Brittany Cassidy
Education
Ph.D. Psychology, Brandeis University
M.A. Psychology, Brandeis University
B.A. Psychology, Boston University
Courses Taught
- PSY 260: Psychological Perspectives on Social Psychology
- PSY 460: Interpersonal Behavior and Group Processes
Research
People form enduring impressions from glimpses of faces. These impressions are biased by facial characteristics (e.g., “a person with an attractive face is good”) and categorical stereotypes (e.g., “a Black face is less trustworthy than a White face”). Biased impressions contribute to longstanding societal inequities. Characterizing how facial cues drive impressions is important to understand these inequities as well as a core aspect of social cognition. Dr. Brittany Cassidy researches how people perceive, evaluate, and remember others based on the cues they receive when seeing faces.