Caitlyn Yantis
Biographic Data
| ID | 4235652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caitlyn Yantis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caitlyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Yantis |
| SIGNATURE | YANTIS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Villanova University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1248-1898 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How Race‐Conscious (Vs. Colorblind) Cues Impact White Americans’ Inter‐ and Intraracial Interactions
Although both inter‐ and intraracial conversations about race are necessary for combating racism, discrepancies in people's racial ideologies may hinder these discussions. We conducted three experiments ( N = 1529) to test how White American adults on Prolific (Studies 1 and 2) and White American college students (Study 3) anticipate a conversation about race with a White or Black person who expresses a race‐conscious or colorblind racial ideolog…
Racially minoritized individuals’ responses to identity-safety and -threat relational cues in imagined interactions with white strangers, friends, and allies
This research clarifies how Black and Latine individuals interpret relational cues from White strangers, friends, and allies during potentially contentious conversations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
The role of racial shared reality in Black Americans' identity-safety during interracial interactions
Relational identity-safety cues for Black and Latinx Americans during interactions with White Americans
Although interracial interactions often elicit identity threat, cues within and surrounding the encounter can promote identity safety. Across three studies, Black and Latinx Americans ( N = 907) generated and evaluated relational identity-safety cues —words, body language, and behaviors during recalled and imagined interactions with White people that made them feel valued, respected, and less likely to be stereotyped. Participants generated disti…
Feeling a little uneasy: A comparative discourse analysis of White and Bipoc college students’ reflective writing about systemic racism
This critical discourse analysis compares the ways in which White and BIPOC college students discuss their experiences of an educational intervention meant to promote better understanding of systemic racism. We analyzed reflective writing produced by 11 White psychology students from a private liberal arts college in the eastern United States and 17 BIPOC students from a Human Services program at a public university in the western United States. …
Will they assume I’m racist?” How racial ingroup members’ stereotypical behavior impacts White Americans’ interracial interaction experiences
Three studies ( N = 1,427) examine White Americans’ threat and stress appraisals and coping strategies in imagined inter- and intraracial interactions when a nearby White person does something racist. White individuals report heightened concern about being stereotyped as racist (i.e., metastereotyping) following an ingroup member’s stereotype-confirming (vs. neutral) behavior (Studies 1–3). Moreover, across studies, these heightened metastereotyp…
What to Do? Predicting Coping Strategies Following Ingroup Members’ Stereotypical Behaviors in Interracial Interactions
The current studies examine how witnessing stereotype-confirming ingroup behavior affects black Americans’ interactions with white Americans. Across three studies, black Americans indicated metaperceptual, emotional, and behavioral responses to witnessing a black person’s stereotypically negative, stereotypically positive, or nonstereotypically neutral behavior during an interracial (vs. intraracial) interaction. Following an ingroup member’s ste…
Inconceivable Middle-Class Black Space: The Architecture and Consequences of Space-Focused Stereotype Content at the Race–Class Nexus
White Americans tend to stereotype a Black neighborhood as lower class and less desirable than a similar White neighborhood. A strong mental image of Black areas, in general, as lower class and undesirable contributes to this perceptual race-gap. The present studies show that a weak mental image of middle-class Black space as middle class and desirable may also contribute. First, stereotype content analyses reveal how Whites’ diffuse mental image…
Interracial Contact in Virtual Reality: Best Practices
Interracial interactions are occurring more frequently in virtual reality (VR) environments (e.g., multiplayer games, virtual classrooms, medical appointments). Individuals bring their biases and prejudices with them as they enter virtual spaces. Drawing from theories of real-world interracial interaction, predictable affective, cognitive, and behavioral processes undermine the quality of live interracial interactions. Emerging research using VR …
Invisible middle-class Black space: Asymmetrical person and space stereotyping at the race–class nexus
In addition to racial stereotypes about people (e.g., Black people are poor), perceivers hold parallel racial stereotypes about physical spaces (e.g., Black spaces are impoverished; Bonam, Bergsieker, & Eberhardt, 2016). Three studies extend these findings, showing that (a) Whites describe Black space as impoverished and undesirable, but describe White space as affluent and desirable, and (b) this racially polarized stereotype content is heighten…
