Vanessa Sawicki 1
VANESSA SAWICKI
Department of Psychology
The Ohio State University
170B Morrill Hall
Marion, OH 43302
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2013) Social Psychology, Purdue University
M.A.(2007) Psychology, San Diego State University
B.S. (2005) Magna cum laude, Psychology, Worcester State University
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Publications
Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Sawicki, V., Petty, R. E., & Briñol, P. (2013). Evaluating the message or the messenger? Implications for self-validation in persuasion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1571-1584.
Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., Clark, J. K., Fabrigar, L. R., Smith, S. M., & Durso, G. R. O. (2013). Feeling conflicted and seeking information: When ambivalence enhances and diminishes selective exposure to attitude-consistent information, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39(6), 735-747.
Sawicki, V.,Wegener, D. T., Clark, J. K., Fabrigar, L.R., Smith, S. M., & Bengal, S. T. (2011). Seeking confirmation in times of doubt: Selective exposure and the motivational strength of weak attitudes.Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2(5), 540-546.
Prislin, R., Sawicki, V.,Williams, K. D. (2011). New majorities’ abuse of power: Effects of perceived control and social support. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 14(4), 489-504.
Delshad, A. B., Raymond, L., Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2010). Public attitudes toward political and technological options for biofuels. Energy Policy, 38, 3414-3425.
Wegener, D. T., Sawicki, V., & Petty, R. E. (2009). Attitudes as a basis for brand relationships:The roles of elaboration, metacognition, and bias correction. In D. J.MacInnis, C. W. Park, & J. R. Priester (Eds.), Handbook of brand relationships(pp. 283-304). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe.
Wegener, D. T., Kelly, J. R., Wallace, L., & Sawicki, V. (2014). Public opinions of biofuels: Attitude strength and willingness to use biofuels
and buy flexible-fuel vehicles. Biofuels, 5(3), 249-259.
Professional Presentations
Sawicki, V. & Wegener, D. (2015, March). Attraction from attitude uncertainty. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Wallace, L. E., Sawicki, V., Fabrigar, L. R., & Wegener, D. T. (2014, May).Ambivalent knowledge and attitude-behavior consistency.Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., Clark, J. K., Fabrigar, L. R., Smith, S. M., & Durso, G. R. O. (2014, February). When ambivalence enhances and diminishes selective exposure to attitude-consistent information. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2013, May). Motives to bolster uncertain attitudes through attraction. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2013, January). Uncertainty undermines attraction to similar others. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Fabrigar, L. R., & Smith, S. M. (2012, May).Feeling conflicted and seeking information. Talk presentedat the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Fabrigar, L. R., & Smith, S. M. (2012, January). Feeling conflicted and seeking information: When ambivalence enhances and diminishes selective exposure to attitude-consistent information. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Fabrigar, L. R., & Smith, S. M. (2011, May). When does (un)certainty motivate selective exposure? It depends on familiarity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., & Singh, R. (2011, January). The metacognitive ties that bind: The role of attitude importance in similarity effects on attraction. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Sawicki, V.,Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Fabrigar, L. R., & Smithy, S. M. (2010, May). When weakness is strength:The effects of doubt on information selection.Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., & Fabrigar, L. R. (2010, January). Structuralattitude weaknessand motivational attitude strength: The role of doubt in selective exposure. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society forPersonality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Delshad, A. B., Raymond, L., Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2009, May). Public opinion on biofuelstechnologies and policies. Poster presented at the Purdue University EcologicalSciences and Engineering Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.
Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., & Kelly, J. R. (2009, May). A social psychological perspective on bioenergy. Poster presented at the Purdue University Second Generation Biofuels Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.
Delshad, A. B., Raymond, L., Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2009, May). Public attitudes towards political and technological options for biofuels. Poster presented at the Purdue University Second Generation Biofuels Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.
Sawicki, V. (2009, April). When doubt leads to strong attitude effects:Selective exposure and uncertainty.Oral presentation at the biannual meeting ofSocial Psychologists of Indiana, Bloomington, IN.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., & Fabrigar, L. R. (2009, February). Attitudinalambivalence as a motivation for selective exposure. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Sawicki, V., Brown, H., Phan, L., Uehara, K., & Prislin, R. (2007, May). Majority rules: More control, less abuse. Poster presented at the annual meeting of WesternPsychological Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Prislin, R., Sawicki, V., Boisvert, S., Faker, J., & Lap, L. (2007, May).Seekingconversion versus spreading tolerance: Social change and group attraction.Paper presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Filson, J., Bloch, D., Peterson, L., Sawicki, V., & Prislin, R. (2006, April). Sure today,conflicted tomorrow: Attitudes weaken without social support. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, CA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
PSY 4630 Attitudes and Persuasion
PSY 2376.01 Interpersonal Relationships
PSY 1100 Introduction to Psychology
PSY 2367.01 Introduction to Social Psychology
Graduate Teaching Assistantships
Introduction to the Science and Fields of Psychology (2009 –2010)
Co-Instructor: Peter Urcuioli, Purdue University
Introduction to Statistics in Psychology (Fall, 2008)
Instructor: Carloyn Jagacinski, Purdue University
The Psychology of Women (Fall, 2007)
Instructor: Teresa Hack, Purdue University
Data Analysis in Psychology (2005–2007)
Course coordinator: Jorg Matt, San Diego State University
Professional Affiliations
Association for Psychological Science
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Social Psychology Network
Midwestern Psychological Association
Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Reviewing Experience
Ad hoc reviewer for:
European Journal of Social Psychology
Group Dynamics
Psicothema
Social Influence
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology