Stacie R. Nichols

I received my B.A. from the University of Nebraska in 2006. I have worked in the Legal Decision Making research lab since 2002 and participated in both the UCARE and the REU program.

I am currently working with Generic Prejudice research. Several community studies in this area have been conducted recently and we are working on the final one involving a videotaped re-enactment of a sexual assault case. The purpose of this research is to determine the role of emotions in either encouraging or inhibiting generic prejudice in guilt verdicts. My Masters Equivalancy Research Project will focus on the implicit and explicit properties of Generic Prejudice. I am also interested in the role of emotions in capital murder cases.

Conference Presentations
Nichols, S. R., Maeder, E. M., Cantone, J. A., & Wiener, R. L. (2007). Juror bias in sexual assault and homicide: generic prejudice. Paper presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Wiener, R. L., Nichols, S. R., Maeder, E. M., & Cantone, J. A. (2007). Jury research: Undergraduates and community members are not always equal. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA

Nichols, S. R. & Wiener, R. L. (2006). Generic prejudice in sexual assault and homicide cases: An examination of charge-based pairings. Poster presentation at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Holtje, M., Wiener, R. L., Nichols, S. R., Maeder, E. M. & Arnot, L. (2006). Using evaluations of Nebraska's Medicaid division in policy-making. Poster presentation at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Cantone, J. A., Wiener, R. L. & Nichols, S. R. (2006). Predicting likelihood to use drug courts: The pot smoker with a positive attitude. Poster presentation at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Richter, E., Wiener, R. L. & Nichols, S. R. (2005). Cross-burnings, swastikas, and skin fists: Symbolic speech or intimidation? Paper presentation at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, La Jolla, CA.

Maeder, E. M., Wiener, R. L., Friedmansky, L. & Nichols, S. R. (2005). Sexual harassment judgments among workers in traditional and untraditional jobs. Paper presentation at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, La Jolla, CA.

Nichols, S. R. (2004). Sexual harassment in the workplace: A contrast of benevolent and hostile sexism. Paper presentation at the Nebraska Psychological Society Conference, Kearney, NE.

Paper presentation at the Nebraska Psychological Society Conference, Fall 2004