I graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.Sc. in psychology and a minor in sociocultural anthropology, having done my honours thesis on stereotyping and subtyping (with Ken Dion and Kerry Kawakami). I went to McGill University and did an MSc with Don Taylor on responses to discrimination and a Ph.D. with him on decision making in conflict.
My current research interests focus on the influence of identity and norms on social decision making. I have studied this broad topic in contexts from politics and community activism to financial decision making to health choices.
Louis, W. R. (2009). If they’re not crazy, then what? The implications of social psychological approaches to terrorism for conflict management. In W. Stritzke, S. Lewandowsky, D. Denemark, F. Morgan, & J. Clare (Eds.), Terrorism and torture: An interdisciplinary perspective (pp. 125-153). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Louis, W. R. (2008). Intergroup positioning and power. In F. M. Moghaddam, R. Harré, and N. Lee (Eds.), Global conflict resolution through positioning analysis (pp. 21-39). New York: Springer.
Courses Taught:
Attitudes and Social Cognition
Intergroup Relations and Group Processes
Psychological Research Methodology
Attitudes and Social Cognition
Intergroup Relations and Group Processes
Psychological Research Methodology
Winnifred Louis School of Psychology
McElwain Building
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, QLD 4072 Australia
Phone: +61 7 3346 9515
Fax: +61 7 3365 4466
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