Curriculum Vitae 


Elizabeth Page-Gould, Ph.D.

Contact Information
Embodied Social Cognition Lab Phone: (416) 208-2795
University of Toronto Scarborough Fax: (416) 287-7642
1265 Military Trail Email: elizabeth.page-gould@utsc.utoronto.ca
Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4 Web: http://page-gould.com

Research Interests

Cross-group friendship, social interaction, stress, intergroup relations, social cognition, psychophysiology, quantitative methods

Employment
Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
University of Toronto Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
2009 - present

Education
Postdoctoral Fellow Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative
Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Sponsors: Wendy Berry Mendes & Moshe Bar
2008 - 2009
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA
Psychology, May 2008
Chair: Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton
Committee: Özlem N. Ayduk, Robert W. Levenson,
& Yu-Wen Ying
2002 - 2008
B.S. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Psychology & Statistics (Double Majors), May 2002
University and College Honors
Thesis Advisor: Vicki S. Helgeson
1998 - 2002

Awards and Honors
Research
Harvard Mind/Brain/Behavior Postdoctoral Fellow2008 - 2009
SPSP Graduate Student Poster Award
Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2008 Annual Meeting
2008
Christina Maslach - Phillip Zimbardo Social Psychology Student Award
Western Psychological Association 2006 Annual Meeting
2006
SPSP Graduate Poster Honorable Mention
Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2006 Annual Meeting
2006
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow2004 - 2007
Greater Good Science Center Graduate Research Fellow2004 - 2005
Greater Good Science Center, Commissioned Literature Review
Title: "Cross-race relationships: An annotated bibliography"
URL: http://elizabethpage-gould.com/interracialrelationships
2003
National Science Foundation, Fellowship Honorable Mention2003
Teaching
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
Psychology Department, University of California, Berkeley
2007
Chancellor's Citation for Everyday Heroism as a Graduate Student Instructor
Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau, University of California, Berkeley
2005
Scholarship
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Early Inductee2001 - present
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Early Inductee, Former Student Vice President2000 - present
Mortar Board Honor Society2001 - present
Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society2000 - present
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Former Secretary-Treasurer1999 - present

Publications
Page-Gould, E. & Mendoza-Denton, R. (In Press). Friendship and social interaction with outgroup members. In L. R. Tropp & R. Mallett (Eds.), Beyond prejudice reduction: Pathways to positive intergroup relations. Washington, D. C., US: APA Books.

Manuscripts Under Review
Teper, R., Inzlicht, M., & Page-Gould, E. (2010). Errors in moral forecasting: Exploring the dissociation between moral action and moral prediction. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Aceves, M. J., Mendoza-Denton, R., Hinshaw, S. P., & Page-Gould, E. (2009). Teacher responses to victimization influence trust in school authority and academic achievement. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Manuscripts In Preparation
Khoury, J., & Page-Gould, E. (2010). Cross-sex friendship and stereotype threat. Manuscript in preparation.
Page-Gould, E. (2010). Cumulative impact of daily contact experiences. Manuscript in preparation.
Page-Gould, E., Mendoza-Denton, R., & Mendes, W. B. (2010). The importance of high quality contact for health in diverse societies. Manuscript in preparation.
Page-Gould, E., Koslov, K., & Mendes, W. B. (2010a). Socioeconomic status and social interaction. Manuscript in preparation.
Page-Gould, E., Koslov, K., & Mendes, W. B. (2010b). Powerful and Contagious: Social power drives physiological synchrony during social interactions. Manuscript in preparation.
Koslov, K., Page-Gould, E., & Mendes, W. B. (2010). Pounding hearts and brittle smiles: The effect of resource depletion on outgroup positivity. Manuscript in preparation.
Saslow, L. R., Vartan, A., Van der Löwe, I., Oveis, C., Page-Gould, E., Cosley, B., McCoy, S., Keltner, D., & Epel, E. (2009). Speaking under pressure: Stress profiles and reappraisal tendencies influence linguistic cognitive complexity. Manuscript in preparation.

