Vita

JEFFREY WILLIAM SHERMAN

Curriculum Vitae
August, 2000

CONTACT

Office Address:
Department of Psychology
Northwestern University
2029 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208-2710

Phone: (847) 467-4133
E-mail: sherm@northwestern.edu
URL: www.psych.nwu.edu/psych/people/faculty/sherman/sherman.html

EDUCATION

1994 Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1989 B.A. (Psychology), With Highest Honors, University of California, Berkeley.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1994-2000 Assistant Professor, Northwestern University. 2000-present Associate Professor, Northwestern University.

HONORS AND ACADEMIC AWARDS

1990-93    National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship.
1993         American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award.
1993         General Affiliates Graduate Dissertation Fellowship, U.C. Santa Barbara.
1993         Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship, U.C. Santa Barbara.
1993         Graduate Division Student Research Fellowship, U.C. Santa Barbara.
1993         Humanities/Social Science Research Grant Award, U.C. Santa Barbara.
1989         Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley.

GRANTS

National Institute of Mental Health: Research Grant 1R03MH55037, "Stereotype Function: Explict and Implicit Effects,"
$143,705. Awarded to Jeffrey W. Sherman, 6/1/96-6/30/99.

National Institute of Mental Health: Research Grant 1R01MH59774, "Stereotype Efficiency and Encoding Flexibility," $386,107. Awarded to Jeffrey W. Sherman, 12/1/99-11/30/03.

PUBLICATIONS

Sherman, J. W. (in press). The dynamic relationship between stereotype efficiency and mental representation. To appear
in G. Moskowitz (Ed.), Cognitive social psychology: On the tenure and future of social cognition. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Sherman, J. W., Macrae, C. N., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (in press). Attention and stereotyping: Cognitive constraints on the construction of meaningful social impressions. European Review of Social Psychology.

Bessenoff, G. R., & Sherman, J. W. (in press). Automatic and controlled components of prejudice toward fat people: Automatic evaluation and stereotyping. Social Cognition.

Plaks, J. E., Stroessner, S. J., Dweck, C. S., & Sherman, J. W. (in press). Person theories and information-seeking: Preferences for stereotypic vs. counterstereotypic information. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Sherman, J. W., & Frost, L. A. (2000). On the encoding of stereotype-relevant information under cognitive load.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 26-34.

Wyer, N. A., Sherman, J. W., & Stroessner, S. J. (2000). The roles of motivation and ability in controlling the
consequences of stereotype suppression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 13-25.

Sherman, J. W., & Bessenoff, G. R. (1999). Stereotypes as source monitoring cues: On the interaction between
episodic and semantic memory. Psychological Science, 10, 106-110.

Susskind, J., Maurer, K., Thakkar, V., Hamilton, D. L., & Sherman, J. W. (1999). Perceiving individuals and groups:
Expectancies, dispositional inferences, and causal attributions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 181-191.

Bodenhausen, G. V., Macrae, C. N., & Sherman, J. W. (1999). On the dialectics of discrimination: Dual processes in
social stereotyping. In S. Chaiken & Y. Trope (Eds.), Dual process theories in social psychology (pp.271 -292). New York: Guilford Press.

Sherman, S. J., & Sherman, J. W. (1999). Bring the troops back home: Armistice between motivation and cognition.
Psychological Inquiry, 10, 65-68.

Sherman, J. W., Lee, A. Y., Bessenoff, G. R., & Frost, L. A. (1998). Stereotype efficiency reconsidered: Encoding
flexibility under cognitive load. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 589-606.

Sherman, J. W., Klein, S. B., Laskey, A., & Wyer, N. A. (1998). Intergroup bias in group judgment processes: The role of
behavioral memories. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 34, 51-65.

Monteith, M. J., Sherman, J. W., & Devine, P. G. (1998). Suppression as a stereotype control strategy. Personality and
Social Psychology Review, 2, 63-82.

Wyer, N. A., Sherman, J. W., & Stroessner, S. J. (1998). The spontaneous suppression of racial stereotypes. Social
Cognition, 16, 340-352.

Roese, N. J., Sherman, J. W., & Hur, T. (1998). Direction of comparison asymmetries in relational judgment: The
role of conversational norms. Social Cognition, 16, 353-362.

Sherman, J. W., Stroessner, S. J., Loftus, S. T., & DeGuzman, G. (1997). Stereotype suppression and recognition memory
for stereotypical and non-stereotypical information. Social Cognition, 15, 205-215.

Klein, S. B., Babey, S. H., & Sherman, J. W. (1997). The functional independence of trait and behavioral self-knowledge:
Methodological considerations and new empirical findings. Social Cognition, 15, 183-203.

Sherman, J. W., & Sherman, S. J. (1997). In the pursuit of basic principles of social psychology. Psychological Inquiry,
8, 342-359.

Sherman, J. W. (1996). Development and mental representation of stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 70, 1126-1141.

