Julie Woodzicka William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Science

Julie Woodzicka

Parmly 240
540-458-8834
woodzickaj@wlu.edu

Education

Ph.D. - Boston College, 2000
M.A. - University of Dayton, Ohio, 1994
B.A. - University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, 1991

Research

I research issues of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Specifically, I am interested in how targets of prejudice (e.g., women, African-Americans) are affected by everyday instances of unfair treatment. Recently I have been studying the effects of disparagement humor, specifically sexist and racist humor. I am also interested in the nonverbal communication of emotion.

Teaching

CBSC 114: Introduction to Social Psychology
CBSC 214: The Psychology of Humor
CBSC 250: Research Design and Analysis
CBSC 329: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
CBSC 369: Directed Research in Social Psychology

Selected Recent Publications

  • Ford, T.E., and Woodzicka, J.A. (2023). Psychological approaches to humor:  The interaction of cognition and motivation.  In The DeGruyter Handbook of Humor Studies.
  • Woodzicka, J.A. and Mallett, R. K. (2021). Addressing the challenges of confronting disparagement humor. Social Psychology of Humor, Routledge book series-Current Issues in Social Psychology.
  • Good, J.J., Woodzicka, J.A. & Bourne, K. (2021). How do confronters want perpetrators to respond?  Defining successful confrontation as the match between desired and actual outcomes. Journal of Social Psychology.
  • Woodzicka, J.A., & Good, J.J. (2020). Strategic confrontation: Examining the utility of low stakes prodding as a strategy for confronting sexism.  Journal of Social Psychology.
  • Woodzicka, J.A., Mallett, R. K., & Melchiori, K. (2020). Gender differences in using humor to respond to sexist jokes.  HUMOR:  International Journal of Humor Research.