Linda E. Zyzniewski

Associate Professor and Director, Undergraduate Programs

Contact information

Phone: (804) 828-8254
E-mail: lezyznie@vcu.edu

Education

Ph.D. (2002), Virginia Commonwealth University
M.A. (1996), College of William & Mary
A.B. (1994), Muhlenberg College

Program affiliation

Social Psychology

Research interests

I’m interested in intergroup processes, specifically linguistic intergroup bias as a strategic psychological process that influences ingroup affiliation and outgroup derogation. I’m also interested in the scholarship of teaching, and the application of technology to enhance learning outcomes in undergraduate statistics.

Selected publications

Corneille, M.A., Zyzniewski, L. E., & Belgrave, F. Z. (2008). Age and HIV risk and protective behaviors among African American women. Journal of Black Psychology, 217-233.

Forsyth, D. R., Garcia, M., Zyzniewski, L. E., Story, P. A., & Kerr, N. A. (2004). Watershed pollution and preservation: The awareness-appraisal model of environmentally positive intentions and behaviors. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 115-128.

Forsyth, D. R., Zyzniewski, L.E., & Giammanco, C. (2002). Responsibility diffusion in cooperative collectives. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 54-65.

Nezlek, J.B., & Zyzniewski, L.E. (1998). Using hierarchical linear modeling to analyze group data. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 2, 313-320.

Recent/current courses taught at VCU

• Applications of Statistics, undergraduate level
• Social Psychology, undergraduate level
• Personality, undergraduate level