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Diane Quinn

Diane Quinn

Title: Associate Professor


Departmental Program: Social

E-mail: diane.quinn@uconn.edu

Office Phone: (860) 486-4936

Department of Psychology
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1020

Preferred Means of Contact: E-mail

 

Research Interests:

  • Self
  • Stigma
  • Ideology

Undergraduate courses:

  • Introduction to Social Psychology
  • Research Methods in Psychology

Graduate courses:

  • Stigma
  • Self in Social Psychology

Representative Publications:

  • Quinn, D. M., & Earnshaw, V. A. (2011). Understanding concealable stigmatized identities: The role of identity in psychological, physical, and behavioral outcomes. Social Issues and Policy Review.
  • Chaudoir, S. R., & Quinn, D. M.(2010). Revealing concealable stigmatized identities: The impact of disclosure motivations and positive first-disclosure experiences on fear of disclosure and well-being.  Journal of Social Issues, 66, 570-584.
  • Saguy, T., Quinn, D. M., Dovidio, J. F., Pratto, F. (2010). Interacting like a body: Objectification can  lead women to narrow their presence in social interactions. Psychological Science , 21, 178- 182.
  • Quinn, D. M., & Chaudoir, S. R. (2009). Living with a concealable stigmatized identity: The impact of anticipated stigma, centrality, salience, and cultural stigma on psychological distress and health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 652-666.
  • Quinn, D. M. (2006). Concealable versus conspicuous stigmatized identities. In S. Levin and C. van Laar (Eds.), Stigma and Group Inequality: Social Psychological Approaches (pp. 83-103) . Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Quinn, D. M., Kallen, R. W., Twenge, J. M., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). The disruptive effect of self-objectification on performance. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 50-64.
  • Quinn, D. M., Kahng, S. K., & Crocker, J. (2004). Discreditable: Stigma effects of revealing a mental illness history on test performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , 30(7), 803-815
  • Quinn, D. M., & Spencer, S. J. (2001). The interference of stereotype threat on women's generation of mathematical problem solving strategies. Journal of Social Issues, 57(1), 55-71.
  • Blascovich, J., Spencer, S.J., Quinn, D. M., & Steele, C. M. (2001). African-Americans and high blood pressure: The role of stereotype threat. Psychological Science, 12(3), 225- 229.
  • Quinn, D. M., & Crocker, J. (1999). When Ideology Hurts: Effects of belief in the Protestant ethic and feeling overweight on the psychological well-being of women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77.
  • Spencer, S. J., Steele, C. M., & Quinn, D. M. (1999). Stereotype threat and women's math performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 35, 4-28.
  • Fredrickson, B. L., Roberts, T., Noll, S. M., Quinn, D. M., & Twenge, J. M. (1998). That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating, and math performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 269-284.