Jennifer Lindsay

Education

• Ph.D., Psychology, University of California, Irvine, 2012
• M.A., Psychology, University of California, Irvine, 2010
• B.A., Psychology & Spanish, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004

Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

• Developmental Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Psychology of Gender
• Language Acquisition

Research Projects

• Storytime Studies, Current
  Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
  Principal Investigator | Investigating which facial features signal gender to children ages 4-7. Investigating the effects of stereotyped stories on children’s cognitive abilities and motivation.

• Male Default Study, 2021-2022
  Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
  Principal Investigator | Survey based study, in data collection process

• Where Have All the Girls Gone, 2018-2022
  Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
  Principal Investigator | Developed coding scheme for examining gender differences in children’s books; guided undergraduates in independent study and as paid research assistants for this project; presented poster at Western Psychological Association Conference 2019

Selected Presentations

• Society for Research in Child Development, Creating a Gender Neutral Character, Salt Lake City, UT (March 2023)
• Society for Research in Child Development, Male Default: When Neutral Characters are not so Neutral, Salt Lake City, UT (March 2023)
• Western Psychological Association, Gender Roles in Children’s Books, Pasadena, CA (April 2019)

Selected Articles

• Lindsay, J. "Male default: When images of neutral characters from picture books are not so neutral." Gender Issues Vol. 40, 2023: 119-143.
• Wright, R.R., Lindsay, J. (as Perkes, J. L.), Schaeffer, C., Woodruff, J. B., Waldrip, K., Dally, J. L. "Investigating BMI discrepancies in subjective and objective reports among college students." Journal of Human Health Research Vol. 1, 2018: 106.

Accolades

• Colgate Torch Medal, Spring 2021