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Jennifer L. S. Borton is a Professor of Psychology at Hamilton College, where she has been a faculty member since 1998. Her research focuses on defensive self-esteem (high explicit/low implicit self-worth) and its interaction with ego threats, including thought suppression mechanisms and attentional biases toward social rejection cues.
- Education: Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Minnesota (1997), A.B. in Psychology & Education from Dartmouth College (1992)
Her work explores how individuals with discrepant self-esteem derogate evaluators after rejection, externalize performance attributions, and engage in riskier behaviors post-failure. Publications span journals like Self and Identity, Journal of Social Psychology, and Behavior Research Methods.
Recent research trends include experimental investigations into defensive self-esteem's cognitive-emotional consequences, attentional blindness following rejection cues, and interpersonal impacts of self-relevant stigma suppression.
- Scientific awards: Hamilton College Class of 1963 Faculty Fellowship, University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Borton serves as chair of Hamilton's Psychology Department and Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society chapter. She has received multiple internal research grants and served on institutional committees related to human subjects, academic policy, and science center construction.