A threat on the ground”: The consequences of witnessing stereotype-confirming ingroup members in interracial interactions
This research highlights the emotional, metaperceptual, and motivational outcomes following ingroup members' stereotypical behavior in intergroup contexts that extend beyond dyadic encounters. (PsycINFO Database Record
The state of social and personality science: Rotten to the core, not so bad, getting better, or getting worse
The scientific quality of social and personality psychology has been debated at great length in recent years. Despite research on the prevalence of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) and the replicability of particular findings, the impact of the current discussion on research practices is unknown. The current studies examine whether and how practices have changed, if at all, over the last 10 years. In Study 1, we surveyed 1,166 social and pe…
Invisible middle-class Black space: Asymmetrical person and space stereotyping at the race–class nexus
In addition to racial stereotypes about people (e.g., Black people are poor), perceivers hold parallel racial stereotypes about physical spaces (e.g., Black spaces are impoverished; Bonam, Bergsieker, & Eberhardt, 2016). Three studies extend these findings, showing that (a) Whites describe Black space as impoverished and undesirable, but describe White space as affluent and desirable, and (b) this racially polarized stereotype content is heighten…
The role of racial shared reality in Black Americans' identity-safety during interracial interactions
A threat on the ground”: The consequences of witnessing stereotype-confirming ingroup members in interracial interactions
This research highlights the emotional, metaperceptual, and motivational outcomes following ingroup members' stereotypical behavior in intergroup contexts that extend beyond dyadic encounters. (PsycINFO Database Record
Relational identity-safety cues for Black and Latinx Americans during interactions with White Americans
Although interracial interactions often elicit identity threat, cues within and surrounding the encounter can promote identity safety. Across three studies, Black and Latinx Americans ( N = 907) generated and evaluated relational identity-safety cues —words, body language, and behaviors during recalled and imagined interactions with White people that made them feel valued, respected, and less likely to be stereotyped. Participants generated disti…
The state of social and personality science: Rotten to the core, not so bad, getting better, or getting worse
The scientific quality of social and personality psychology has been debated at great length in recent years. Despite research on the prevalence of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) and the replicability of particular findings, the impact of the current discussion on research practices is unknown. The current studies examine whether and how practices have changed, if at all, over the last 10 years. In Study 1, we surveyed 1,166 social and pe…
Feeling a little uneasy: A comparative discourse analysis of White and Bipoc college students’ reflective writing about systemic racism
This critical discourse analysis compares the ways in which White and BIPOC college students discuss their experiences of an educational intervention meant to promote better understanding of systemic racism. We analyzed reflective writing produced by 11 White psychology students from a private liberal arts college in the eastern United States and 17 BIPOC students from a Human Services program at a public university in the western United States. …
Will they assume I’m racist?” How racial ingroup members’ stereotypical behavior impacts White Americans’ interracial interaction experiences
Three studies ( N = 1,427) examine White Americans’ threat and stress appraisals and coping strategies in imagined inter- and intraracial interactions when a nearby White person does something racist. White individuals report heightened concern about being stereotyped as racist (i.e., metastereotyping) following an ingroup member’s stereotype-confirming (vs. neutral) behavior (Studies 1–3). Moreover, across studies, these heightened metastereotyp…
The state of social and personality science: Rotten to the core, not so bad, getting better, or getting worse
The scientific quality of social and personality psychology has been debated at great length in recent years. Despite research on the prevalence of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) and the replicability of particular findings, the impact of the current discussion on research practices is unknown. The current studies examine whether and how practices have changed, if at all, over the last 10 years. In Study 1, we surveyed 1,166 social and pe…
Invisible middle-class Black space: Asymmetrical person and space stereotyping at the race–class nexus
