School of Psychology-Dr Anne Pedersen

Dr Anne Pedersen

BPsych Thesis Co-Ordinator
Senior Lecturer

B.A. (Hons.) PhD.

RESEARCH:
I am an applied social/community psychologist; my main interests involve attitudes toward different cultural groups.

ACTIVITIES:
I am currently involved in research relating to attitudes toward Indigenous Australians, asylum seekers/refugees and Muslim Australians. I am particularly interested in applying such findings on a practical level. I am on the Management Committee of CARAD (Coalition of Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Detainees).

TEACHING INTERESTS:
Psychology: Culture & Community; Applications of Psychology; Social Psychology; Gender & Psychology.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Pedersen, A., Aly, A., Hartley, L., & McGarty, C. (in press). An intervention to increase positive attitudes and address misconceptions about Australian Muslims: A call for education and open mindedness. The Australian Community Psychologist.

Pedersen, A., & Fozdar, F. (in press). Refugee without refuge: Wasim, Phillip Adams, and a nation divided. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology.
Griffiths, B., & Pedersen, A. (2009). Prejudice and the function of attitudes relating to Muslim Australians and Indigenous Australians. Australian Journal of Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/00049530902748275.

Paradies Y, Forrest J, Dunn K, Pedersen, A, & Webster K. (2009). More than tolerance: Racism and the health of young Australians. In F.Mansouri (Ed), Youth Identity and Migration: Culture, Values and Social Connectedness (pp. 207-226). Common Ground Publishing, Altona, Victoria.
Pedersen, A., Griffiths, B., & Watt, S. (2008). Attitudes toward outgroups and the perception of consensus: All feet do not wear one shoe. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 18, 543–557.

Surawski, N., Pedersen, A., & Briskman, L. (2008). Resisting refugee policy: Stress and coping of refugee advocates. advocates. The Australian Community Psychologist, 22, 16, 22, 16-29.

Pedersen, A., & Barlow, F. (2008). Theory to social action: A university based strategy targeting prejudice against Aboriginal Australians. The Australian Psychologist, 43, 148-159.

Pedersen, A., Kenny, M.A., Briskman, L., & Hoffman, S. (2008). Working with Wasim: A convergence of community. The Australian Community Psychologist, 20, 57-72.

Hartley, L., & Pedersen, A. (2007). Asylum seekers: How attributions and emotion affect Australians’ views on mandatory detention of ‘the other’. Australian Journal of Psychology, 59(3), 119-131.

Haslam, N., & Pedersen, A. (2007). Attitudes towards asylum seekers: The psychology of prejudice and exclusion. In D.Lusher & N.Haslam (Eds), Yearning to breathe free: Seeking asylum in Australia (pp. 208-218). Sydney: Federation Press.

Leach, C. W., Iyer, A., & Pedersen, A. (2007). Angry opposition to government redress: When the structurally advantaged perceive themselves as relatively deprived. British Journal of Social Psychology, 46(1), 191-204.

Pedersen, A., Dudgeon, P., Watt, S., & Griffiths, B. (2006). Attitudes toward Indigenous Australians: The issue of “Special Treatment”. Australian Psychologist, 41(2), 85-94.

Pedersen, A., Watt, S., & Hansen, S. (2006). The role of false beliefs in the community's and the federal government's attitudes toward Australian asylum seekers. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 41(1), 105-124.

Pedersen, A., Walker, I., & Wise, M. (2005). “Talk does not cook rice”: Beyond anti-racism rhetoric to strategies for social action. The Australian Psychologist, 40, 20-30.

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