Fiona A. White
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Fiona A. White is an Australian academic. She is a professor of social psychology at the University of Sydney, Australia, and director of the Sydney University Psychology of Intergroup Relations (SUPIR) Lab., and degree coordinator of the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science (BLAS). She has been a lead author on four editions of Developmental Psychology: From Infancy to Adulthood.[1] White is known as the developer of the E-contact intervention, a synchronous online tool that has been found to reduce anxiety, prejudice, and stigma.
Research
White's research is noted for advancing new and effective strategies (i.e., cooperative Electronic- or E-contact; dual identity recategorization; perspective taking etc) to promote positive intergroup relations in the short- and long-term. Her most significant contribution to the intergroup relations literature is the development and validation of the E-contact tool, a computer mediated text-based contact that involves a synchronous conversation between members from non-stigmatised and stigmatised groups.[2][3] Fiona has led a number of prejudice and stigma reduction research projects, and has received competitive funding from the Australian Research Council, and ViCHealth.[citation needed]
Research area and topics of interest
E-contact and long-term bias reduction
White's Dual Identity Electronic Contact (DIEC) program was funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (2009–11). The DIEC program advanced a new conceptual framework proposing that cognitive strategies such as dual identity recategorization provides the necessary mechanism to enhance the benefits of social (i.e., contact) strategies such as E-contact. Here, achieving a common goal via contact is facilitated by the formation of a common identity between minority and majority members over a 9-week classroom program. This conceptual integration was found to successfully promote and sustain (at a 1-year follow-up) bias reduction for both Muslim and Catholic high-school students who were religiously segregated.[4][5][6] Previous contact research had been limited in it theoretical focus, had not experimentally manipulated contact and examined only short-term outcomes.[7]
E-contact and short-term bias reduction
A refocusing on the 'intergroup' nature of prejudice
White's research adopts an intergroup perspective to prejudice, where both ingroup and outgroup voices need be included in interventions in order to successfully reduce intergroup tensions and conflicts.[8]
References
- ↑ White, F., Livesey, D., Hayes, B. (2015). Developmental Psychology: From Infancy to Adulthood (4e). Australia: Pearson Australia.
- ↑ White, F., Harvey, L., Abu-Rayya, H. (2015). Improving Intergroup Relations in the Internet Age: A Critical Review. Review of General Psychology,19(2), 129-139. doi:10.1037/gpr0000036
- ↑ White, F., Maunder, R., Verrelli, S. (2020). Text-based E-contact: Harnessing cooperative Internet interactions to bridge the social and psychological divide. European Review of Social Psychology, 31(1), 76-119. doi:10.1080/10463283.2020.1753459
- ↑ White, F., Abu-Rayya, H. (2012). A dual identity-electronic contact (DIEC) experiment promoting short- and long-term intergroup harmony. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(3), 597-608. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.01.007
- ↑ White, F., Abu-Rayya, H., Weitzel, C. (2014). Achieving twelve-months of intergroup bias reduction: The dual identity-electronic contact (DIEC) experiment. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 38,158-163. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.01.007
- ↑ White, F., Abu-Rayya, H., Bliuc, A., Faulkner, N. (2015). Emotion expression and intergroup bias reduction between Muslims and Christians: Long-term Internet contact. Computers in Human Behavior, 53, 435-442. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.074
- ↑ White, F., Borinca, I., Vezzali, L., Reynolds, K., Blomster Lyshol, J., Verrelli, S., Falomir-Pichastor, J. (2021). Beyond direct contact: The theoretical and societal relevance of indirect contact for improving intergroup relations. Journal of Social Issues, 77, 132-153. doi:10.1111/josi.12400
- ↑ White, F., Harvey, L., Verrelli, S. (2015). Including Both Voices: A New Bidirectional Framework for Understanding and Improving Intergroup Relations. Australian Psychologist, 50, 421-433. doi:10.1111/ap.12108
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