Sylvia Beyer, Ph.D.
Professor - Psychology
Psychology, Professional Counseling, and Neuroscience Department
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1991
- EMAIL:
- beyer@uwp.edu
I have spent over 29 years at UW-Parkside, 5 of which I was chair of the Psychology Department. I was the recipient of a $430,000 NSF research grant. I was awarded the Research and Creative Activity Award and the Stella Gray Teaching Award. In fall 2005 I was the commencement speaker. My publications have appeared in the major journals in Social Psychology and Computer Science education.
Areas of Expertise
- Self-perceptions
- Women in STEM
- Gender discrimination
- Gender stereotypes
- Self-evaluations
Teaching Interests
Social Psychology, Psychology of Gender, The Self, Political Psychology.
Research Interests
I have been working on understanding gender differences in the accuracy of self-evaluations for over 30 years. This work has led me into applied areas such as causes of the underrepresentation of women in Computer Science. I have also conducted research on the accuracy of gender stereotypes. I am currently working on a project assessing the effect of political attitudes on prejudice.
Consulting Interests
I have worked with Computer Science departments whose goal was to attract more women into Computer Science.
- (2020) Relation between college students’ conservatism and negative stereotypes about social groups. . Social Sciences
- (2020) Special issue editorial: Re-imagining who does STEM – Part 2. . International Journal of Gender, Society, & Technology, 1-3 pp. PDF
- (2019) Women and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). . Oxford University Press
- Editor of special issue of journal "Social Sciences". Social Sciences
- (2018) Gender and self. Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology.
- (2016) Women’s in CS: Deterrents. Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology
- (2016) Low awareness of occupational segregation and the gender pay gap: No changes over a 16-year span. Current Psychology
- (2016) Men’s behavior towards women as a function of women’s costume attire (cosplay): An experimental investigation of speed dating at a popular culture convention. Proceedings of the National Conference On Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
- (2015) Women and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Oxford University Press
- (2014) Why are women underrepresented in computer science? Gender differences in stereotypes, self-efficacy, values, and interests and predictors of future CS course taking and grades. Computer Science Education, 153-192 pp.
- (2013) Gender and Self. Oxford University Press
- (2008) Gender differences and intra-gender differences amongst Management Information Systems students. Journal of Information Science Education, 10 pp.
- (2008) Predictors of female and male Computer Science students' grades. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 32 pp.
- (2006) Gender differences and intra-gender differences in Computer Science students: Are female CS majors more similar to male CS majors or female non-majors? . Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. , 28 pp.
- (2006) Gender differences in Computer Science and MIS majors. . In E. M. Trauth (ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology (pp. 109-115). Hershey, PA: Idea Publishing., 7 pp.
- (2006) Women majoring in Computer Science or Management Information Systems: A comparative analysis., 26 pp.
- (2005) Changes in CS students' attitudes towards CS over time: An examination of gender differences.. Proceedings of the Thirty-sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 5 pp.
- (2004) Deterrents to women taking Computer Science courses. IEEE Society and Technology, 8 pp.
- (2004) The temporal stability of gender differences in MIS students.. Proceedings of the tenth annual meeting of the Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, NY, 8 pp.
- (2003) Gender differences in Computer Science students. Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 5 pp.
- (2002) The effects of gender, dysphoria, and performance feedback on the accuracy of self-evaluations. Sex Roles, 12 pp.
- (1999) Gender differences in the accuracy of grade expectancies and evaluations. Sex Roles, 18 pp.
- (1999) The accuracy of academic gender stereotypes. Sex Roles, 27 pp.
- (1998) Gender differences in causal attributions by college students of performance on course examinations. Current Psychology, 13 pp.
- (1998) Gender differences in self-perception and negative recall biases. Sex Roles, 31 pp.
- (1997) Gender differences in self-evaluation biases: Convergent evidence from three measures of accuracy and bias.. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 157-172 pp.
- (1997) Gender differences in self-perceptions: Convergent evidence from three measures of accuracy and bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 16 pp.
- (1995) Maternal employment and children's academic achievement: Parenting styles as mediating variable. Developmental Review, 42 pp.
- (1990) Gender differences in the accuracy of self-evaluations of performance.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 960-970 pp.
Teaching Awards
- (2020) Advanced Certificate in Effective College Instruction — Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)
- (2015) Nominated for Regents' Teaching Award — UW System
- (2014) Nominated for Regents' Teaching Award — Regents UW System
- (2012) Recipient of Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- (2011) Nominated for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- (2010) Nomination for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- (2009) Nomination for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- (2008) Nomination for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- (2005) Nomination for Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
-
(2004)
Nomination for Advising Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Nominated for Advising Award
Research/Creative Awards
-
(2019)
Top papers in SIGCSE — SIGCSE
Beyer et al. (2003) was selected as one of the 20 most important papers in the last 50 years among thousands of publications in SIGCSE Proceedings. -
(2005)
Creative Activities and Research Award
Recipient of Creative Activities and Research Award
Departmental Service
- (2019) Other — Departmental webmaster
- (2019) Other — Senator
- (2013) Committee Chair — Psychology Department Chair
- (2012) Committee Chair — Clinical Psychology Search and Screen Committee
University Service
- (2015) Committee Member — University Committee
- (2012) Committee Member — AARC
- (2012) Committee Member — General Education Committee
- (2012) Committee Chair — Search and Screen Committee for Clinical Psychology search
- (2012) Committee Member — Full professor subcommittee of Political Science Department
- (2011) Committee Member — Taskforce on chair compensation
- (2011) Committee Member — Search and Screen Committee for Senior Diversity Officer
- (2011) Committee Member — Admissions, Records, and Student Information Committee
- (2011) Committee Member — Advising Committee
- (2010) Committee Chair — Advising Committee
Professional Service
- (2018) Editor, Journal Editor — Social Sciences
PSYC 101 - Intro to Psychological Science
PSYC 220 - Social Psychology
PSYC 380 - Psychology of Gender
PSYC 499 - Independent Study:
PSYC 220 - Social Psychology
PSYC 380 - Psychology of Gender
PSYC 499 - Independent Study: