Jeni and her Red Thumb: Will She Ever Stop Sucking Her Thumb? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781449528843)

Denise M. Driscoll, Ph.D., is a psychologist who has published articles and book chapters in the areas of person impression formation, stereotyping, diversity, intergroup relations, and attitude and persuasion. Dr. Driscoll received her B.A. in 1986 from Indiana University, Bloomington, and her Ph.D. in 1992 from the University of California, Santa Barbara. From 1991 to 1998, Dr. Driscoll was a Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University with teaching and research interests in how we form impressions of other people, particularly when we already have some initial expectation about group(s) to which they belong. In 1999, Dr. Driscoll was a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Research on Group Processes at the University of Queensland, Australia; there she researched ongoing diversity initiatives in Australia. In 2000, Dr. Driscoll returned to Purdue, accepting an administrative position as Diversity Resource Specialist for the Office of the Vice President for Human Relations. From 2000 to 2007, she played a major role in two assessments of Purdue's diversity climate, wrote grants to help fund diversity related programs (i.e., www.purdue.edu/lsamp/), created surveys to assess diversity initiatives, advised schools, colleges, units, other universities, local government and businesses about diversity best practices, as well as developed, facilitated, and assessed diversity training programs for faculty, staff, graduate students, and individuals in the community. Now, she uses her faculty and administrative expertise to inform her book ventures and her diversity consulting company, Diversity Competency, LLC. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University with research and training interests in how to improve the diversity competency of companies, non-profits, and government agencies. Dr. Driscoll lives in West Lafayette, Indiana, with her husband, two children, and a Hanoverian mare that she rides and shows in dressage. For more details about her educational background and publications, please see driscoll.socialpsychology.org, diversitycompetency.com, or www.linkedin.com/in/dmdriscoll.