Dominic J. Packer

Revised December, 2007 Dominic J. Packer

Address

Department of Psychology The Ohio State University Lazenby Hall, 1827 Neil Avenue E-mail: packer.32@osu.edu Columbus, OH, 43210

Appointments

2007-present Post-Doctoral Fellow, Social Psychology, The Ohio State University

Education

2007 2003 2001

Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Toronto M.A., Social Psychology, University of Toronto B.A. (Hon), Psychology, Political Science minor, McGill University

Honors and Awards

2007-2009

2007 2004-2007

2004-2005 2003-2004

2003 2002-2003

2000

2000 1998-2001 1997-2001

1997

Post-doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $82,000 Student Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $105,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined), $15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, $15,000 Certificate of Academic Excellence, Canadian Psychological Association Ontario Graduate Scholarship, $15,000 Summer Undergraduate Research Award, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, $5,000 McConnell Award for Academic Excellence, McGill University Dean’s Honor List, Faculty of Arts, McGill University Annette S. Hill Scholarship, McGill University, $12,000 Governor General’s Award, DC High School

Research Interests

Broadly speaking, I am interested in how individuals make decisions within collective contexts. Employing a social-cognitive approach, my research examines how decisions in groups and organizations are influenced by the manner in which individuals define themselves in relation to their collectives. Under this rubric, I have developed the Normative Conflict Model of dissent within social groups (Packer, PSPR, in press), which predicts the conditions under which strongly identified group members may choose not to comply, but rather to challenge group norms. My research also examines the cognitive and neural underpinnings of identity (e.g., Packer & Cunningham, in prep), as well as the consequences of identity processes for intergroup relations (e.g., Packer & Chasteen, 2006).

Publications

Packer, D. J. (In press). On being both with us and against us: A normative conflict model of dissent in social groups. Personality and Social Psychology Review. Packer, D. J. (In press). Identifying systematic disobedience in Milgram’s obedience experiments: A meta-analytic review. Perspectives on Psychological Science. Packer, D. J., Kesek, A., & Cunningham, W. A. (In press). Self-regulation and evaluative processing. In A. Todorov, S. Fiske, & D. Prentice (Eds.), Social Neuroscience: Toward Understanding the Underpinnings of the Social Mind.

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Cunningham, W. A., Packer, D. J., Kesek, A., & Van Bavel, J. J. (In press). Implicit measures of attitudes: A physiological approach. In R. E. Petty, R. H. Fazio, & P. Brinol (Eds.), Attitudes: Insights from the New Implicit Measures. Cunningham, W. A., Zelazo, P. D., Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel J. J. (2007). An iterative reprocessing model of evaluation. Social Cognition, 25, 736-760. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (2006). Looking to the future: How possible aged selves influence prejudice toward older adults. Social Cognition, 24, 218-247. Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (2004). Increasing implicit self-esteem through classical conditioning. Psychological Science, 15, 498-502.

Invited Manuscripts MacDonald, G., & Packer, D. J. (Invited). Persuasion. Invited entry to appear in H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships.

Manuscripts Under Review

Packer, D. J., Chasteen, A. L., & Kang, S. (2007). Fortifying anticipated self-esteem: Identification with a possible social self attenuates the threat of aging. Under review at Self and Identity. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (2007). Neural contributions to ingroup bias in a minimal group paradigm. Under revision at Psychological Science.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L., & Brewer, M. B. (In preparation). When deviance is loyal: Evidence for the normative conflict model of dissent. Packer, D. J., (In preparation). Supportive deviance: Extending the normative conflict model of dissent to organizations. Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (In preparation). Neural dissociations between the retrieval and construction of self-knowledge. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (In preparation). Competing for group entry enhances collective identification and adjustment.

