Linda J. Skitka

University Address

Department of Psychology

University of Illinois Chicago (M/C 285)

1007 W. Harrison St., 1009 BSB  

Chicago, IL    60607-7137

(312) 996-4464    Fax: (312) 413-4122

Email: lskitka@uic.edu

Website: http://lskitka.people.uic.edu

Twitter: @LindaSkitka

Employment

University of Illinois Chicago

Emerita Professor, 2022 - present

LAS Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, 2020-2022

Visiting Professor, Flinders University, 2019

Professor, Department of Psychology, 2003 – 2019

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, 1996 - 2003

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, 1994 - 1996

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, 1989 – 1994

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D., Psychology, 1989

M.A., Psychology, 1986

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

       B.A., with Distinction, Psychology, 1983

Honors and Awards

Heritage Wall Awardee: Honoring Impact in Personality and Social Psychology, 2023, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Top 15 Public Relations Insights of 2020, Awarded by the Institute for Public Relations

LAS Distinguished Professor, 2020

President, Society for Social and Personality Psychology, 2019

President, Division 8, American Psychological Association, 2019

President, Midwestern Psychological Association, 2018

Distinguished Service Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2016

Harold Lasswell Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Political Psychology, awarded by the International Society of Political Psychology, 2016

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Fellow, 2012

University of Illinois Chicago, Graduate Mentor of the Year Award, 2009

President, International Society for Justice Research, 2006 – 2008

Association for Psychological Science Fellow, 2007

Charter Fellow of the Midwestern Psychological Association, 2008

University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Psychology, Graduate Mentor Award, 2006

University of Illinois Chicago, Advisor of the Year Award, 2002

Midwestern Region Psi Chi Faculty Advisor of the Year, 2001

University of Illinois Chicago’s Nominee, Carnegie Foundation U.S. Professor of the Year, 2000

University of Illinois Chicago Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1999 

University of Illinois Chicago Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Teaching Award, 1999

Ruth Cousins National Psi Chi Chapter of the Year Award (Faculty Advisor), 1994, 1997 

Excellence in Graduate Education Award, Southern Illinois University, 1993

Psi Chi Outstanding Faculty Award, Southern Illinois University, 1992

Excellence in Undergraduate Education Awards, Southern Illinois University, 1991, 1992, 1993, 

Fourth Quarter Research Fellowship, Southern Illinois University, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Funded University Research Project, Southern Illinois University, 1991, 1992, 1993

Faculty Development Award, Southern Illinois University, 1991

Western Psychological Association Scholarship, 1986, 1989

Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, presented by the University of California Berkeley Academic Senate Committee on Teaching, 1988

Association for Women in Psychology and Division 35 of the American Psychological Association Annual Student Research Prize, Honorable Mention, 1986

Editorial Service

Associate Editor, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition, 2011-2016

Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2008 – 2010

Associate Editor, Social Justice Research, 2003 – 2006

Advisory Editor, Psychological Science, 2010 – 2012

Editorial Board, Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 2017 - 2021

Editorial Board, Archives of Scientific Psychology, 2012 – 2014

Editorial Board, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2004 – present

Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2004 - 2008

Editorial Board, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition, 2004 – 2010; 2017 - present

Editorial Board, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes, 1999 - 2002 

Editorial Board, Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2012 – 2018

Editorial Board, Moral Cognition and Communication, 2017 - 2018

Editorial Board, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2007 – present

Editorial Board, Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2014 – 2021

Editorial Board, Political Psychology, 2008 – present

Editorial Board, Political Research Exchange, 2018- present

Editorial Board, Psychological Science, 2012- 2019

Editorial Board, Routledge Studies in Political Psychology, 2011 - present

Editorial Board, Social Justice Research, 2011 – present

Editorial Board, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2013 – present

Guest Editor, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences, 2014

Guest Editor, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014

Guest Editor, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences, 2014

Guest Editor (with Faye Crosby), Personality and Social Psychology Review, Special Issue: Justice Theory and Research, 2003

Other Professional Activities

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Strategic Plan Task Force, 2022-2023

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Senior Awards Committee, 2022

International Society for Justice Research, COVID-19 Grant Review Committee, 2020

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Executive Director Search Committee, 2020 

Flinders University, Flinders SA, Visiting Scholar, 2019

International Society for Justice Research Program Committee, 2018

Member at Large, Board of Directors, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2016 – 2018

Strategic Planning Committee Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2017

       Midwestern Psychological Association Council, 2017 - 2019

Chair and Founding Member, Consortium for the Advancement of Social and Personality Science, which launched and serves as the governing board for the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2008 – 2012; 2013 - 2016

Society for Experimental Social Psychology Executive Committee, 2007 – 2010; 2012 – 2015

Society for Experimental Social Psychology Publications Committee, 2012-2013; 2014 – present

Society for Experimental Social Psychology Distinguished Scientist Award Committee, 2014; 2015 (Chair)

Society for Experimental Social Psychology Scientific Impact Award Committee, Chair, 2013

Society for Experimental Social Psychology Membership Committee, 2012, Chair, 2013 

Founder of the Chicagoland Morality Researchers Group (C-MORE), 2012- present

U.S. Regional Representative, Asian Association for Social Psychology, 2011 - present

International Society for Political Psychology, Summer School Committee, 2012

International Society for Political Psychology, Local Conference Organizer, 2012

International Society for Political Psychology, Lasswell Award Committee Chair, 2011

Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation: Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences, 2010

Midwestern Association Fellows Committee, 2010

Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Membership Committee, 2008-2009 (Chair); 2010

Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Publication Committee, 2008-2010 (Chair)

  Invited Instructor, Society of Personality and Social Psychology and National Science Foundation Summer Institute in Social Psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (co-instructor on Social Justice with Prof. Tom Tyler, New York University), 2005

Social Psychologists of Chicago (SPOC), Conference Organizer and Program Chair, 1997; 2002; 2009

International Society for Justice Research Executive Committee, 2005 – 2009

International Society for Justice Research Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, 2008

International Society for Justice Research Early Career Contribution Award, 2008

International Society for Justice Research Conference Program Committee, 2006; 2008

International Society for Justice Research Morton Deutsch Award Committee, 2006

  Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference Program Committee, 2006

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Justice Pre-Conference Organizer, 2001 - 2006

Society for the Study of Social Issues, Grants-In-Aid Review Committee, 2002; 2003

Psi Chi National Council, 1993 - 1995

Midwestern Regional Vice-President of Psi Chi, 1993 - 1995

Chair, Psi Chi Midwestern Regional Research Award Committee, 1995

Chair, Psi Chi Lewis Distinguished Lecturer Committee, 1994, 1995 

Membership in Professional Associations

Association for Psychological Science

International Society for Justice Research 

International Society for Political Psychology

Midwestern Political Science Association

Midwestern Psychological Association  

Society for Experimental Social Psychology

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Review Panels

National Science Foundation, Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research, 2016

     National Science Foundation: Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences, Committee of Visitors, 2010

National Science Foundation, Decision Risk and Management Sciences, 2005 – 2007

National Science Foundation, Human and Social Dynamics Competition, 2005

External Grants 

“I have a dream:” The role of utopian thinking in political engagement. Australian Research Council, DP190102350, January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2023 (Michael Wenzel, Principal Investigator).

Civility and the reduction of social biases. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, #435-2018-1221, March 15, 2018 – March 31, 2023 (Jeremy Frimer, Principal Investigator, Karl Aquino, Co-PI).

The amoral atheist? A cross-cultural examination of cognitive, motivational and cultural contributions to unbelief and moral considerations. The scientific study of non-belief project, Kent University, funded by the Templeton Foundation, June 1, 2017 – December 31, 2018 (Tomas Stähl, Principal Investigator).

Neurocognitive profiles of the morally exceptional: Mechanisms for decisions and social influence. Beacon Project, John Templeton Foundation, January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2018 (Molly Crockett, Principal Investigator).

The benevolent authority model of societal organization. Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2014. (James Liu, Principal Investigator).

The revenge motive: Understanding public bellicosity and closure in a post-9/11 world. National Science Foundation, SES-1139869, May 23, 2011 – May 22, 2013. Principal Investigator (Peter Liberman, Co-investigator).

Public reactions to Gonzales v. Oregon: The role of attitude strength, moral mandates, and procedural fairness in assessments of institutional legitimacy. National Science Foundation, SES-0530380, September 1, 2005 – August 31, 2008. (Principal Investigator.)

Ideological differences in public compassion: The role of perspective taking, affect, and suppression on willingness to help. National Science Foundation, SES-0518084, September 15, 2005 – Sept. 14, 2007. (Principal Investigator).

Testing the generalizability of the moral mandate effect under conditions of personal voice. Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences Program, administered by Diana Mutz and Arthur Lupia for the National Science Foundation, SES-0094964, November 4, 2005 – August 4, 2006. (Principal Investigator.)

A value protection model of justice reasoning. National Science Foundation, SES-0111612, Sept. 1, 2001 – August 31, 2004. (Principal Investigator.)

Understanding political tolerance. National Science Foundation, SES-0210053, January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2002. (Principal Investigator.)

A test of the moral mandate hypothesis. National Science Foundation, SES -0084781, June 15, 2000 - May 15, 2001. Principal Investigator.

When just procedures and outcomes conflict: A value-pluralism model of justice. National Science Foundation, SES-9617861, Jan. 1, 1997 - August 31, 1998. (Principal Investigator.)

Automation: Decision aid or decision maker? NASA Ames Aerospace Human Factors Research Division, Cooperative Research Grant, NCC 2-237, Oct. 1, 1993 - Sept. 30, 1997. (Principal Investigator, Kathleen Mosier, Co-investigator)

Reactions to victims of the 1993 Midwest flood: The political psychology of providing disaster relief. National Science Foundation, SES -9321150, Dec. 1, 1993 - May 31, 1995. (Principal Investigator.)

A functional and historical analysis of arguments for and against the inclusion of African Americans, women, and homosexuals in the United States military. The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Grants-In-Aid Program, February 1994. (Principal Investigator, Renee L. Robideau and Christopher Marchioro, Co-Investigators).

Journal Publications

Lizzio-Wilson, M., Thomas, E. F., Wenzel, M., Haines, E., Stevens, J., Fighera, D., Williams, P., Authorson, S., Osborne, D., & Skitka, L. J. (2025). What could be? Depends on who you ask: Using latent profile analysis and natural language processing to identify the different types and content of utopian visions. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64. 

Thomas, E.F., Bird, L., O’Donnell, A., Osborne, D., Buonaiuto, E., Yip, L., Lizzio-Wilson, M., Wenzel, M. & Skitka, L. (2025). Do conspiracy beliefs fuel support for reactionary social movements? Effects of misbeliefs on actions to oppose lockdown and to ‘Stop the Steal’. British Journal of Social Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12727

Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S. A.,…..Skitka, L.J.,….Van Bavel, J. J., Willer, R. (2024). A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19. Nature, 625, 134-147.

