Rachel Foster-Lifson Ph.D.
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Address: Email: foste1ra@cmich.edu Website: http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/Rachel_Foster-Lifson/ Vita |
Bio:
Rachel Foster-Lifson received her Ph.D. in social-Personality Psychology from the University of Washington in 1989. She has been at Central Michigan University since 1989.
Research Interest:
Dr. Foster-Lifson is interested in how beliefs about men and women (gender stereotypes) affect self-esteem and the self-concept. In the past, she has focused on the impact of cultural religious beliefs on the self-concept. Dr. Foster-Lifson has also conducted research on eyewitness memory.
Recent Research:
Foster, R. A., & Babcock, R. L. (2001). God as a man versus God as a woman: Perceiving God as a function of the gender of God and the gender of the participant. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.