Ashley Bennett
Ashley Bennett
Assistant Professor - Social Psychology
- B.A., The University of Kansas
- M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin
Office: 2129 Au Sable Hall
Phone: (616) 331-2546
Email: [email protected]
Specialization
Social Psychology
Courses Taught
PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology
PSY 300 - Research Methods in Psychology
Research Interests
My research examines how gender and race shape women’s experiences in organizations, with a focus on harassment, workplace climate, and cross-racial dynamics among women. Using advanced quantitative analyses (e.g., experimentation, SEM, and latent profile analysis), I investigate questions such as: How do workplace climates influence gendered and racialized evaluations of women? When do feedback and allyship efforts from women across racial groups promote or hinder collegiality? This work integrates social psychological theory with applied organizational contexts to identify mechanisms of bias and inform interventions that improve well-being, collaboration, and success at work.
Publications
Awad, G. H., Payne, T., Bennett, A. M., Dillard, J. B., & Cokley, K. (In Press). Combating scientific racism in psychological science: Interrogating notions of rigor. The Educational Psychologist.
Bennett, A. M., Sadek, K., & Awad, G. H. (2025). Arab/MENA women's experiences of infantilization, burnout, and job satisfaction in the workplace. Consulting Psychology Journal.
Sadek, K., Awad, G. H., & Bennett, A. M. (2024). Validation of the Coping with Discrimination Scale among Arab/Middle Eastern North African Americans. Cultural Diversity in Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication.
Rackley, K., Payne, T., Bennett, A. M., & Awad, G. H. (2024). Gender and the imposter phenomenon. In K. Cokley (Ed.), The Impostor Phenomenon: Psychological Theory, Research, and Applications. American Psychological Association (APA) Books.
Hashem, H., Gihani, M., Hirani, S., Bennett, A. M., & Awad, G. H. (2022). Solo status, religious centrality, and discrimination among American Muslim women. International Journal of Intercultural Relations.
Adelman, D., Awad, G. H., Bennett, A. M., & Nguyen, H. (2021). The role of entitlement, social dominance orientation, and right-wing authoritarianism in the prediction of homonegativity for heterosexual white men. Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy.
Hashem, H., Bennett, A. M., & Awad, G. H. (2020). Arab American youth: Considerations for mental health and community engagement (pp. 133-159), in Breland & Nobel (Eds.), Community Mental Health Engagement with Racially Diverse Populations.