Teas, P. E., Hanson, B.E., Leal, A., Novak, L.M., & Skitka, L.J. (2024). Values in context: The (dis)connections between moral foundations and moral conviction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Skitka, L. J. (2023). Do we need a definition of morality? A comment on the distinctions between definition and a theory and the problem of porn. Psychologist Inquiry, 34, 110-113.

Frimer, J. A., Aujla, H., Feinberg, M., Skitka, L. J., Aquino, K., Eichstaedt, J. C., & Willer, R. (2023). Incivility is rising among American politicians on Twitter. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(2), 259-269.

Kirkland, K., Crimston, C., Jetten, J., ... Skitka, L.J., ... & Bastian, B. (2022). Moral expansiveness across cultures: The role of societal factors across 39 countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Giner-Sorolla, R., Hilton, D., Erb, H. P., Durante, F., Flabeck, C., Fülöp, E., Mari, S., Petrocić, N., Sekerdej, M., Studzinska, A., Skitka, L. J., Washburn, A. N., Zadora, A. (2021). Assigning moral roles within the Second World War in Europe: National similarities, differences, and implications for group-level moral representations. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 272-288.

Skitka, L. J., Hanson, B. E., Morgan, G. S., & Wisneski, D. C. (2021). The psychology of moral conviction. Annual Review of Psychology, 72, 347-366.

Skitka, L. J., Melton, Z. J., Mueller, A. B., & Wei, K. Y. (2021). The gender gap: Who is (and is not) included on graduate level syllabi in social/personality psychology? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 863–872.

Baumert, A., Li, M., Sasse, J. & Skitka, L. J. (2020). Standing up against moral violations: Psychological processes of moral courage. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 88.

Finkel, E. J., Bail, C. A., Cikara, M., Ditto, P.H., Iyengar, S., Klar, S., Mason, L., McGrath, M.C., Nyhan, B., Rand, D. G., Skitka, L. J., Tucker, J. A., Van Bavel, J. J., Wang, C. S., Druckman, J. N. (2020). Political sectarianism in America: A poisonous cocktail of othering, aversion, and moralization. Science, 370(6561), 533-536.

Frimer, J. A. & Skitka, L. J. (2020). Americans hold their political leaders to a higher discursive standard than rank-and-file co-partisans. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 86, 10390.

Frimer, J. A., & Skitka, L. J. (2020). Are politically diverse thanksgiving dinners shorter than politically uniform ones? Plos ONE, 15(10), e0239988.

Skitka, L. J. (2020). An optimistic take on avoiding liberal (and other sources of) bias. Psychological Inquiry, 31, 88-89.

Van Bavel, J. J., Baicker, K., Boggio, P. S., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M. J., Crum, A. J., Douglas, K. M., Druckman, J. N. Drury, J., Dube, O., Ellemers, N., Finkel, E. J., Fowler, J. H., Gelfand, M., Han, S., Haslam, S. A., Jetten, J., Kitayama, S., Mobbs, D., Napper, L. E., Packer, D. J., Pennycook, G., Peters, E., Petty, R. E., Rand, D. G., Reicher, S. D., Schnall, S., Shariff, A., Skitka, L. J., Smith, S. S., Sunstein, C. R., Tabri, N., Tucker, J. A., van der Linden, S., Van Lange, P. A. M., Weeden, K. A., Wohl, M. J. A., Zaki, J., Zion, S. & Willer, R. (2020). Using social and behavioral science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. Nature Human Behavior, 4, 460-471. [Selected by the Institute for Public Relations as one of the Top 15 Relations Insights of 2020, and Number 1 Insight in Behavioral Science].

Liberman, P. & Skitka, L. J. (2019). Vicarious retribution in U.S. public support for war against Iraq. Security Studies, 8(2), 189-215.

Frimer, J. A., & Skitka, L. J. (2018). The Montagu principle: Incivility decreases politicians’ public approval, even with their political base. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 845-866.

Hofmann, W., Brandt, M. J., Wisneski, D. C., Rockenbach, B., & Skitka, L. J. (2018). Moral punishment in everyday life. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44, 1697 – 1711.

Skitka, L. J., Hanson, B. E, Washburn, A. N. & Mueller, A. B. (2018). Moral and religious convictions: The same or different things? PlosONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199311

Washburn, A. N., Hanson, B. H., Motyl, M., Skitka, L. J., Yantis, C., Kendall, K. M., Sun, J., Prims, J. P., Melton, Z. J., Carsel, T. S. (2018). Why do some researchers resist using proposed reforms to research practices? A description of researchers’ rationales. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Sciences, 1, 166-173. 

Frimer, J. A., Skitka, L. J., & Motyl, M. (2017). Liberals and conservatives are similarly motivated to avoid exposure to one another's opinions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 72, 1-12.

Liberman, P. & Skitka, L. J. (2017). Revenge in U.S. public support for the war against Iraq. Public Opinion Quarterly, 81, 636-660.

Motyl, M., Demos, A. P., Carsel, T. S., Hanson, B. E., Melton, Z. J., Mueller, A., Prims, J.P., Sun, J., Washburn, A. N., Wong, K., Yantis, C., & Skitka, L. J. (2017). Rotten to the core, not so bad, getting better, or getting worse? The state of social and personality science. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 34 – 58.

Mueller, A., & Skitka, L. J. (2017). Liars, damned liars, and zealots: The effect of moral mandates on transgressive advocacy acceptance. Social Psychological and Personality Science.  9(6), 711-718.

Skitka, L. J., Hanson, B. E., & Wisneski, D.C. (2017). Utopian hopes or dystopian fears? Understanding the motivational underpinnings of morally motivated political engagement. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 177 – 190.

Skitka, L. J., Wisneski, D. C., & Brandt, M. J. (2017). Attitude moralization: Probably not intuitive or rooted in perceptions of harm. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 27, 9 - 13.

Washburn, A. N., & Skitka, L. J. (2017). Science denial across the political divide: Liberals and conservatives are similarly motivated to deny attitude-inconsistent science. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 10.1177/1948550617731500

Wisneski, D. C. & Skitka, L. J. (2017). Moralization through moral shock: Exploring emotional antecedents to moral conviction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 139 - 150.

Ståhl, T., Zaal, M. P., & Skitka, L. J. (2016). Moralized rationality: Relying on logic and evidence in the formation and evaluation of belief can be seen as a moral issue. PlosONE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.016633

Brandt, M. J., Wisneski, D. C., & Skitka, L. J. (2015). Moralization and the 2012 presidential election campaign. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3, 211 – 237.

Hofmann, W., Wisneski, D. C., Brandt, M. J., & Skitka, L. J. (2015). Two questions, two answers: Response to comment on “Morality in Everyday Life.” Science, 348(6236),767.

Skitka, L. J., Washburn, A. N., & Carsel, T. S. (2015). The psychological foundations and consequences of moral conviction. Current Opinion in Psychology, 6, 41-44.

Hofmann, W., Wisneski, D. C., Brandt, M. J., & Skitka, L. J. (2014). Morality in everyday life. Science, 345, 1340 – 1343.

Gollwitzer, M., Skitka, L, J., Wisneski, D., Sjöström, A., Liberman, P., Nazir, S. J., & Bushman, B. J. (2014). Vicarious revenge and the death of Osama bin Laden. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 604 – 615.

Skitka, L. J. & Morgan, G. S. (2014). The social and political implications of moral conviction. Advances in Political Psychology, 35, 95 – 110.

Washburn, A. & Skitka, L. J. (2014). Motivated and displaced revenge: Remembering 9/11 suppresses opposition to military intervention in Syria (for some). Analyses of Social and Public Policy, 15, 89 - 104.

Reifen Tagar, M., Morgan, G. S., Skitka, L., & Halperin, E. (2013). Moral conviction in the context of protracted intergroup conflict: When ideology matters in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 117-125.

Aramovich, N.P., Lytle, B.L. & Skitka, L. J. (2012). Opposing torture: Moral conviction and resistance to majority influence. Social Influence, 7, 21 - 34. 

Bauman, C. W. & Skitka, L. J. (2012). Corporate social responsibility as a source of employee satisfaction. Research in Organizational Behavior, 32, 63 - 86.

Bauman, C. W., Wisneski, D. C., & Skitka, L. J. (2012). Cubist consequentialism: The pros and cons of an agent-patient template for morality. Psychological Inquiry, 23, 129 - 133. 

Skitka, L. J. (2012). Cross-disciplinary conversations: A social psychological perspective on justice research with non-human animals. Social Justice Research, 25, 327-335. 

Skitka, L. J. (2012). Multifaceted problems: Liberal bias and the need for scientific rigor in self-critical research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 508 – 511. 

Skitka, L. J., Liu, J., Yang, Y., Chen, H., Liu, L. & Xu, L. (2012). Exploring the cross-cultural generalizability and scope of morally motivated intolerance. Social Psychological and Personality and Science, 4, 324-331.

Morgan, G. S., Wisneski, D. C., & Skitka, L. J. (2011). The expulsion from Disneyland: The social psychological impact of 9/11. American Psychologist, 66, 447 - 454.

Skitka, L. J. & Wisneski, D. C. (2011). Moral conviction and emotion. Emotion Review, 3, 328 - 330.

Bauman, C. W. & Skitka, L. J. (2010). Perceptual biases in the general population: Evidence of correspondence bias off campus. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 32, 269 – 277.

Morgan, G. S., Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2010). When values and attributions collide: Liberals' and conservatives' values motivate attributions for alleged misdeeds.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 1241 – 1254.

Morgan, G. S., Skitka, L. J., & Wisneski, D. (2010). Moral and religious convictions and intentions to vote in the 2008 Presidential election. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 10, 307 – 320.

Skitka, L. J. (2010). The psychology of moral conviction. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4, 267 - 281.

Bauman, C. W., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Moral conflict and procedural justice: Moral mandates as constraints to voice effects. Australian Journal of Psychology, 61, 40 – 49.

Crandall, C. S., Eidelman, S., Skitka, L. J., & Morgan, G. S. (2009). Status quo framing increases support for torture. Social Influence, 4, 1 – 10.

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Comparing Americans’ and Ukrainians’ allocations of public assistance: The role of affective reactions in helping behavior. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 40, 301 – 318.

Perry, S. P., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Making lemonade? Defensive coping style moderates the effect of stereotype threat on women's math test performance. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 918 – 920.

Skitka, L. J. (2009). Exploring the “lost and found” of justice theory and research. Social Justice Research, 22, 98 –116.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Lytle, B. L. (2009). The limits of legitimacy: Moral and religious convictions as constraints on deference to authority. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 567 - 578.

