Contact Santiba Campbell

Education:

B.A., Winston-Salem State University;
M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware

"If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. " Marcus Garvey

Santiba Campbell
Lecturer in Psychology

Specializations:

• General psychology
• Social psychology
• Prejudice and racism
• Racial identity

Santiba Campbell joined the Connecticut College faculty in 2010 as a lecturer in psychology.

She teaches the laboratory section of the Psychology as Natural Science (101) course, an introduction to the scientific study of behavior. Course topics include the neurobiological bases of psychology, sensory and perceptual processes, conditioning and learning, states of consciousness, motivation, emotion, and language. The weekly laboratory sessions provide an introduction to experimental methods of studying behavior.

Her current research is on the development of racial identity within African Americans and psychological factors that may influence racial discrimination and sensitivity, in addition to exploring the cultural life view, TRIOS, which is a model for the dual processes of self-protective and self-enhancing motivations for targets who must live in a universal context of racism.

Her recent publications include:

• Jones, J.M., Engelman, S., Turner, C. & Campbell, S.D. (2009). Worlds apart: The universality of racism leads to divergent social realities. In S. Demoulin, J.P. Leyens, & J. Dovidio (Eds.) Intergroup misunderstandings: Impact of divergent social realities. New York: Psychology Press.
• Adams, N., Campbell, S.D., & Mitchell, P.S. (2003) Minimal exposure to ethanol increases ethanol preference in Maudsley reactive male rats. Alcohol, 29, 149-156.
• Adams, N., Mitchell, P.S., Campbell, S.D., & Samson, H.H. (2002) Ethanol self-administration in the Maudsley reactive and nonreactive inbred rats. Alcohol, 26, 155-161.

Recent presentations include:

• Campbell, S.D. & Jones, J.M. (2010). Racial Identity Matters in Coping and Achievement for African American College Students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Campbell, S.D. & Jones, J.M. (2009).TRIOSic Interpretations of Racial Discrimination based on Racial Identity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa Bay, Florida.
• Campbell, S.D. & Jones, J.M. (2008). The Campus Conundrum: Comparing African-Americans at Historically Black Colleges/Universities versus African American students attending Predominantly White Institutions. Poster presented at the 7th Biennial Conference for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in Chicago, Illinois.
• Campbell, S.D. & Jones, J.M. (2008). Reacting to Racist Events: The Effects of TRIOS and the Mediating Role of Racial Identity. Poster presented at the Annual Winter Roundtable Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University.

She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Social Psychology Network, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Society of the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

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