New York University
Psychology Department
Phelps Laboratory

University of Colorado Boulder 2010
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Ph.D. Social Psychology

Email: jk149@nyu.edu

Website: www.jenikubota.com

My research focuses on the psychological and neural substrates of impression formation and their relation to real-world behaviors.  In particular, my work aims to shed light on the neural correlates of stereotype and prejudice change.  It is my goal to utilize a multi-level approach to investigate these processes beginning with molecular determinants, such as genes, through substrate and systems activation, and finally to behavioral outcomes.  I intend to translate basic neural and social psychological research into practical applications for bias change in real-world situations, such as in hiring and judicial contexts. 

Sample Publications:

Amodio, D. M., Kubota, J. T., Harmon-Jones, E., & Devine, P. G. (2006). Alternative
mechanisms for regulating racial responses according to internal vs. external cues.  Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 1, 26-36.

Kubota, J. T., & Ito, T. A. (2007). Multiple cues in social perception: The time course
of processing race and facial expression. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 738-752.

Kubota, J. T., & Ito, T. A. (2009). You were always on my mind: How event-related
brain potentials inform impression formation research. In T.D. Nelson (Ed.), Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination (pp. 333-346). New York: Psychology Press.

Kubota, J. T., & Senholzi, K. B. (2011). Knowing you beyond race: The importance of
individual feature encoding in the other-race effect. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5:33, doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00033.

Invited Addresses:

Kubota, J.T., Ito, T.A. (2011, July). Eliminating racially biased differences in encoding
through perspective-taking: Examining the neural correlates of categorical and individuated impressions. To be presented at the European Association of Social Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Kubota, J.T., Ito, T.A., & Wood, J. (2009, February). Neural mechanisms in the
regulation of racially-biased behavior: The moderating effects of facial expressions. Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

Kubota, J.T. (2007, August). The moderation of implicit race bias: The role of race and
emotion in weapon identification. Presented at Denver University, Denver, CO.