Klein, S. B., Sherman, J. W., & Loftus, J. (1996). The role of episodic and semantic memory in the development of trait
self-knowledge. Social Cognition, 14, 277-291.

Sherman, J.W., & Klein, S.B. (1994). The development and representation of personality impressions. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 972-983.

Sherman, J.W., & Hamilton, D.L. (1994). On the formation of interitem links in person memory. Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology, 30, 203-217.

Hamilton, D.L., & Sherman, J.W. (1994). Stereotypes. In R.S. Wyer, Jr., & T.K. Srull (Eds.) Handbook of Social
Cognition (2nd Ed., Vol. 2, pp. 1-68). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Mackie, D.M., Sherman, J.W., & Worth, L.T. (1993). On-line and memory-based processes in group variability
judgments. Social Cognition, 11, 44-69.

Klein, S.B., Loftus, J., & Sherman, J.W. (1993). The role of summary and specific behavioral memories in trait judgments
about the self. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 305-311.

Hamilton, D.L., Gibbons, P., Stroessner, S.J., & Sherman, J.W. (1992). Stereotypes and language use. In K. Fiedler &
G.R. Semin (Eds.), Language, interaction and social cognition (pp. 102-128). Newbury Park, CA: Sage
Publications.

Nemeth, C., Mayseless, O., Sherman, J., & Brown, Y. (1990). Exposure to dissent and recall of information. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 429-437.

MANUSCRIPTS-UNDER REVIEW, REVISION, OR IN PREPARATION

Sherman, J. W., Stroessner, S. J., & Azam, O. Prejudice, stereotyping, and individuation: Attentional and attributional effects. Under revision.

Wigboldus, D., Sherman, J. W., & Franzese, H. Cognitive load effects on the stereotypicality of spontaneous trait inferences. In preparation.

Groom, C. J., Lu, L., Sherman, J. W., & Keijzer, B. S. C. Compound social category formation. In
preparation.

Sherman, J. W. Stability-maintaining and plasticity-seeking in the development and application of schematic knowledge. In preparation.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED COLLOQUIA

Sherman, J. W. (2000). On the formation of compound social categories. Paper presented at the annual Duck Conference on Social Cognition. Duck, NC, June, 2000.

Sherman, J. W. (2000). Stability- and plasticity-seeking in the development and application of schematic knowledge. Paper presented at the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology Small Group Meeting on The Role and Nature of Cognitive Resources in Social Cognition. Lisbon, Portugal, May, 2000.

Groom, C. J., Lu, L., Sherman, J. W., & Keijzer, B. S. C. (2000). The mental representation of social subcategories. Paper presented at the 72nd annual convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1998.

Sherman, J. W. (2000). Prejudice, stereotyping, and individuation: Attentional and attributional effects. Paper presented at the 6th annual convention of the Social Psychologists of Chicago, Chicago, IL, April, 2000.

Sherman, J. W. (2000). Stereotype efficiency, encoding flexibility, and mental representation. Invited colloquium. University of California, Berkeley, February, 2000.

Groom, C., Lu, L., & Sherman, J. (2000). The mental representation of social sub-categories. Paper presented at the 1st Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Nashville, February, 2000.

Sherman, J. W. (1999). Subtypes, subgroups, and ad hoc categories. Paper presented at the Conference on the Role of Homogeneity and Entitativity in Intergroup Relations, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, July, 1999.

Sherman, J. W. (1999). Stereotype efficiency, encoding flexibility, and mental representation. Invited colloquium. University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June, 1999.

Sherman, J. W. (1999). Prejudice, stereotyping, and individuation: Attentional and attributional effects. Invited colloquium. University of Wisconsin, May, 1999.

Sherman, J. W. (1999). Implicit and explicit attitudes or implicit and explicit measures of attitudes: Dual process and dual representation models in social psychology. Invited paper presented at the Conference on Implicit Social Cognition, Chicago, IL, April, 1999.

Sherman, J. W. (1998). Expectancies and efficiency: Encoding flexibility under cognitive load. Paper presented at the 39^th
annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Dallas, TX, November, 1998.

Bessenoff, G. R. & Sherman, J. W. (1998). Automatic and controlled components in prejudice and their relation to
behavior. Paper presented at the 70th annual convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL, May, 1998.

Sherman, J. W. (1998). The dynamic relationship between stereotype efficiency and mental representation. Invited colloquium presented at the Group Dynamics Seminar Series, University of Michigan, April, 1998.

Sherman, J. W. (1998). Stereotype efficiency, encoding flexibility, and mental representation. Invited paper presented at the Future Directions in Social Cognition conference, Princeton University, January, 1998.

Sherman, J. W. (1997). Stereotype efficiency, encoding flexibility, and mental representation. Invited colloquium. Columbia University, October 1997.

Sherman, J. W. (1997). Stereotype efficiency, encoding flexibility, and mental representation. Invited colloquium. New York University, October 1997.

Sherman, J. W. (1997). Stereotype efficiency, encoding flexibility, and mental representation. Invited colloquium. Yale University, October 1997.

