Publications

Publications
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Book

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

Edited Work

Ruscher, J. B., & Hammer, E. Y. (Eds) (2008). Current directions in social psychology (2nd edition). New York: Prentice-Hall.
Ruscher, J. B., & Hammer, E. Y. (2004). (Eds.) Current directions in social psychology New York: Prentice-Hall.

Literature Reviews and Theoretical Articles

Ruscher, J. B. (2006). Stranded by Katrina: Past and present. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 1-6
Ruscher, J. B., & Hammer, E. D. (2006). The development of shared stereotypic impressions in conversation: An emerging model, methods, and extensions to cross- group settings. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 25, 221-243
Ruscher, J. B. (1998). Prejudice and stereotyping in everyday communication. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.) Advances in experimental social psychology, Volume 30. (pp.241-307). San Diego: Academic Press.
Fiske, S. T., & Ruscher, J. B. (1993). Negative interdependence and prejudice: Whence the affect? In D. M Mackie & D. L. Hamilton (Eds.), Affect, cognition, and stereotyping: Interactive processess in group perception, (pp. 239-268). NY: Academic Press.
Fiske, S. T., & Ruscher, J. B. (1989). On-line processes in category-based and individuating impressions: Some basic principles and methodological reflections. In J. Bassili (Ed.). On-line cognition in person perception (pp. 141-174) Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum

Empirical Articles

Kaplan, S. A., Santuzzi, A. M. & Ruscher, J. B. (in press). Elaborative metaperceptions in outcome-dependent situations: The diluted relationship between default self-perceptions and metaperceptions. Social Cognition
Santuzzi, A. M., & Ruscher, J. B. (2006). Distancing from incompetent ingroup members: Evidence for the Black Sheep Effect. Race, Gender, and Class, 13, 87-95
Schnake, S. B., Beal, D. J., & Ruscher, J. B. (2006). Modern racism and intergroup bias in causal explanation Race, Gender, and Class, 13, 133-143
Santuzzi, A. M., Metzger, P. L., & Ruscher, J. B.(2006). Body image and expected future interaction Current Research in Social Psychology, 11, 153-171 (electronic journal)
Cralley, E. L., & Ruscher, J. B. (2005). Lady, girl, female, or woman: Sexism and cognitive busyness predict use of gender-biased nouns. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 24, 300-314.
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
Kaplan, S. A., Bradley, J. C., & Ruscher, J. B. (2004). The inhibitory role of cynical disposition in the provision and receipt of social support: The case of the September 11th terrorist attacks Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 1221-1232
Ruscher, J. B., Santuzzi, A. M., & Hammer, E. Y. (2003). Shared impression formation in the cognitively interdependent dyad. British Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 411-425
Santuzzi, A. M., & Ruscher, J. B. (2002). Stigma salience and paranoid social cognition: Understanding variability in metaperceptions among individuals with recently-acquired stigma Social Cognition, 20,171-197
Cralley, E. L., & Ruscher, J. B. (2001). To share or not to share: Unique data sets facilitate comprehension in a psychology statistics course. College Student Journal, 35, 498-503
Beal, D. J., Ruscher, J. B., & Schnake, S. B.(2001). No benefit of the doubt: Intergroup bias in understanding causal explanation.British Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 531-544
Beal, D. J., O'Neal, E. C., Ong, J., & Ruscher, J. B. (2000). The ways and means of interracial aggression: Modern racists' use of covert retaliation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 1225-1238
Carnelley, K. B., & Ruscher, J. B. (2000). Adult attachment and exploratory behavior in leisure. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 15, 153-165
Duval, L. L., Ruscher, J. B., Welsh, K., & Catanese, S. P. (2000). Bolstering and undercutting use of the elderly stereotype through communication of exemplars: The role of speaker age and exemplar stereotypicality. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 22. 137-146
Ruscher, J. B., Fiske, S. T. & Schnake, S. B. (2000). The motivated tactician's juggling act: Compatible versus incompatible impression goals British Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 241-256
Ruscher, J. B., & Hurley, M. M. (2000). Off-target verbosity evokes negative stereotypes of older adults. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 19, 139-147.
Carnelley, K. B., Ruscher, J. B., & Shaw, S. K. (1999). Meta-accuracy about potential relationship partners' models of others. Personal Relationships, 6, 95-109.
Ruscher, J. B., & Duval, L. L. (1998). Multiple communicators with unique target information transmit less stereotypical impressions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 329-344.
Schnake, S. B., & Ruscher, J. B. (1998). Modern racism as a predictor of the linguistic intergroup bias Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 17, 486-493
Hammer, E. D., & Ruscher, J. B. (1997). Conversing dyads explain the unexpected: Narrative and situational explanations for unexpected outcomes. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36. 347-360.
Ruscher, J. B., O'Neal, E. C., & Hammer, E. D. (1997). The perception of an outgroup after provocation by one of its members.Journal of Social Psychology, 137, 5-9
Schnake, S. B., Ruscher, J. B., Gratz, K. L., & O'Neal, E. C. (1997). Measure for measure? Male retaliation commensurate with anger depends on provocateur gender and aggression covertness. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 12, 937-954.
Ruscher, J. B., & Hammer, E. Y. (1996). Choosing to sever or maintain association induces biased impression formation.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 701-712.
Ruscher, J. B., Hammer, E. Y., & Hammer, E. D. (1996). Forming shared impressions through conversation: An adaptation of the Continuum Model. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 705-720.
Cummings, L. P., & Ruscher, J. B. (1994). Resolving internal discrepancies impairs communicators' recognition memory: A linguistic perspective. Social Cognition, 12, 205-222.
Ruscher, J. B., & Hammer, E. D. (1994). Revising disrupted impressions through conversation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, , 530-541.
Ruscher, J. B., Fiske, S. T., Miki, H., & Van Manen, S. (1991). Individuating processes in competition: Interpersonal versus intergroup. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17, 595-605.
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Publication Award
Ruscher, J. B., & Fiske, S. T. (1990). Interpersonal competition can cause individuating processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 832-843.

Other published work

Ruscher, J. B., & Wallace, D. L. (2008). Prejudiced and discriminatory communication. In W. Donsbach (Ed.). International encyclopedia of communication. pp. 3865-3871. Blackwell.
Ruscher, J. B., & Santuzzi, A. M. (2007). Schemas. In R. Baumeister and K. D. Vohs. (Eds.) The encyclopedia of social psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Maruyama, G., & Ruscher, J. B. (2006). Postscript and a call for change. [Co-editor's comment for special issue on Hurricane Katrina]. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 255-261.
Ruscher, J. B. (2005). The emotional flood. SPSP Dialogue
Ruscher, J. B. (1997). What's special about "social" social cognition. A review of "What's social about social cognition?" Contemporary Psychology, 42, 1093-1094.
Fiske, S. T., & Ruscher, J. B. (1991). Affective responses. In R. Dulbeco (Ed.). The encyclopedia of human biology. (pp. 101-111). San Diego: Academic Press. Reprinted in second edition, 1996.

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