Texas Tech University

Research

Current Projects

  • Perceptions and responses to gender minorities (e.g., nonbinary, transgender)
  • Perceptions and reactions to couples that met online based on experiences with online dating
  • How complex identities among Greek students influence feelings towards other groups
  • Best allyship practices for cisgender allies, centering the voices of transgender and nonbinary individuals
  • Concealable stigma and identity centrality among BDSM practitioners
  • How physical appearance and related assumptions impact first impressions 

Study Recruitment

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Publications

Rice, L., Currin, J.M., Snidman, H.R., Evans, A.E. & Taylor, C. (2021). Examining the perceptions of work-related skills for transgender employees. Gender Issues. doi: 10.1007/s12147-021-09278-3

Rice, L., Alquist, J.L., Penuliar, M., Donato, F.V., *Price, M.M. (2021).  Engaging students in a research methods writing lab online.  Teaching of Psychology, 48(1), 18-25. doi: 10.1177/0098628320959954

Le, T.H., Foster, A.M., Crane, P.R., Talley, A. (2021). Alcohol use and misuse - Perspectives from seldom heard voices. In D. Frings, & I. P. Albery, (Eds.), Handbook of Alcohol Use and Abuse: Understandings from Synapse to Society (pp. 453-481). Elsevier Academic Press.

Cowgill, C.M., Halper, L. R., Rios, K., & Crane, P. (2021). “Why so few?”: Differential effects of framing the gender gap in STEM recruitment interventions. Psychology of Women Quarterly 45(1), 61-78. doi:10.1177/0361684320965123

Crane, P.R., Swaringen, K.S., Rivas-Koehl, Le, T.H., M., Foster, A.M., Talley, A.E., Weiser., D. (2020). Come out, get out: Relations among sexual minority identification, microaggressions, and retention in higher education. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi:10.1177/0886260520967126

Crane, P.R., Swaringen, K.S., Foster, A.M., & Talley, A., E. (2020). Alcohol use disorders among SGM populations. In E.D. Rothblum (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health (pp. 87-100). Oxford University Press.

Rice, L.  & Greenlee, E.T. (2019).  Understanding distress: An examination of the role of stereotype threat in vigilance tasks.  Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of HFES. doi: 10.1177/1071181319631398

Rice, L. & Greenlee, E.T. (2019). The effect of evaluator masculinity on dyadic hiring decisions. Gender Issues, 36(2), 136-151. doi: 10.1007/s12147-018-9228-y

Greenlee, E. T., Funke, G. J., & Rice, L. (2019). Evaluation of the team workload questionnaire (TWLQ) in a team choice task. Human Factors, 61(2), 348-359. doi: 10.1177/0018720818801657

Hand, S., Rice, L., & Greenlee, E.T. (2017).  Exploring teachers' and students' gender role bias and students' confidence in STEM fields. Social Psychology of Education, 20(4), 929-945. doi: 10.1007/s11218-017-9408-8

Greenlee, E. T., Funke, G. J., & Rice, L. (2017). Evaluation of the team workload questionnaire (TWLQ) in a team choice task. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of HFES.

Skipper, C., Greenlee, L., Finch, J., & Marley, K. (2017).  Emotional intelligence and undergraduate engineering students.  The Engineering Project Organization Journal, 7(1), 70-82.

Rice, L. & Barth, J.M. (2017).  A tale of two gender roles: The role of implicit and explicit gender role traditionalism and occupation stereotypes on hiring decisions. Gender Issues, 34, 86-102. doi: 10.1007/s12147-016-9175-4

Rice, L. & Barth, J.M. (2016). Hiring decisions: The effect of evaluator gender and gender stereotype characteristics on the evaluation of job applicants. Gender Issues, 33(1), 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s12147-015-9143-4

Barth, J.M., Guadagno, R.E., Rice, L., Eno, C.A., Minney, J.A., & The Alabama STEM Education Research Team. (2015). Untangling life goals and occupational stereotypes in men's and women's career interest.  Sex Roles, 73(11), 502-518. doi; 10.1007/s11199-015-0537-2

Rice, L., Barth, J.M., Guadagno, R.E., Smith, G.P.A., McCallum, D.M. & ASERT.  (2013). The role of social support on students' perceived abilities and attitudes toward math and science. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42(7), 1028-1040. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9801-8

Guadagno, R.E., Muscanell, N.M., Rice, L. & Roberts, N. (2013). Social influence online: The impact of social validation and likeability on compliance. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 2(1), 51-60. doi: 10.1037/a0030592

Muscanell, N.M., Guadagno, R.E., Rice, L. & Murphy, S.Q. (2013). Don't it make my brown eyes turn green? An analysis of Facebook use and romantic jealousy.  Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 16(4): 237-242. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0411

Rice, L., & Markey, P.M.  (2009). The role of extraversion and neuroticism in influencing anxiety following computer-mediated interactions.  Personality and Individual Differences, 46(1).  35-41. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.08.022 

Under Review

Currin, J.M., Evans, A.E., Rice, L., Snidman, H., & Taylor, C. (under review). Gender normative behavior as a predictor of transgender acceptance in the workplace.

Mark, J.S., Rice, L., Snidman, H.R., & Punyanunt-Carter, N. (under review). Understanding the motivations and impacts of sharing romantic relationships on Instagram.

Snidman, H., Rice, L., Sparger, K. (under review). Lacking inclusivity in course materials: The potential for minority stress.

Snidman, H., Rice, L. (under review). Examining the effects of roommate gender on perceptions of roommate and participant gender on minority stress experiences of gender minorities.

Crane, P.R., Talley, A.E., Piña-Watson, B. (under review). This is what a scientist looks like: Increasing Hispanic/Latina women's identification with STEM using relatable role models.

Le, T., Rivas-Koehl, M., Foster, A.M., Crane, P.R., Weiser, D., Talley, A. (under review). Feeling protected by prejudice: Negative attitudes toward women and sexual minorities predict feelings of safety and unsafety in public places.

Foster, A. M., Rivas-Koehl, M., Le, T.H., Crane, P.R., Weiser, D.A., & Talley, A.E. (under review). Exploring sexual minority adults' pathway to suicidal ideation: A moderated serial mediation model.

Crane, P.R. & Ireland, M.E. (under review). Tops, switches, and bottom-up model selection: Language use in romantic and erotic narratives by BDSM practitioners.

In Preparation

Rice, L.  & Greenlee, E.T. (in preparation). Stereotype threat and gender on stress and performance during a team vigilance task.

Snidman, H.R., Rice, L. & Sparger, K.B. (in preparation). Lacking inclusivity in course materials: The potential for minority stress.

Snidman, H., Penuliar, M., Rice, L., Sparger, K. (in preparation). Online mate poaching.

Swaringen, K., Snidman, H., Rice, L. (in preparation). Not me-search, you-search: Ethical considerations for research involving marginalized outgroups.

Crane, P.R. (in preparation). Bondage, impact, power, …and word play? How language reflects sexual roles among BDSM and vanilla practitioners.

Crane, P.R. & Swaringen, K.S. (in preparation). A mixed-methods critique of contemporary BDSM research.