Publications

Books

Adams, G., Biernat, M., Branscombe, N., Crandall, C. S., & Wrightsman, L. S. (Eds.) (2008). Commemorating Brown: The social psychology of prejudice and discrimination. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Biernat, M. (2005). Standards and expectancies: Contrast and assimilation in judgments of self and others. New York: Psychology Press/Taylor and Francis.

Articles and Chapters

Delucio, K., Villicana, A., & Biernat, M. (in press). Verbal disclosure and mental health among gay Latino and gay White men. The Counseling Psychologist.

Peacock, N., & Biernat, M. (in press). Race, politics, and perceptions of anti-Black and anti-White discrimination over time. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.

Peacock, N., & Biernat, M. (in press). Two tales of two protests: Principled and partisan attitudes toward politically-charged protests. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Zhao, X., & Biernat, M. (in press). Status of immigrants’ country of origin and Americans’ assimilation expectations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Mosley, A., & Biernat, M. (2021). The new identity theft: Perceptions of cultural appropriation in intergroup contexts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121, 308-331.

Preddie, J. P., & Biernat, M. (2021). More than the sum of its parts: Intersections of sexual orientation and race as they influence perceptions of group similarity and stereotype content. Sex Roles, 84. doi: 10.1007/s11199-020-01185-3..

Biernat, M., Carnes, M., Filut, A., & Kaatz, A. (2020). Gender, race, and grant reviews: Translating and responding to research feedback. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(1), 140-154. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167219845921

Sakaluk, J. K., Biernat, M., Le, B. M., Lundy, S., & Impett, E. A. (2020). On the strength of ties that bind: Measuring the strength of norms in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(3), 906-931. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407519881748

Gravelin, C. R., Biernat, M., & Baldwin, M. (2019). The impact of power and powerlessness on blaming the victim of sexual assault. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 22(1), 98-115. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430217706741

Gravelin, C. R., Biernat, M., & Bucher, C. E. (2019). Blaming the victim of acquaintance rape: Individual, situational, and sociocultural factors. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 22. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02422

Zhao, X., & Biernat, M. (2019). Your name is your lifesaver: Anglicization of names and moral dilemmas in a trilogy of transportation accidents. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(8), 1011-1018. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550618817341[Winner of the 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Publication Award]

Biernat, M. (2018). Gender, prejudice, and shifting standards. In C. Travis & J. White (Eds.), APA Handbook of the Psychology of Women (Vol. 1, pp. 343-361). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. [Entire volume selected as 2019 winner of the Association of American Publishers Prose Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence]

Biernat, M., & Sesko, A. K. (2018). Gender stereotypes and stereotyping: A cognitive perspective on gender bias. In N. K. Dess, J. Marecek,, & L. Bell (Eds.), Gender, Sex, and Sexualities: Psychological Perspectives (pp. 171-194). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Biernat, M., Villicana, A., Sesko, A. K., & Zhao, X. (2018). Effects of dyadic communication on race-based impressions and memory. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 21, 302-318.

Biggs, J., Hawley, P., & Biernat, M. (2018). The academic conference as a chilly climate for women: Effects of gender representation on experiences of sexism, coping tactics, and career intentions. Sex Roles, 78, 394-408. doi 10.1007/s11199-017-0800-9

Sesko, A.K., & Biernat, M. (2018). Invisibility of Black women: Drawing attention to individuality. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 21, 141-158.

Zhao, X., & Biernat, M. (2018). “I have two names, Xian and Alex”: Psychological correlates of adopting anglo names. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(4), 587-601. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022118763111

Biernat, M., & Hawley, P. (2017). Sexualized images in professional contexts: Effects on anticipated experiences and perceived climate for women and men. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 47, 568-583. doi 10.1111/jasp.12461

Villicana, A., Garcia, D., & Biernat, M. (2017). Gender and parenting: Effects of parenting failures on evaluations of mothers and fathers. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 20, 867-878.

Wang, Z., Singh, S. N., Li, J., Mishra, S., Ambrose, M., & Biernat, M. (2017). Effects of employees’ positive affective displays on customer loyalty intentions: An emotions-as-social-information perspective. Academy of Management Journal, 60, 109-129.

