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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)

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

12. 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 rule of thumb

13. 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)

14. 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

15. 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

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

17. 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)

18. 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.

19. 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

20. 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)

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

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

23. Sample 1: Liberals and conservatives respond with opposite biases.

24. 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

25. 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.

26. 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)

27. 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.

28. 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

29. 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
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