Sherman, J. W. (1997). Intergroup bias in group judgment processes: The role of behavioral memories. Paper presented at
the annual Duck Conference on Social Cognition. Duck, NC, June, 1997.

Sherman, J. W. (1997). A model of stereotype efficiency: Encoding flexibility under cognitive load. Invited paper
presented at the 69th annual convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1997.

Sherman, J. W. (1997). Stereotype efficiency reconsidered: Encoding flexibility under cognitive load. Invited colloquium. Purdue University, April 1997.

Sherman, J. W. (1997). Stereotype efficiency reconsidered: Encoding flexibility under cognitive load. Invited colloquium. The Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, April, 1997.

Sherman, J. W. (1996). Intergroup bias in group judgment processes: The role of behavioral memories. Invited colloquium. Universita degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy, December, 1996.

Sherman, J. W. (1996). Antecedents and consequences of stereotype suppression. Invited symposium presented at the
annual convention of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Boston, MA, October, 1996.

Roese, N. J., Olson, J. M., Grabowski, K. L., & Sherman, J. W. (1996). The most popular person in the class: In search of
the trait structure of charisma. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Society for the Study
of Personal Relationships, Banff, Alberta, Canada, August, 1996.

Sherman, J. W. (1996). Stereotype efficiency: Conceptual fluency and attentional flexibility. Paper presented at the annual
Duck Conference on Social Cognition. Duck, NC, June, 1996.

Sherman, J. W., Wyer, N. A., & Stroessner, S. J. (1996). Antecedents and consequences of stereotype suppression. Paper
presented at the 68th annual convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1996.

Sherman, J. W. (1996). A value maximization model of stereotype efficiency. Invited symposium presented at the 68th
annual convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1996.

Sherman, J. W. (1996). Antecedents and consequences of stereotype suppression. Paper presented at the 2nd annual
meeting of the Social Psychologists of Chicago, March, 1996.

Sherman, J. W. (1996). A value maximization model of stereotype efficiency. Invited colloquium. Indiana University, March, 1996.

Sherman, J. W. (1995). Stereotype function and attentional allocation. Invited colloquium. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November, 1995.

Sherman, J. W. (1995). Antecedents and consequences of stereotype suppression. Invited colloquium. Depaul University, November, 1995.

Sherman, J. W. (1995). A value maximization model of stereotype efficiency. Paper presented at the annual Person
Memory Interest Group Conference, Shenandoah, VA, October, 1995.

Wyer, N. A., Sherman, J. W., & Stroessner, S. J. (1995). Stereotype suppression leads to rebound effects in impressions
of neutral targets. Paper presented at the 7th annual convention of The American Psychological Society, July,
1995.

Sherman, J. W., & Frost, L. A. (1995). Stereotype function and attentional allocation when capacity is limited. Paper
presented at the 7th annual convention of the American Psychological Society, July, 1995.

Sherman, J. W. (1995). The mental representation and function of stereotypes. Paper presented at the 67th annual
convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1995.

Sherman, J. W. (1995). Why are stereotypes functional? Paper presented at the 1st annual convention of the Social
Psychologists of Chicago, Chicago, IL, April, 1995.

Sherman, J. W. (1995). The function of stereotypes in cognitively demanding situations. Invited colloquium. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, April, 1995.

Sherman, J. W. (1994). The development and representation of individual and group impressions. Paper presented at the
74th annual convention of the Western Psychological Association, Kona, Hawaii, April, 1994.

Sherman, J. W. (1994). The development and mental representation of personality impressions. Invited colloquium
presented to the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February, 1994.

Sherman, J. W. (1994). The development and mental representation of personality impressions. Invited colloquium
presented to the Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, January, 1994.

Sherman, J. W. (1994). The development and mental representation of personality impressions. Invited colloquium
presented to the Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, January, 1994.

Sherman, J. W. (1994). The development and mental representation of personality impressions. Invited colloquium
presented to the Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, January, 1994.

Sherman, J.W. (1992). Impression formation: A social cognition approach. Invited colloquium presented to the
Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, October, 1992.

Sherman, J.W., Klein, S. B., & Loftus, J. (1992). On the formation of abstract and specific autobiographical memories and
self-judgments. Paper presented at the 3rd annual convention of the American Psychological Society, San Diego,
June, 1992.

Sherman, J. W., & Hamilton, D. L. (1991). On the formation of interitem associative links in person memory. Paper
presented at the 90th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, August,
1991.

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

1996-1998; 2000- Consulting Editor: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

2000- Consulting Editor: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

2000- Consulting Editor: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Ad hoc reviewer for numerous professional journals including:
Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Cognition, European Journal of Social Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Personality,Basic and Applied Social Psychology.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE

Memberships:

American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (Affiliate Member) Psychonomic Society Society of Experimental Social Psychology Society for Personality and Social Psychology

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Research Methods in Social Psychology
Introduction to Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Prejudice and Stereotyping