Diana Rice View All Faculty
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Disciplines/Field of Study

  • Social Psychology

Degrees Received

  • Ph.D., 2004, Syracuse University
  • M.S., 1999, Syracuse University
  • B.A., 1996, Houghton College, summa cum laude

Courses Taught

  • PSY 201 - Introduction to Psychology
  • PSY 205 - Psychological Statistics
  • PSY 206 - Orientation to Psychology
  • PSY 207 - Research Methods in Psychology
  • PSY 260 - Tests and Measures
  • PSY 325 - Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY 404 - Personality Psychology
  • PSY 405 - Psychology of Gender
  • PSY 406 - Psychology of Prejudice           
  • PSY 408 - Social Psychology
  • PSY 423 - Psychological Research Literature
  • PSY 424 - Applied Psychological Research
  • PSY 425 - Senior Seminar in Psychology
  • PSY 429 - Lab – Social
  • PSY 450 - Special Topics in Psychology: Consumer Psychology
  • CNS 504 - Graduate Statistics

Presentations/Publications

  • Rice, D. R. (2020). Against such things there is no law: Christian college students’ perceptions of the fruit of the spirit as primarily gendered. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 49, 38-42.
  • Rice, D. R. (2018). Ethnophaulisms. In Kim, Y. Y. (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication. Wiley Online. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0157.
  • Presented a poster entitled “Gendered fruit: Do Christian college students see the fruit of the spirit as primarily feminine.” at Christian Association for Psychological Science International Conference, Chicago, IL. 2017.
  • Rice, D. R., Abrams, D., Badea, C., Bohner, G., Carnaghi, A., Dementi, L. I., Durkin, K., Ehmann, B., Hodson, G., Kokdemir, D., Masip, J., Moran, A., Oswald, M. E. Ouwerkerk, J., Reber, R., Schroeder, J., Tasiopoulous, K., & Trzebinski, J. (2010). What did you just call me? European and American ratings of the valence of ethnophaulisms (ethnic labels). Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 29, 117-131.
  • Leader, T. I., Mullen, B., & Rice, D. R. (2009). Complexity and valence in ethnophaulisms and exclusion of ethnic out-groups: What puts the “hate” into hate-speech? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 170 - 182.
  • Tomcho, T.J., Rice, D. R., Foels, R., Folmsbee, L., Vladescu, J., Lissman, R., Matulewicz, R., & Bopp, K. (2009). APA’s learning objectives for research methods and statistics in practice: A multimethod analysis. Teaching of Psychology, 36, 84 – 89.
  • Tomcho, T. J., Foels, R., Rice, D., Johnson, J., Moses, T. P., Warner, D., Wetherbee, R., & Amalfi, T. (2008). A review of ToP teaching strategies: Links to students’ scientific inquiry skills development. Teaching of Psychology,35, 147-159.
  • Salas, E., *Nichols, D. R., & Driskell, J. E. (2007). Testing three team-training strategies in intact teams: A meta-analysis. Small Group Research, 38, 471-488.
  • Manuscripts in Preparation
  • Mullen, B., Leader, T. I., & Rice, D. R. (invited resubmission). Complexity and valence in ethnophaulisms and exclusion of ethnic out-groups: What puts the “hate” into hate-speech? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
  • Tomcho, T. J., Foels, R., Rice, D., Johnson, J., Moses, T. P., Warner, D., Wetherbee, R., & Amalfi, T. (2007). A review of ToP teaching strategies: Links to students′ scientific inquiry skills development. Manuscript submitted for review.
  • Tomcho, T.J., Rice, D. R., Foels, R., Folmsbee, L., Vladescu, J., Lissman, R., Matulewicz, R., & Bopp, K. (2007). Are APA′s research methods and statistics learning objectives being addressed?: A multimethod analysis. Manuscript submitted for review.
  • Rice, D. R., Abrams, D., Badea, C., Bohner, G., Carnaghi, A., Dementi, L. I., Durkin, K., Ehmann, B., Hodson, G., Kokdemir, D., Masip, J., Moran, A., Oswald, M. E. Ouwerkerk, J., Reber, R., Schroeder, J., Tasiopoulous, K., & Trzebinski, J. (2007). What did you just call me? European ratings of the valence of ethnophaulisms. Manuscript in preparation.
  • Rice, D. R. (2007). The social cognition of ingroup and outgroup faces: The paradox of categorization and recognition. Manuscript in preparation.
  • Rice, D. R. (2007). Sex-ratio and perceptions of beauty: “There she is, your ideal (depending on the number of other women)!” Manuscript in preparation.
  • Rice, D. R. & Muellerleile, P. A. (2007). “A real American hero”: The effects of gender composition on aggression. Manuscript in preparation.
  • Rice, D. R. & Mullen, B. (2005).  Cognitive representations and the exclusion of immigrants: Why red-nosed reindeer don't play games.  In Abrams, D., Marques, J., & Hewstone, M. (Eds.), Social Inclusion and Exclusion (pp. 293-316). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
  • Mullen, B. & Rice, D. R. (2003).  Ethnophaulisms and exclusion:  The behavioral consequences of cognitive representation of ethnic immigrant groups.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1056-1067.
  • Rice, D. R. & Mullen, B.  (2003). Isaac, Ishmael, and Janus:  The role of cognitive representations and group membership.  Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 1129-1147.
  • Levin, K. D., *Nichols, D. R., & Johnson, B. T. (2000). Involvement and persuasion: Attitude functions for the motivated processor. In G. R. Maio & J. M. Olson (Eds.), Why we evaluate: Functions of Attitudes (pp. 163-194). Mawah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Johnson, B. T., & *Nichols, D. R. (1998). Social psychologists′ expertise in the public interest: Civilian morale research during World War II. Journal of Social Issues, 54, 53-77.
  • Katz, D., Johnson, B. T., & *Nichols, D. R. (1998). Floyd Henry Allport: A founder of social psychology as a behavioral science. In G. Kimble & M. Wertheimer (Eds.), Portraits of pioneers in psychology (Vol. 3: pp. 121-142). Washington, DC: APA Books.