Wisneski, D. C., Lytle, B. L., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Gut reactions: Moral conviction, religiosity, and trust in authority. Psychological Science, 20(9), 1059-1063.

Conway, A. R. A., Skitka, L. J., Hemmerich, J. A., & Kershaw, T. C. (2008). Flashbulb memory for September 11, 2001. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 605 – 623.

Skitka, L. J., & Bauman, C. W. (2008). Moral conviction and political engagement. Political Psychology, 29, 29 – 54.

Skitka, L. J., & Mullen, E. (2008). Moral convictions often override concerns about procedural fairness: A reply to Napier and Tyler. Social Justice Research, 21, 529-546.

Bauman, C. W., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Ethnic group differences in lay philosophies of behavior in the United States. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 37, 438 – 445.

Fischer, R., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Justice: Social psychological perspectives. In A. J. W. Taylor & T. Taylor (Eds.) Justice as a basic need (pp. 85 – 93). Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY.

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Exploring the psychological underpinnings of the moral mandate effect: Motivated reasoning, identification, or affect? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 629 - 643.

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). When outcomes prompt criticism of procedures: An archival analysis of the Rodney King case. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 1 – 14.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., Aramovich, N. P., & Morgan, G. C. (2006). Confrontational and preventative policy responses to terrorism: Anger wants a fight and fear wants "them" to go away. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 28, 375 - 384.

Skitka, L. J., & Sargis, E. G. (2006). The Internet as psychological laboratory. Annual Review of Psychology, 57, 529 - 555.

Cardeña, E., Dennis, M. J., Winkel, M., & Skitka, L. J. (2005). A snapshot of terror: Acute posttraumatic responses to the September 11 attack. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 6, 69 – 84.

Skitka, L. J., (2005). Patriotism or nationalism? Understanding post-September 11, 2001 flag display behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 1995 - 2011.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Sargis, E. G. (2005). Moral conviction: Another contributor to attitude strength or something more? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 895 – 917.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Mullen, E. (2004). Political tolerance and coming to psychological closure following September 11, 2001: An integrative approach. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 743 – 756.

Mullen, E., Bauman, C. W., & Skitka, L. J. (2003). Avoiding the pitfalls of politicized psychology. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 3, 171-176.

Skitka, L. J., Winquist, J. & Hutchinson, S. (2003). Are outcome fairness and outcome favorability distinguishable psychological constructs? A meta-analytic review. Social Justice Research, 16, 309 – 341.

Skitka, L. J. (2003). Of different minds: An accessible identity model of justice reasoning. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7, 286 – 297.

Skitka, L. J. (2002). Do the means always justify the ends or do the ends sometimes justify the means? A value protection model of justice reasoning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 588 - 597.

Skitka, L. J., & Mullen, E. (2002). Understanding judgments of fairness in a real-world political context: A test of the value protection model of justice reasoning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1419-1429.

Skitka, L. J., & Mullen, E. (2002). The dark side of moral conviction. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 2, 35-41.

Skitka, L. J., Mullen, E., Griffin, T., Hutchinson, S., & Chamberlin, B. (2002). Dispositions, ideological scripts, or motivated correction? Understanding ideological differences in attributions for social problems. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 470-487.

Thomas, S., Skitka, L. J., Christen, S., & Jurgena, M. (2002). Social facilitation and impression formation. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 24, 67-70.

Skitka, L. J., & Houston, D. (2001). When due process is of no consequence: Moral mandates and presumed defendant guilt or innocence. Social Justice Research, 14, 305-326. [Reprinted in T. Tyler (Ed.) (2005), The International Library of Essays in Law and Society: Procedural Justice II (pp. 525 – 533), Surrey, UK: Ashgate]

Mosier, K. L. & Skitka, L. J., Dunbar, M., & McDonnell, L. (2001). Air crews and automation bias:  The advantages of teamwork? International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 11, 1-14.

Skitka, L. J., Mosier, K. L., & Burdick, M. (2000). Accountability and automation bias. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 52, 701 - 717.

Skitka, L. J., Mosier, K. L., Burdick, M., & Rosenblatt, B. (2000). Automation bias and errors: Are crews better than individuals? International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 10, 85-97.

Skitka, L. J. (1999). Ideological and attributional boundaries on public compassion: Reactions to individuals and communities affected by a natural disaster. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 793-792.

Skitka, L. J., Mosier, K. L., & Burdick, M. (1999). Does automation bias decision-making? International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 51, 991-1006. 

Skitka, L. J., Robideau, R. L., & Marchioro, C. (1998). A functional analysis of arguments for and against the inclusion of African-Americans, women, and homosexuals in the United States Military. Contemporary Social Psychology, 18, 51-63.

Mosier, K. L., Skitka, L. J., Heers, S., & Burdick, M. D. (1998). Automation bias: Decision making and performance in high-tech cockpits. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 8, 47-63. 

Skitka, L. J., & Robideau, R. L. (1997). Judging a book by its cover: The effects of candidate party label and issue stands on voting behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 967 - 982. 

Heaven, P., Searight, H. R., Chastain, J. & Skitka, L. J. (1996). The relationship between perceived family health and personality functioning among Australian adolescents. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 24 358-366.

Skitka, L. J., & Frazier, M. (1995). Ameliorating the effects of parental divorce: Do small group interventions work? Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 24, 159-179.

Manley, C. M., Wood, P. K., Searight, H. R., Skitka, L. J., & Russo, J. R. (1994). A latent variable model of the Family-of-Origin scale for adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 23, 99-117.

Manley, C., Searight, H. R., Skitka, L. J. & Russo, J. R. (1993). The Family-of-Origin scale with adolescents: Preliminary norms. Social Behavior and Personality, 21, 17-24

Piatt, A. L., Ketterson, T., Searight, H. R., Skitka, L. J., Russo, J. R., & Rogers, B. J. (1993). The relationship of psychological adjustment to perceived family functioning among African-American adolescents. Adolescence, 28, 673-684.

Skitka, L. J., Piatt, A. L., Ketterson, T. U., & Searight, H. R. (1993). Offense classification and social facilitation in juvenile delinquents. Social Behavior and Personality, 22, 339 - 346.

Skitka, L. J., Stephens, L. J., Angelou, I. N., & McMurray, P. J. (1993). Willingness to provide post-war aid to Iraq and Kuwait:  A one-year follow-up. Contemporary Social Psychology, 17, 33-37.

Skitka, L. J., & Tetlock, P. E. (1993). Providing public assistance: Cognitive and motivational processes underlying liberal and conservative policy preferences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1205 - 1223.

Skitka, L. J., & Tetlock, P. E. (1992). Allocating scarce resources: A contingency model of distributive justice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 28, 491-522.

Schudy, K. L., Searight, H. R., Russo, J. R., Manley, C. M., Capps, S. C., & Skitka, L. J. (1992). The Family-of-Origin scale for young adolescents: Reliability and preliminary norms. Family Therapy, 19, 123-130.

Skitka, L. J., McMurray, P. J. & Burroughs, T. E. (1991). Willingness to provide post-war aid to Iraq and Kuwait:  An application of the contingency model of distributive justice. Contemporary Social Psychology, 15, 179-188.

Manley, C. M., Searight, H. R., Skitka, L. J., Russo, J. R., Schudy, K. L. (1991). The reliability of the Family-of-Origin scale for adolescents. Adolescence, 26, 89-96.

Skitka, L. J., & Maslach, C. (1990). Gender roles and the categorization of gender as a cognitive schema. Sex Roles, 22, 133-150.

Manley, C. M., Searight, H. R., Skitka, L. J., & Schudy, K. L. (1990). The reliability of the Family-Of-Origin scale for adolescents. Family Therapy, 27, 273-280.

Tetlock, P. E., Skitka, L. J., & Boettger, R. (1989). Social and cognitive strategies for coping with accountability:  Conformity, complexity and bolstering. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 632-640.

Chapters

Skitka, L. J. (2023). Moral conviction. In S. Allison et al. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies.   

Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2020). Moral courage and moral disregard: Different sides of the same coin? In L. Newman (Ed.), Confronting humanity at its worst: Social psychological perspectives on genocide (pp. 139-156). Oxford University Press.

Skitka, L. J. & Conway, P. (2019). Morality. In R. F. Baumeister & E. J. Finkel (Eds.) Advanced Social Psychology, 2nd Ed (pp. 299-325). Oxford, U.K., Oxford University Press.

Washburn, A. N. & Skitka, L. J. (2018). Strategies for promoting strong inferences in political psychology research. In B. T. Rutjens & M. J. Brandt (Eds.), Belief systems and the perception of reality (pp. 125-137). London, UK: Routledge. 

Skitka, L. J., & Washburn, A. N. (2016). Are conservatives from Mars and liberals from Venus? Maybe not so much.  In P. Valdesolo & J. Graham (Eds.), Social psychology of political polarization, New York, NY: Routledge.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Mullen, E. (2016). Morality and justice. In C. Sabbagh & M. Schmitt (Eds.), Handbook of social justice theory and research (pp. 407 - 423). Springer Press.

Skitka, L. J., Morgan, G. S., & Wisneski, D. C. (2015). Political orientation and moral conviction: A conservative advantage or an equal opportunity motivator of political engagement? In J. Forgas, W. Crano, & K. Fiedler (Eds.) Social psychology and politics (pp. 107- 134). New York: Psychology Press. 

Skitka, L. J. (2014). The psychological foundations of moral conviction. In J. Wright & H. Sarkissian (Eds.), Advances in moral psychology (pp. 148 – 166), New York: Bloomsbury Academic Press.

Sargis, E. G., Skitka, L. J., & McKeever, W. (2013). The Internet as psychological laboratory revisited: Best practices, challenges, and solutions. In Y. Amichai-Hamburger (Ed.) The social net: Understanding our on-line behavior (2nd Ed., pp. 253 – 270). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 

Skitka, L. J. (2012). Moral convictions and moral courage: Common denominators of good and evil. In M. Mikulincer & P. Shaver (Eds.), Social psychology of morality: Exploring the causes of good and evil (pp. 349-365). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Skitka, L. J. & Wisneski, D. (2012). Justice theory and research: A social functionalist perspective. In J. Suls & H. Tennen (Eds.), The Handbook of Psychology 2nd Ed. (pp. 674 – 715), Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Bauman, C. W., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). In the mind of the perceiver: Psychological implications of moral conviction. In D. Bartels, C. W. Bauman, L. J. Skitka, & D. Medin (Eds.) Moral judgment and decision making. Psychology of learning and motivation (pp. 341-364). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Skitka, L. J., Aramovich, N., Lytle, B. L., & Sargis, E. (2009). Knitting together an elephant: An integrative approach to understanding the psychology of justice reasoning. In D. R. Bobocel, A. C. Kay, M. P. Zanna, & J. M. Olson (Eds.), The psychology of justice and legitimacy: The Ontario symposium, Vol. 11 (pp. 1 – 26). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.

