Erika Rosenberger

Biography

My research focuses on the intersection of belonging, social identity, and language. I am particularly interested in the effects of language (e.g., pronouns, generic-masculine words) that excludes certain people based on their social identities (e.g., women).

Education

• M.S. Industrial/Organizational-Social and Developmental Psychology, Illinois State University (2018)

Research Interests

• Exclusion
• Language
• Social Identity
• Gender
• Race
• Ghosting
• Sexual Orientation
• Stigma
• Stereotypes
• Prejudice
• Discrimination
• Feminism
• Culture
• Social Cognition

Courses Taught

• PSY 293: Intro Psychological Statistics (TA)
• PSY 221: Social Psychology (IOR)

Publications

Rosenberger, E. J. & Claypool, H. M. (2023). The impact of gender-exclusive language on women’s anticipated ostracism: A preregistered replication of Stout and Dasgupta (2011). PLoS ONE, 18(9), e0290709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290709