Abigail Folberg

Teaching

Dr. Folberg will be accepting new students beginning Fall 2022.

Statistics for Behavioral Sciences. Fall 2021

Research

Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination in Organizations

Prejudice Confrontation

Organizational Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Tolerance of Sexism, Racism, and Sexual Harassment

How individuals Appraise or Label Racism, Sexism, and Sexual Harassment

Quantitative Methodology and Measurement

Professional Experience

University Research Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kentucky 2019-2021

Education

Ph.D. University of Nebraska Omaha, 2019

M.A. University of Nebraska, Omaha, 2017

M.M., Roosevelt University, Chicago College of Performing Arts, 2009

B.A./B.M. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2007

Publications

Riggle, E. D. B., Folberg, A.M., Richardson, M. T. & Rostosky, S. S. (in press). The development of the hypervigilance scale for gender and sexual minorities. Stigma and Health

Hunt, J. S., Folberg, A. M., & Ryan, C. S. (2021). Tolerance of racism: A new construct that predicts failure to recognize and confront prejudice. European Journal of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2759

Gehringer, T. A., Folberg, A. M., & Ryan, C. S. (2021). The relationships of belonging and task socialization to GPA and intentions to re-enroll as a function of race/ethnicity and first-generation college student status.  Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication.  https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000306

*Marshburn, C. K., *Folberg, A. M., *Crittle, C., & *Maddox, K. B. (2021). Racial bias confrontation in the United States: What (if anything) has changed in the COVID-19 era, and where do we go from here?. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 24(2), 260-269. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220981417 (Note. *Indicates all authors contributed equally.)

Folberg, A. M. (2020). Global perspectives on women and work. Journal of Social Issues, 76, 464-483.https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12396

Folberg, A. M., & Kaboli-Nejad, S. (2020). A mixed methods examination of gender differences in perceptions of STEM among Iranian Americans. Journal of Social Issues, 76, 543-576. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12393

Folberg, A. M., Brauer, M., Ryan, C. S., & Hunt, J. S. (2020). Advancing stereotyping research: How and why to use linear mixed-effects models in gender stereotyping research. Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 3, 407-431. https://doi.org/10.4473/TPM27.3.6

Folberg, A. M., Kercher, K. & Ryan, C. S. (2020). The hidden role of dominance in career interests: A bifactor analysis of agentic and communal goal orientations. Sex Roles, 83, 193-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01104-1

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Dr. Abigail M. Folberg is an Assistant Professor in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. She completed her PhD in I/O Psychology from the University of Nebraska, Omaha in 2019. After her Ph.D., she was awarded a competitive University Research Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Folberg’s research broadly examines diversity in organizations. More specifically, she examines how prejudice and discrimination affect underrepresented employees’ work lives and wellbeing, how organizations and individuals can more effectively confront bias, and the consequences of individuals’ willingness to tolerate bias. Dr. Folberg also collaborates with the Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s Commitment to Opportunity, Diversity, and Equity (CODE) initiative.