Carrie A. Langner

Professor

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Contact Information

• Office: 47-23D
• Phone: (805) 756-5705
• Email: clangner@calpoly.edu
• Full Vita

Education

• Ph.D., Social and Personality Psychology, University of California at Berkeley
• B.A., Psychology, University of Michigan

Courses Taught

• PSY 252 Social Psychology
• PSY 320 Health Psychology
• PSY 360 Applied Social Psychology
• PSY 352 Conflict Resolution

Research Interests

I focus on three areas of psychological research. First, in the area of health disparities (social inequalities in health), I investigate the relationship between social hierarchy, socio-emotional processes, and depression. In a second line of research, I examine the role of identity in political participation and collective action. Most recently, I have begun a project on the role of multicultural curriculum, identity-based bullying, and bias reduction in an elementary school context.

Selected Publications/Professional Activities

 

• Langner, C. A., Rijnen, S., Owen, S., & McKenna, R. (2019) Stand Up Act Out: A Drama-Based Upstander Curriculum for Children in Grades K-6. Pyjama Drama Learning.
• Langner, C. A., Greenlee, J. S., & Deason, G. (2017). Identity and activism in an era of Politicized Motherhood. Chapter in M. Thomas and A. Bittner (Eds.) Mothers and Others: The Impact of Family Life on Politics. UBC Press.
• Langner, C.A., Epel, E. Matthews, K.,Moskowitz, J. T.,& Adler, N. (2012). Social hierarchy and depression: The role of emotion suppression. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 146(4), 1-19.
• Langner, C. A. (2008, June).  Federal hate crime legislation and the role of psychological science. In C. A. Langner & E. Levy Paluck (Chairs), Psychology and policy: Perspectives from the local, federal, and international Level. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Chicago, IL.
• Langner, C. A. & Keltner, D. (2008). Social power and emotional experience: Actor and partner effects within dyadic interactions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 848-856.