Skitka, L. J., & Morgan, G. S. (2009). The double-edged sword of a moral state of mind. In D. Narvaez & D. K. Lapsley (Eds.), Moral self, identity, and character: Prospects for new field of study (pp. 355 – 374), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Winner of the 2010 annual book award given by the Moral Development and Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association].

Skitka, L. J., Saunders, B., Morgan, G. S., & Wisneski, D. (2009). Dark clouds and silver linings: Socio-psychological responses to September 11, 2001. In M. Morgan (Ed.), The day that changed everything? Looking at the impact of 9-11, Vol. 3 (pp. 63 – 80). New York: Palgrave MacMillan.

Skitka, L. J., & Bauman, C. W. (2008). Is morality always an organizational good? A review of morality in the context of organizational justice theory and research. In S. W. Gilliland, D. D. Steiner, & D. P. Skarlicki (Eds.), Justice, morality, and social responsibility: Research in social issues in management, Vol. 6 (pp. 1 - 28). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Lytle, B. L. (2008). Morality as a foundation of leadership and a constraint on deference to authority. In D. Forsyth & C. Hoyt (Eds.), Social psychology and leadership (pp. 300-315). Westport, CN: Praeger Press.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Mullen, E. (2008). Morality and justice: An expanded theoretical perspective and review. In K. A. Hedgvedt & J. Clay-Warner (Eds.), Advances in group processes, Vol. 25 (pp. 1 – 27). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Skitka, L. J., & Bravo, J. (2005). An accessible identity approach to understanding fairness in organizational settings. In K. van den Bos, D. Steiner, D. Skarlicki & S. Gilliland (Eds.) What motivates fairness in organizations? (pp. 105-128). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Skitka, L. J., & Sargis, E. G. (2005). Social psychological research and the Internet: The promise and the peril of a new methodological frontier. In Y. Amichai-Hamburger (Ed.) The social net: The social psychology of the Internet (pp. 1 – 26). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Skitka, L. J., & Crosby, F. (2003). Trends in the social psychological study of justice. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7, 282 - 285. [Reprinted in K. G. Duffy (Ed.), (2004) Annual Editions: Social Psychology 05/06, 6th Edition, New York, McGraw-Hill.]

Skitka, L. J., & Mullen, E. (2002). Psychological determinants of public opinion. In V. Ottati (Ed.) The social psychology of politics (pp. 107-134). New York: NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press.

Mosier, K. L., Skitka, L. J., Heers, S., & Burdick, M. (1997). Patterns in the use of cockpit automation. In M. Mouloua & J. Koonce (Eds.), Human-automation interaction:  Research and practice (pp. 167-173). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Inc.

Mosier, K., & Skitka, L. J. (1996). Human decision makers and automated decision aids:  Made for each other? In R. Parasuraman & M. Mouloua (Eds.), Automation and human performance: Theory and applications (pp. 201-220). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Mosier, K. & Skitka, L. J. (1995). Automation and accountability. In N. McDonald, N. Johnston, & R. Fuller (Eds.), Applications of psychology to the aviation system. England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Mosier, K. L., Skitka, L. J. & Korte, K. J. (1994). Cognitive and social psychological issues in flight crew/automation interaction. In M. Mouloua, & R. Parasuraman (Eds.), Human performance in automated systems:  Current research and trends. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (pp. 191-197). New York:  Cambridge University Press.

Skitka, L. J., & Tetlock, P. E. (1993). Of ants and grasshoppers:  The political psychology of allocating public assistance. In B. Mellers, & J. Baron (Eds.) Psychological perspectives in justice (pp. 205-233). New York:  Cambridge University Press.

Zedeck, S., Maslach, C., Mosier, K., & Skitka, L. J. (1989). Affective response to work and family life:  Employee and spouse perspectives. In E. Goldsmith (Ed.) Work and family:  Theory, research, and applications. NJ: Sage Publications. [Reprinted in Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 3, 135-158].

Edited Book

Bartels, D. M., Bauman, C. W., Skitka, L. J., & Medin, D. L. (2009). Moral judgment and decision making. The psychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory. Amsterdam: Elsevier. [Edited book]

Other Publications/Commentaries

Keeran, L., & Skitka, L.J. (2021). Moral Conviction. In D.S. Dunn (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. Oxford University Press. https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199828340/obo-9780199828340-0274.xml

Frimer, J. A. & Skitka, L. J. (2018). Political diversity reduces Thanksgiving dinner by 4-11 minutes, not 30-50 [letter to the editor]. Science, 6392. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaq1433.

Frimer, J., Skitka, L. J., & Motyl, M. (2017, February). Liberals and conservatives have one thing in common: Zero interest in opposing views. LA Times. [Op-Ed] http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-frimer-skitka-motyle-motivated-ignorance-20170104-story.html

Motyl, M., Skitka, L. J., & Demos, A. (2017, May). On the diagnosticity of Motyl et al. (in press). https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/7jz3f 

SPSP Board of Directors (2017, March). The state of our science: Executive board perspectives. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Character and Context, http://spsp.org/blog/the-state-of-our-science-executive-board-perspectives [Blog]

Washburn, A. N., Morgan, G. S., & Skitka, L. J. (2015). A checklist to facilitate objective hypothesis testing. Brain and Behavioral Sciences.

Skitka, L. J., & Frimer, J. (2014, February). Are conservatives from Mars, and liberals from Venus? Guest Character and Context blog for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, http://www.spspblog.org/are-conservatives-from-mars-and-liberals-from-venus/ [Blog]

Morgan, G. C., Skitka, L. J. & Wisneski, D. C. (2014). Contextualizing political ideology: Commentary on Hibbing, Smith, and Alford. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 37, 321 -322.

Morgan, G. S., & Skitka, L. J. (2012). Moral conviction. In D. J. Christie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 660 – 664). West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Invited Addresses for Professional Audiences

Christian-Albrechts-Univerrsity at Kiell, Interdisciplinary Scientific Symposium: Tolerance: Perspectives on its Difficulties and its Possibility , Kiel, Germany, September 15, 2023 

University of Seville, Scientific Knowledge and Its Public Understanding: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Workshop, Keynote Speaker, Seville, Spain 2022 

  Princeton University, Nature of Belief Seminar Series, Princeton, NJ, February 2022

  Harvard University, Hovland Lecture, Cambridge, MA 2022

  Kettering Foundation, Dayton Days Speaker Series, Akron, Ohio December 2021

  University of Cambridge, Social Psychology Seminar Series, Cambridge, UK December, 2020

  Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Motivation Preconference, Austin, TX February 2020 

  American Psychological Association, Division 8 Presidential Address, Chicago, IL August 2019

  University of Gröningen, Graduate College Famous Scholars Workshop, Gröningen, Netherlands, July 2019

  University of Gröningen, Department of Psychology, Heymans Colloquium, Gröningen, Netherlands, July 2019

  Tilburg University, Department of Psychology, Departmental Colloquium, Tilburg, Netherlands, July 2019

  Flinders University, Department of Psychology, Departmental Colloquium, Adelaide, Australia, May 2019

  University of Virginia, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, Faculty Research Speaker Series, Charlottesville, VA March 2019.

University of Gröningen, Centre for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and the Faculty of Economics and Business, How Moralization and Polarization Affect Collective Action: Philosophers and Psychologists Meet Workshop (Invited keynote), Gröningen, Netherlands, March 2019 

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Social Brown Bag, Champaign, IL, March 2019

University of Wisconsin, Social Brown Bag, March, Madison, WI, 2019

University of Michigan Group Dynamics Speaker Series, Ann Arbor, MI, October 2018

University of Texas El Paso, Morality Workshop, El Paso, TX, July 2018

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, The Morality Psychology Summit, Evanston, IL, May 2018

University of Minnesota Center for the Study of Political Psychology Spring Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, April 2018

Northwestern University, Cognitive Science Symposium Series, Evanston, IL April 2018

Presidential Address, Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April 2018

Cornell University, Social Area Lecture, Ithaca NY, November 2017

The Marjorie H. Richey Lecture, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, October 2017

City University of New York Graduate Center, Workshop on Personal Identity and Morality, New York, October 2017

American Political Science Association, Workshop on Political Polarization, San Francisco, August 2017

American Psychological Association, Division 8 Invited Address, Washington DC, August 2017.

International Society for Political Psychology, Keynote Address, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2017.

SASP-SPSSI Conference on the Morality of Conflict and Cooperation, The University of Melbourne, Australia, April 2017

Young Chinese Association for Personality and Social Psychology, Keynote Speaker, San Antonio, TX, January 2017 

Christian-Albrechts-Univerrsity at Kiell University, Psychological Perspectives on Deep Disagreements, Keynote Speaker, Kiel, Germany, September 2016

University of California, Santa Barbara, Social Area Brown Bag, Santa Barbara, CA, March 2, 2016

The Castle Rauischholzhausen Workshop on Innovations and Advances in Survey-based Research on Public Attitudes towards Science, hosted by Marburg University, Rauischholzhausen, Germany, June 9, 2015

California State University Norridge, Department of Psychology, Distinguished Speakers Series, Norridge, CA, March 2015

The Brisbane Symposium on Self and Identity (BSSI), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, March 2014

University of South Wales, Australia, The 17th Annual Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology, Treforest, Australia, March 2014

University of Minnesota, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, Minneapolis, MN, February 2014

Purdue University, Social Area Brown Bag, West Lafayette, IN, January 2014

Loyola University, Social Area Brown Bag, Chicago, IL, September 2013

International Workshop on Organizational Justice and Behavioral Ethics, Center for Research in Management, University of Toulouse, France June 2013

Université Pierre-Mendès-France, Department of Psychology, Grenoble France, July 2013

Social Psychologists of Chicago (SPOC), hosted by Loyola University, Chicago, IL April 2013

Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology: Bridging Ideological Divides, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, March 2013

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Psychology, Social Brown Bag, Champaign, IL November 2012

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Morality and Ethics Brown Bag, Evanston, IL November 2012

Northwestern University, Department of Psychology, Social Area Brown Bag, Evanston, IL October 2012

Chicagoland Morality Researchers (C-MORE), Hosted by the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL June 2012

University of Toronto, Cognitions vs. Emotions in Ethical Behavior Conference, sponsored by the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and the Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide, Mendoza School of Business, Notre Dame University, Toronto, CanadaNovember 2012.