Presentations
Invited Colloquia
Page-Gould, E. (2011, May). Effects of cross-group friendship. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Social-Developmental Brownbag Series.
Page-Gould, E. (2010, October). Effects of cross-group friendship. University of Waterloo, Social Psychology Colloquium.
Page-Gould, E. (2010, September). Effects of cross-group friendship. Colby College, Psychology Department Colloquium.
Page-Gould, E. (2010, April). Why interethnic friendship is good for your health (and the world). Middlebury College, Psychology Department Colloquium.
Page-Gould, E. (2009, October). Effects of cross-group friendship on intergroup interaction. York University, Social Psychology Brownbag Series.
Page-Gould, E. (2009, February). When "Them" Becomes "Us": Unpacking the Benefits of Cross-group Friendship. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Social Psychology Speaker Series.
Page-Gould, E. (2007, November). Causal effects of cross-group friendship: Understanding the intergroup benefits of closeness across group boundaries. University of California Berkeley, Institute of Personality and Social Research.
Chaired Symposium
Page-Gould, E. (2010). Embodiment of the social context: Psychophysiological advances in intergroup interaction research. Symposium to be conducted at the 50th annual scientific meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research in Portland, OR, US.
Symposia
Page-Gould, E., Koslov, K., & Mendes, W. B. (2010, October). Powerful and contagious: Social power drives physiological synchrony during social interactions. In E. Page-Gould (Chair), Embodiment of the social context: Psychophysiological advances in intergroup interaction research. Symposium to be conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Portland, OR, US.
Page-Gould, E., Mendoza-Denton, R., & Mendes, W. B. (2010, June). The importance of contact quality for health in diverse societies. Paper presented at the annual scientific meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, New Orleans, LA.
Page-Gould, E., Koslov, K., & Mendes, W. B. (2010, January). Socio-Economic Status and Social Interaction. In N. C. Maisel & P. K. Piff (Chairs), Social psychology for an economic recession: Examining the effects of socioeconomic status on psychological processes. Symposium conducted at the annual scientific meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Mendoza-Denton, R., & Page-Gould, E. (2009, May). Hormonal correlates of stress in cross-group dyads. In S. S. M. Townsend & B. Major (Chairs), Getting Under the Skin: How Psychophysiology is Advancing Understanding of Intergroup Threat. Symposium conducted at the annual scientific meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Page-Gould, E., & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2008, February). Implications of the interpersonal environment for academic outcomes. In R. Mallett (Chair), Overcoming the Obstacles of Racial Prejudice. Symposium conducted at the annual scientific meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Mendoza-Denton, R., & Page-Gould, E. (2007, August). Interpersonal and intergroup impacts of intergroup friendship. In H. Smith & R. Mendoza-Denton (Chairs), Intergroup contact, relational justice, and historically under-represented students' educational engagement. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Mendoza-Denton, R., Page-Gould, E., & Tropp, L. R. (2007, January). Stress-reducing effects of cross-race friendship. In T. Saguay & L. R. Tropp (Chairs), Intergroup Relations in the Eye of the Beholder. Symposium conducted at the annual scientific meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Page-Gould, E., Mendoza-Denton, R., & Tropp, L. R. (2006, June). Repeated cross-race contact attentuates anxiety in cross-race interaction. In L. R. Tropp (Chair), Anxiety and Trust in Intergroup Relationships. Symposium conducted at the biennial scientific meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Long Beach, CA.
Page-Gould, E. (2006). Repeated cross-race contact attenuates anxiety in cross-race interaction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Conference.
Posters
Page-Gould, E., Mendoza-Denton, R., Alegre, J. M., & Siy, J. O. (2009). When "They" Becomes "Us": Adopting the Ethnic Identities of Close Cross-ethnic Friends. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Siy, J. O., Page-Gould, E., & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2008). When outgroup becomes ingroup: Self-stereotyping as a function of cross-race friendship. Psi Chi Regional Award Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Psi Chi Midwestern Region, Chicago, IL.
Page-Gould, E., Mendoza-Denton, R., & Alegre, J. M. (2008). Why does cross-group friendship improve interactions with novel outgroup members? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM. Recipient of the SPSP Graduate Poster Award.
Siy, J. O., Page-Gould, E., & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2008). When outgroup becomes ingroup: Self-stereotyping as a function of cross-race friendship. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Page-Gould, E., & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2006). Stress-reducing effects of developing cross-race friendships. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs CA. Recipient of the Christina Maslach - Phillip Zimbardo Award for Outstanding Student Research in Social Psychology.
Page-Gould, E., & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2006). Within-group variability in Latino/as' approaches to cross-race interaction. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Palm Springs CA. SPSP Graduate Poster Award Honorable Mention.
Page-Gould, E., & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2005). Academic benefits of cross-race friendship. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans LA.

