RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

2019

Silvia, W. (2019). Witches trapped in amber: Panic over Satanic activity in the twentieth century. Clio: WCSU History Journal, 46, 55-64.

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2023

Silvia, W., & Rios, K. (2023, April). Fat and femininity: Higher-weight women are stereotyped as lesbians. Paper presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Silvia, W., Aloni, M., & Rios, K. (2023, February). Vegans and meat-eaters stereotype vegan men as gay. Poster presented at the Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

2022

Silvia, W., & Rios, K. (2022, July). Associations between perceived weight, gender roles, and sexual orientation. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Weight Stigma Conference, Berlin, Germany.

Silvia, W., & Rios, K. (2022, February). Fat and femininity: Implicit associations between lesbian women and fat. Poster presented at the Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

2021

Silvia, W., & Rios, K. (2021, August). Fat and femininity: Implicit associations between lesbian women and fat. Poster presented at the Society for the Psychology Study of Social Issues summer conference, virtual conference.

Silvia, W., & Aloni, M. (2021, February). Are vegans stereotyped to be gay? Examining the role of femininity in attributions of sexual orientation. Poster presented at the Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, virtual conference.

Note: This poster was selected as one of five runners-up for the Graduate Student Poster Award at the SPSP virtual conference.

2019

Silvia, W. (2019, November). Postcolonial themes in 2018 science fiction releases. Paper accepted for symposium at the Northeast Pop Culture Association conference, Portsmouth, NH (not presented).

Custer, K., Clark, M., Oliveri, J., Silvia, W., & Simoes, A. (2019, October). I think I can, I know I can: Tutors’ development of self-efficacy. Panel presented at International Writing Centers Association/National Conference on Peer Tutoring conference, Columbus, OH.

Silvia, W. (2019, May). Transgender colonialism: Twitter discourse around selected keywords. Poster presented at Western Research Day, Danbury, CT.

Silvia, W. (2019, February). Not like the others: The effects of relationship type on perceived ethnic traits. Poster presented at the Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, OR.

Note: This poster was selected as one of ten finalists for the Undergraduate Student Poster Award at SPSP in Portland, OR.

2018

Silvia, W. (2018, May). Not like the others: The effects of relationship type on perceived ethnicity. Poster presented at Western Research Day, Danbury, CT.

                  Note: This poster received a Provost’s Award at WRD in Danbury, CT.

Custer, C., Falaguerra, C., Harmeling, K., Schroeder, Z., Silvia, B., Pizzo, S. (2018, March). Tutors have feelings, too: The phenomenon of emotion in tutoring practice. Workshop presented at Northeast Writing Center Association conference, Worcester, MA.

Aloni, M., Geers, A., Coleman, M., Silvia, W., Banta, G., & Milano, K. (2018, March). Too high maintenance for me! The effect of the gluten-free dietary restriction on impressions of romantic partners. Poster presented by M. Aloni at the convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.