Nyla R. Branscombe
- University Distinguished Professor
Contact Info
Office Phone:
Fraser Hall, room #530
Teaching —
Teaching interests:
- social psychology
- intergroup relations
- prejudice
- discrimination
- gender
- ethnicity
- victimization
- group processes
- psychological well-being
Selected Publications —
Branscombe, N. R., & Baron, R. A. (2017). Social Psychology (Issue 14) [Books]. Pearson International.
Reynolds, K. J., & Branscombe, N. R. (2015). Advancing the psychology of change [Book Chapters]. In K. J. Reynolds & N. R. Branscombe (Eds.), The psychology of change: Life contexts, experiences and identities (pp. 264–281). Psychology Press.
Branscombe, N. R., & Reynolds, K. J. (2015). Toward person plasticity: Individual and collective approaches [Book Chapters]. In K. J. Reynolds & N. R. Branscombe (Eds.), The psychology of change: Life contexts, experiences and identities (pp. 3–24). Psychology Press.
Jetten, J., Branscombe, N. R., Iyer, A., & Asai, N. (2013). Appraising gender discrimination as legitimate or illegitimate: Antecedents and consequences [Book Chapters]. In M. K. Ryan & N. R. Branscombe (Eds.), Handbook of Gender and Psychology (pp. 306–322). Sage.
Ryan, M. K., & Branscombe, N. R. (2013). Handbook of Gender and Psychology [Books]. Sage.
Sullivan, D., Landau, M. J., Branscombe, N. R., & Rothschild, Z. K. (2012). Competitive victimhood as a response to accusations of ingroup harmdoing [Journal Articles]. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 778–795. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026573
Fernández, S., Branscombe, N. R., Gómez, Á., & Morales, J. F. (2012). Influence of the social context on use of surgical-lengthening and group-empowering coping strategies among people with dwarfism [Journal Articles]. Rehabilitation Psychology, 57, 224–235. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029280
Licata, L., Klein, O., Saade, W., Azzi, A., & Branscombe, N. R. (2012). Perceived outgroup (dis)continuity and attribution of responsibility for the Lebanese civil war mediate effects of national and religious subgroup identification on intergroup attitudes [Journal Articles]. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 15, 179–192. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430211414445
Tarrant, M., Branscombe, N. R., Warner, R. H., & Weston, D. (2012). Social identity and perceptions of torture: It’s moral when we do it [Journal Articles]. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 513–518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.10.017
Reynolds, K. J., Bizumic, B., Subasic, E., Turner, J. C., Branscombe, N. R., Mavor, K. I., & Batalha, L. (2012). Social identity and personality processes: Non-Aboriginal Australian identity and neuroticism [Journal Articles]. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 252–262. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1841
Baron, R. A., & Branscombe, N. R. (2012). Social psychology (Issue 13) [Books]. Allyn & Bacon/Pearson.
Branscombe, N. R., Fernández, S., Gómez, A., & Cronin, T. (2011). Moving toward or away from a group identity: Different strategies for coping with pervasive discrimination [Book Chapters]. In J. Jetten, C. Haslam, & S. A. Haslam (Eds.), The social cure: Identity, health and well-being (pp. 115–131). Psychology Press.
Warner, R. H., & Branscombe, N. R. (2011). Observers’ benefit finding for victims: Consequences for perceived moral obligations [Journal Articles]. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 241–253.
Wohl, M. J. A., Giguère, B., Branscombe, N. R., & McVicar, D. N. (2011). One day we might be no more: Collective angst and protective action from potential distinctiveness loss [Journal Articles]. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 289–300.
Ferguson, M. A., Branscombe, N. R., & Reynolds, K. J. (2011). The effect of intergroup comparison on willingness to perform sustainable behavior [Journal Articles]. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 31, 275–281.
Branscombe, N. R., & Cronin, T. (2010). Confronting the past to create a better future: The antecedents and benefits of intergroup forgiveness [Book Chapters]. In A. Azzi, X. Chryssochoou, B. Klandermans, & B. Simon (Eds.), Identity and participation in culturally diverse societies (pp. 338–358). Wiley-Blackwell.
Reynolds, K. J., Turner, J. C., Branscombe, N. R., Mavor, K. I., Bizumic, B., & Subasic, E. (2010). Interactionism in personality and social psychology: An integrated approach to understanding the mind and behavior [Journal Articles]. European Journal of Personality, 24, 458–482.
Schoemann, A. M., & Branscombe, N. R. (2010). Looking young for your age: Perceptions of anti-aging actions [Journal Articles]. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41(1), 86–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.738
Miron, A. M., Branscombe, N. R., & Biernat, M. (2010). Motivated shifting of justice standards [Journal Articles]. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 768–779.
