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Thierry Devos

My research focuses on issues related to social identity, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. I explore how attitudes and beliefs about self and social groups operate outside of conscious awareness or control. For example, some of my work reveals that ethnic minorities (African, Asian, Latino, or Native Americans) are implicitly conceived of as being less American than White/European Americans. I am also investigating the influence of socio-cultural realities on the implicit academic self-concept of underrepresented groups. Finally, I conduct research on emotional responses occurring in intergroup contexts.

Primary Interests:

  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

Research Group or Laboratory:

Journal Articles:

  • Devos, T. (2006). Implicit bicultural identity among Mexican American and Asian American college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 12, 381-402.
  • Devos, T., & Banaji, M. R. (2005). American = White? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 447-466.
  • Devos, T., Blanco, K., Munoz, C., Dunn, R., & Ulloa, E. (2008). Implicit orientation toward family and school among bilingual Latina/o college students. The Journal of Social Psychology, 148, 449-471.
  • Devos, T., Blanco, K., Rico, F., & Dunn, R. (2008). The role of parenthood and college education in the self-concept of college students: Explicit and implicit assessments of gendered aspirations. Sex Roles, 59, 214-228.
  • Devos, T., & Cruz Torres, J. A. (2007). Implicit identification with academic achievement among Latino college students: The role of ethnic identity and significant others. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29, 293-310.
  • Devos, T., Diaz, P., Viera, E., & Dunn, R. (2007). College education and motherhood as components of self-concept: Discrepancies between implicit and explicit assessments. Self and Identity, 6, 256-277.
  • Devos, T., Gavin, K., & Quintana, F. (2010). Say “Adios” to the American Dream: The interplay between ethnic and national identity among Latino and Caucasian Americans. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16, 37-49.
  • Devos, T., & Heng, L. (2009). Whites are granted the American identity more swiftly than Asians: Disentangling the role of automatic and controlled processes. Social Psychology, 40, 192-201.
  • Devos, T., & Ma, D. (2008). Is Kate Winslet more American than Lucy Liu? The impact of construal processes on the implicit ascription of a national identity. British Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 191-215.
  • Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & Dunbar, C.M. (2012). The psychological costs of painless but recurring experiences of racial discrimination. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 18, 26-34.
  • Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & Smalarz, L. (2011). Perpetual foreigner in one’s own land: Potential implications for identity and psychological adjustment. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 133-162.
  • Nosek, B. A., Smyth, F. L., Hansen, J. J., Devos, T., Lindner, N. M., Ranganath, K. A., Smith, C. T., Olson, K. R., Chugh, D., Greenwald, A. G., & Banaji, M. R. (2007). Pervasiveness and correlates of implicit attitudes and stereotypes. European Review of Social Psychology, 18, 36-88.
  • Rydell, R.J., Hamilton, D.L., & Devos, T. (2010). Now they are American, now they are not: Valence as a determinant of the inclusion of African Americans in the American identity. Social Cognition, 28, 161-179.

Other Publications:

  • Devos, T. (2011). The role of race in American politics: Lessons learned from the 2008 presidential election. In G.S. Parks, & M.W. Hughey (Eds.), The Obamas and a (post) racial America (pp. 218-242). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Devos, T. (2008). Implicit attitudes 101: Theoretical and empirical insights. In W. D. Crano & R. Prislin (Eds.), Attitudes and attitude change (pp. 61-84). New York: Psychology Press.
  • Devos, T., & Doise, W. (2012). Identity and interdependence: For a social psychology of the European Union. In A.S. de Rosa (Ed.), Social representations in the “social arena” (pp. 200-209). London: Routledge.
  • Devos, T., Huynh, Q.-L., & Banaji, M.R. (2012). Implicit self and identity. In M.R. Leary & J.P. Tangney (Eds.), Handbook of self and identity (2nd ed., pp. 155-179). New York: Guilford.
  • Devos, T., & Vu, T.L. (in press). Implicit multicultural identities. In V. Benet-Martínez & Y.-Y. Hong, Handbook of multicultural identity: Basic and applied perspectives. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Courses Taught:

  • Prejudice and Stereotypes
  • Psychology and Culture
  • Social Psychology
  • Prejudice and Stereotypes
  • Psychology and Culture
  • Social Psychology

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Thierry Devos
Department of Psychology
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-4611
United States

Phone: (619) 594-6911
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