Conference and Invited Talks

Packer, D. J. (June, 2008). Loyal deviance: A normative conflict model of dissent and its implications for collective identity. Invited talk to be presented at Intra-Group Dynamics Pre-conference, European Association for Experimental Social Psychology, Opatija, Croatia. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (February, 2008). The power of in-group bias: The neural substrates and evaluative implications of membership in novel groups. Talk to be presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM. Packer, D. J. (January, 2007). On uncomfortable conformity and predicting when group members dissent on principle. Talk presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN. Packer, D. J., & Cunningham, W. A. (August, 2006). Evaluation and the self: An fMRI investigation of common underlying processes. Invited talk presented at Queen’s University, Department of Psychology, Kingston. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., & Dion, K. L. (June, 2006). Attitudes toward same sex marriage: Genuine religious opposition or merely anti-gay prejudice? Invited talk presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary.

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Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (November, 2005). Looking to the future: How possible aged selves influence prejudice toward older adults. Invited talk presented at 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gerontological Society of America, Orlando. Van Bavel, J. J., & Packer, D. J. (June, 2005). Social and temporal aspects of the self: Implications for interpersonal and intergroup relations. Symposium organized for the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (June, 2005). The impact of future identities on current intergroup relations. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (May, 2005). How thoughts about old age affect current age bias. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago. Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (August, 2003). Aging, gender, and age-based intergroup relations. Talk presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto. Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (June, 2003). Increasing implicit self-esteem through classical conditioning. Talk presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto.

Local and Brown-bag Talks

Packer, D. J. (October, 2007). Responsible deviance: Psychological factors underlying principled acts of dissent. Talk presented at the Social Cognition Research Group, Ohio State University. Packer, D. J. (May, 2007). Identifying systematic disobedience in Milgram’s obedience experiments: Implications for interrogations and dissent. Talk presented at 2nd Annual York University – University of Toronto Symposium for Social and Personality Psychology, Toronto. Packer, D. J. (October, 2006). Where does the self live, and what does it do there? An fMRI investigation of self-processing. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Area Meeting, University of Toronto. Packer, D. J. (May, 2006). How perceived power discrepancies affect willingness to take action against an out-group. Talk presented at 1st Annual York University – University of Toronto Symposium for Social and Personality Psychology, Toronto. Packer, D. J. (October, 2005). An identity model of dissent. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology Area Meeting, University of Toronto. Packer, D. J. (November, 2004). Categorization may contaminate: On the implicit association test and the uncertainty principle. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology Area Meeting, University of Toronto. Packer, D. J. (October, 2004). Taking advantage of the double cohort: How competition for entry affects adjustment to the group. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology Area Meeting, University of Toronto. Packer, D. J. (February, 2004). The construction of older possible-selves and their implications for age-based bias. Talk presented at Social, Personality and Abnormal Psychology Area Meeting, University of Toronto. Packer, D. J. (November, 2003). Me be like you one day: The content of age stereotypes and their impact on age-based bias. Talk presented at Cognitive Science @ Scarborough Lecture Series, University of Toronto.

Conference Posters

Packer, D. J. (February, 2008). Using meta-analysis to identify systematic disobedience in Milgram’s obedience experiments. Poster to be presented at Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM. Kesek, A., Packer, D. J., Zelazo, P. D., & Cunningham, W. A. (February, 2008). Implicit goal activation in children. Poster to be presented at Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