Wohl, M. J. A., Branscombe, N. R., & Reysen, S. (2010). Perceiving your group’s future to be in jeopardy: Extinction threat induces collective angst and the desire to strengthen the ingroup [Journal Articles]. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 898–910.
Postmes, T., & Branscombe, N. R. (Eds.). (2010). Rediscovering social identity [Books]. Psychology Press.
Bruckmüller, S., & Branscombe, N. R. (2010). The glass cliff: When and why women are selected as leaders in crisis contexts [Journal Articles]. British Journal of Social Psychology, 49, 433–451.
Garcia, D. M., Schmitt, M. T., Branscombe, N. R., & Ellemers, N. (2010). Women’s reactions to ingroup members who protest discriminatory treatment: The importance of beliefs about inequality and response appropriateness [Journal Articles]. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 733–745. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.644
Stewart, T., Latu, I. M., Branscombe, N. R., & Denney, H. T. (2010). Yes we can! Prejudice reduction through seeing (inequality) and believing (in social change) [Journal Articles]. Psychological Science, 21, 1557–1562.
Jetten, J., & Branscombe, N. R. (2009). Minority group identification: Responses to discrimination when group membership is controllable [Book Chapters]. In F. Butera & J. M. Levine (Eds.), Coping with minority status: Responses to exclusion and inclusion (pp. 155–176). Cambridge University Press.
Adams, G., Biernat, M., Branscombe, N. R., Crandall, C. S., & Wrightsman, L. S. (2008). Beyond prejudice: Toward a sociocultural psychology of racism and oppression [Book Chapters]. In G. Adams, M. Biernat, N. R. Branscombe, C. S. Crandall, & L. S. Wrightsman (Eds.), Commemorating Brown: The social psychology of racism and discrimination (pp. 215–246). American Psychological Association.
Wohl, M. J. A., & Branscombe, N. R. (2008). Remembering historical victimization: Collective guilt for current ingroup transgressions [Journal Articles]. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 988–1006.
Guimond, S., Branscombe, N. R., Brunot, S., Buunk, B. P., Chatard, A., Désert, M., Garcia, D. M., Haque, S., Martinot, D., & Yzerbyt, V. (2007). Culture, gender, and the self: Variations and impact of social comparison processes [Journal Articles]. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 1118–1134.
Branscombe, N. R., Schmitt, M. T., & Schiffhauer, K. (2007). Racial attitudes in response to thoughts of White privilege [Journal Articles]. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 203–215.
Wohl, M. J. A., & Branscombe, N. R. (2005). Forgiveness and collective guilt assignment to historical perpetrator groups depend on level of social category inclusiveness [Journal Articles]. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 288–303.
Powell, A. A., Branscombe, N. R., & Schmitt, M. T. (2005). Inequality as ingroup privilege or outgroup disadvantage: The impact of group focus on collective guilt and interracial attitudes [Journal Articles]. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 508–521.
Branscombe, N. R. (2004). A social psychological process perspective on collective guilt [Book Chapters]. In N. R. Branscombe & B. Doosje (Eds.), Collective guilt: International perspectives (pp. 320–334). Cambridge University Press.
Garstka, T. A., Schmitt, M. T., Branscombe, N. R., & Hummert, M. L. (2004). How young and older adults differ in their responses to perceived age discrimination [Journal Articles]. Psychology and Aging, 19, 326–335.
Branscombe, N. R., Slugoski, B., & Kappen, D. M. (2004). The measurement of collective guilt: What it is and what it is not [Book Chapters]. In N. R. Branscombe & B. Doosje (Eds.), Collective guilt: International perspectives (pp. 16–34). Cambridge University Press.
Schmitt, M. T., Branscombe, N. R., & Kappen, D. M. (2003). Attitudes toward group-based inequality: Social dominance or social identity? [Journal Articles]. British Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 161–186.
Branscombe, N. R., Schmitt, M. T., & Harvey, R. D. (1999). Perceiving pervasive discrimination among African-Americans: Implications for group identification and well-being [Journal Articles]. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 135–149.
Branscombe, N. R., Ellemers, N., Spears, R., & Doosje, B. (1999). The context and content of social identity threat [Book Chapters]. In N. Ellemers, R. Spears, & B. Doosje (Eds.), Social identity: Context, commitment, content (pp. 35–58). Blackwell.
Branscombe, N. R. (1998). Thinking about one’s gender group’s privileges or disadvantages: Consequences for well-being in women and men [Journal Articles]. British Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 167–184.
Awards & Honors —
Senior Fellow
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
2007 - 2018
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
2007 - 2018
Byron A. Alexander Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
University of Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2015
University of Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2015
Kansas Women’s Hall of Fame Teaching Award Recipient
2004
2004