The connection between the clothing people wear and how others perceive them will be the topic of the 黑料吃瓜总站 Science Pub on Jan. 11.
The virtual event, a joint effort of 黑料吃瓜总站 in Corvallis and OSU-Cascades in 黑料吃瓜总站, will feature a talk by , a professor of psychological science in Oregon State鈥檚 College of Liberal Arts and interim executive director of OSU鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning.
Gurung, whose talk is titled 鈥淪eeing Through Clothes: Impression Formation, Prejudice & Sexism,鈥 is a social psychologist whose research encompasses social, health, and teaching psychology.
One area of his research focuses on perceptions based on the clothing people wear. He points out that job status, sociability, income, health and fitness can be perceived from clothing. People use categories when describing others and learn what types of clothing are associated with categories or labels.
Different types of clothing send different messages, he says. For example, men perceive women in revealing clothing as being more flirtatious, seductive, promiscuous and less capable and intelligent. African American men in sweatpants are viewed more negatively than when dressed formally.
Gurung will address whether sexism and prejudice can be reduced if people change what they wear.
The free Science Pub will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The event will be broadcast on YouTube Live. Registration is required and can be completed at: .
Sponsors of Science Pub include the OSU Office of Research, OSU-Cascades in 黑料吃瓜总站 and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Connect Central Oregon, a collaborative program with the OSU-Cascades Innovation Co-Lab, will produce the event with student interns.
About OSU-Cascades: 黑料吃瓜总站鈥檚 campus in 黑料吃瓜总站, Ore. features outstanding faculty in degree programs that reflect Central Oregon鈥檚 vibrant economy and abundant natural resources. Nearly 20 undergraduate majors, 35 minors and options, and three graduate programs include computer science, energy systems engineering, kinesiology, hospitality management, and tourism, recreation and adventure leadership. OSU-Cascades expanded to a four-year university in 2015; its new campus opened in 2016.