Justin P. Friesen

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Justin P. Friesen
Postdoctoral Associate, Kawakami Social Cognition Laboratory
Dept. of Psychology, York University
4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON, Canada, M3J 1P3
2013-present
jfriesen@yorku.ca
http://justinfriesen.ca
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Waterloo
Dissertation: Seeking Structure in Social Organization: Compensatory Control and the
Psychological Advantages of Hierarchy
2013
M.A., Psychology, University of Waterloo
Thesis: Women and (dis)interest in government: How the status quo affects
attitudes about female politicians and intentions to participate in politics
2009
B.A. (Honours), Psychology, University of Winnipeg
2006
PUBLICATIONS
Friesen, J., Campbell, T., & Kay, A. C. (in press). The psychological advantage of unfalsifiability:
The appeal of untestable political and religious ideologies. Journal of Personality & Social
Psychology.
Friesen, J., Kay, A. C., Eibach, R. P., & Galinsky, A. D. (2014). Seeking structure in social
organization: Compensatory control and the psychological advantages of hierarchy. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 590-609.
Kay, A.C., & Friesen, J. (2011). On social change and social stability: Understanding when system
justification does and does not occur. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 360-364.
Gaucher, D., Friesen, J., & Kay, A. C. (2011). Evidence that gendered wording in job advertisements
exists and sustains gender inequality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 109-128.
Friesen, J., & Sinclair, L. (2011). Distrust and simultaneous activation of multiple categories. Social
Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 112-119.
Kay, A. C., Gaucher, D., Peach, J. M., Laurin, K., Friesen, J., Zanna, M. P., & Spencer, S. J. (2009).
The power of the status quo: Direct evidence for a motivation to see the way things are as the way
they should be. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 421-434.
Fitzsimons, G. M., Friesen, J., Orehek, E., & Kruglanski, A. (2009). Progress-induced goal shifting
as a self-regulatory strategy. In J. P. Forgas, R. F. Baumeister, & D. M. Tice (Eds.), The
Psychology of Self-Regulation: Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes: The 11th Sydney
Symposium of Social Psychology (pp. 183-197). New York: Psychology Press.
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MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Friesen, J. P., & Gaucher, D. (2014). Benevolent sexism and how belief in women's intuition can
perpetuate traditional gender roles. Manuscript in preparation.
Friesen, J. P., Kawakami, K., & Caprara, R. (2014). (Happy) outgroup faces are all alike: Emotion
recognition in cross-race faces. Manuscript in preparation.
Kawakami, K., Karmali, F., Friesen, J. P., Phills, C., Williams, A., & Dovidio, J. (2014). I don’t see
race: Exploring the boundaries and implications of strategic colorblindness. Manuscript in
preparation.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct instructor, York University
Psychology and Law (PSYC 3310)
2013 – pres.
Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo
2007 – 2013
Psychological Measurement, Research Methods in Social Psychology, Basic Data Analysis,
Political Psychology, Social Motivation, Introductory Psychology
Stipendiary Lecturer, University of Winnipeg
Introduction to Data Analysis Lab, Introduction to Research Methods Lab
2006 – 2007
Teaching Assistant, University of Winnipeg
Intermediate Research Design and Data Analysis, Introduction to Data Analysis,
Social Psychology I, Social Psychology II, Physiological Psychology I
2004 – 2007
CONFERENCE POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Friesen, J. P., Kay, A. C., Eibach, R. P., & Galinsky, A. D. (2015, February). The tolerance of
inequality: Psychological needs for control and social hierarchies. Talk to be presented at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA. Symposium title: The Politics of
Inequality and the Inequality of Politics.
Caprara, R., Kawakami, K., Friesen, J., & Williams, A. (2015, February). Emotion identification and
group membership: Recognizing genuine and false smiles on ingroup and outgroup faces. Poster to
be presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology 16th Annual Convention, Long
Beach, CA.
Kawakami, K., Karmali, F., Friesen, J., Phills, C., & Williams, A. (2014, June). A free pass for
prejudice. Talk presented at the meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver,
BC.
Campbell, T., Friesen, J., & Kay, A. C. (2014, June). The psychological advantages of
unfalsifiability: On the appeal of untestable religions and political ideologies. Talk presented at the
meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, New York, NY.
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Friesen, J. P., & Gaucher, D. (2013, September). Positive stereotypes about women's intuition and
the perpetuation of traditional gender roles. Talk presented at the Society for Experimental Social
Psychology, Berkeley, CA. Symposium title: The harms of good intentions: Costs to the self,
ingroups, and outgroups.
Campbell, T., Friesen, J., & Kay, A. C. (2013, August). The armor of unfalsifiability: Understanding
why change rarely occurs and fanaticism prevails. Talk presented at the Society for Consumer
Psychology, Honolulu, HI.
Friesen, J. P., Kay, A. C., & Eibach, R. P. (2012, June). Social hierarchy as a source of
compensatory control: Cross-national and experimental evidence. Poster presented at the Canadian
Psychological Association Social-Personality Preconference, Quebec City, QC.
Friesen, J. P., Kay, A. C., Eibach, R. P., & Galinsky, A. G. (2013, January). Compensatory control
and the psychological advantage of hierarchy. Talk presented at the meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. Symposium title: Explaining the effects of
threats on cultural worldview defenses: Common ground among divergent perspectives.