University of Indiana, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, IL March 2012

University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL October 2011

Lijiang Charrette on Beneficent Authoritarianism, sponsored by the Centre for Applied Cross Cultural Research, University of Victoria, Lijiang, China, August 2011

Ohio State University, Social Colloquium, Columbus, OH, February 2011

Northwestern University, School of Law, Evanston, IL January 2011

Lake Taupo Charrette on Beneficent Authoritarianism, sponsored by the Centre for Applied Cross Cultural Research, University of Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand, December 2010

University of Toronto, Rotman School of Business, Department of Organizational Behavior, Toronto, Ontario, November 2010 

Society for Philosophy and Psychology Annual Conference, Keynote Address, Portland OR, June 2010

State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook, Department of Political Science, Stony Brook, NY, May 2010

Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology. The Social Psychology of Morality: Exploring the Causes of Good and Evil, Herzliya, Israel, April 2010

Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Political Psychology Program, Herzliya, Israel, April 2010

Stern School of Business and Wagner School of Public Service conference on Power, Status, and Influence, New York University, New York NY, March 2010

Emory University, Hightower Speaker Series, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta GA, December 2009

San Francisco State University, Department of Psychology, Distinguished Speaker Series, San Francisco, CA, October 2009

Indiana University, Department of Psychology Social Colloquia Series, Bloomington, IN, September 2009

Summer Institute for Social Psychology, Conflict and Negotiations, Northwestern University, August 2009

University of Illinois and the University of Illinois Medical Center Conference on Neuroethics, Chicago IL, March 2009

University of Minnesota Center for the Study of Political Psychology, Minneapolis, MN March 2009

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Self Pre-conference, Tampa FL, January 2009

Duke University Kenan Institute for Ethics and Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Durham NC, January 2009

Stanford University, Department of Psychology, Departmental Colloquium Series, Palo Alto CA, November 2008

Notre Dame University Symposium on Moral Personality, Notre Dame IN, November 2008

University of Kansas, Department of Psychology Social Colloquia Series, Lawrence KS, September 2008

International Society for Justice Research, Presidential Address, Adelaide Australia, August 2008

International Congress of Psychology, Berlin Germany, July 2008

Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, Conference on Law, Behavior, and the Brain, Squaw Valley CA, May 2008

Lake Forest College Current Advances in Psychology Colloquia Series, Lake Forest IL, March 2008

The Ontario Symposium: Justice and Legitimacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Canada, August 2007

Princeton University, Center for Human Values, Workshop on Moral Politics, Princeton NJ, May 2007

Northwestern University and Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship Conference on Value-driven Judgment, Evanston IL, April 2007

The University of Texas El Paso, Departmental Colloquium, El Paso TX, February 2007

The University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, Social Area Brown Bag, Ann Arbor MI, January 2007

The 4h International Round Table on Innovations in Organizational Justice Research: Justice, Ethics, and Social Responsibility, Tucson AZ, November 2006

University of Arizona, Department of Psychology, Social Colloquium Series, Tucson AZ, November 2006

American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL, November 2006

American Psychological Association Division 8 Invited Address, New Orleans, August 2006 

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Business, Organizational Behavior Colloquium, Evanston IL, May 2006

Social Psychologists of Chicago conference, sponsored by DePaul University, Chicago, IL April 2006

University of Wisconsin, Department of Psychology, Social Colloquium Series, Madison WI, April 2006

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Department of Psychology, Social Colloquium Series, Urbana Champaign, IL March 2006

Attitudes Pre-conference at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Palm Springs CA January 2006 

Northwestern University, Department of Psychology, Social Colloquium Series, Evanston IL November 2005 

London Business School, Department of Organizational Behavior, London, UK, November 2005

Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago IL May 2005

Northwestern University School of Law, Colloquium Series, Chicago IL March 2005

University of Chicago, Department of Psychology, Social Psychology Colloquium Series, Hyde Park IL February 2005

Utrecht University, Department of Psychology, Social Colloquium Series, the Netherlands, November 2004

Leiden University, Department of Organizational Behavior, Colloquium Series, the Netherlands, November 2004

International Strategy and Policy Institute, Schaumberg IL, September 2003

The 3rd International Round Table on Innovations in Organizational Justice: Psychological Processes in Organizational Justice, Utrecht The Netherlands, June 2003

Carnegie-Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Pittsburg PA February 2003

University of Chicago, Department of Psychology and the Department of Political Science, Political 

University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, Public Policy and Demographic Workshop Brownbag, Hyde Park IL January 2001

Social Psychologists Around the Midwest Annual Meeting, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa, March 2001

Northwestern University, Department of Psychology, Social Psychology Colloquium Series, Evanston IL November 2000

San Francisco State University, Department of Psychology, “Distinguished Speakers 2000” Series, San Francisco CA September 2000

Social Psychologists Around the Midwest conference, Memphis State University, Memphis TN March 1999

Purdue University, Department of Psychology, Social Colloquium Series, West Lafayette IN, October 1998

Memphis State University, Department of Psychology, Social and Cognitive Science Colloquium Series, Memphis TN, April 1998

NASA Ames Research Center, Human Factors Research Division, Moffett Field CA, October 1996

Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago IL, May 1996

Social Psychologists Around the Midwest conference, Kansas University, Lawrence KS, March 1996

Social Psychologists of Chicago Conference, DePaul University, Chicago IL March 1996

University of Illinois Chicago, Office of Social Science Research Spring Speaker Series, Chicago IL March 1995

Social Psychologists of Chicago Conference, Northwestern University, Chicago IL 1995

University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Medical Education, Colloquium Series, Chicago IL 1995 

Social Psychologists Around the Midwest Conference, University of Missouri at Columbia and The Center for Research in Social Behavior, Columbia MO 1995

Washington University, Social Colloquium Series, St. Louis MO, 1994

University of California Santa Barbara, Departmental Colloquia, Santa Barbara CA 1994

NASA Ames Research Center, Human Factors Research Division, Moffett Field CA, 1993

University of California-Berkeley, Social Colloquium Series, Berkeley, CA 1993

University of California Santa Cruz, Departmental Colloquia, Santa Cruz CA, 1993

Graduate Women in Psychology Group, University of California- Berkeley, October 1993

Invited Addresses for Undergraduate Audiences

Behavioral Sciences of the North Conference, Keynote Address, University of Alaska, Anchorage AL April 2009

Lake Forest College Current Advances in Psychology Colloquia Series, Lake Forest IL, March 2008

Psi Chi Chapter Induction Keynote Address, University of Illinois Chicago, Spring, 1996; 1997; 1999; 2000; 2002

Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honor Society at the University of Illinois Chicago, Induction Keynote Address, Spring, 2000

Psi Chi Career Day, University of Illinois Chicago, Keynote Address, April 2000

Psi Chi Chapter Induction Keynote Address, University of Missouri-Kansas City, October 1995.

Conference Presentations 

Keeran, L., Carsel, T., & Skitka, L. J. (2020). Expression of identity through moral conviction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Morgan, G.S. & Skitka, L.J. (2020). Evidence for meta-ethical monism: Moral conviction predicts perceived objectivity and universality across issues. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Hanson, B., Demos, A.,  & Skitka, L.J. (2018). The “culture wars” in everyday movement: Investigating moral conflict using joint recurrence analysis on body movement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Hofmann, W., Wisneski, D., Brandt, M., Rockenbach, B. & Skitka, L. J. (2018). Moral punishment in everyday life: Relationships with moral outrage, moral self-worth, and emotional well-being. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Mueller, A., & Skitka, L. J. (2018). Liars, damned liars, and zealots: The effect of moral mandates on transgressive advocacy acceptance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Skitka, L. J. & Washburn, A. N. (2018). Motivated cognition and science denial: Ideologically symmetrical of asymmetrical? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Seattle WA.

Skitka, L. J. (2017). Attitude moralization. Paper presented at the annual attitudes pre-conference, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Skitka, L. J. (2017). Utopian hopes or dystopian concerns: Exploring the motivational underpinnings of moralized political engagement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Carsel, T., Skitka, L.J., & Hanson, B. (2016). Exploring affective, familial, social, and religious contributions to moral conviction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Hanson, B., Skitka, L. J., & Wisneski, D. (2016). Moral conviction’s limit on Supreme Court legitimacy: A natural experiment involving same-sex marriage. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Hofmann, W., Wisneski, D., Brandt, M. & Skitka, L. J. (2016). Moral experiences and responses in everyday life. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2016). Licensed to lie: Evidence for licensing in persuasive communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2016) The moralization of personality traits. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Skitka, L. J. (2016). Morality is like porn. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Santa Monica, CA.

Skitka, L. J. (2016). Perceived barriers to proposed best practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Santa Monica, CA.

Skitka, L. J. (2016). Justice and morality: A historical and integrative perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Canterbury, UK.

Skitka, L. J. (2016). Rotten to the core, not so bad, or getting better? Exploring the state of social psychological and personality science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Canterbury, UK.

Skitka, L. J. (2016). Are conservatives from Mars and liberals from Venus? Maybe not so much. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Washburn, A., & Skitka, L. J. (2016). Ideological symmetry in motivated cognition and science denial. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Washburn, A., & Skitka, L. J. (2016). Ideological symmetry in motivated cognition and science denial. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Wisneski, D. & Skitka, L. J. (2016). Equally motivated, but from different sources: Moral similarities and differences across the political spectrum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2015). Licensed to lie: Evidence for licensing
in persuasive communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL.

Mueller, A. B., & Skitka, L. J. (2015). Licensed to lie: Evidence for licensing in persuasive communication contexts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.

Washburn, A. N., & Skitka, L. J. (2015). Motivated cognition and science denial: Ideologically symmetrical or asymmetrical? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, San Diego, CA. 

Washburn, A. N., & Skitka, L. J. (2015). Science denial across the political divide. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Washburn, A. N., & Skitka, L. J. (2015). Motivated and displaced revenge: Remembering 9/11 influences support for military intervention in Syria. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA. 