In addition to racial stereotypes about people (e.g., Black people are poor), perceivers hold parallel racial stereotypes about physical spaces (e.g., Black spaces are impoverished; Bonam, Bergsieker, & Eberhardt, 2016). Three studies extend these findings, showing that (a) Whites describe Black space as impoverished and undesirable, but describe White space as affluent and desirable, and (b) this racially polarized stereotype content is heighten…
A threat on the ground”: The consequences of witnessing stereotype-confirming ingroup members in interracial interactions
This research highlights the emotional, metaperceptual, and motivational outcomes following ingroup members' stereotypical behavior in intergroup contexts that extend beyond dyadic encounters. (PsycINFO Database Record
Interracial Contact in Virtual Reality: Best Practices
Interracial interactions are occurring more frequently in virtual reality (VR) environments (e.g., multiplayer games, virtual classrooms, medical appointments). Individuals bring their biases and prejudices with them as they enter virtual spaces. Drawing from theories of real-world interracial interaction, predictable affective, cognitive, and behavioral processes undermine the quality of live interracial interactions. Emerging research using VR …
What to Do? Predicting Coping Strategies Following Ingroup Members’ Stereotypical Behaviors in Interracial Interactions
The current studies examine how witnessing stereotype-confirming ingroup behavior affects black Americans’ interactions with white Americans. Across three studies, black Americans indicated metaperceptual, emotional, and behavioral responses to witnessing a black person’s stereotypically negative, stereotypically positive, or nonstereotypically neutral behavior during an interracial (vs. intraracial) interaction. Following an ingroup member’s ste…
Inconceivable Middle-Class Black Space: The Architecture and Consequences of Space-Focused Stereotype Content at the Race–Class Nexus
White Americans tend to stereotype a Black neighborhood as lower class and less desirable than a similar White neighborhood. A strong mental image of Black areas, in general, as lower class and undesirable contributes to this perceptual race-gap. The present studies show that a weak mental image of middle-class Black space as middle class and desirable may also contribute. First, stereotype content analyses reveal how Whites’ diffuse mental image…
Feeling a little uneasy: A comparative discourse analysis of White and Bipoc college students’ reflective writing about systemic racism
This critical discourse analysis compares the ways in which White and BIPOC college students discuss their experiences of an educational intervention meant to promote better understanding of systemic racism. We analyzed reflective writing produced by 11 White psychology students from a private liberal arts college in the eastern United States and 17 BIPOC students from a Human Services program at a public university in the western United States. …
Will they assume I’m racist?” How racial ingroup members’ stereotypical behavior impacts White Americans’ interracial interaction experiences
Three studies ( N = 1,427) examine White Americans’ threat and stress appraisals and coping strategies in imagined inter- and intraracial interactions when a nearby White person does something racist. White individuals report heightened concern about being stereotyped as racist (i.e., metastereotyping) following an ingroup member’s stereotype-confirming (vs. neutral) behavior (Studies 1–3). Moreover, across studies, these heightened metastereotyp…
The role of racial shared reality in Black Americans' identity-safety during interracial interactions
Relational identity-safety cues for Black and Latinx Americans during interactions with White Americans
Although interracial interactions often elicit identity threat, cues within and surrounding the encounter can promote identity safety. Across three studies, Black and Latinx Americans ( N = 907) generated and evaluated relational identity-safety cues —words, body language, and behaviors during recalled and imagined interactions with White people that made them feel valued, respected, and less likely to be stereotyped. Participants generated disti…
How Race‐Conscious (Vs. Colorblind) Cues Impact White Americans’ Inter‐ and Intraracial Interactions
Although both inter‐ and intraracial conversations about race are necessary for combating racism, discrepancies in people's racial ideologies may hinder these discussions. We conducted three experiments ( N = 1529) to test how White American adults on Prolific (Studies 1 and 2) and White American college students (Study 3) anticipate a conversation about race with a White or Black person who expresses a race‐conscious or colorblind racial ideolog…
Racially minoritized individuals’ responses to identity-safety and -threat relational cues in imagined interactions with white strangers, friends, and allies
This research clarifies how Black and Latine individuals interpret relational cues from White strangers, friends, and allies during potentially contentious conversations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (9 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · White (mutation (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Race (biology (4 works)