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Conference Talks and Chaired Symposia
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2026, February). Symposium: Identity-safety Cues: Improving Outcomes Across Diverse Contexts for Underrepresented Groups. Talk: Minoritized Individuals’ Identity-safety Cues: with White Strangers, Friends, and Allies. To be presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology annual conference, Chicago, IL.
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2025, June). Let’s talk politics: 2024 U.S. presidential election disclosures in inter- and intra-racial contexts. Presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues annual conference, Portland, OR.
Invited Talks
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2025, April). The power of interracial friendship: Alleviating threat across contentious contexts. Presentation for Rutgers Psychology Department, New Brunswick, NJ.
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2024, October). Does He Think I’m Nerdy? The Implications of Gendered-STEM Meta-stereotypes on Inter- and Intra-group Interactions. Presentation at Rutgers Psychology Department Data Blitz, New Brunswick, NJ.
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2024, March). Does He Think I’m Nerdy? The Implications of Gendered-STEM Meta-stereotypes on Inter- and Intra-group Interactions. Invited talk presented to Psychology Department. Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2024, April). Does He Think I’m Nerdy? The Implications of Gendered-STEM Meta-stereotypes on Inter- and Intra-group Interactions. Presentation at Rutgers Graduate Student Research Café, New Brunswick, NJ.
SPSSI 2025
Talk given at the 2025 Society of the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPISSI) Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon.
SPSP 2025
Graduate Student Poster Award recipient at the 2025 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.
Rutgers University 2025
Second-year talk given to the Rutgers Psychology Department.
Poster Presentations
Poster Presentations
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2025, February). Do They Think I’m competent? The content of gendered-STEM meta-stereotypes and implications for inter- and intra-group interactions. Poster presentation, Society of Personality and Social Psychology annual conference, Denver, CO.
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2025, February). The color of friendship: examining self-disclosure in cross-race pairs. Poster presentation, Society of Personality and Social Psychology annual conference Group Relations and Intergroup Processes Pre-Conference and Close Relations Pre-Conference, Denver, CO.
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2024, June). The color of friendship: examining self-disclosure in cross-race pairs. Poster presentation, Society of Psychological Study of Social Issues annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Manfreda, S. & Taylor, V.J. (2023, February). Do They Like Me? The implication of (Meta-) Stereotypes on Contact, Friendship Potential, and Prejudice towards Women in STEM. Poster presentation, Society of Personality and Social Psychology annual conference Gender Pre-Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Valladares, J., Taylor V.J., Manfreda, S., Alam, R. (2023, February). Interracial encounters in VR: VR Perspective-taking on Empathy and Anti-Racism. Poster presentation, Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Atlanta, GA.
Knasel, R. Taylor, V.J., Valladares, J., Yantis, C., Manfreda, S. & Green, D. (2022, February). Racial meta-stereotypes revisited: Variations by perceiver and target race. Poster presentation, Society of Personality and Social Psychology annual conference, San Francisco, CA.
Manfreda, S. (2021, April). The hidden cost of sorority recruitment: The effects of sorority recruitment on women’s wellbeing. Poster presentation, National Conference of Undergraduate Research annual conference (virtual).
Manfreda, S. (2021, February). The hidden cost of sorority recruitment: The effects of sorority recruitment on women’s wellbeing. Poster presentation, Society of Personality and Social Psychology annual conference (virtual).
Bell, A. C., Tackett, A. P., Stargel, B., Manfreda, S., Smith, C. E. (2019, October). Examining perceptions of vaping among college students. Poster presentation, Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists annual conference, Johnson City, TN.
Mentee Presentations
Mentee Presentations
*Denotes undergraduate mentee
Clarke, B.*, Manfreda, S., & Taylor, V.J. (2026, February). Misconceptions in the Media: White Women’s Meta-stereotypes, Emotions, Vigilance, and Allyship After Viewing Negative and Positive Interracial Interactions. Poster to be presented at the 2026 Annual Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Clarke, B.*, Manfreda, S., & Taylor, V.J. (2025, May). Misconceptions in the Media: White Women’s Meta-stereotypes, Emotions, Vigilance, and Allyship After Viewing Negative and Positive Interracial Interactions. Poster presented at the 2025 Annual National Collegiate Research Conference at Harvard University.
Clarke, B.*, Manfreda, S., & Taylor, V.J. (2025, March). Misconceptions in the Media: White Women’s Meta-stereotypes, Emotions, Vigilance, and Allyship After Viewing Negative and Positive Interracial Interactions. Poster presented at the 2025 Annual Psychology Honors Thesis Showcase at Rutgers University.
Hernandez, V.*, Manfreda, S., & Taylor, V.J. (2024, August). Racial Allyship Perceptions Among People of Color: Impacts on Identity Safety, Emotions, and Support. Poster presented at the 2025 Annual McNair Fellowship Showcase at Rutgers University.
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