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Paul G. Davies
Paul G. Davies is a social psychologist known for his research examining the diverse forms of social identity threat and the cognitive and motivational factors underlying the activation and application of stereotypes. Discover Magazine recently voted his research with Eberhardt, Purdie-Vaughns, & Johnson (2006) “The look of death: Perceived stereotypicality of black defendants predicts sentencing outcomes” as the 33rd most important science story of 2006 - the only psychology study to make Discover Magazine’s Top 100. He has also received many accolades for his teaching and while on faculty at UCLA was voted “Most Recommended UCLA Professor” in 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 academic years ([www.bruinwalk.com]). He recently joined the psychology faculty at the University of British Columbia.

He earned a B.A. in psychology from Simon Fraser University and then went on to do a Ph.D. at the University of Waterloo and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University in Social Psychology.

Selected Publications
Eberhardt, J. L., Davies, P. G., Purdie-Vaughns, V. J., & Johnson, S. L. (2006). The look of death: Perceived stereotypicality of black defendants predicts sentencing outcomes. Psychological Science, 17, 383-386.


 * Eberhardt, J. L., Davies, P. G., Purdie-Vaughns, V. J., & Johnson, S. L. (2006). Reprinted in Cornell Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series.

Davies, P. G., Spencer, S. J., & Steele, C. M. (2005). Clearing the air: Identity safety moderates the effects of stereotype threat on women’s leadership aspirations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 276-287.

Davies, P. G., & Spencer, S. J. (2005). The gender-gap artifact: Women’s underperformance in quantitative domains viewed through the lens of stereotype threat. In A. M. Gallagher & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.) Gender differences in mathematics: An integrative psychological approach. (pp. 172-188). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Eberhardt, J. L., Goff, P. A., Purdie, V. J., & Davies, P. G. (2004). Seeing Black: Race, representation, and visual processing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 876-893.

Steele, C. M., & Davies, P. G. (2003). Stereotype threat and employment testing. Human Performance, 16, 311-326.

Davies, P. G., Spencer, S. J., Quinn, D. M., & Gerhardstein, R. (2002). Consuming images: How television commercials that elicit stereotype threat can restrain women academically and professionally. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1615-1628.

Kunda, Z., Davies, P. G., Adams, B., & Spencer, S. J. (2002). The dynamic time course of stereotype activation: Activation, dissipation, and resurrection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 283-299.