Pamela Turbeville Speaker Series

 

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Pamela J. Turbeville graduated with distinction from the University of Arizona in 1972 as a double major in Family and Consumer Sciences and Education. Upon graduating, Ms. Turbeville pursued graduate degrees (MBA in Finance from the University of Denver, MS in Environmental Science from the University of Texas at Dallas) and executive education (Stanford Executive Program). She was selected to receive the 2000 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Alumni Achievement Award at the Homecoming event. Ms. Turbeville has strong family ties to the University of Arizona. Her father, John H. Turbeville, two aunts, and many other family members received UA degrees. In 2000, to support faculty research and teaching, Ms. Turbeville established The Pamela J. Turbeville Endowment in the Norton School of Human Ecology.

The Turbeville Speaker Series comprises presentations during the Fall and Spring semesters by researchers from UArizona and other universities. These hour-long sessions showcase cutting-edge research spanning multidisciplinary topics with an overarching focus on the wellbeing of children, youth and families. Audiences are invited to attend in-person or virtually. Each presentation is recorded and shared on the FMI YouTube Channel. 

Upcoming Turbeville Speaker Series

Please check again this upcoming Fall 2024 for updated speakers!

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 Frank Gonzalez, Ph.D., School of Government & Public Policy, UArizona

 Time: Friday, March 22, 2024 from 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM

 Title: Does Physiological Threat Response Predict Political Conservatism? The   Role of Race and Ethnicity

 Abstract: Pioneering work on the psychological and biological roots of political   orientation has suggested that political conservatism is driven in large part by   enhanced negativity bias (i.e., stronger responses to negative over positive   environmental stimuli). This work has been criticized on several theoretical fronts, and recent replication attempts have failed. To dig deeper into the contours of when (and among whom) negativity bias predicts conservatism, we investigate a surprisingly overlooked factor in existing literature: race and ethnicity. We propose that political issues represent threat or disgust in different ways depending on one’s race and ethnicity. We are recruiting 200 White, Latinx, African American, and Asian American individuals (in equal numbers) to examine how the relationship between negativity bias and political orientation varies by race/ethnicity across four domains: policing/criminal justice, immigration, economic redistribution, and religious social conservatism.

About the Speaker: Frank is an Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at UA. He studies political psychology with a particular focus on the psychological mechanisms that lead to the propagation of inequality and intolerance in American politics. Frank uses a variety of methods such as large-scale surveys, laboratory experiments, implicit attitude measures, measures of nonconscious and biological processes like skin conductance and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and more to investigate how humans process information related to inequality and politics. He has been published in academic journals in political science, psychology, and biology. 

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