Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Jeanine Skorinko is a professor of psychology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies. She also is the director of the Psychological Science undergraduate program. She received her PhD in social psychology at the University of Virginia. Her research program attempts to understand how factors in our social environment, especially those factors we are unaware of, influence decisions and interpersonal interactions. She investigates how different types of external and internal influences (e.g., subtle contextual signs, stereotypes/stigmas, perceptions of others, the ability to perspective take, cultural orientation) affect perceptions, decisions, and self-views, especially in the legal and organizational domains. She has conducted work on the stigma of disability, including developing assistive-technologies for those with age-related disabilities. Some of her work investigates how women who drink alcohol are dehumanized. And, she is currently collaborating with Professor Venkasubramanian at the University of Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission on a project to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities recognize, respond, and report abuse.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Hate and Bias Crimes, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), abuse towards individuals with disabilities

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Victims with disabilities

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Ethnography, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies, Randomized controlled trial

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies