Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD
Baylor University
Social Psychology
In Progress
MA
Baylor University
Social Psychology
2022
BS
The University of Texas at Austin
Psychology; minors in Religious Studies and Forensic Science
2019
Grants
Funded
"Up to the Challenge? Dismantling Systemic Privilege with the Biopsychosocial Model"
Principal Investigator
Student Research Award, Baylor University ($1,500).
2024
Funded
"Hostile and Prosocial Reactions to Christian Privilege in the United States"
Co-Investigator
Open Science of Religion Initiative, John Templeton Foundation ($21,000).
2024
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Weedman, M., Al-Kire, R.L., & Tsang, J.-A. (2024). Hostile and Prosocial Reactions to Christian Privilege in the United States: A Registered Report. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000545 [See project on OSF]
Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations
Weedman, M., Al-Kire, R.L., & Tsang, J.-A. (2025). Hostile and Prosocial Reactions to Christian Privilege in the United States. Data blitz presented at the Psychology of Religion & Spirituality Pre-Conference, SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Weedman, M. & Tsang, J.-A. (2025). Culpable but capable: Harnessing self-efficacy to promote racial equality. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Marr, J., Weedman, M., Rowatt, W., Callaway, K., & Shafer, D. (2025). Validating the VR Novelty Experience Scale. Poster presented at the Psychology of Media & Technology Pre-Conference, SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Tsang, J.-A., Floyd, J., Tanguay, C., Weedman, M., & Wang, K. (2025) Social Outcomes of Divine Forgiveness. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Stiehl, M., Weedman, M., & Tsang, J.-A. (2025). Understanding Religious Moral Evaluations: Group Importance and Anti-Antheist Prejudice. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Cote, B., Bradshaw, S., Cabrera, K., Garapati, A., McCleery, S., Weedman, M., Shafer, D., Marr, J., Callaway, K., & Rowatt, W. (2025). Evaluating the Effect of Virtual Reality Simulation on Discrete Emotions: Exploring Interactions between Virtual Environments. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Paul, M., Weedman, M., & Rowatt, W. (2025). The Impact of African American Spiritual Music on Awe: Effects of Perception, Connectedness, and Emotional Response. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Marr, J., Weedman, M., Greenway, T., Al-Kire, R.L., Callaway, K., & Rowatt, W. (2025). The Impact of Art on Prejudice: Interactions between Self-Transcendent Emotions and Social Dominance Orientation. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Foy, E., Weedman, M., Marr, J., Tsang, J.-A., & Rowatt, W. (2025). We're "Awe" in this Together: Psychological Effects of a Total Solar Eclipse. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado.
Weedman, M., Al-Kire, R.L., & Tsang, J. (2024). The Role of Pre-Existing Privilege in Perception of Arbitrary Advantage. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Convention, San Diego, California.
Paul, M., Weedman, M., Miner, E., & Rowatt, W. (2024). Sounds of the soul: How religious music shapes emotions and social connection. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Aonvention, San Diego, California.
Marr, J., Miner, E., Weedman, M., & Rowatt, W. (2024). Emotions evoked by Gospel Music: Effects of Artist Race and Participant Race. Poster presented at the SPSP Annual Convention, San Diego, California.
Paul, M., Weedman, M., Miner, E., & Rowatt, W. (2024). Understanding religious music's influence on feelings of transcendence and wonder. Poster presented at the Psychology of Religion Pre-Conference, SPSP Annual Convention, San Diego, California.
Callaway, K. & Weedman, M. (2023). Measuring the (Im)Measurable in Real Life. Work presented at the Templeton Religion Trust Art Seeking Understanding Grantee Workshop, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.
Weedman, M. & Tsang, J. (2023). Intergroup Attitudes Differentially Predict Defensive Strategies in Response to Evidence of White Privilege. Poster presented at the inaugural Diversity Gala held at Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Weedman, M. & Tsang, J. (2023). Intergroup Attitudes Differentially Predict Defensive Strategies in Response to Evidence of White Privilege. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Al-Kire, R.L., Weedman, M., Rowatt, W.C., & Tsang, J. (2023). Does RWA matter in understanding collective action? Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Weedman, M., Al-Kire, R.L., & Tsang, J. (2022). Christian Nationalism as a link between political ideology, perceptions of COVID-19, and democracy. Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Society of Political Psychology, Athens, Greece.
Weedman, M. (2022). COVID-19 Threat and White Privilege Attitudes. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Francisco, California.
Weedman, M. (2021). Christian Nationalism, COVID-19 Threat, and Prejudice Toward Asians. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, virtual conference.
Academic Software
Weedman, M.V. (2024). PsyClean: Data Cleaning for Psych Science, R package, https://github.com/monica-weedman/PsyClean
Book Chapters
Weedman, M.V., Foy, E.M., