Z. Ferguson
Master of Science, Psychology
PhD Candidate, Psychology
University of Washington, Department of Psychology
Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Email: zfer@uw.edu
Twitter: @z_fergu
My Research
I'm a 4th year Ph.D. candidate and received my B.A. in Cognitive Science, with a minor in Comparative Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. I'm interested in studying how intersectional identities impact our lives, as well as how biases are created and maintained in larger systems (e.g., education, legal contexts). My current projects focus on bias against sexual harassment victims (cognitively and legally), racial/ethnic differences in the perception of history, and prototypes of nonbinary individuals.
Publications
Ferguson, Z. E., Jarvis, S. N., Antonoplis, S. & Okonofua, J. A. (2023). Principal Beliefs Predict
Responses to Individual Students’ Misbehavior. Educational Researcher. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X231158389.
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Grossman, I., Rotella, A., Hutcherson, C. A., ... Ferguson, Z.E., … (2023). Insights into Accuracy of
Social Scientists' Forecasts of Societal Change. Nature and Human Behavior. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01517-1
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Jarvis, S. N., Ferguson, Z. E., & Okonofua, J., A. (2023). Principals' Disciplinary Decisions in a
Nationally Representative Smple. Collabra: Psychology.
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Ferguson, Z. E., Glazier, J. J., Bandt-Law, B., & Kaiser, C. R. Do Gender Prototypes Limit Sexual
Harassment Victims’ Access to Justice? Stage 1 Registered report acceptance at Law and Human Behavior.
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Gallegos, J. M., Ferguson, Z. E., Dover, T., Kort. D., Mclaughlin, K., & Kaiser, C. R. Bearing Witness to Police Brutality affects Psychological and Cardiovascular Responses in African Americans and White Americans. Revise and Resubmit.
Teaching
Labratory in Social Psychology
Instructor of Record (Summer 2023)
Psychology Research Fundamentals
Teaching Assistant (Fall 2023)
Psychology of Gender
Teaching Assistant (Winter 2024)
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Social Identity, Bias, and Discrimination
Instructor of Record (Summer 2024)