Research Support
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Title: "Opportunity Hypothesis of Cross-group Friendship: Cause or Confound?"
Total award: $83,900
2010 - 2013
Canada Foundation for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund &
the Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario Research Fund
Title: "Dyadic psychophysiology lab: A multi-method approach to intergroup relations"
Total award: $109,168
2010 - 2013
Greater Good Science Center Graduate Research Fellowship
Title: "Friendship and Adjustment to College"
Total award: $3,000
2004 - 2005
Carnegie Mellon Small Undergraduate Research Grants
Title: "Views of Self and Others"
Total award: $500
2001 - 2002
3 Carnegie Mellon Small Undergraduate Research Grants
Title: "The Carnegie Mellon Roommate Study"
Total of awards: $1,500
2000 - 2001

Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor: Graduate Teaching
Multilevel Modelling Workshop
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
April 21 - 23, 2010
Assistant Professor: Undergraduate Teaching
Introduction to Social Psychology, PSYB10
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough
Summer 2010
Introduction to Social Psychology, PSYB10
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough
Fall 2009
Course Lecturer
Principles of Psychology, Psychology 2
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2005
Graduate Student Instructor
Research Design and Data Analysis, Psychology 101
Professor Jack Gallant
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2008
Personality Theories, Psychology 150
Dr. Meg Jay
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2007
Statistical Analysis and Research Design, Psychology 101
Professor Frédéric Theunissen
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2004
Buddhist Psychology, Psychology 107
Professor Eleanor Rosch
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2003
Introduction to Social Psychology, Psychology 160
Professor Charlan Nemeth
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2002
Guest Lecturer
Title: Cross-Group Friendship
Prof. Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Stigma and Prejudice
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
May 2008
Title: Social Cognitive Learning Theories
Dr. Meg Jay, Personality Theories
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
March 2008
Title: Social Cognitive Learning Theories
Dr. Meg Jay, Personality Theories
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
October 2007
Title: Intergroup Friendship
Prof. Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Culture and Stigma
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
December 2006
Title: (Attempted) Memory Retrieval
Lec. Lindsay Shaw Taylor, Principles of Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
October 2006
Title: Psychoactive Drugs
Lec. Jennifer Goetz, Principles of Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
February 2006
Title: Cross-race Friendship
Prof. Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Culture and Stigma
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
October 2005
Title: The Power of the Social Situation
Lec. Kelly Werner, Principles of Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
April 2005
Title: Social Development and Cross-group Friendship
Prof. Lori Markson, Developmental Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
November 2004
Title: Stereotyping and Social Cognition
Lec. Carrie Langner, Principles of Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
October 2004
Title: Cross-race Relationships
Prof. Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Stereotyping and Prejudice
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
June 2004
Title: The Psychology of Gender
Prof. Charlan Nemeth, Introduction to Social Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
September 2002
Title: Sexuality
Prof. Vicki S. Helgeson, Introduction to Social Psychology
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
November 2000
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Social Psychology
Prof. Vicki S. Helgeson
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Fall 2000

Ad-hoc Reviewer
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2010
Psychological Science 2009
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2008, 2009, 2010
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2009, 2010
Social Psychology and Personality Science 2010
Journal of Intercultural Studies 2010
British Journal of Social Psychology 2010
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 2010
National Science Foundation 2009
U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation 2010
International Journal of Psychophysiology 2009
European Journal of Social Psychology 2009
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada 2009
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations 2008, 2009
Basic and Applied Social Psychology 2007, 2008, 2009
South African National Research Foundation 2007
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2007
SPSSI 2006 Meeting Submissions 2006

Professional Affiliations
Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2003 - present
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues 2004 - present
Association for Psychological Science 2009 - present
Canadian Psychological Association 2009 - present
International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection 2009 - present
American Psychological Association 2005 - present
International Social Cognition Network 2003 - present
Western Psychological Association 2005 - present

Committee Service
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2010 Meeting Submissions 2010
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Dissertation Award Committee 2010
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Web Oversight Committee 2008 - present
Diversity Student Alliance, Former Secretary 2003 - 2008
Gordon Allport Society, Former President 2002 - 2008
Graduate Assembly of Students in Psychology, Former Secretary 2002 - 2008
Institute of Personality and Social Research Colloquium Committee 2006 - 2008
Graduate Admissions Committee, Graduate Student Member Winter 2006 - 2007
Institute of Personality and Social Research Computing Committee 2003 - 2006

Computing Languages

Interpreted: Perl
Compiled: Java, C++
Statistical: SAS, SPSS, Splus/R
Empirical: DirectRT, Inquisit, MediaLab
Web servers: Apache, Tomcat
Database: MySQL
Administration/Environments: Unix, Ubuntu/Debian Linux, Mac OSX, Windows NT - XP, Bash
Web: HTML, css
Wiki Administration: Mediawiki, MoinMoin

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