Gaucher, D. & Friesen, J. (2013, January). Women's intuition as system-justifying belief. Poster
presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Campbell, T., Friesen, J. P., & Kay, A. C. (2013, January). Psychological advantages of unfalsifiable
beliefs. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New
Orleans, LA.
Kay, A.C., & Friesen, J. P. (2012, November). The human need for order and control and the allure
of extreme political and religious ideologies. Talk presented at the meeting of the Canadian
Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society, Ottawa, ON.
Friesen, J. P., Kay, A. C., Eibach, R. P., & Galinsky, A. G. (2012, June). Seeking structure in social
organization: Personal control and hierarchies. Talk presented at the meeting of the Society for the
Psychological Study of Social Issues, Charlotte, NC.
Friesen, J., Gaucher, D., & Kay, A. C. (2012, May). How recruiting attempts into male-dominated
domains can decrease job appeal and anticipated belongingness. Poster presented at the WaterlooWestern Social Psychology Conference, University of Western Ontario.
Friesen, J., Gaucher, D., & Kay, A. C. (2012, January). When attempts to recruit women into
traditionally male-dominated domains backfire. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Friesen, J., Kay, A. C., Eibach, R. P., & Galinsky, A. G. (2011, May). How social hierarchies fulfill
needs for personal control and structure. Talk presented at the Waterloo-Western Social
Psychology Conference, University of Waterloo.
Friesen, J., Gaucher, D., & Kay, A. C. (2011, April). How attempts to recruit women into
engineering jobs can backfire. Talk presented at the University of Waterloo Graduate Studies
Research Conference.
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Friesen, J., & Kay, A. C. (2011, January). Untestable convictions: The psychological advantages of
unfalsifiable religious and system-justifying beliefs. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society
for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Friesen, J., Gaucher, D., & Kay, A. C. (2010, August). Ironic effects of attempts to increase women's
representation in traditionally male-dominated domains. Talk presented at the meeting of the
International Society for Justice Research, Banff, AB.
Gaucher, D., Friesen, J., & Kay, A. C. (2010, August). Institutional-level contributors to status quo
maintenance: Gendered wording in job advertisements exists and perpetuates inequality. Talk
presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, Banff, AB.
Gaucher, D., Friesen, J., & Kay, A. C. (2010, July). The existence and impact of gendered wording
in job advertisements. Talk presented at the meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of
Social Issues, New Orleans, LA.
Friesen, J., Gaucher, D., & Kay, A. C. (2010, February). Women and (dis)interest in government:
How the status quo affects attitudes toward female politicians and the desire to participate in
politics. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las
Vegas, NV.
Gaucher, D., Friesen, J., & Kay, A. C. (2010, February). Gendered wording and maintenance of the
status quo: How masculinely worded job ads affect women's propensity to approach traditionally
male-dominated occupations. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Friesen, J., Gaucher, D., & Kay, A. C. (2009, May). The subtle maintenance of inequality: Gendered
wording in job ads affects job appeal. Poster presented at the Waterloo-Western Social Psychology
Conference, University of Waterloo.
Friesen, J. P., Chua, S. N., & Fitzsimons, G. M. (2009, February). The role of success and failure
when considering goal progress and commitment. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society
for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Gaucher, D. M., Kay, A. C., Peach, J., Friesen, J. P., Zanna, M. P., & Spencer, S. J. (2008, August).
Power of the status quo: The societal and personal consequences of inferring what "is" as what
"ought" to be. Talk presented at the meeting of the International Society for Justice Research,
Adelaide, Australia.
Gaucher, D. M., Kay, A. C., Friesen, J. P., & Zanna, M. P. (2008, June). The bright side of justifying
the status quo. Talk presented at the meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social
Issues, Chicago, IL.
Friesen, J. P., & Sinclair, L. (2007, January). Distrust and stereotype activation. Poster presented at
the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Friesen, J. P., & Sinclair, L. (2006, June). The impact of trust goals on stereotype activation. Talk
presented at the meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, AB.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship ($80,000)
2009 – 2013
University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship ($60,000)
2007 – 2013
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Travel Award ($500)
2010
U Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-Operative Education, Research Grant ($1100) 2009
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Grants-in-aid program ($900)
2008
NSERC Master's Canada Graduate Scholarship ($34,800)
2007 – 2009
Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000, declined)
2007
Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence
2006
CPA Social-Personality Section Kenneth L. Dion Award (honourable mention)
2006
University of Winnipeg Undergraduate Student Research Award ($2500)
2005
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & OTHER EXPERIENCE
Ad-hoc reviewer, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Group
Processes & Intergroup Relations, CPA Social-Personality Section, SPSP Student Poster Awards.
University of Waterloo Human Research Ethics Committee
Invited speaker, University of Waterloo University Appointments Review Committee
Gendered wording in job advertisements and reference letters
2010 – 2013
2011
Invited speaker, University of Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Cooperative Education 2010
Do coop job ads include gender stereotyped language, and does it matter?
Research Assistant, Programs & Evaluation
New Directions for Children, Youth, Adults and Families, Winnipeg, MB
2005 – 2007
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
International Society for Justice Research, Associate Member
Midwestern Psychological Association
2007 – pres.
2010 – pres.
2014 – pres.