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Packer, D. J. (September, 2007). Detecting systematicity in disobedience: Respect for rights versus pain in Milgram’s obedience experiments. Poster to be presented at University of Texas/Ohio University Conference on Interrogations and Confessions, El Paso. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., Waggoner, A. S., & Cunningham, W. A. (January, 2007). Flexibility in automatic social evaluations: Induced motivational states shift automatic intergroup categorizations and evaluations. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis. Kang, S., Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (January, 2007). Anticipating future stigma: Extending the rejection-identification model to future group memberships. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis. Chasteen, A. L., Packer, D. J., & Kamis, R. (January, 2007). The blackest of sheep: How group members react to individuals who leave their group. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis. Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (May, 2006). Rationality as a social institution: A preliminary model of decision-making. Poster presented at the Southern Ontario Behavioral Decision Research Conference, Toronto. Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (April, 2006). How do fear of aging and age group identification influence intergenerational relations? Poster presented at the 2006 Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta. Thomas, R. C., Packer, D. J., & Hasher, L. (April, 2006). Age differences in heuristic use of mood in estimating the frequency of emotional events. Poster presented at the 2006 Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (January, 2006). Anticipating old age: How thoughts about aging affect current age-group identities. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Palm Springs. Van Bavel, J. J., Packer, D. J., Farb, N., Gonzalez, J., Chasteen, A. L., & Cunningham, W. A. (January, 2006). Feeling two things at once: A functional dissociation between implicit and explicit ambivalence toward social groups. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Palm Springs. Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2006). How do fear of aging and age group identification influence intergenerational relations? Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Palm Springs. Chasteen, A. L., & Packer, D. J. (January, 2005). I like them, but don’t want to be them: How age-group identification moderates the effects of older possible selves on age bias. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (March, 2004). Stereotyping my future self: The content of older possible selves and their impact on age-based bias. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta. Packer, D. J., & Chasteen, A. L. (January, 2004). Stereotyping my future self: The content of older possible selves and their impact on age-based bias. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Austin. Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (August, 2003). Enhancing implicit self-esteem through classical conditioning. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto. Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (February, 2003). Classical conditioning of implicit self-esteem. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Los Angeles. Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (February, 2002). Can implicit self-esteem be modified via classical conditioning? Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Savannah.

Ad Hoc Reviewing

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience British Journal of Social Psychology

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Journal of Applied Social Psychology Basic and Applied Social Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Biennial Conference, 2006

Teaching Experience

Co-instructor for undergraduate Social Cognition course, University of Toronto (2005) Co-supervisor for five Independent Study & Honors students, University of Toronto Teaching Assistant for courses on:

Intergroup Relations, Social Cognition, Aging & Social Cognition, Organizational Behavior, Maps of Meaning (Narratives & Personality)

Departmental and Community Service

2006-2007 2005-2006

2005-2006 2003-2005

2005 2004-2005 2004-2005 2002-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003

Colloquium Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Co-founder, York University/University of Toronto Symposium on Social & Personality Psychology Co-chair, Social, Personality & Abnormal Area Meeting, University of Toronto President, Psychology Graduate Students’ Association, University of Toronto Psychology Graduate Chair Search Committee, University of Toronto Planning Committee, Centre for Biological Timing and Cognition, University of Toronto Organized graduate student lunches for social faculty job candidates Psychology Graduate Student Orientation Committee, University of Toronto Crisis-line Volunteer, Distress Centre, Toronto Vice-President, Psychology Graduate Students’ Association, University of Toronto

Professional Affiliations

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Association for Psychological Science Academy of Management Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Social Psychology Network

Employment History

2005 2002-2005

2004

2001-2002 2001-2002

Course Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Consultant on leadership development project for Ontario Power Generation, Cherrystone Management, Inc. Product Development and Marketing Officer, Cherrystone Management, Inc. Survey Designer and Analyst, Collis & Reed Research

References

Dr. Marilynn Brewer, Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor The Ohio State University Phone: 614.292.9640 Email: brewer.64@osu.edu

Dr. Alison Chasteen, Associate Professor University of Toronto Phone: 416.978.3398 Email: chasteen@psych.utoronto.ca

Dr. William Cunningham, Assistant Professor The Ohio State University Phone: 614.247.6139 Email: cunningham.417@osu.edu

Dr. Michael Inzlicht, Assistant Professor University of Toronto Phone: 416.208.4826 Email: michael.inzlicht@utoronto.ca

Dr. Penelope Lockwood, Associate Professor University of Toronto Phone: 416.978.7611 Email: lockwood@psych.utoronto.ca