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Amelia Stillwell is an Assistant Professor of Management at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah. Her research examines how race and gender jointly influence role expectations, person-perception, political behavior, and backlash. Current projects investigate backlash against female accusers in the wake of #MeToo, and the influence of race on gender backlash against women leaders. Her dissertation explores how gender roles affect interracial contact norms, finding that White women experience gender backlash for engaging in intimate interracial relationships. As a result, Whites express greater opposition to interracial couples involving White women than White men across more than 20 years of representative U.S. public opinion data (Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 2021).
Amelia received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2020. She received her BA magna cum laude in Psychology and Gender & Sexuality Studies from Haverford College in 2012. She has previously worked at the University of Maryland, College Park as the lab manager of Dr. Michele Gelfand's Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) Culture Lab.
Academic Background
Employment
Assistant Professor of Management
University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business
2020 – Present
Courses:
BCOR Business Fundamentals – Management
Education
Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2020
Dissertation Title:
Gendered Norms for Intergroup Contact:
Social Penalties for White Women in Interracial Relationships
B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Psychology and Gender Studies
Haverford College
2012
Thesis Title:
Social Categorization and Intergroup Bias in Affective Facial Memory
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A conversation about the value of a psychologically safe workplace, Dr. Stillwell's new research on employee racial mistreatment, and strategies for creating a safe and inclusive work environment.
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When women break gender norms, the most negative reactions may come from people of the same race.
White women face greater social costs than White men for dating outside their racial group
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