Cohen, L. L., Fitzgerald, D. F., & Bylsma, W. B. (2003). African American college students’ experiences with everyday anti-black racism: Characteristics of and responses to these incidents. Journal of Black Psychology, 29, 38-67.
- Swim, J. K., Mallett, R. K. & Stangor, C. (2004). Understanding subtle sexism: Detection and use of sexist language. Sex Roles, 51, 117-128.
- Swim, J. K., & Miller, D. (1999). White guilt: Its correlates and relationship to attitudes about affirmative action. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 500-514.
- Swim, J. K., Scott, E., Sechrist, G. B., Campbell, B., & Stangor, C. (2003). The role of intent and harm in judgments of prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 944-959.
Other Publications:
- Hyers, L .L., Swim, J. K., Mallett, R. K. (2005). The personal is political: Using daily diaries to examine everyday gender-related experiences. In S. N. Hesse-Biber & P. Leavy (Eds.), Emergent Methods in Social Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Swim, J. K., & Campbell, B. (2001). Sexism: Attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. In R. Brown & S. Gaertner (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Psychology: Intergroup Relations (Vol. 4, pp. 218-238). Oxford, UK, and Cambridge, USA: Blackwell Publishers.
- Swim, J. K., & Thomas, M. A. (2005). Responding to everyday discrimination: A synthesis of research on goal directed, self-regulatory coping behaviors. In S. Lavin & C. Van Laar (Eds.), The Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology.
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