Dr. Hyer's is currently teaching Psychology of Women and Social Psychology.
Target's or Victim's Perspective on Prejudice, Intergroup Processes and Relations, Group identity
Swim, J. K., Hyers, L. L., Cohen, L.L., & Fergusen, M. J. (In press). Everyday sexism: Evidence for its incidence nature and psychological impact from three daily diary studies. Journal of Social Issues.
Swim J. K. & Hyers, L. L. (In Press). The social psychology of stigma. In N. J. Smelser &
P. B. Baltes (Ed.s) 2001 The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford.
Shotland, R. L. & Hyers, L. L. (2000). Evidence for the Common Law as a hypothesis generating tool
for conflict resolution: What is fair? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 12.
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., Ferguson, M. J., & Hyers, L. L. (1999). Avoiding stigma by association: Subtle prejudice against lesbians in the form of social distancing. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 21(1), 61-68.
Hyers, L. L., & Swim, J. K. (1998). A comparison of the experiences of dominant and minority group members during an intergroup encounter. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1 (2), 143-163.
Swim, J. K., Cohen, L. L, & Hyers, L. L. (1998). Experiencing everyday prejudice and discrimination. In J. K. Swim, & C. Stangor (Eds.). Prejudice: The target’s perspective. San Diego: Academic Press.
Presentations
Hyers, L. L. (2000). Confrontation of Prejudice in an Intergroup Encounter: A lab study. Invited Coordinator and Discussant for the Intergroup Relations and Individual Perceptions Symposium, at the Conference of the Society of Southeastern Psychologists, Macon, Georgia.
Hyers, L. L. (2000). The story from the frontlines: When target of prejudice shoot back. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hyers, L. L. (1999). Everyday prejudice: The target’s response. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society of Southeastern Psychologists, Richmond, Virginia.Hyers, L. L. & Swim, J. K. (1998). Excuse me, what did you just say?!: Women's responses to sexism. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Conference, Washington, D.C.
Mark, M. M., Feller, I., Stevens, J. M., Shotland, R. L., Rastegary, H., Button, S., & Hyers, L. L. (1997). USDA Demonstration Project: Final report. Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office.
Mark, M. M., Feller, I., Shotland, R. L., Stevens, J. M., Feinstein, J., Musser, W., Rastegary, H., Button, S., & Hyers, L. L. (1994). USDA Demonstration Project: Annual report. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office.
Cohen, L. L., & Hyers, L. L. (1997). Experiences of everyday sexism and racism. Gender Equity Conference, American Association of University Women, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Hyers, L. L. & Swim, J. K. (1998). Excuse me, what did you just say?!: Women's responses to sexism. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Conference, Washington, D.C.
Hyers, L. L., Swim, J. K., & Ferguson, M. J. (1997). Avoiding stigma by association: Expressing disagreement with lesbians as a form of social distancing. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Cohen, L. L.,
Swim, J. K., & Hyers, L. L. (1997). Everyday experiences with prejudice. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society Conference, Washington, D.C.
Hyers, L. L., & Swim, J. K. (1997). The affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses of African-American and European-American participants in ethnically mixed task groups. Paper presented at the Keystone Social Psychology Conference, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Hyers, L. L., & Swim, J. K. (1996). Ethnically heterogeneous task groups: African-Americans' and European-Americans' affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society Conference, San Francisco, California.
Hyers, L. L. (1994). African-American ethnic identity: A panel study of the effects of background characteristics and changes in background characteristics on the degree and direction of identity change over a four-year period. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Conference, Washington, DC.
Hyers, L. L., Swim, J. K., & Susman, E. B. (1994). The differential effects of sexist jokes on women's and men's responses to leaders. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society Conference, Washington, D.C.
Mark, M. M., Feller, I. J., Stevens, J. M., Shotland, R. L., Rastegary, H., & Hyers, L. L. (1993). The design and evaluation of Federal personnel reform: The case of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Personnel Management Demonstration Project. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference, Washington, D.C. St. Peter, S. S.,
Hyers, L. L., Flowers, J. V., & Walker, J. M. (1992). Do kids drive you crazy or just keep you that way? Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Portland, Oregon.