Hanson, B. E. & Skitka, L. J. (2014). Investigating moral conflict in anticipated social interactions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Hoffman, W., Wisneski, D., Brandt, M., & Skitka, L.J. (2014). Morality in everyday life. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Liberman, P. & Skitka, L. J. (2014). Mistaken and redirected retribution in U.S. public support for war against Iraq. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Morgan, G. S., Skitka, L. J., & Lytle, B. L. (2014). Objectively and universally true: Psychological foundations of moral conviction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Skitka, L. J. (2014). Moral convictions and moral courage: Common denominators of good and evil. Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Columbus, PH

Skitka, L. J. (2014). Moral convictions and moral courage: Common denominators of good and evil. Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Skitka, L. J. (2014). Are conservatives from Mars and liberals from Venus? Maybe not so much. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Washburn, A. N., & Skitka, L. J. (2014). Displaced international aggression and support for military intervention in Syria. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Wisneski, D., Conway, P., & Skitka, L. J. (2014). Cross situational (in)consistency in liberals’ and conservatives’ moral worldviews. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Aguilera, R., Hanson, B., & Skitka, L. J. (2013). Approaching good or avoiding bad? Understanding morally motivated collective action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Hanson, B., Skitka, L. J., & Aguilera, R. (2013). Approaching good or avoiding bad? Understanding morally motivated collective action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Hanson, B. & Skitka, L. J. (2013). The “culture wars” in everyday life: Investigating moral conflict in anticipated social interactions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Wisneski, D. C., & Skitka, L. J. (2013). Flipping the “moralization switch:” Exploring possible routes to moral conviction.  Emotion pre-conference, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Wisneski, D., Skitka, L. J., & Liberman, P. (2013). Revenge may taste sweet, but it doesn’t satiate: American’s reactions to the assassination of Osama bin Laden. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Morgan, G. S., & Skitka, L. J., Tagar, M.R., & Halperin, E. (2012). Moral conviction and politics: Does ideology matter? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Morgan, G. S., & Skitka, L. J. (2012). When “should” matters more than “could”: Obligation mediates moral conviction’s effects on activism? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J. & Wisneski, D. C. (2012). Vengeance for the 9/11 attacks feeds continued support for vengeful acts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J. & Wisneski, D. C. (2012). “Got him!” The psychological consequences of the desire for vengeance for 9/11 and the assassination of Osama bin Laden. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Wisneski, D. C. & Skitka, L. J. (2012). Vengeance for the 9/11 attacks feeds continued support for vengeful acts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Baumgartner, J., Morgan, G. S. & Skitka, L. J. (2011). Investigating moral conviction under conditions of mindfulness and mindlessness. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Liu, J. H., Chen, H., Yang, Y., Skitka, L. J., Liu, L., & Yeh, K. (2011). Are there culturally contingent forms of beliefs about authority, and how do these relate to prejudice, intolerance, and moral convictions? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Asian Association for Social Psychology, Kunming, China.

Morgan, G. S., Reifen, M.S., Halperin, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2011). Moral conviction, ideology, and Israelis’ public policy preferences in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Morgan, G. S., & Skitka, L. J. (2011). Obligation but not perceived efficacy mediates the association of moral convictions and intentions to act. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Ng, I. W., Skitka, L. J., & Cardova, P. (2011). Corporate ideologies, leadership, and employee buy-in. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Asian Association for Social Psychology, Kunming, China.

Skitka, L. J. (2011).  Justice theory and research: A functional pluralism model of justice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Asian Association for Social Psychology, Kunming, China.

Skitka, L. J., Liu, J. H., Yang, Y., Chen, H., Liu, L. & Xu, L. (2011). Shades of contempt: Exploring the cross-cultural generalizability and scope of morally motivated intolerance. Paper presented at the Asian Association for Social Psychology, Kunming, China.

Skitka, L. J. & Wisneski, D. C. (2011). Understanding morally motivated behavioral intentions: A matter of consequences or conscience? Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology. Washington, D.C.

Wisneski, D. C., Lytle, B. L.,  & Skitka, L. J. (2011). Moralized politics: Superficial or thoughtful? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Aramovich, N. P., Lytle, B. L., & Skitka, L. J. (2010). Affirming the self by not conforming to the group: Feeling good now despite expecting to feel bad later. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Liu, J. H., Yang, Y., Chen, H., Liu, L. & Skitka, L. J. (2010). Chinese authoritarianism? Benevolent authority and authoritarian efficiency versus RWA. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Melbourne, Australia.

Lytle, B. L., , A., & Skitka, L. J. (2010). Opposing torture: The morally convicted defy and the religiously convicted defer to majority group influence. Paper presented at the International Society for Political Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Morgan, G. S., Skitka, L. J., & Wisneski, D. C. (2010). Moral and religious convictions had distinct effects on people’s intentions to vote in the 2008 Presidential election. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Morgan, G. S., Skitka, L. J., & Wisneski, D. C. (2010). Moral and religious convictions had dissimilar effects on people’s intentions to vote in the 2008 Presidential election. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Skitka, L.J., Liu, J., Lui, L., Yang, Y., & Xu, L. (2010). Shades of contempt: Exploring the cross-cultural generalizability and scope of morally motivated intolerance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Skitka, L. J., Morgan, G.S., & Mullen, E. (2010). When values and attributions collide: Liberals’ and conservatives’ values motivate attributions for alleged misdeeds. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Minneapolis, MN.

Wisneski, D. C., & Skitka, L. J. (2010). The independent effect of moral conviction on attitude accessibility and attitude knowledge. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Wisneski, D.C. & Skitka, L. J. (2010). Moral attitudes “in the head”: Moral conviction’s effect on attitude accessibility and knowledge. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL.

Wisneski, D.C., Lytle, B. L., & Skitka, L. J. (2010). The independent effect of moral conviction on attitude accessibility and attitude knowledge. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Aramovich, N. P., Lytle, B, L., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). We’re not judging lines anymore: Moral mandates reduce conformity to the group. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. 

Lytle, B. L., Aramovich, N. P., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Opposing torture: The morally convicted defy and the religiously convicted defer to majority group influence. Paper presented at the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Portland, ME.

Lytle, B. L., Aramovich, N. P., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Standing up to the group: The impact of moral conviction on group non-conformity. Poster presented at the annual Justice Preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology meeting, Tampa, FL. 

Morgan, G. S., Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). The ideo-attribution effect: Stable individual difference or motivated reasoning? Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL.

Morgan, G. S., Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Understanding the left-right political divide in explanations for social problems: Stable individual difference or motivated reasoning? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Social Psychologists of Chicago. Chicago, IL.

Morgan, G. S.,  & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Republicans’ and Democrats’ affective reactions to the 2006 Congressional elections conflict with the loss aversion and the endowment effect. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa FL.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Lytle, B. L. (2009). Limits on legitimacy: Moral and religious convictions as constraints on deference to authority. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political psychology, Dublin, Ireland.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Lytle, B. L. (2009). Limits on legitimacy: Moral and religious convictions as constraints on deference to authority. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, Kyoto, Japan.

Wisneski, D.C., Lytle, B.L., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Gut reactions: Moral conviction, religiosity, and trust in authority. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology. Dublin, Ireland.

Liberman, P. J., & Skitka, L. J. (2008). Just deserts in Iraq: American vengeance for 9/11. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA.

Liberman, P. J., & Skitka, L. J. (2008). Just deserts in Iraq: American vengeance for 9/11. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

Lytle, B. L., Aramovich, N., Skitka, L. J., & Sargis, E. (2008). Moral convictions help resist conformity pressure. Presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Adelaide, Australia.

Lytle, B. L., Wisneski, D. C., & Skitka, L. J. (2008). Moral conviction predicts distrust of authority. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Lytle, B. L., Aramovich, N.P., & Skitka, L. J. (2009). Standing up to the group: The impact of moral conviction on group non-conformity. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Justice Preconference, Tampa, FL. 

Morgan, G. S., Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2008). When conservatives let people off the hook and liberals leave them hanging. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Morgan, G. S., Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2008). Exploring the boundaries of conservative blame and liberal leniency: The motivated correction model of ideological reasoning. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Morgan, G. S., & Skitka, L. J. (2008). Affective reactions conflict with loss aversion and the endowment effect in the 2006 elections. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J. (2008). The “lost and found” of justice research. Presidential address, presented at the biannual meeting of International Society for Justice Research, Adelaide, Australia.

Skitka, L. J. (2008). Morality as a constraint on deference to authority. Presented at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

Skitka, L. J., Mullen, E., & McCready, W. C. (2008). The effects of political orientation and the salience of race and location on self-reported charitable giving after Hurricane Katrina. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers, New Orleans, LA.

Wisneski, D., Lytle, B. L., & Skitka, L. J. (2008). Moral conviction and trust in the U.S. Supreme Court. Presented at the Justice Preconference held in conjunction with the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Bauman, C. W., & Skitka, L. J. (2007). Procedural and moral influences on fairness judgments and group rejection. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, Budapest, Hungary.

Lytle, B. L., & Skitka, L. J. (2007). I'm going to fight for my beliefs: The effect of moral conviction on activism about physician-assisted suicide. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Portland, OR.

Lytle, B. L., & Skitka, L. J. (2007). Understanding the psychology of moral conviction: A test of the universalism and consequentialism hypotheses. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Lytle, B. L., Skitka, L. J. & Bauman, C. W. (2007). Cognitive and affective influences on fairness appraisals. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC

Morgan, G. S., Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Aramovich, N. P. (2007). Confrontational and preventative policy responses to terrorism: Anger wants a fight and fear wants “them” to go away. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Saunders, B., & Skitka, L. J. (2007). Too contrary for comfort? When in-group members display positive but prototypical out-group behavior. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Skitka, L. J. & Lytle, B. (2007). Predicting activism to support or oppose legalizing physician-assisted suicide:  the relative roles of religiosity, values, and moral conviction. In R. Janoff-Bulman (Chair) New directions in morality research, a symposium held at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN. 

Aramovich, N. P., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Understanding political tolerance post September 11: The role of fear, anger, and threat on authoritarianism. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Bauman, C. W. & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Testing the generalizability of the moral mandate effect under conditions of personal voice. Presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Berlin, Germany.

Lytle, B. L., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Understanding the psychology of moral conviction. Presented at the biannual meeting of meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Berlin, Germany.

Lytle, B. L., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). I don’t care what you are thinking, but I could guess: The effect of moral conviction on perspective taking. Presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Berlin, Germany. 

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Cultural differences in people's willingness to allocate resources to needy others. Presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Berlin, Germany.  

Saunders, B., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Political tolerance. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

Saunders, B., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Political tolerance. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. 

Skitka, L. J. (2006). Moral conviction: Another dimension of attitude strength or something more? Invited address at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Skitka, L. J. (2006). Legislating morality: How deep is the U.S. Supreme Court’s reservoir of good will? Presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Berlin, Germany.

Skitka, L. J. (2006). Moral conviction: Another dimension of attitude strength or something more? Invited address at the annual attitudes pre-conference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Skitka, L. J., & Bauman, C. W. (2006), Is morality always an organizational good? Presented at the Fifth International Round Table on Innovations in Organizational Justice: Justice, Ethics, and Social Responsibility, Tucson, AZ.

Bauman, C. W. & Skitka, L. J. (2005). Thou shall, or shalt not: Exploring the relative prevalence of proscriptive and prescriptive moral convictions. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J. (2005). The interpersonal consequences of moral conviction. Invited address at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Bauman, C. W., & Skitka, L. J. (2004). Moral conviction: Is it more than attitude strength? In F. Pratto (Chair), Contemporary social psychological perspectives on morality. Symposium held at the meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Fort Worth, TX.

