Faculty

Janet B. Ruscher, Ph.D.
Professor

Ph.D., 1991, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Curriculum Vitae

Email: ruscher@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 862-3309
3049  Percival Stern Hall and 201 Lindy Boggs Center
PhD Program:Psychological Science: Social Psychology

Research Interests

Dr. Ruscher's social cognition research focuses primarily on stereotyping and prejudice in communication. Current interest lies with the transmission of discriminatory performance feedback in intergroup settings, receptivity to feedback, and linguistic characterizations of grief and recovery.

Selected Publications

Ruscher, J. B. (2012). Describing grief under cyclical versus linear conceptions of time. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 31, 533-546

Ruscher, J. B. (2011). Moving forward: The effect of spatial metaphors on perceptions about grief . Social Psychology, 42, 225-230. [Special issue: Spatial Constraints on Social Cognition]

Bradley-Geist, J. C., & Ruscher, J. B. (2011). Showcasing and subjugating minorities and women: Assignment to visible but trivial committees. Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture, 2, 5-18.

Ruscher, J. B., Wallace, D., Walker, K. M., & Bell, L. H. (2010). Constructive feedback in cross-race interaction. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 13, 603-619.

Kaplan, S. A., Santuzzi, A. M. & Ruscher, J. B. (2009). Elaborative metaphoric in outcome-dependent situations: The diluted relationship between default self-perceptions and metaphoric. Social Cognition, 27, 602-615

Ruscher, J. B., Cralley, E. L., & O'Farrell, K. J. (2005). How newly acquainted dyads develop shared stereotypic impressions of others through conversation. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 8, 259-270.

Ruscher, J. B. (2001). Prejudiced communication: A social psychological perspective. New York: Guilford Press.

Dr. Ruscher's Courses

• Graduate Syllabi
• Undergraduate Syllabi

Current and Former Students

• Undergraduate Thesis Students
• Graduate Students