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Nicole Overstreet
 
  
  • B.A., high honors, 2007, Psychology, Smith College (Northampton, MA)
  • M.A., 2010, Social Psychology, University of Connecticut
  • Major advisor: Quinn
  • Secondary advisor: Pratto
  • Joined program, Fall 2007
 
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Research Interests: Recent News:
  • Racial & Sexual Stereotypes
  • Body Image
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • HIV Prevention
  • SPSP Diversity Fund Travel Award (2009)
  • Summer Institute in Social Psychology Participant, Northwestern University (2009)
Publications

Overstreet, N. M.
, & Quinn, D. M., & Agocha, B. (2010). Beyond thinness: Exploring the influence of a curvaceous body ideal on body dissatisfaction in Black and White women. Sex Roles, 63, 91-103.

Presentations

Overstreet, N.M., Pratto, F., & Leach, C.W. (July 2010). Double Standards: The relation between perceived competence and morality for Black and White women. Paper presented at the 16th annual National Black Graduate Conference in Psychology. Baltimore, MD.

Overstreet, N.M., & Quinn, D.M. (Mar. 2010). Beyond Thinness: Exploring the influence of a curvaceous body ideal on appearance concerns in Black and White women. In L.M. Ward (Chair), Sexualized and shapely: Media myths, models, and messages among African American adolescents. Paper symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Philadelphia, PA.

Overstreet, N.M., McCafferty, E., Cameron, A., Quinn, D.M. (2010). Implications of the Jezebel Stereotype on Sexual Objectification Outcomes in Black Women. Poster presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA. May 28th, 2010.

Overstreet, N.M., Quinn, D.M., & Agocha, B. (2010). Expanding the relationship between body dissatisfaction and objectification beyond weight. Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV. January 29th, 2010.

Gaskins, J.L., & Overstreet, N.M. (Oct. 2009). Double jeopardy: Understanding the intersectional stigma of same-sex domestic violence. Paper presented at the Diversity Challenge Conference sponsored by Boston College.

Overstreet, N.M., Agocha, V.B., & Quinn, D.M. (Mar. 2009). Understanding the influence of body ideals on self-objectification outcomes for White and Black women. In V. Earnshaw & D. M. Quinn (Chairs), Objectification theory: Less traversed and future avenues of research. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology. Newport, RI.  

Overstreet, N.M. (2009). What is ideal?: A structural equation approach to body dissatisfaction. Poster presented at the 117th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada. August 8th, 2009. 

Overstreet, N.M. (2009). Beyond thinness: Examining racial differences in body image perceptions. Poster presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL. February 5th, 2009.

Overstreet, N. M., & Arthur, C. M. (2007, November).  Hostility and Blood Pressure Recovery in Three American Ethnic Groups.   Poster presented at the 21st annual Connecticut Psychological Association Conference, Hartford, CT.

Contact information:
Department of Psychology
University of Connecticut
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
Storrs, CT 06269-1020 USA
(860) 486-3515

 

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