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Amy Hackney

Amy Hackney

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  • SPN Mentor

Dr. Hackney conducts research in the areas of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination, racial profiling, and jury decision making. She also conducts research related to the teaching of psychology, and is particularly interested in the academic development of students from underrepresented groups.

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Gender Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Law and Public Policy
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Social Cognition

Journal Articles:

  • Hackney, A. (2005). Teaching students about stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination: An interview with Susan Fiske. Teaching of Psychology, 32, 196-199.
  • Wiener, R. L., Hackney, A., Kadela, K., Rauch, S., Seib, H., Warren, L., & Hurt, L. E. (2002). The fit and implementation of sexual harassment law to workplace evaluations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(4), 747-764.
  • Wiener, R. L., Richmond, T. L., Seib, H. M., Rauch, S. M., & Hackney, A. A. (2002). The psychology of telling murder stories: Do we think in scripts, exemplars, or prototypes? Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 20(1-2), 119-139.
  • Wiener, R. L., Rogers, M., Winter, R., Hurt, L. E., Hackney, A., Kadela, K., Seib, H., Rauch, S., Warren, L., & Morasco, B. (2004). Guided jury discretion in capital murder cases: The role of declarative and procedural knowledge. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 10(4), 516-576.

Other Publications:

  • Hackney, A., Korn, J. H., & Buskist, W. (2005). Learning to teach introductory psychology: Philosophy and practice. In S. Chew & D. Dunn (Eds.), Taking off: Best practices in teaching introductory psychology.
  • Wilson, J. H., & Hackney, A. A. (2006). Problematic college students: Preparing and repairing. In W. Buskist & S. F. Davis (Eds.), Handbook of the teaching of psychology, 233-237.

Courses Taught:

  • Psychology and Law
  • Psychology of Gender
  • Research Methods
  • Senior Research
  • Social Psychology

Amy Hackney
Department of Psychology
Box 8041
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia 30461
United States of America

  • Phone: (912) 478-5749

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