Bauman, C. W., & Skitka, L. J. (2004). The effect of moral injustice on preferred social distance. Presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, Canada.

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L.J. (2004). When are outcomes more important than procedures? The role of moral identity in justice reasoning. Presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, Canada.

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2004). Justice runs shallow, but injustice runs deep: A dual process model of justice reasoning. In L. J. Skitka (Chair) Hot new developments in justice theorizing and research. Symposium held at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Skitka, L. J. (2004). Dispositions, scripts, or motivated correction? Understanding ideological differences in explanations for social problems. In J. Lindgren (Chair) Conservatism, tolerance, and motivated cognition: Evidence and measurement. Symposium held at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 

Skitka, L. J. (2004). Does sampling matter? In C. Fraley (Chair) Using the Internet for research in social and personality psychology: Potentials, concerns, and evidence. Symposium held at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Skitka, L. J. (2004). Dispositions, scripts, or motivated correction? Understanding ideological differences in explanations for social problems. Presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, Canada.

Skitka, L. J. (2004). The accessible identity model of justice reasoning. Presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, Canada.

Skitka, L. J., & Mullen, E. (2004). Understanding the moral mandate effect:  Motivated reasoning, in-group distributive bias, or affective heuristic? In L. J. Skitka and K. van den Bos (Chairs), Situational triggers of social justice concerns. Symposium held at the meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Fort Worth, TX.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Mullen, E. (2003). When terrorists strike: Anger, fear, and their consequences for political tolerance. In E. Smith (Chair), Negative emotions in intergroup contexts. Symposium held at the meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Boston, MA.

Skitka, L. J. (2003). The dark side of moral conviction. In A. Banuazizi (Chair) Invited Symposium, September 11th and the pursuit of evil. Symposium held at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Skitka, L. J., & Bauman, C. W. (2003). Beyond strong attitudes: Moral conviction predicts reactions to changes in public policy. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Skitka, L. J., & Bravo, J. (2003). An accessible identity approach to understanding fairness in organizational settings. Presented at the 3rd International Round Table on Innovations in Organizational Justice: Psychological Processes in Organizational Justice, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Bauman, C. W., Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2003). The likeability heuristic and assessing political orientation: Validation of a likes/dislikes measure. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Universal City, CA. 

Skitka, L. J., & Bauman, C. W. (2003). The effects of moral conviction on justice reasoning: Special or reducible to biased assimilation? Presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Justice Pre-conference, Universal City, CA.

Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W,  & Mullen, E. (2003). Political tolerance and coming to psychological closure following September 11, 2001: A model comparison approach. In L. J. Skitka (Chair), The expulsion from Disneyland: Understanding the psychological impact of terrorism. Symposium held at the meeting the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Universal City, CA.

Skitka, L. J. (2002). The fundamental attribution error:  Fact or artifact? In W. C. McCready (Chair), Social psychology under the microscope: Do classic experiments replicate when participants are representative of the general public rather than convenience samples of college students? Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Columbus, Ohio.

Skitka, L. J. (2002). A self-systems approach to justice reasoning. In L. Skitka (Chair), The motivational foundations of justice reasoning, Symposium conducted at the meeting of the International Society of Justice Research, Skövde, Sweden.

Skitka, L. J. (2002). The “dark side” of moral conviction. Presented at the Justice Pre-conference held at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Skitka, L. J., Mullen, E., Griffin, T., Hutchinson, S., & Chamberlin, C. (2002). Dispositions, scripts, or motivated correction? Understanding ideological differences in explanations for social problems. In K. Quinn and G. Bodenhausen (Chairs), Social issues from an attitudes and social cognition perspective, Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Bauman, C. W., Skitka, L. J., & Scher, S. J. (2002). Moral mandates and strong attitudes:  Are they different? Presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Bauman, C. W., Skitka, L. J. (2002). Moral conviction as a predictor of perceived fairness of proposed solutions to the 2000 presidential election impasse in the United States. Presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Skövde, Sweden.

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2002). Procedural and outcome fairness in reactions to the Rodney King case: A test of the moral mandate hypothesis. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2001). A two-stage model of ideological differences in attributions for social welfare. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada.

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2001). A two-stage model of attributions: Are liberals more likely to correct dispositional attributions than conservatives? Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Rosenblatt, B. L., Heitz, R. P., & Skitka, L. J. (2001). Does providing multiple-choice options for verbal insight problems guarantee solution? Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J. (2001). Procedural justice, moral mandates, and Elián González: A longitudinal analysis. Presented at the meeting of the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers, Toronto, Canada.

Skitka, L. J., Chamberlin, B., Hutchinson, S. & Mullen E. (2001). Explaining liberal generosity: An ideologically scripted or effortfully corrected response? Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J., Mullen, E., Griffin, T., Hutchinson, S., & Chamberlin, B. (2001). Dispositions, scripts, or motivated correction? Understanding ideological differences in explanations for social problems. Invited address at the meeting of the Social Psychologists Around the Midwest, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Skitka, L., Winquist, J., & Hutchinson, S. (2001). The effects of procedural and distributive justice:  A meta-analytic review. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Skitka, L. J. (2001). How strong attitudes and motivated reasoning affect judgments of fairness. In L. J. Skitka  (Chair) Strong attitudes. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Skitka, L.J. (2000). The moral mandate hypothesis. In L. J. Skitka (Chair) People as intuitive moralists/theologians. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Skitka, L. J. (2000). The moral mandate hypothesis.  In K. van den Bos (Chair), Recent advances in social psychological theories of justice. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Rishon LeZion, Israel.

Griffin, T. D., & Skitka, L. J. (2000). Giving others the benefit of the doubt. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Haegerich, T., & Skitka, L. J. (2000). Perceptual focus in physical and sexual assault scenarios. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2000). A cross-cultural application of the contingency model of distributive justice. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Mosier, K. L., & Skitka, L. J. (1999). Exploring automation bias in multiple environments. Presented at the meeting of the Judgment and Decision Making Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Skitka, L. J. (1999). Discussant. H. Bullock (Chair). Attributions and perceived responsibility:  Implications for public policy. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Skitka, L. J. (1999). Do the means justify the ends, or do the ends justify the means? A test of the moral mandate hypothesis. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J. (1999). Do the means justify the ends, or do the ends justify the means? A test of the moral mandate hypothesis. Invited address at the meeting of the Social Psychologists Around the Midwest, Memphis TN.

Colon, M. L., Mullen, E., & Skitka, L.J. (1999). Locus of control in allocations of assistance and reward. Presented at Northwestern University’s Undergraduate Research Conference, Evanston, IL.

Grisa, E. K., Griffin, T. D., Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (1999). Cultural differences in political ideology. Presented at Northwestern University’s Undergraduate Research Conference, Evanston, IL.

Rosenblatt, B. L, Skitka, L. J., Mosier, K. L., & Burdick, M. D. (1998). Automation bias reduced through training. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.  

Griffin, T. E., & Skitka, L. J. (1998). Ideological differences in attributional errors. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J., & Lantinga, S. (1997). Can we measure racism without tainting it with political orientation? In A. J. Lambert (Chair), Political values, ideology, and prejudice. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J. (1997). Automation bias. Presented at the meeting Social Psychologists of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

Burdick, M.D., Skitka, L.J., & Mosier, K.L. (1997). The debiasing effects of accountability and feedback on automation bias. Presented at the meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Albuquerque, NM.

Mosier, K. L., Skitka, L. J., Dunbar, M., & McDonnell, L. (1997). Automation bias and countermeasures in flight crews. Presented at the International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio.

Mosier, K. L., Skitka, L. J., Burdick, M. D., & Heers, S. T. (1996). Automation bias in professional flight crews (and others). Presented at the annual meeting of the Brunswik Society, Philadelphia, PA.

Mosier, K. L., Skitka, L. J., Burdick, M. D., & Heers, S. T. (1996). Automation bias and countermeasures. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago, IL. 

Burdick, M. D., Skitka, L. J., & Mosier, K. L. (1996). The effects of goal setting and performance feedback on automation bias. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making Society, Chicago, IL.

Burdick, M. D., Skitka, L. J., Mosier, K. L., & Heers, S. (1996). The ameliorating effects of accountability on automation bias. Presented at the Human Interaction with Complex Systems Conference, Dayton, OH.

Skitka, L. J., Mosier, K. L., & Burdick, M. (1996). Accountability and automation bias. In P. E. Tetlock and J. Lerner (Chairs), Accountability:  The social context of cognition, symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.

Schklar, J., Skitka, L. J. & Caffray. H.  (1996). Political ideology, causal attributions, and attitudes toward the death penalty. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.

Skitka, L. J. (1996). Of ants and grasshoppers:  The political psychology of providing public assistance. Invited address at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Lantinga, S. B., & Skitka, L. J. (1996). Antifat attitudes:  Reliability, replicability, and an extension. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.

Schklar, J., & Skitka, L. J. (1996). Price, politics, and punishment preferences. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Mosier, K. L., Skitka, L. J., Burdick, M., & Heers, S. (1996). Patterns in the use of cockpit information. Presented at the Automation, Technology, and Human Performance, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Skitka, L. J. (1995). Limited compassion:  The political psychology of providing disaster relief. In D. Houston and L. Skitka (Chairs), Current Issues in Political Psychology. Symposium conducted at the American Psychological Society Convention, New York, NY.

Hurt, L. E., & Skitka, L. J. (1995). Men and women in close relationships:  What is considered to be equitable? Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J., & Mosier, K. L. (1994). Automation bias:  When, where and why? Presented at the meeting of the Judgment and Decision Making Society, St. Louis, MO.

Heers, S. T., Marchioro, C. A., Mosier, K. L., & Skitka, L. J. (1994). Automation and accountability in a low fidelity flight task. Presented at the meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Nashville, TN.

Marchioro, C. A., Robideau, R. L., & Skitka, L. J. (1994). A comparative analysis of arguments for and against include of African-Americans, women, and homosexuals in the United States military. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Robideau, R. L., Skitka, L. J., Feldman, M. L., & Thurston, L. (1994). Rationing decisions:  Scripted or conflicted? Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J. (1993). Liberal egalitarianism:  Thoughtful moral judgment or ideological reflex? Presented at the meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Santa Barbara, CA.

Skitka, L. J. (1993). Setting limits and living with them:  Ideological reactions to scarcity and change. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Angelou, I., Stephens, L. J., McMurray, P. J., & Skitka, L. J. (1993). Post-war aid allocations to Iraq and Kuwait:  A one-year follow-up. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Frazier, M. & Skitka, L. J. (1993). Rainbows for children:  An evaluation of program effectiveness. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Heaven, P., Searight, H. R., Chastain, J., Manley, C., & Skitka, L. J. (1993). Perceptions of family functioning among Australian and American adolescents:  A cross-cultural study. Presented at the meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Baltimore, Maryland.

