PUBLICATIONS*
Amin, A. B., Bednarczyk, R. A., Ray, C. E., Melchiori, K. J., Graham, J., Huntsinger, J. R., & Omer, S. B. (in press). Association of moral values with vaccine hesitancy. Nature Human Behavior.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (in press) Quantitative coding of qualitative data gathered in a lab experiment. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (in press). Examining responses to sexism using a high-impact, high-psychological realism lab study. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
Mallett, R. K., & Melchiori, K. J. (2016). Creating a water-saver identity reduces water use for students living in residence halls. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 47, 223-229.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., Durnbaugh, A. N., & Pham, H. D. (2016). Material values, goals, and water use: Results from a campus residence hall survey. In Filho, W. L., & Zint, M. (Eds), The Contribution of Social Sciences to Sustainable Development at Universities (pp. 273-287). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (2015). Using Shrek to teach about stigma. Teaching of Psychology, 42, 260-265.
Mallett, R. K., & Melchiori, K. J. (2014). Goal preference shapes confrontations of sexism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 646-656.
Mallett, R.K., Harrison, P.R., & Melchiori, K.J. (2014). Guilt and environmental behavior. In Michalos, A. C. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (pp. 2622-2626). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishing.
Williams, W. R., & Melchiori, K. J. (2013). Class action: Using experiential learning to raise awareness of social class privilege. In Case, K. (Ed.), Deconstructing Privilege: Teaching and Learning as Allies in the Classroom (pp. 169-187). New York: Routledge.
Mallett, R. K., Melchiori, K. J., & Strickroth, T. (2013). Self-confrontation via a carbon footprint calculator increases guilt and support for a pro-environmental group. Ecopsychology, 5, 9-16.
Melchiori, K. J. (2010). A locally grounded, feminist analysis of sex trafficking in Nepal. [Review of the book Sex trafficking in South Asia: Telling Maya’s story, by M. Crawford]. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 10, 347-349.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS (student co-authors in bold)
Amin, A. B., Bednarczyk, R. A., Ray, C. E., Melchiori, K. J., Graham, J., Huntsinger, J. R., & Omer, S. B. (April 2018). Associations of moral foundations with vaccine hesitancy. Presentation for the Society of Behavioral Medicine 39th annual conference, New Orleans, LA.
Melchiori, K. J. (October 2017). Discrimination against women who are childfree by choice versus childless due to infertility. Presentation for the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Boston, MA.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., & Marx, M. (June 2017). Appeals to conservative values protect confronters from backlash. In R. Bozeman (Chair), Resisting bias by increasing confrontation and decreasing backlash. Symposium for the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Albuquerque, NM.
Melchiori, K. J., Marx, M., & Mallett, R. K. (April 2017). Using partisan moral appeals to confront sexism. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Lyons, C. W., Melchiori, K. J., Jakobsen, K., Shoup-Knox, M., DuVall, K., & Gibson, P. (March 2017). The role of a diversity reading group in creating a climate for social justice. Presentation for James Madison University’s 11th Annual Diversity Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., & Simpson, R. H. (October 2016). Backlash against working parents. Paper presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Santa Monica, CA.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., & Simpson, R. H. (June 2016). Gender, Parenthood, and Race Impact Workplace Help and Harm. In G. Twose (Chair), Women in the workplace: Intersectional perspectives and integrative policy solutions. Symposium for the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (June 2016). Creating a Water-saver Identity Reduces Water Use. In S. Clayton (Chair), Mobilizing psychology to strengthen public engagement with climate change. Symposium for the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN.
Melchiori, K. J., Beckman, J., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2016). Competing Goals of Conservation and Comfort in Water Conservation Efforts. Poster presentation for the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Simpson, R. H., Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2016). Target Gender and Parenthood Status Affect Perceptions of Target Race. Poster presentation for the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., Beckman, J., & Mallett, R. K. (March 2016). Collective identity promotes water conservation on campus. Poster presentation for the Climate Change Conference at Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (January 2016). Ramblers Conserve Water: Using University Identity to Reduce Water Consumption. Poster presentation for the Sustainability Psychology SPSP preconference, San Diego, CA.
Melchiori, K. J., Simpson, R. H., Chouinard, C. E., Waklatsi, A. N., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2015). Target gender and Parenthood Moderate Relationship between Sexism and Stereotypes. Poster presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Chouinard, C. E., Melchiori, K. J., Simpson, R. H., Waklatsi, A. N., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2015). Implicit Ambivalent Sexism Activation following Businesswoman and Housewife Primes. Poster presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2015). Who Do We Help More: Working Women or Working Mothers? Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (April 2015). Backlash against Working Mothers. Invited talk for the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis psychology department, Indianapolis, IN.
Simpson, R. H., Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (April 2015). Race Impacts the Workplace Motherhood Penalty. Poster presentation for the Loyola University Chicago Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., Durnbaugh, A., & Pham, H. (March 2015). Material values, goals, and water use: Results from a campus residence hall survey. Poster presentation for the Climate Change Conference at Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (September 2015). We Are What We Read: Protagonist Gender-typicality Influences Romantic Preferences and the Self-Concept. Paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Denver, CO.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., & Chouinard, C. E. (April 2015). Sexism and Discrimination against Working Mothers: Results from Online and High-Impact Lab Experiments. Paper presentation for the Loyola University Chicago Graduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
*All posted publications fall under the guidelines of Fair Use and may only be used for criticism, comment, news-reporting, teaching (including copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research. Downloading a document implies a personal request on your part to see the work. Further distribution is prohibited without the consent of the publisher.
