Jared B. Kenworthy
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Room 525, Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone: (817) 272-0746
Email: kenworth@uta.edu
Office Hours: M 9-11

Undergraduate Research Assistant Application

Description of Research

Intergroup bias, conflict & threat; Intergroup contact; Consensus estimation & social projection; Crossed and multiple categorization.

Representative Publications

Journal Articles

Kenworthy, J.B., & Miller, N. (2002). Attributional biases about the origins of attitudes: Externality, emotionality, and rationality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 693-707.

Kenworthy, J.B., & Canales, C.J., Weaver, K.D., & Miller, N. (2003). Negative incidental affect and mood congruency in crossed categorization. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 195-219.

Ensari, N., Kenworthy, J.B., Urban, L.M., Canales, C.J., Vasquez, E., Kim, D., & Miller, N. (2004). Negative affect and political sensitivity in crossed categorization: Self‑reports versus EMG. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 7, 55-75.

Tam, T., Hewstone, M., Harwood, J., Voci, A., & Kenworthy, J.B. (in press). Intergroup Contact and Grandparent‑Grandchild Communication: Do Self‑Disclosure, Empathy, and Reduced Anxiety Improve Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Older People? Group processes and intergroup relations.

Kenworthy, J.B., & Miller, N. (2001). Perceptual asymmetry in consensus estimates of majority and minority members. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 597-612.

Kenworthy, J.B. (2003). Explaining the belief in God for self, in-group, and out-group targets. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 42, 137-146.

Book chapters

Kenworthy, J.B., Hewstone, M., Turner, R., & Voci, A. (2005). Moderators and Mediators of Intergroup contact. In J. Dovidio, P. Glick, and L. Rudman (Eds.), Reflecting on the Nature of Prejudice. Blackwell.

Miller, N., Kenworthy, J.B., Canales, C.J., & Stenstrom, D.M. (in press). Explaining the effects of crossed categorization on ethnocentric bias. In R. J. Crisp and M. Hewstone (Eds.), Multiple social categorization: Processes, models, and applications.

Kenworthy, J.B., Crisp, R., & Hewstone, M. (in press). Looking forward to the future of multiple categorization: Factors that influence changes in multiple identities. In R. J. Crisp and M. Hewstone (Eds.), Multiple social categorization: Processes, models, and applications.

Tausch, N., Kenworthy, J.B.,& Hewstone, M. (2004). Conflict resolution and prevention: The role of intergroup contact. In M. Fitzduff and C.E. Stout (Eds.), Psychological approaches to conflict and war. Praeger.