Stephanie Shields' research is at the intersection of the psychology of emotion, the psychology of gender, and feminist psychology. She studies how emotional experience is represented in language and how it is reflected in bodily signs and symptoms of emotion. Her current work focuses on questions concerning when, why, and how emotion and emotionality are explicitly labeled in everyday situations, especially in the workplace. She also studies the social context of psychological research, especially the history of the psychology of women and gender, and women's participation in American psychology. She is president of the Society for the Psychology of Women.
Shields, S. A. (2007). Passionate men, emotional women: Psychology constructs gender difference in the late 19th century. History of Psychology, 10, 92-110.
Shields, S. A. (2005). The politics of emotion in everyday life: "Appropriate" emotion and claims on identity. Review of General Psychology, 9, 3-15.
Shields, S. A., & Bhatia, S. (2009). Darwin and race, gender, and culture. American Psychologist, 64, 111-119.
Shields, S. A. & Dicicco, E. C. (2011). The social psychology of sex and gender: From gender differences to doing gender. Psychology of Women Quarterly.
Shields, S. A., Zawadzki, M. J., & Johnson, R. N. (2011). The impact of a workshop activity for gender equity simulation in the academy (WAGES-Academic) in demonstrating cumulative effects of gender bias. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 4, 120-129.
Warner, L. R., & Shields, S. A. (2008). Judgments of others’ emotional appropriateness are multidimensional. Cognition & Emotion, 23, 876-888.
Zawadzki, M. J., Danube, C. L., & Shields, S. A. (in press). How to talk about gender inequity in the workplace: Using WAGES as an experiential learning tool to reduce reactance and promote self-efficacy. Sex Roles.
Zawadzki, M. J., Warner, L. R., & Shields, S. A. (in press) Sadness is believed to signal competence when displayed with passionate restraint. Social Psychology.
Other Publications:
Shields, S. A. (2012). Waking up to privilege: Intersectionality and opportunity. In Y. Flores-Niemann, A. Harris, C. González, & G. Gutiérrez y Muhs (Eds.), Presumed incompetent: The intersections of race and class for women in academia. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press.
Shields, S. A., & Warner, L. R. (2008). Gender and the emotion politics of emotional intelligence. In S. Fineman (Ed.), The emotional organization: Critical voices (pp. 167-182). London: Blackwell.
Shields, S. A., & Zawadzki, M. J. (in press). History of emotion theory. In R. W. Rieber (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the history of psychological theories. Springer.
Warner, L. R., & Shields, S. A. (2010). Gender, status, and the politics of emotional authenticity. In M. Salmela & V. Mayer (Eds.), Emotions, ethics, and authenticity (pp. 91-112). NY: John Benjamin.
Warner, L. R., & Shields, S. A. (2007). The perception of crying in women and men: Angry tears, sad tears, and the "right way" to weep (pp. 92-118). In U. Hess & P. Phillipot (Eds.), Edge University Press.
Courses Taught:
Psychology of Gender
Tears, Blushing, and Butterflies in the Stomach (first year seminar)
Psychology of Gender
Tears, Blushing, and Butterflies in the Stomach (first year seminar)
Stephanie A. Shields Department of Psychology
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Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802 United States
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