Amin, A. B., Bednarczyk, R. A., Ray, C. E., Melchiori, K. J., Graham, J., Huntsinger, J. R., & Omer, S. B. (in press). Association of moral values with vaccine hesitancy. Nature Human Behavior.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (in press) Quantitative coding of qualitative data gathered in a lab experiment. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (in press). Examining responses to sexism using a high-impact, high-psychological realism lab study. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
Mallett, R. K., & Melchiori, K. J. (2016). Creating a water-saver identity reduces water use for students living in residence halls. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 47, 223-229.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., Durnbaugh, A. N., & Pham, H. D. (2016). Material values, goals, and water use: Results from a campus residence hall survey. In Filho, W. L., & Zint, M. (Eds), The Contribution of Social Sciences to Sustainable Development at Universities (pp. 273-287). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (2015). Using Shrek to teach about stigma. Teaching of Psychology, 42, 260-265.
Mallett, R. K., & Melchiori, K. J. (2014). Goal preference shapes confrontations of sexism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 646-656.
Mallett, R.K., Harrison, P.R., & Melchiori, K.J. (2014). Guilt and environmental behavior. In Michalos, A. C. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (pp. 2622-2626). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishing.
Williams, W. R., & Melchiori, K. J. (2013). Class action: Using experiential learning to raise awareness of social class privilege. In Case, K. (Ed.), Deconstructing Privilege: Teaching and Learning as Allies in the Classroom (pp. 169-187). New York: Routledge.
Mallett, R. K., Melchiori, K. J., & Strickroth, T. (2013). Self-confrontation via a carbon footprint calculator increases guilt and support for a pro-environmental group. Ecopsychology, 5, 9-16.
Melchiori, K. J. (2010). A locally grounded, feminist analysis of sex trafficking in Nepal. [Review of the book Sex trafficking in South Asia: Telling Maya’s story, by M. Crawford]. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 10, 347-349.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS (student co-authors in bold)
Amin, A. B., Bednarczyk, R. A., Ray, C. E., Melchiori, K. J., Graham, J., Huntsinger, J. R., & Omer, S. B. (April 2018). Associations of moral foundations with vaccine hesitancy. Presentation for the Society of Behavioral Medicine 39th annual conference, New Orleans, LA.
Melchiori, K. J. (October 2017). Discrimination against women who are childfree by choice versus childless due to infertility. Presentation for the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Boston, MA.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., & Marx, M. (June 2017). Appeals to conservative values protect confronters from backlash. In R. Bozeman (Chair), Resisting bias by increasing confrontation and decreasing backlash. Symposium for the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Albuquerque, NM.
Melchiori, K. J., Marx, M., & Mallett, R. K. (April 2017). Using partisan moral appeals to confront sexism. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Lyons, C. W., Melchiori, K. J., Jakobsen, K., Shoup-Knox, M., DuVall, K., & Gibson, P. (March 2017). The role of a diversity reading group in creating a climate for social justice. Presentation for James Madison University’s 11th Annual Diversity Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., & Simpson, R. H. (October 2016). Backlash against working parents. Paper presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Santa Monica, CA.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., & Simpson, R. H. (June 2016). Gender, Parenthood, and Race Impact Workplace Help and Harm. In G. Twose (Chair), Women in the workplace: Intersectional perspectives and integrative policy solutions. Symposium for the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (June 2016). Creating a Water-saver Identity Reduces Water Use. In S. Clayton (Chair), Mobilizing psychology to strengthen public engagement with climate change. Symposium for the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN.
Melchiori, K. J., Beckman, J., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2016). Competing Goals of Conservation and Comfort in Water Conservation Efforts. Poster presentation for the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Simpson, R. H., Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2016). Target Gender and Parenthood Status Affect Perceptions of Target Race. Poster presentation for the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., Beckman, J., & Mallett, R. K. (March 2016). Collective identity promotes water conservation on campus. Poster presentation for the Climate Change Conference at Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (January 2016). Ramblers Conserve Water: Using University Identity to Reduce Water Consumption. Poster presentation for the Sustainability Psychology SPSP preconference, San Diego, CA.
Melchiori, K. J., Simpson, R. H., Chouinard, C. E., Waklatsi, A. N., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2015). Target gender and Parenthood Moderate Relationship between Sexism and Stereotypes. Poster presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Chouinard, C. E., Melchiori, K. J., Simpson, R. H., Waklatsi, A. N., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2015). Implicit Ambivalent Sexism Activation following Businesswoman and Housewife Primes. Poster presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (May 2015). Who Do We Help More: Working Women or Working Mothers? Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (April 2015). Backlash against Working Mothers. Invited talk for the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis psychology department, Indianapolis, IN.
Simpson, R. H., Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (April 2015). Race Impacts the Workplace Motherhood Penalty. Poster presentation for the Loyola University Chicago Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., Durnbaugh, A., & Pham, H. (March 2015). Material values, goals, and water use: Results from a campus residence hall survey. Poster presentation for the Climate Change Conference at Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Melchiori, K. J., & Mallett, R. K. (September 2015). We Are What We Read: Protagonist Gender-typicality Influences Romantic Preferences and the Self-Concept. Paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Denver, CO.
Melchiori, K. J., Mallett, R. K., & Chouinard, C. E. (April 2015). Sexism and Discrimination against Working Mothers: Results from Online and High-Impact Lab Experiments. Paper presentation for the Loyola University Chicago Graduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
*All posted publications fall under the guidelines of Fair Use and may only be used for criticism, comment, news-reporting, teaching (including copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research. Downloading a document implies a personal request on your part to see the work. Further distribution is prohibited without the consent of the publisher.