Anjana Lakshmi

5429 S University Ave | Chicago, IL 60615 | (773) 891-8220 | anjanachandran@uchicago.edu | <website tbi>

EDUCATION

University of Chicago, Department of Psychology

Ph.D. in Social Psychology
Dissertation: “Gesture and the Expression, Inference and Activation of Stereotype Content"
Advisors: Susan Goldin-Meadow, Susan T. Fiske

Heriot Watt University, Department of Psychology

M.Sc. in Business Psychology
Thesis: “Do We Impression-Manage on LinkedIn and Does That Affect Initial Recruiter Impressions”
Advisor: Michelle Hunter, Tatiana S. Rowson

Anna University, Crescent Engineering College

B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering
Completed with Distinction

PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Lakshmi, A., Wittenbrink, B., Correll, J., & Ma, D. S. (2021). The India Face Set: International and Cultural
Boundaries Impact Face Impressions and Perceptions of Category Membership. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 161.

Durante, F., Fiske, S. T., Kervyn, N., Cuddy, A. C., Akande, A., Adetoun, B. E., & ... Lakshmi, A., ... Storari, C.
C. (2013). Nations' income inequality predicts ambivalence in stereotype content: How societies mind the gap.
British Journal Of Social Psychology, 52(4), 726-746. doi:10.1111/bjso.12005

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Correll, J., Ma, D. S., Lakshmi, A., Wittenbrink, B., Bansemer, E., Singh, B., Harvey Jr, L. O., (In Press). The
mental representation of Black and White faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

ACTIVE PRE-REGISTRATIONS

Lakshmi, A., Rivera-Crespo, R., & Wittenbrink, B. (2022, November 20). Context Effects on Stereotyped
Perception of Faces. Retrieved from aspredicted.org

Lakshmi, A., Fiske, S.T., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2022, April 27). Examining social content perceived in vertical
versus sagittal gestures. Retrieved from aspredicted.org

Lakshmi, A., Fiske, S.T., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2022, February 4). Examining social content perceived in
vertical gestures. Retrieved from aspredicted.org

Lakshmi, A., Scott-Charles, K., Heck, I.A., & Kinzler, K.D. (2021, June1). Representing different forms of
social hierarchy with 2IFC - RCIC Paradigm. Retrieved from aspredicted.org
Lakshmi, A., Fiske, S.T., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2020, July 20). The communication of stereotype content
through gestures. Retrieved from aspredicted.org

Lakshmi, A., Correll, J., Ma, D., & Wittenbrink, B. (2019, October 15). The typical face: Family resemblance vs.
ideal models of social categories. Retrieved from aspredicted.org

Lakshmi, A., Venezia, S., Mattan, B. D., Cloutier, J., & Kubota, J. T. (2019, January 31). Understanding status
and race perception using reverse correlation image classification. Retrieved from osf.io/9px4n

UNDERGRADUATE THESIS PROJECT PRE-REGISTRATIONS

Roske, C., Wittenbrink, B., & Lakshmi, A. (2022, February 7). Cultural differences in expressiveness affect
judgements of authenticity in smile expressions. Retrieved from aspredicted.org

Copelan, L., Lakshmi, A., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2022, January 22). Response latency to questions regarding
differing social groups. Retrieved from aspredicted.org

PRESENTATIONS

CONFERENCE TALKS AND SYMPOSIA

2023 Lakshmi, A., Wittenbrink, B., Correll, J., & Ma, D. S. MPA Annual Meeting. Cross-race
Differences in Judgements of Category Typicality. Symposium title: Cross-race Faces: Inquiries
on Typicality, Encoding and Individuation.

2021 Lakshmi, A., Fiske, S.T., & Goldin-Meadow, S. SALAD (Brownbag) at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. The Communication of Stereotype Content Through Gestures.