Current Projects

  • Cognitive Representations of Faces: I am interested in how we recognize and categorize faces and what that reveals about broader cognitive processes. Specifically, I am interested in how we categorize faces of our own ethnic group and others, and what are the consequences for those categorizations on our later recognition of those same people.
  • Multinational Survey of Perceptions of Valence of Ethnophaulisms for Ethnic Immigrants: I am interested in the words we use (particularly negative slurs) to describe people from other ethnic groups. I am interested both in what such words reveal about the user and also what consequences these words have for the targets of the slurs.
  • Effects of Gender Composition in Groups: I am interested in how the relative numbers of men and women in a social group influence beliefs about those group members. For instance, I am currently examining how the relative numbers of men and women influence the perceptions of attractiveness in women and also how aggressive children should be.
  • Psychology Students′ Integration of Faith and Learning: I am interested how students′ understanding of the integration of Christian faith and the discipline of psychology change over their time here at Geneva College. I am currently assessing their beliefs about integration and will track changes in these beliefs as they continue through the psychology major.

Awards & Distinctions Received

  • Outstanding Student in Psychology, Houghton College, 1996
  • Syracuse University Fellow, Syracuse University, 1996, 1999  
  • Member of the Student Committee of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, SPSSI, 1999-2000           
  • Pew Younger Scholars Mentoring Program, Pew Foundation, 2000-2003
  • Member of Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, 2007         

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

  • American Psychological Society
  • American Psychological Association

Academic Distinctives

Dr. Rice published an article titled, "Against such things there is no law: Christian college students’ perceptions of the fruit of the spirit as primarily gendered" to the Journal of Psychology and Theology, in 2020.

Dr. Rice's current research topics include, Cognitive Representations of Faces, Multinational Survey of Perceptions of Valence of Ethnophaulisms for Ethnic Immigrants, Effects of Gender Composition in Groups, and Psychology Students′ Integration of Faith and Learning.

Dr. Rice also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Psychology and Theology.