Presentations and Conferences Helen C. Harton University of Northern Iowa Collaborators: Anyone and everyone

General Info Where should you present? How should you present (poster vs. paper)? Can you present something more than once? What should you put in the abstract? (follow directions, use completed data, # words) Read the instructions for abstracts and presentations

Why present? It’s fun! It’s important! Types of presentations Addresses Symposia Invited talks Presentations Posters Submit abstract Some possible conferences for you

General conference tips Consider going to conferences alone Dress professionally And not too weird or sexy Consider your audience Be on time (or early) Stay for the whole session

For either Don’t use acronyms Bring backups Don’t use busy backgrounds Don’t overcaffeinate Fonts: San serif for headings, ppt Serif for text people will be reading close up Try to show, rather than tell

Mostly Posters Make it big and friendly/readable Make it one or several pages Don’t leave poster un-personed Use pictures/graphs IF they add Use black text on white/light background, avoid patterned backgrounds

Keep font size and color scheme consistent (and not distracting) Don’t overtext Have references somewhere Prepare your “talk”

Mostly Presentations Move just enough, stand up, watch leaning Speak to audience, not computer Consider humor and enthusiasm Make sure you can easily see a watch or clock

Don’t write out everything Don’t carry cards with you if you can avoid it Identify and try to hide your annoying habits Know whether you practice slow or fast Check out the room ahead of time

PowerPoint Hints Don’t be too fancy (e.g., sound, photos, videos) Don’t be cutsy Keep points short Only use things that help make your points (e.g., sounds, animation, backgrounds, effects)

Label your graphs and everything else Cite things! Think about copyright issues (photos, sound) Consider your audience

Keep things parallel For PPT, use light on dark Use consistent scheme and font size Don’t use color blind combos or weak colors (or weird backgrounds) Keep in mind the 1-6-6 rule of thumb

Research Talks 10-15 minutes at conferences 20-30 minutes thesis defense 5 minutes data blitz Overall, no more than minute a slide (1-3 min)

Introduction Give nice lead in on intro slide Address theory and some studies directly related to logic of hypo (keep lit review to min) No more than 5 min til data at conf. (if 15 minute talk). Rule of less than 1/3 Cite things that should be cited

Models of Racism Symbolic or modern racism (McConahay, Sears) Aversive racism (Dovidio & Gaertner) Ambivalent racism (Katz) Some measures have shown prej decreasing, but others show that it’s still strong. Dealt with this by theories of types of racism

Integrated Model of Racism Dovidio & Gaertner, 1986, 1998 Political conservatives—modern racism Political liberals—aversive racism

Previous Research Links between modern racism and conservatism Aversive racism studies in liberal environment Political orientation response differences To telephone caller (Gaertner et al., 1973) To laid off worker (Sniderman et al. 1991)

Predictions When race and justice are salient, conservatives should respond with bias against AAs, whereas liberals should respond with bias toward AAs. Liberals should show physiological arousal in the presence of an AA, whereas conservatives should not. Liberals should show more discrepancies between their implicit and explicit levels of racism than conservatives.

More Hints--Method Go into more detail on method Number and type of participants Scales, sample items General procedure But still be concise No less than 24 point font

Study 1: Do liberals and conservatives respond differently to an EA vs Study 1: Do liberals and conservatives respond differently to an EA vs. AA officer? Sample 1: 64 EA community participants Sample 2: 62 EA community participants 2 (officer race) X 3 (political orientation) “In your opinion, is this a case of double jeopardy?” Political orientation (r = .76 with scale) Modern racism scale (McConahay, 1986)

More Hints--Results SHOW DATA Show variability, effect size, means Use graphs and tables Keep graphs simple (no 3-D, etc.)

Label graphs Point out what you want people to see Know your graphs and data Only present the most relevant results

Sample 1: Liberals and conservatives respond with opposite biases.

More Hints--Discussion Summarize, tell what it means, explain weird results Don’t get into “H1” mode Tie back to theory Mention main limitations and ideas for future (briefly) Talk about implications and end STRONG

Conclusions Liberals may have underlying negative feelings toward AAs that, together with a desire to be nonprejudiced, leads to inner conflict and a bias toward AAs in some situations. Conservatives may have rationalized their negative feelings toward AAs, leading them to display bias against AAs in some situations.

Further Research Mediation of these effects (responsibility, anger, sympathy) Broader sample (web survey) Conservative reaction to conservative AAs Liberals breaking contact with AAs Liberals discriminating if can be attributed to non-race factors Combining physiological and rating data in one study in new area (dating)

Implications Although the results may seem discouraging, they do indicate that we’re moving closer to a “color-blind” society: Conservatives didn’t always discriminate. Moderates were fairly balanced. Liberals’ inner conflict may lead them to be intolerant of prejudice.

Responding to Questions Always be nice Make it sound like what they said makes sense Don’t be defensive If nothing else, say “that’s a good question—what do you think?” Be careful about attributing to others

Other do’s and don’ts Crying, passing out Going too long Not being there or having a bad attitude Having too much text Posters that look like elementary bulletin boards Typos ???