• A-Z Index
  • Find People
  • Student Resources
    • BACK
      • Academics
      • Academic Resources
      • Account Lookup
      • Student Resources
  • Faculty/Staff Resources
    • BACK
      • Faculty/Staff Resources
  • Calendars
    • BACK
      • Academic Calendars
      • Athletics
      • Campus Events
      • Class Schedules
      • Library and Media Services
  • Maps & Directions
    • BACK
      • Campus Map
      • Directions
      • Parking
      • Places to Stay
      • Transportation
  • Policies
    • BACK
      • WOU Policies
      • Table of Contents

  • Portal
  • Academics
  • Current Students
  • Employees
  • Give
  • Maps
  • Admission:
    • BACK
    • Admission
    • Apply
    • Get Info
    • Visit Us
Western Oregon University
search
  • Admission.
  • Cost
  • Academics
  • Life at WOU
  • Athletics
  • Give
  • Portal
  • search

Resources

Home » Faculty/Staff Information

Menu
  • A-Z Index
  • Find People
  • Student Resources
    • Back
      • Academics
      • Academic Resources
      • Account Lookup
      • Student Resources
  • Faculty/Staff Resources
    • Back
      • Faculty/Staff Resources
  • Calendars
    • Back
      • Academic Calendars
      • Athletics
      • Campus Events
      • Class Schedules
      • Library and Media Services
  • Maps & Directions
    • Back
      • Campus Map
      • Directions
      • Parking
      • Places to Stay
      • Transportation
  • Policies
    • Back
      • WOU Policies
      • Table of Contents

Faculty/Staff Information

Kathy Espino Perez

Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences Department

503-838-9424 | espinoperezk@wou.edu
TODD 332

At WOU since

07/01/2019

Office Hours

MonTuesWedsThursFri
 2:00 - 4:001:00 - 2:002:00 - 4:00 

Course schedule

Spring 2023
CRNCourseTitleTimesLocation
30629 PSY301 INTRODUCTION RESEARCH METHODS MW 1400-1550 BELL 336
30633 PSY334 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY T 1730-1920 VICK 131
30633 PSY334 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - HYBRD* CRS
30081 PSY201 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY TR 1000-1150 NS 103

Education

University of California, Santa Barbara                                              

Ph.D. in Social Psychology

Advisor: Brenda Major

Dissertation: “The Impact of Intergroup Suspicion on Ethnic Minorities’ Sense of Identity Compatibility and Belonging at University”

 

California State University, Northridge                                                    

M.A. in General Experimental Psychology with an emphasis in Social Psychology

Advisor: Debbie S. Ma

Master’s Thesis: “The Role of Prototypic Physical Features in Racial Identification”

 

California State University, Northridge                                                                

B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Chicano Studies

Cum Laude

Undergraduate courses taught

Introductory Psychology

Social Psychology

Introduction to Research Methods

Current research

Our nation is becoming increasingly diverse. Recent projections estimate that racial/ethnic minorities will compose the majority of the U.S. population by 2050 (Colby & Ortman, 2015). The bulk of my work examines how the increasing level of diversity in the United States may influence cross-race interactions, the racial categorization of racially ambiguous group members, and the social perception of individuals who possess multiple social identities. I am seeking research assistants for my lab in Fall 2019; please email me at espinoperezk@wou.edu for more information!

Publications and Presentations

Espino-Pérez, K. Major, B., & Malta, B. (2018). Was it race or merit?: The cognitive costs of observing the attributionally ambiguous hiring of a minority. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.  (link)

 

Chen, J.M., Geerling, D.M., Norman, J.B., Espino-Pérez, K., & Gable, S.L. (under review). In good times and bad: Social support from faculty and peers predicts STEM Doctoral students’ outcomes.

 

Prather, A.A., Gordon, A.M., Dover, T., Espino-Pérez, K., Small, P. & Major, B. (under review). Impact of perceived and anticipated discrimination on global sleep quality among Latinx young adults.

 

Kiang, L., Espino-Pérez, K., & Stein, G. (under review). Discrimination, skin color satisfaction, and adjustment among Latinx American youth.

 

Kunstman, J.W., Fitzpatrick, C.B., Moreno, R., Bernstein, M.J., Hugenberg, K., Semko, S., Major, B., & Espino-Pérez, K. (under review). Suspicion in the classroom: Suspicion of instructor motives undermine classroom dynamics for Black college students.




Did this faculty or staff member support your efforts to succeed? Give them a Student success shout-out.

WOU logo

Facebook   Instagram   Twitter  YouTube  wouTV

WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
345 Monmouth Ave. N.
Monmouth OR 97361

503-838-8000 | 1-877-877-1593

Tools

Campus Maps
Canvas
Find People
Portal
WOU Email
Technical Support

Resources

A-Z Index
Accessibility
Academic Calendar
Class Schedule
Jobs at WOU
Partnerships
Student Services

Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

Accessibility    Public Records    Privacy    Student Consumer Information

WOU prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in all programs, activities and employment practices as required by Title IX, other applicable laws, and policies. Retaliation is prohibited by WOU.

arrow up