Zhao, X., & Biernat, M. (2017). “Welcome to the U.S.” but “change your name”? Adopting Anglo names and discrimination. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 59-68.

Bettencourt, B. A., Manning, M., Molix, L., Schlegel, R., Eidelman, S., & Biernat, M., (2016). Explaining extremity in evaluation of group members: Meta-analytic tests of three theories. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 20, 49-74.

Villicana, A., Delucio, K., & Biernat, M. (2016). “Coming out” among gay Latino and gay White men: Implications of verbal disclosure for well-being. Self and Identity, 15, 468-487.

Biernat, M. (2015). Editorial. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19, 95-96.

Baldwin, M., Biernat, M., & Landau, M. J. (2015). Remembering the real me: Nostalgia offers a window to the intrinsic self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 128-147.

Salaluk, J. K., Williams, A. J., & Biernat, M. (2014). Analytic Review as a solution to the misreporting of statistical results in psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 652-660.

Baldwin, M., Keefer, L., Gravelin, C. & Biernat, M. (2013). Perceived importance of cross-race targets facilitates recall: Toward a subjective-importance model of face recognition. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 16, 505-515.

Biernat, M., & Sesko, A. (2013). Communicating about others: Motivations and consequences of race-based impressions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 138-143.

Biernat, M., & Sesko, A. K. (2013). Evaluating the contributions of members of mixed-sex work teams: Race and gender matter. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 471-476.

Fuegen, K., & Biernat, M. (2013). Gender-based standards of competence in parenting and work roles. In M. K. Ryan & N. R. Branscombe (Eds.), Handbook of gender and psychology (pp. 131-147). New York: Sage.

Wang, Z., Arndt, A. D., Singh, S. N., Biernat, M., & Liu, F. (2013). “You lost me at hello”: How and when accent-based biases are expressed and suppressed. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 30, 185-196.

Biernat, M. (2012). Stereotypes and shifting standards: Forming, communicating and translating person impressions. In P. G. Devine & E. A. Plant (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 45 (pp. 1-59). New York: Elsevier.

Biernat, M., & Danaher, K. (2012). Prejudice. In H. A. Tennen and J. M. Suls (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology, Volume 5: Personality and Social Psychology (pp. 340-367). New York: Wiley.

Biernat, M., & Deaux, K. (2012). A history of gender in social psychology. In A. Kruglanski and W. Stroebe (Eds.), Handbook of the History of Social Psychology. Psychology Press.

Biernat, M., & Danaher, K. (2012). Interpreting and reacting to feedback in stereotype-relevant performance domains. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 271-276.

Biernat, M., Tocci, M.J., & Williams, J. C. (2012). The language of performance evaluations: Gender-based shifts in content and consistency of judgment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 186-192.

Biernat, M., & Fuegen, K., & Kobrynowicz, D. (2010). Shifting standards and the inference of incompetence : Effects of formal and informal evaluation tools. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 855-868.

Miron, A., Branscombe, N. R., & Biernat, M. (2010). Motivated shifting of justice standards, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 768-779.

Sesko, A. K., & Biernat, M. (2010). Prototypes of race and gender: The invisibility of Black women. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 356-360.

Biernat, M. (2009). Stereotypes and shifting standards. In T. Nelson (Ed.), Handbook of stereotyping and prejudice (pp. 137-152). New York: Psychology Press.

Biernat, M., Sesko, A. K., & Amo, R. B. (2009). Compensatory stereotyping in interracial encounters. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 12, 551-563.

Collins, E. C., Biernat, M., & Eidelman, S. (2009). Stereotypes and the communication of person impressions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 368-374.

Güngör, S. G., & Biernat, M. (2009). Gender bias or motherhood disadvantage? Judgments of blue collar mothers and fathers in the workplace. Sex Roles, 60, 232-246.

Biernat, M., Collins, E. C., Katzarska-Miller, I., & Thompson, E. R. (2009). Race-based shifting standards and racial discrimination. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 16-28.

Adams, G., Biernat, M., Branscombe, N., Crandall, C. S., & Wrightsman, L. S. (2008). Beyond prejudice: Toward a sociocultural psychology of racism and oppression. In G. Adams, M. Biernat, N. Branscombe, C. S. Crandall, & L. S. Wrightsman (Eds.),  Commemorating Brown: The social psychology of prejudice and discrimination (pp. 215-246). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. [Honorable Mention for the SPSSI (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, 2008.]

