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Robert T. Hitlan, Ph.D

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  Robert T. Hitlan
  Department of Psychology
  University of Northern Iowa
  Cedar Falls, IA  50614

  voice: (319) 273-2223
  fax: (319) 273-6188
  e-mail: rob.hitlan@uni.edu

Representative Research:

     Publications/In Press:

     Hitlan, R. T. (in press). Workplace Violence and Aggression: The Dark Side of Organizations [Review of the book  - Handbook of Workplace Violence]. PsycCritiques—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books.

     Hitlan, R. T., Schneider, K. T., & Walsh, B. (2006, in press). Upsetting behavior: Reactions to personal and bystander sexual harassment experiences. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.

     Hitlan, R. T., Carrillo, K., Aikman, S. N., & Zarate, M. A. (2006, in press). Attitudes toward immigrant groups and the effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology        

     Hitlan, R. T. & DeSoto, M. C.(2006, March 8). The pros and cons of growing up in the electronic age [Review of the book   Imagination and Play in the Electronic Age]. PsycCritiques—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51 (No. 10), Article 17.  

     Hitlan, R. T., Cliffton, R. J., & DeSoto, M. C. (2006). Perceived Exclusion in the Workplace: The Moderating Effects of Gender on Work-Related Attitudes and Psychological Health. North American Journal of Psychology, 8, 217-236. PDF

     Hitlan, R. T., Kelly, K., Schepman, S., Schneider, K. T., & Zarate, M. A. (2006, in press). Language Exclusion and the Consequences of Perceived Ostracism in the Workplace . Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 10, 56-70. PDF

    Hitlan, R. T. (2006, in press). The Ringelmann Effect. Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Sage Publications

     DeSoto, M. C., & Hitlan, R. T. (2005, October 26). Transgender, transsexual, or intersexual: A plight by any other name would tell as tragic [Review of the book   The Riddle of Gender: Science Activism, and Transgender Rights. PsycCritiques—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 40 (No. 43), Article 8.

     Zárate, M. A., Garcia, B, Garza, A. A., & Hitlan, R. T. (2004). Cultural threat and perceived realistic group conflict as predictors of attitudes  towards Mexican immigrants. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 99-105. PDF

     Schneider, K. T., & Hitlan, R. T., & Radhakrishnan, P. (2000) An examination of the nature and correlates of ethnic harassment experiences in multiple contexts. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(1), 3-12. abstract , PDF

     Estrada, A. X., Berggren, A. W., Hitlan, R. T., & Schneider, K. T. (1999). Sexual harassment of female officers and cadets in the Swedish Armed Forces. In M. Dansby (Ed.), Proceedings of the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute,3. DEOMI: Cocoa Beach, FL.

     Manuscripts Submitted for Publication:

      Hitlan, R. T., Kelly, K, & Zárate, M. A. (under review). Using language to exclude: The effects of language-based exclusion on mood and expressed prejudice. Manuscript submitted for publication. abstract    

      Hitlan, R. T., Kelly, K., & Zárate, M. A. (under review). The Nature and Correlates of Workplace Exclusion. Manuscript submitted for publication. 

      Hitlan, R. T., & Noel, J. (under review). The Influence of Workplace Exclusion and Personality on Deviant Workplace Behaviors: An Interactionist Perspective. Manuscript submitted for publication.

     Conference Presentations:

     Hitlan, R. T., Schneider, K.T., & Walsh, B. (May, 2006). The impact of personal and bystander harassment experiences on appraisal. poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, IL

     B.M. Walsh & Hitlan, R. T. (March, 2006). The Impact of Sexual and Bystander Harassment on Female Employees’ Physical Health. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Iowa Psychological Association.

     Hitlan, R. T., & Schneider, K. T. (January, 2006). The impact of multiple harassment stressors on psychological distress using the SCL-90. Poster pesented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social  Psychology conference, Palm Springs, CA.

      Hitlan, R. T., & Harden, J. (2004, April). The impact of workplace exclusion and personality on workplace  attitudes and behaviors. In K. T. Schneider (chair), Emerging workplace diversity issues: Ethnicity, bilingualism, and workplace exclusion. Symposium paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL. abstract 

       Harden, J. & Hitlan, R. T. (2004, January). Predicting antisocial workplace behaviors: Examining the interaction between social exclusion and personality. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Austin, TX. abstract

      Hitlan, R. T., & Harden, J. (2004, January). Exclusion at work: Examining the relation between exclusion and work-related attitudes and behaviors. In R. T. Hitlan & K. M. Kelly (Chairs), Broadening our perspective: New directions in the study of social exclusion and acceptance. Symposium paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Austin, TX. abstract

      Hitlan, R. T.,  Zárate, M. A. & Schneider, K.T. (2003, April). Language exclusion: Its effects on psychological need-threat, workplace attitudes, and intergroup relations. In Bergman M. (Chair), Multiple identities and discrimination: Examining intersections of characteristics. Symposium presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Orlando, Fl. slides. PDF (© do not copy or cite without permission)

     Hitlan, R. T., Kelly, K. & Zárate, M. A. (2003, February). The Effects of  Language-based Exclusion on Mood, and Psychological Threat. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social  Psychology conference, Los Angeles, CA.

      Zárate, M.A., Hitlan, R. T., Garza, A., & Aikman, S. (2002, October). Attitudes toward Mexican and Arab immigrants as a function of the September terrorist attacks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental  Social Psychology, Columbus, OH. slides.PDF (© do not copy or cite without permission)

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