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• M.A., 2010, Social Psychology, University of Connecticut
  
• B.A., 2007, Psychology, University of Texas, San Antonio (San Antonio, TX)
  
• Major advisor: Johnson
• Secondary advisor: Pratto
• Joined program, Fall 2007

• Black Americans' reactions to and interpretations of social inequalities
  
• Black Americans' health disparities
  
• HIV conspiracy beliefs
• Religion and health
  

• SPSP Diversity Fund Graduate Travel Award Recipient
• APHA Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Student Research Award
• Pre-doctoral fellow in NIMH Social Processes of AIDS training program, 2008-2012
  
• Winner, Warren J. Mitofsky Graduate Fellowship, 2008

White, A.C., & Evans, K. N. P. M. (2011, March). Combating medical mistrust and HIV conspiracy beliefs in the African American population through health education messages: A pilot study. Poster presented at the annual AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

*Ballester, E., White, A. C., & Pratto, F. (2011, January). Examining the effects of trust and history on the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

White, A. C., & Pratto, F. P. (2011, January). Manipulating past group-based discrimination and alleged perpetrator response to examine the plausibility of “conspiracy” beliefs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

White, A.C., & Evans, K. N. P. M. (2010, November). Using emotional communication to address conspiracy beliefs in health education messages. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO.

*Ruiz, I. A., Chellew, K., & White, A. (2010, September). Sentimiento de pertenencia al grupo, identidad racial y estrés en estudiantes universitarios. (Collective self-esteem, racial identity, and stress in university students). Poster presented at the International Congress of the Spanish Society for the Study of Anxiety and Stress, Valencia, Spain

White, A.C., & Pratto, F. P. (2010, July). Determining whether aggression against a group has occurred: The role of past group-based discrimination and the response of the alleged perpetrator. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Storrs, CT.

White, A.C., & Johnson, B. T. (2010, July). Changes in Black Americans’ in-group attitudes: The influences of age and geographical region. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

White, A.C., & Johnson, B. T. (2010, June). Black Americans’ in-group attitudes:

Temporal, geographical, and social factors. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, New Orleans, LA.

White, A. C., & Johnson, B. T. (2009, February). Political climate, collective self-esteem, and health outcomes for African-Americans. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

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