Biernat, M., Ma, J. E., & Nario-Redmond, M. R. (2008).  Standards to suspect and diagnose stereotypical traits. Social Cognition, 26, 288-313.            

Biernat, M., & Malin, M. (2008). Political ideology and labor arbitrators’ decision-making in work-family conflict cases. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 888-899.

Malin, M., & Biernat, M. (2008). Do cognitive biases affect adjudication? A study of labor arbitrators. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, 11, 175-215.

Biernat, M. (2007). Shifting standards. In R. Baumeister and K. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology. New York: Sage.

Biernat, M., & Eidelman, S. (2007). Translating subjective language in letters of recommendation: The case of the sexist professor. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 1149-1175.

Eidelman, S., & Biernat, M. (2007). Getting the most of success: Standard-raising as esteem maintenance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 759-774.

Biernat, M., & Eidelman, S. (2007). Standards. In A. W. Kruglanski and E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles, Volume 2 (pp. 308-333). New York: The Guilford Press.

Biernat, M., & Manis, M. (2007). Stereotypes and shifting standards: Assimilation and contrast in social judgment. In D. Stapel & J. Suls (Eds.), Assimilation and contrast in psychology (pp. 75-97). New York: Psychology Press.

Biernat, M., & Malin, M. (2006). An empirical investigation of factors affecting outcomes of discipline arbitrations where work and family responsibilities conflict. In C. J. Coleman (Ed.), Arbitration 2005: The evolving world of work. Washington, DC: The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.

Collins, E., Crandall, C. S., & Biernat, M. (2006). Stereotypes and implicit social comparison: Shifts in comparison-group focus. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 452-459.                      

Eidelman, S., Silvia, P., & Biernat, M. (2006). Responses to deviance: Target exclusion and differential devaluation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1153-1164.

Biernat, M., & Ma, J. E. (2005).  Stereotypes and the confirmability of trait concepts. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 483-495.

Biernat, M., Crosby, F. J., & Williams, J. C. (Eds.) (2004). The maternal wall: Research and policy perspectives on discrimination against mothers in the workplace. Journal of Social Issues, 60. [Winner: Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology, 2005]

Biernat, M., & Vescio, T. (2005).  Values and prejudice.  In C. S. Crandall & M. Schaller (Eds.), Social psychology of prejudice: Historical and contemporary issues (pp. 187-211).  Lawrence, KS: Lewinian Press.

Crosby, F., Williams, J. C., & Biernat, M. (2004). The maternal wall. Journal of Social Issues, 60, 675-682.

Fuegen, K., Biernat, M., Haines, E., & Deaux, K. (2004). Parents in the workplace: How gender and parental status affect judgments of job-related competence. Journal of Social Issues, 60, 737-754.

Nario-Redmond, M. R., Biernat, M., Eidelman, S., & Palenske, D. (2004).  The social and personal identities scale: A measure of the differential importance ascribed to social and personal self-categorizations. Self and Identity, 3, 143-175.

Biernat, M. (2003).  Toward a broader view of social stereotyping. American Psychologist, 58, 1019-1027.

Biernat, M., Kobrynowicz, D., & Weber, D. (2003).  Stereotyping and shifting standards: Some paradoxical effects of cognitive load.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 2060-2079.

Eidelman, S., & Biernat, M. (2003).  Derogating black sheep: Individual or group protection?  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 602-609.

Vescio, T.K., & Biernat, M. (2003).  Family values and antipathy toward gay men.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 833-847.

Biernat, M., Eidelman, S., & Fuegen, K. (2002).  Judgment standards and the social self: A shifting standards perspective.  J. P. Forgas and K. D. Williams (Eds.), The social self: Cognitive, interpersonal, and intergroup perspectives (pp. 51-72).   New York: Psychology Press.

Biernat, M., & Thompson, E. R. (2002).  Shifting standards and contextual variation in stereotyping. In W. Stroebe and M. Hewstone (Eds.) European Review of Social Psychology, Volume 12 (pp. 103-137).  London: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Biernat, M., & Vescio, T. K. (2002).  She swings, she hits, she’s great, she’s benched: Implications of gender-based shifting standards for judgment and behavior.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 66-77.

