Michael Andreychik
Graduate Student
mra3@lehigh.edu
Academic History
Lehigh University
M.S. 2007, Psychology
B.A. 2003 , Political Science; Psychology
Research Interests
Social cognition; stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; social orientation; self-regulation.
My current research focuses on the explanations that people use to make sense of the behaviors and outcomes of others, and how the types of explanations an individual characteristically employs relate to that individual’s social orientation (e.g., compassion, forgiveness).
Honors
Donald T. Campbell Prize for Research in the Social Sciences, 2007
Lehigh University Summer Research Fellowship, 2006
Lehigh University Dean’s Scholar, 1998-2003
Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, 1999
National Merit Scholarship, 1998
Publications
Gill, M. J., & Andreychik, M. R. (2007). Explanation and intergroup emotion: Social explanations as a foundation of emotional reactions to one’s own prejudice. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 10, 87-106.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Andreychik, M. R., & Gill, M. J. (submitted for publication). Ingroup identity moderates the impact of social explanations on prejudice: External explanations for the low status of an outgroup are not necessarily a good thing.
Gill, M. J., & Andreychik, M. R. (under revision). Yours is to reason why: Social explanations as a foundation of intergroup attitudes.
Gill, M. J., & Andreychik, M. R. (in preparation). Belief in human kinds versus belief in inherent character: Which type of essentialism is associated with prejudice?
Conference Presentations
Andreychik, M. R., & Gill, M. J. (2007, September). Social explanatory style as a foundation of social orientation: Preliminary evidence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Peace and Justice Studies Association, Elizabethtown, PA.
Andreychik, M. R., & Gill, M. J. (2007, May). Essentialism and prejudice: Belief in human kinds versus belief in inherent character. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
Andreychik, M. R., & Gill, M. J. (2007, March). Social explanatory style as a foundation of social orientation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Andreychik, M. R., & Gill, M. J. (2007, January). Belief in human kinds versus belief in inherent character: Which type of essentialism is associated with prejudice? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Gill, M. J., & Andreychik, M. R. (2006, October). Social explanations and the experience of prejudice-related compunction. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
Andreychik, M. R., & Gill, M. J. (2006, March). Social explanations as a foundation of emotional reactions to one’s own prejudice. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Andreychik, M. R., & Gill, M. J. (2006, April). Social explanations as a foundation of intergroup attitudes. Poster presented at the First Annual Psychology and Social Justice Conference, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Andreychik, M. R., & Gill, M. J. (2006, May). Social explanations as a foundation of emotional reactions to one’s own prejudice. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Professional Memberships
Association for Psychological Science
Eastern Psychological Association
Peace and Justice Studies Association
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
