Ms Jen Whelan

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I am nearing the completion of my PhD in social psychology under the supervision of Yoshi Kashima and Nick Haslam at the University. My thesis examines essentialist beliefs about national identity, their consequences and transmission. My primary research interests include cultural dynamics and cultural psychology, prejudice, nationalism & collective identity, and lay theories & psychological essentialism.
 
I am currently working as a post-doctoral fellow with A/P Jenny Boldero and A/P Richard Bell on an ARC project examining the congruence between implicit and explicit measures of the structure and content of self-knowledge. 

Research Interests:

• Political psychology,
• Narrative psychology
• Evolutionary psychology
• History and philosophy of psychology
• Politics and anthropology

Professional Associations, Memberships & Awards:

• Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP)
  International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP)

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  Selected Publications:

  
  Haslam, N., Bastian, B., Fox, C., & Whelan, J. (2007). Beliefs about personality change and continuity. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 1621-1631.
  
  Kashima, Y., Peters, K., & Whelan, J. (in press). Culture, Narrative, and Human Agency, in R. Sorrentino & S. Yamaguchi (Eds.). Handbook of motivation and cognition across cultures.
  
  Whelan, J., & Kashima, Y. (under preparation).  Psychological approaches to nationalism and national identity.
  
  Whelan, J., Kashima, Y., Haslam, N., & Benson, C. (under preparation) Essentializing nations: A comparative study of Australian and Irish national attachment.
  
  Whelan, J., Kashima, Y., Haslam, N., & Benson, C. (2006). Essentialist beliefs about national categories: A cross-cultural comparison, presented at the International Society of Political Psychology (ISSP) Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain, July, 2006.
  
  Whelan, J., Kashima, Y., Haslam, N., & Benson, C. (2006). Essentialist beliefs about national categories: A cross-cultural comparison, presented in Essentialism Symposium at the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) Annual Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, April, 2006.
  
  Whelan, J., Kashima, Y., Haslam, N. (2005). Essentialist beliefs about national categories: The case of Australia, presented in Essentialism Symposium at the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) Annual Conference, Townsville, QLD Australia, April, 2005.