Rennels

Faculty

Jennifer L. Rennels (formerly Ramsey), Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Program:

Experimental

Website:

http://www.unlv.edu/labs/rebellab/

Email:

ramseyj2@unlv.nevada.edu

Phone:

(702) 895-0648

Accepting Graduate Students 2008-2009: YES

Research Interests

Jennifer Rennels' research with infants and young children focuses on early development of appearance-based stereotypes (e. g., stereotypes based on masculinity/femininity, attractiveness, gender, and race). She investigates the origins of such stereotypes, why stereotypes are maintained, and the consequences of such stereotypes. She is particularly interested in how experience with faces affects visual interest in and categorization of faces, two important precursors to stereotype formation. She also studies how stereotypes affect cognitive processing of information about individuals, and how differential experience with certain types of faces influences perception and processing.

Dr. Rennels received her Ph.D. in psychology (developmental emphasis) from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003.

Selected Publications

Ramsey-Rennels, J. L., & Langlois, J. H. (2007). How infants perceive and process faces. In M. Lewis & A. Slater (Eds.), Introduction to Infant Development, 2^nd ed. (pp. 191-215). New York: Oxford University Press.

Ramsey-Rennels, J. L., & Langlois, J. H. (2006). Infants' differential processing of female and male faces. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 59-62.

Hoss, R. A., Ramsey, J. L., Griffin, A. M., & Langlois, J. H. (2005). The roles of facial attractiveness and facial femininity/ masculinity in sex classification of faces. Perception, 34, 1459-1474.

Ramsey, J. L., Langlois, J. H., & Marti, C. N. (2005). Infant categorization of faces: Ladies first. Developmental Review, 25, 212-246.

Ramsey, J. L., Langlois, J. H., Hoss, R. A., Rubenstein, A. J., & Griffin, A. M. (2004). Origins of a stereotype: Categorization of facial attractiveness by 6-month-old infants. Developmental Science, 7, 201-211.

Ramsey, J. L., & Fowler, M. L. (2004). "What do you notice?" Using posters containing questions and general instructions to guide preschoolers' science and mathematics learning. Early Child Development and Care, 174, 31-45.

Ramsey, J. L., & Langlois, J. H. (2002). How infants perceive faces. In M. Lewis & A. Slater (Eds.), Introduction to infant development (pp. 167-191). New York: Oxford University Press.

Ramsey, J. L., & Langlois, J. H. (2002). Effects of the "beauty is good" stereotype on children's information processing. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 81, 320-340.