Stephens, L. J., Golightly, M., Skitka, L. J., & Angelou, I. (1993). Attributions and spontaneous thought regarding public aid allocations. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J., & Christiansen, N. (1992). Punitive or prudent:  Withholding assistance from personally responsible claimants. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J., McMurray, P. J., & Burroughs, T. E. (1992). Perceived moral accountability and willingness to provide post-war aid. In L. Saxe (Chair), The gulf war:  Psychological implications for world peace. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Skitka, L. J., McMurray, P. J., & Burroughs, T. E. (1992). Willingness to provide postwar aid to Iraq and Kuwait:  An Application of the contingency model of justice. Presented at the meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Skitka, L. J., & Stephens, L. J. (1992). Liberal egalitarianism:  Thoughtful moral judgment or ideological reflex? Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J., & Tetlock, P. E. (1992). Allocating scarce resources:  A contingency model of distributive justice. Presented at the meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, San Francisco, CA,

Eaves, R. E., & Skitka, L. J. (1992). Sex differences in choice of distribution rules:  A meta-analysis. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Duis, K., Stephens, L. J., Abel, B., & Skitka, L. J. (1992). Allocating life-saving resources:  Why do some people withhold help? Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Grable, D., Searight, H. R., Skitka, L. J., Daugherty, R., Ritts, V., & Sowell, C. (1992).  The relationship of sociomoral reasoning and authoritarianism to abortion attitudes. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Hamann, L. L., Rogers, B. J., Searight, H. R., Kleinman, K. M., Skitka, L. J., & Russo, J. R. (1992). Coping in families with a disabled adult:  Validity of the questionnaire on resources and stress. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Piatt, A., Ketterson, T. U., Searight, H. R., Skitka. L. J., Rogers, B. J., & Reuterman, N. (1992). Family-of-Origin scale with African-American Adolescents:  Norms. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Schudy, K. L., H. R. Searight, J. R. Russo, Rogers, B. J., & Skitka, L. J. (1992). Family-of-Origin Scale:  Psychometric properties. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. 

Searight, H. R., Manley, C., Russo, J. R., & Skitka, L. J. (1992). The Family-of-Origin scale for adolescents:  Norms. Presented at the meeting of the International Congress of Psychology, Brussels, Belgium.

Skitka, L. J. (1991). The allocation of help:  Cognition, ideology, and avoidance. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Ketterson, T. U., Piatt, A. L., Searight, H. R. & Skitka, L. J. (1991). Family factors in juvenile delinquency. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Ketterson, T. U., Piatt, A. L., Searight, H. R., & Skitka, L. J. (1991). Autonomy and intimacy in the families of juvenile offenders. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Manley, C. M., Searight, H.R., Skitka, L. J., Russo, J. R., & Wood, P. K. (1991). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Family-of-Origin Scale. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Piatt, A., Ketterson, T., Skitka, L. J., & Searight, H. R. (1991). Offense classification and social facilitation in a sample of juvenile delinquents. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Searight, H. R., Manley, C. M., Skitka, L. J., & Russo, J. R. (1991). The Family-of-Origin Scale for adolescents:  Criterion validity. Presented at the meeting of the Inter-American Congress of Psychology, Costa Rica.

Skitka, L. J. (1990). Perceiving just access to life-saving technology. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago IL.

Skitka, L. J., & Maslach C. (1990). Gender and sex as cognitive constructs. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Skitka, L. J., Mosier, K., Maslach, C., & Zedeck, S. (1990). Job stress and health:  Is it all in your head?  Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Skitka, L. J., & Tetlock, P. (1990). Allocating aid:  The roles of scarcity, ideology, causal attributions and distributive norms. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Manley, C., Searight, H., Russo, R., Skitka, L. J., & Binder, A. (1990). Construct validity of the Family-of-Origin scale for adolescents. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Skitka, L. J. (1989). The role of personality and political ideology in how people reason about fairness. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Reno, Nevada.

Mosier, K., Skitka, L. J., Zedeck, S., & Maslach, C. (1989). Supervision and comfort:  Salient aspects of working life. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Reno, Nevada.

Skitka, L. J., & Maslach, C. (1988). The spontaneous use of gender as a cognitive schema. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Burlingame, CA.

Maslach, C., & Skitka, L. J. (1988). Burnout: Work and family life. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Burlingame, CA.

Skitka, L. J., & Maslach, C. (1987). Gender schema and perception of gender appropriate behavior. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Skitka, L. J. (1986). The role of gender and resources in equity considerations of close relationships. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.

Workshops  

Navigating life pre-tenure. American Psychological Association, August, 2019

Liberal bias and how to address it in the social sciences. Gröningen University, Gröningen, NL, 2019

How to write an Op-Ed. University of Illinois Chicago, Social/Personality Brown Bag, 2017

Getting a job and navigating a job offer. University of Illinois Chicago, Council on Graduates Students, 2015

The academic job search, University of Illinois Chicago, Social/Personality Brown Bag, 2015

Grants: A primer. University of Illinois Chicago, Council on Graduate Students, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2017

From research idea to publication. University of Illinois Chicago, McNair Scholar Program Workshop, 2008

Social psychological perspectives on justice. Society of Personality and Social Psychology and National Science Foundation Summer Institute in Social Psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (two-week summer workshop, co-instructor with Prof. Tom Tyler, New York University), 2005

How to get into and survive graduate school. University of Illinois Chicago, Psi Chi Workshop, annually, 1995 to 2002; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Psi Chi Workshop, annually 1989-1994; invited presentations at the American Psychological Society, 1994, 1998; at the American Psychological Association, 1993, 1994, 1995; the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Meetings, 1993 to 1998

Writing about research. Presented at the Summer Research Opportunities Program, University of Illinois Chicago, June 1999

Careers in social psychology. Presented at the Psi Chi Career Day, University of Illinois Chicago, April 1999

How to present psychological research:  Presentations and posters. University of Illinois Chicago, Psi Chi Workshop, spring, 1996; fall, 1999; fall, 2001.

Juggling work, family and school:  How to do it all without losing your mind. University of Illinois Chicago Second Annual Women's Leadership Symposium, Spring, 1996

Teaching Experience and Interests 

Graduate

Undergraduate

Social Psychology Proseminar

Social Psychological Research Methods 

Social Psychology 

Moral Psychology

Advanced ANOVA

Basic and Advanced Statistics 

Multivariate Statistics

Political Psychology

Introduction to Computing in Psychology 

Social Psychology Lab

Various topical seminars: e.g., Moral Psychology, 

Political Psychology, Justice Theory and Research

Ad Hoc Reviewing

American Psychological Association Book Division

Cambridge University Press

Cortex

Hong Kong Research Grants Council

Kluwer Press

MacArthur Foundation

National Science Foundation

Oxford University Press 

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Swiss National Science Foundation

Hong Kong Research Grants Council

  United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation

  Templeton Foundation

Academy of Management

American Journal of Political Science

American Journal of Sociology

American Politics Research

American Political Science Review

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Brain and Behavioral Sciences

British Journal of Political Science

British Journal of Social Psychology 

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive (Current Psychology of Cognition)

Climate Change

Cognition

Consciousness and Cognition

Cortex

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Emotion

Emotion Review

Ethics and Behavior

European Journal of Personality

European Journal of Social Psychology

European Review of Social Psychology

Group Dynamics

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Human Ecology Review

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Journal of Asian Social Psychology

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Journal of Business Ethics

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

      Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

Journal of Personality

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Journal of Politics

      Journal of Research in Personality

      Journal of Social Influence

      Law and Human Behavior

      Law and Social Inquiry

      Medical Decision Making

      Organizational Behavior and Human Decision            

             Processes

      Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

      Personality and Social Psychology Review

      Personality Research

Personality and Individual Differences

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Political Behavior

Political Psychology

Political Research Quarterly

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Psychological Bulletin

Psychological Science

Psychology and Law

Risk Analysis

Social Cognition

Social Development

Social Influence

Social Justice Research

Social Science Research

Social Science Review

Sociological Research Methods

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Terrorism and Political Violence

Representative Media Mentions of Research

Aviation Today

Air Safety Weekly

Atlantic Monthly

Avionics Magazine

Boston Globe

Business Standard

Chicago Flame

Chicago Tribune

Daily Beast

Daily Herald

Daily News and Analysis

Dallas Morning News

Die Welt

Economic Times

El Mundo

Health News

Hidden Brain Episode

Huffington Post

India Times

Live Science

National Public Radio

Neurocritic

New Scientist Magazine

New York Times

Mother Jones

Pacific Standard

Popular Science Magazine

Science 

Scientific American

Science and Religion Today

Self Magazine

Technology Review

Time Magazine

Tinley Park Star

The Village Voice

Verge

Wired

Representative University Service

COVID-19 Research Recovery Committee, 2020

Department of Sociology, Faculty Search Committee, 2017

Information Technology Governance Council, 2014 - 2015

Chancellor’s Graduate Research Fellowship Committee, 2014

Faculty Mentor Program for Junior Faculty, 2011- present

Department of Sociology, Faculty Search Committee, 2011

Graduate Mentor Award Committee, 2010

Chicago Honors College Fellow, 1994 – 2013

Summer Research Opportunities Program Mentor, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012

McNair Scholar Program Advisory Committee, 2007 - 2008

McNair Scholar Program Mentor, 2006, 2007

Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, 2004 - 2006

Council on Excellence in Teaching and Learning, 2000 – 2003

Honors College Executive Committee, 2000 – 2003

Faculty Senate, 2000 – 2003

Representative Departmental Service

Associate Department Head, 2011-2012; 2013- present

InSynch Committee, Department of Psychology (2021)

Coordinator, Psychology Post-Bac Teaching Fellow Program, 2015-present

Psychology Department Executive Committee, 1999 – 2002; 2008 –2012; 2013- present

Social and Personality Psychology Program Head, 1999-2002; 2008-2011; 2013- 2016; Spring 2017 (interim); 2019-present

Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Quantitative Methods, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021

Faculty Search Committee, Social Neuroscience, 2015

Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Social/Personality, 1999; 2007; 2010; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2019; 2020; 2021

Coordinator and Chair, Graduate Minor in Statistics, Methods, and Measurement, 1997 - present

University Fellowship Review Committee, 2004; 2008

Faculty Search Committee, Joint Position in Psychology and African American Studies, 2008

Psi Chi Chapter Faculty Advisor, University of Illinois Chicago, 1994 – 2002

Psi Chi Chapter Faculty Co-Advisor, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1992-1994

References

       Available upon request