Fuegen, K., & Biernat, M. (2002).  Reexamining the effects of solo status on women and men.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 913-925.

Biernat, M., & Billings, L. S. (2001).  Standards, expectancies, and social comparison.  In A. Tesser & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Intraindividual processes (pp. 257-283).  London: Blackwell.

Biernat, M., & Fuegen, K. (2001).  Shifting standards and the evaluation of competence: Complexity in gender-based judgment and decision making.  Journal of Social Issues, 57, 707-724.

Biernat, M., & Deaux, K.  (2000).  Sex differences.  In E. F. Borgatta & R. J. V. Montgomery (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd edition), pp. 2529-2536.  New York: Macmillan Reference.

Biernat, M., & Dovidio, J. F. (2000).  Stigma and stereotypes.  In T.F. Heatherton, R.E. Kleck, M. R. Hebl, and J.G. Hull (Eds.), The social psychology of stigma (pp. 88-125).  New York: The Guilford Press.

Billings, L. S., Vescio, T. K., & Biernat, M. (2000).  Race-based social judgment by minority perceivers.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 221-240.

Feugen, K., & Biernat, M. (2000).  Defining discrimination in the personal-group discrimination discrepancy.  Sex Roles, 43, 285-310.

Vescio, T. K., & Biernat, M. (1999).  When stereotypes impair performance:  Effects of race, quality, and prejudice level on evaluations and performance. European Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 961-969.

Biernat, M., & Crandall, C. S. (1999).  Racial attitudes.  In J. P. Robinson, P. Shaver, & L. S. Wrightsman (Eds.), Measures of political attitudes (pp. 297-411).  New York: Academic Press.

Biernat, M., Vescio, T. K., & Billings, L. S.  (1999).  Black sheep and expectancy violation: Integrating two models of social judgment. European Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 523-542.

Biernat, M., Crandall, C. S., Young, L. V., Kobrynowicz, D., & Halpin, S. M.  (1998).  All that you can be:  Stereotyping of self and others in a military context.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 301-317.

Biernat, M., & Kobrynowicz, D. (1998).  A shifting standards perspective on the complexity of gender stereotypes and gender stereotyping.  In W. B. Swann, Jr., J. H. Langlois, & L. A. Gilbert (Eds.) Sexism and stereotypes in modern society: The gender science of Janet Taylor Spence (pp. 75-106).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Biernat, M., Vescio, T. K., & Manis, M. (1998).  Judging and behaving toward members of stereotyped groups: A shifting standards perspective.  In C. Sedikides, J. Schopler, & C. A. Insko (Eds.), Intergroup cognition and intergroup behavior, pp. 151-175.  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Kobrynowicz, D., & Biernat, M. (1998).  Considering correctness, contrast, and categorization in stereotyping phenomena.  In R. S. Wyer (Ed.), Stereotype activation and inhibition: Advances in social cognition, Vol. 11, pp. 109-126.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Biernat, M., & Kobrynowicz, D. (1997).  Gender- and race-based standards of competence:  Lower minimum standards but higher ability standards for devalued groups.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 544-557.

Biernat, M., Manis, M., & Kobrynowicz (1997).  Simultaneous assimilation and contrast effects in judgments of self and other.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 254-269.

Herkov, M. J., & Biernat, M. (1997).   Assessment of PTSD symptoms in a community exposed to serial murder.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 53, 809-815.

Herkov, M. J., & Biernat, M. (1997).  Perceptions of the media in a community exposed to serial murder.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 53, 909-915.

Kobrynowicz, D., & Biernat, M. (1997).  Decoding subjective evaluations: How stereotypes provide shifting standards. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 33, 579-601.

Manis, M., Biernat, M., & Nelson, T. (1997).  Assimilation and contrast as both outcome and process: A reply to Clark and Benassi. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 12, 13-16.

Biernat, M., & Crandall, C. S. (1996).  Creating stereotypes and capturing their content.  European Journal of Social Psychology, 26, 867-898.

Biernat, M., Vescio, T. K., & Green, M. L. (1996).  Selective self-stereotyping.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 1194-1209.

