Date: 13 February 2026, Friday
Place: A-130 (FEASS Building)
Time: 12:30
“The role of intersecting & multiple identities in intergroup judgements“
by
Elizabeth Quinn-Jensen, Princeton University
Abstract:
Social psychologists have also historically treated social identities as static, examining one single, unidimensional identity at a time. Yet everyone holds multiple social identities, and an increasing number of people identify in ways that blur conventional, singular identification. For example, some people belong to intermediate identity groups—sharing group membership with more commonly acknowledged groups on the same dimension of social identity (e.g., Biracial, bisexual people). My research explores the richness and ambiguity of intermediate and multiple identities in intergroup judgements, as a counterpoint to the single-category emphasis that has dominated much of previous research. In this talk, I will present data highlighting how ingroup and outgroup perceivers (1) evaluate someone based on how they express their identity and (2) judge how someone is treated. My research aims to illuminate how perceivers incorporate intermediate and multiple identities into identity-related evaluations and offer insights into how this process may be migrated.
Biography:
Dr. Elizabeth Quinn-Jensen is a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University. She Quinn-Jensen holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.S. in psychology from Northwestern University. Her research explores the complexity of diversity at both the individual and organizational/societal levels, with a focus on identities that do not fit neatly into one category.