Jacob Appleby

I am currently a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology position at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. Previously, I spent two years as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.

I completed my Ph.D. in social psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, in 2018 with a minor in political psychology.

My research deals broadly with intergroup attitudes and relations, particularly where the processes involved intersect with politics. My two main areas of inquiry are (1) how racial attitudes influence political preferences and decisions  and (2) how our understanding of the relations between ideological and partisan groups can be informed by incorporating the vast social-psychological work on intergroup processes. I am also interested in how racial attitudes affect outcomes in legal and crime-related contexts (e.g., eyewitness identification).

My work has appeared in Social Psychological & Personality Science, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, and Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy, and Political Psychology. Check out my Publications and Presentations page to see copies of my work and read about current projects.