Biernat, M., Vescio, T. K., & Theno, S. A. (1996).  Violating American values:  A "value congruence" approach to understanding outgroup attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 32, 387-410.

Biernat, M., Vescio, T. K., Theno, S. A., & Crandall, C. S. (1996).  Values and prejudice:  Toward understanding the impact of American values on outgroup attitudes.  In C. Seligman, J. M. Olson, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), The psychology of values: The Ontario Symposium, Volume 8, pp. 153-189.  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Britt, T. W., Boniecki, K. A., Vescio, T. K., Biernat, M., & Brown, L. M. (1996).  Intergroup anxiety:  A person X situation approach. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 1177-1188.

Biernat, M. (1995).  The shifting standards model:  Implications of stereotype accuracy for social judgment.  In Y. T. Lee, L. J. Jussim, & C. R. McCauley (Eds.), Stereotype accuracy: Toward appreciating group differences, pp. 87-114.  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Biernat, M., & Crandall, C. S. (1994).  Stereotyping and contact with social groups:  Measurement and conceptual issues.  European Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 659-677.

Biernat, M., & Herkov, M. J. (1994).  Reactions to violence: A campus copes with serial murder.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 13, 309-334.

Biernat, M., & Manis, M. (1994).  Shifting standards and stereotype-based judgments.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 5-20.  Reprinted in Hungarian:  Biernat, M., & Manis, M. (1999).  Változó standardok és sztereotípián alapuló ítéletek.  In G. Hunyady, D. L. Hamilton, N. L. L. Anh (Eds.), A csoportok percepciója (pp. 305-342).  Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.

Biernat, M., & Vescio, T. K. (1994).  Still another look at the effects of fit and novelty on the salience of social categories.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 30, 399-406.

Biernat, M. (1993).  Gender and height: Developmental patterns in knowledge and use of an accurate stereotype.  Sex Roles, 29, 691-713.

Biernat, M., & Vescio, T. K. (1993).  Categorization and stereotyping:  Effects of group context on memory and social judgment.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 29, 166-202.

Biernat, M. (1991).  Gender stereotypes and the relationship between masculinity and femininity: A developmental analysis.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 351-365.

Biernat, M. (1991).  A multi-component, developmental analysis of sex typing.  Sex Roles, 24, 567-586.

Biernat, M., Manis, M., & Nelson, T. E. (1991).  Stereotypes and standards of judgment.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 485-499.

Wortman, C. B., Biernat, M., & Lang, E. (1991).  Coping with role overload.  In M. Frankenhaeuser, U. Lundberg, & M. Chesney (Eds.), Women, work, and health: Stress and opportunities, pp. 85-110.  New York: Plenum Press.

Biernat, M., & Wortman, C. B. (1991).  Sharing of home responsibilities between professionally-employed women and their husbands. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 844-860.  

Manis, M., Biernat, M., & Nelson, T. (1991).  Comparison and expectancy processes in human judgment.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 203-211.

Reifman, A., Biernat, M., & Lang, E. (1991).  Stress, social support, and health in a sample of married professional women with small children.  Psychology of Women Quarterly, 15, 431-445.

Tiedje, L. B., Wortman, C. B., Downey, G., Emmons, C., Biernat, M., & Lang, E. (1990).  Women with multiple roles: Inter‑role compatibility perceptions, role   satisfaction, and mental health.  Journal of Marriage and the Family, 52, 63-72.

Biernat, M. (1990).  Stereotyping campus groups: How contact and liking influence perceptions of group distinctiveness.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 1485-1513. 

Crandall, C. S., & Biernat, M. (1990).  The ideology of anti‑fat attitudes.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 227‑243.

Emmons, C., Biernat, M., Tiedje, L. B., Lang, E., & Wortman,  C. B. (1990).  Stress, support, and coping among women  professionals with preschool children.  In J. Eckenrode  and S. Gore (Eds.), Stress between work and family, pp. 61-93.  New York: Plenum Press.

Nelson, T., Biernat, M., & Manis, M. (1990).  Everyday base rates (sex stereotypes): Potent and resilient.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 664-675.

Biernat, M. (1989).  Achievement motives and values:  Different constructs with different effects.  Journal of Personality, 57, 69‑95.