2021 Lakshmi, A., Wittenbrink, B., Correll, J., & Ma, D. S. The Annual Convention of SPSP. The
Typical Face: In-Group/Out-Group Differences in Judgments of Typicality for Black and White
Faces. Conference title: Thinking, Black and White: Structure and Consequences of Social
Categorization.

2020 Lakshmi, A., Wittenbrink, B., Correll, J., & Ma, D. S. Summer Conference on Social Perception.
The Typical Face: Family Resemblance vs. Ideal Models of Social Categories.

2018 Lakshmi, A. International Psychology Conference Dubai, UAE. UAE psychology 2.0: In need of
a kickstart (again)!. Panel Organized by Taregh Shaban.

2014 Lakshmi, A., Rowson, T.S., & Hunter, M. International Psychology Conference Dubai, UAE. ‘I
thought I did well’ – Impression Management and Formation at the workplace.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

2023 Copelan, L., Lakshmi, A., & Goldin-Meadow, S. Response latencies in conversations about
social groups. Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

2022 Roske, C., Lakshmi, A., & Wittenbrink, B. Is it real? Then influence of perceived target ethnicity
 on authenticity judgements of smile expressions. Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.

2020 Chandran, A., Mattan, B.D., Venezia, S.A., Kubota, J.T., & Cloutier, J. (May, 2020). Reverse
Correlating Race and Status Perception. APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL (cancelled).

2020 Chandran, A., & Gallo, D. (February, 2020). Now you see me, now you shouldn’t: the distorting
effect of context reinstatement on memory for own- and other-race faces. Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, OR.

2019 Chandran, A., Mattan, B.D., Venezia, S.A., Kubota, J.T., & Cloutier, J. (February, 2019). How
we construe race-status composites - a reverse correlation study. Annual Meeting of the Society
for Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, OR. https://osf.io/nkjad/

2019 Wei, K., Chandran, A., Mattan, B. D., Venezia, S., Kubota, J. T., & Cloutier, J. (February,
2019). The impact of Perceived Social Status on Economic Trust Decision-Making.

2013 Chandran, A., Fiske, S.T. (January, 2013). In the eyes of the beholder - How people perceive you
depends also on who they are. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, New Orleans.

RESEARCH FUNDING, HONORS & AWARDS

2023 Norman Henry Anderson Research Fund ($1000 awarded in 1 cycle)

2022 Norman Henry Anderson Research Fund ( $1995 awarded in 2 cycles)
2022 Center for Gesture, Sign, and Language Award ($2500)
2021 Norman Henry Anderson Research Fund ($2000 awarded in 2 cycles)
2021 Center for Gesture, Sign, and Language Award ($2500)
2021 Graduate Council Research & Personal Development Fund ($450 awarded for 2 projects)
2020 Norman Henry Anderson Research Fund ($1400.00 awarded in 2 cycles)
2020 Psychology Graduate Students Organization Travel and Research Fund ($1191.66 awarded in 2 cycles)
2019 Norman Henry Anderson Research Fund ($2753 awarded in 3 cycles)
2019 Center for Gesture, Sign, and Language Award ($2375)
2019 Psychology Graduate Students Organization Travel and Research Fund ($1207.72 awarded in 2 cycles)
2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Diversity Graduate Travel Award

TEACHING

TEACHING ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

2023 Managing in Organizations
2022 Managerial Psychology
2022 Negotiations
2020 Mind
2019 Negotiations
2018 Social Psychology
LECTURESHIP INTERN, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
2020 Mind

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

2021 Research Incubator

POSTGRADUATE DEMONSTRATOR, HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY

2016 Research Methods
2014 Research Methods
2013 Research Methods

SERVICE

2019-present Knowledge Information Science and Statistics, Vice President

2017 Psychology Graduate Students Organization, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Member

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

The American Psychological Association (APA)

Association for Psychological Science (APS)
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA)

REFERENCES

Susan Goldin-Meadow Susan T. Fiske

sgsg@uchicago.edu sfiske@princeton.edu
Department of Psychology Department of Psychology
University of Chicago University of Chicago