Alicia Macchione

Dr. Alicia Macchione serves as Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work at West Texas A&M University's Terry B. Rogers College of Education and Social Sciences, joining the faculty in Summer 2023.

Her academic credentials include:

• B.A. in Psychology from Indiana University, Bloomington (2019)
• M.A. in Psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi (2021)
• Ph.D. in Psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi (2023)

Her research investigates stereotypic attitudes and biases through the lens of minority experiences at the intersection of gender, ethnicity, and race, with emphasis on identity development and educational outcomes. Current work focuses on repairing STEM's 'leaky pipeline' by designing interventions to boost participation of underrepresented groups.

No scientific awards were documented in available materials.

Dr. Macchione teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including social psychology, statistics, and motivation & emotion while actively participating in the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's annual conferences. She directs the Social and Evolutionary Psychology Lab (SEPL), which recruits undergraduate researchers through https://wtresearch.wixsite.com/social-ev-psych-lab but is not currently accepting graduate students.