Vanessa Sawicki 1
VANESSA SAWICKI
Department of Psychology
The Ohio State University
170B Morrill Hall
Marion, OH 43302
sawicki.14@osu.edu
http://osu.academia.edu/VanessaSawicki
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2013) Social Psychology, Purdue University
M.A. (2007) Psychology, San Diego State University
B.S.
(2005) Magna cum laude, Psychology, Worcester State University
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Publications
Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Sawicki, V., Petty, R. E., & Briñol, P. (2013). Evaluating
the message or the messenger? Implications for self-validation in persuasion.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1571-1584.
Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., Clark, J. K., Fabrigar, L. R., Smith, S. M., & Durso, G. R.
O. (2013). Feeling conflicted and seeking information: When ambivalence
enhances and diminishes selective exposure to attitude-consistent information,
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39(6), 735-747.
Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., Clark, J. K., Fabrigar, L. R., Smith, S. M., & Bengal, S. T.
(2011). Seeking confirmation in times of doubt: Selective exposure and the
motivational strength of weak attitudes. Social Psychological and Personality
Science, 2(5), 540-546.
Prislin, R., Sawicki, V., & Williams, K. D. (2011). New majorities’ abuse of power:
Effects of perceived control and social support. Group Processes and
Intergroup Relations, 14(4), 489-504.
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Delshad, A. B., Raymond, L., Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2010). Public attitudes
toward political and technological options for biofuels. Energy Policy, 38,
3414-3425.
Wegener, D. T., Sawicki, V., & Petty, R. E. (2009). Attitudes as a basis for brand
relationships: The roles of elaboration, metacognition, and bias correction. In
D. J. MacInnis, C. W. Park, & J. R. Priester (Eds.), Handbook of brand
relationships (pp. 283-304). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe.
Wegener, D. T., Kelly, J. R., Wallace, L., & Sawicki, V. (2014). Public opinions of
biofuels: Attitude strength and willingness to use biofuels
and buy flexible-fuel vehicles. Biofuels, 5(3), 249-259.
Professional Presentations
Sawicki, V. & Wegener, D. (2015, March). Attraction from attitude uncertainty. Poster
to be presented at the annual meeting of the International Convention of
Psychological Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Wallace, L. E., Sawicki, V., Fabrigar, L. R., & Wegener, D. T. (2014, May). Ambivalent
knowledge and attitude-behavior consistency. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., Clark, J. K., Fabrigar, L. R., Smith, S. M., & Durso, G. R.
O. (2014, February). When ambivalence enhances and diminishes selective
exposure to attitude-consistent information. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2013, May). Motives to bolster uncertain attitudes
through attraction. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2013, January). Uncertainty undermines attraction to
similar others. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Fabrigar, L. R., & Smith, S. M. (2012, May).
Feeling conflicted and seeking information. Talk presented at the annual
meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
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Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Fabrigar, L. R., & Smith, S. M. (2012,
January). Feeling conflicted and seeking information: When ambivalence
enhances and diminishes selective exposure to attitude-consistent information.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Fabrigar, L. R., & Smith, S. M. (2011, May).
When does (un)certainty motivate selective exposure? It depends on
familiarity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., & Singh, R. (2011, January). The metacognitive ties that
bind: The role of attitude importance in similarity effects on attraction. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., Fabrigar, L. R., & Smithy, S. M. (2010, May).
When weakness is strength: The effects of doubt on information selection.
Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, IL.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., & Fabrigar, L. R. (2010, January). Structural
attitude weakness and motivational attitude strength: The role of doubt in
selective exposure. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Delshad, A. B., Raymond, L., Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2009, May). Public
opinion on biofuels technologies and policies. Poster presented at the Purdue
University Ecological Sciences and Engineering Symposium, West Lafayette,
IN.
Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., & Kelly, J. R. (2009, May). A social psychological
perspective on bioenergy. Poster presented at the Purdue University Second
Generation Biofuels Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.
Delshad, A. B., Raymond, L., Sawicki, V., & Wegener, D. T. (2009, May). Public
attitudes towards political and technological options for biofuels. Poster
presented at the Purdue University Second Generation Biofuels Symposium,
West Lafayette, IN.
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Sawicki, V. (2009, April). When doubt leads to strong attitude effects: Selective
exposure and uncertainty. Oral presentation at the biannual meeting of Social
Psychologists of Indiana, Bloomington, IN.
Sawicki, V., Clark, J. K., Wegener, D. T., & Fabrigar, L. R. (2009, February).
Attitudinal ambivalence as a motivation for selective exposure. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Sawicki, V., Brown, H., Phan, L., Uehara, K., & Prislin, R. (2007, May). Majority
rules: More control, less abuse. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Prislin, R., Sawicki, V., Boisvert, S., Faker, J., & Lap, L. (2007, May). Seeking
conversion versus spreading tolerance: Social change and group attraction.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association,
Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Filson, J., Bloch, D., Peterson, L., Sawicki, V., & Prislin, R. (2006, April). Sure today,
conflicted tomorrow: Attitudes weaken without social support. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Palm
Springs, CA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
PSY 4630 Attitudes and Persuasion
PSY 2376.01 Interpersonal Relationships
PSY 1100 Introduction to Psychology
PSY 2367.01 Introduction to Social Psychology
Graduate Teaching Assistantships
Introduction to the Science and Fields of Psychology (2009 –2010)
Co-Instructor: Peter Urcuioli, Purdue University
Introduction to Statistics in Psychology (Fall, 2008)
Instructor: Carloyn Jagacinski, Purdue University
The Psychology of Women (Fall, 2007)
Instructor: Teresa Hack, Purdue University
Data Analysis in Psychology (2005 –2007)
Course coordinator: Jorg Matt, San Diego State University
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Professional Affiliations
Association for Psychological Science
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Social Psychology Network
Midwestern Psychological Association
Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Reviewing Experience
Ad hoc reviewer for:
European Journal of Social Psychology
Group Dynamics
Psicothema
Social Influence
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology