Mackenzie McDonald, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Psychology

207-780-4560

mackenzie.mcdonald@maine.edu

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Science Building, Room 518 (A-wing), Portland campus

Territory/Specialty

Social Psychology

Education

Syracuse University, M.S., 2020; Ph.D., 2023

Purdue University, B.S., 2018

Current Courses

PSY 201 Statistics in Psychology

PSY 399 Gender, Race, & Class

Research Interests

Intergroup bias

Stereotyping and prejudice聽

Inclusive teaching

Department of Psychology College of Science, Technology, and Health Women and Gender Studies

Mackenzie McDonald, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the 杏吧传媒. Dr. McDonald received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Syracuse University in 2023. Her research interests center around intergroup bias and the causal antecedents of stereotyping and prejudice toward marginalized social groups (e.g., sexual and gender minority groups). She also studies strategies for inclusive teaching, such as fostering belongingness in the classroom. Dr. McDonald has shared her work on these topics at numerous conferences and in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Selected Publications

Ess, M.,聽Burke, S. E., & LaFrance, M. (2023). Gendered anti-bisexual bias: Heterosexual, bisexual, and gay/lesbian people鈥檚 willingness to date sexual orientation ingroup and outgroup members.听Journal of Homosexuality, 70(8) 1461-1478.听

Ess, M.听& Burke, S. E. (2022). Class attitudes and the American work ethic: Praise for the hardworking poor and derogation of the lazy rich.听Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, 100, 104301.听

Houck, S. C., Huber, K. J.,聽Ess, M., & Proulx, M. L. (2020). Cognitive complexity in political contexts. In聽Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.听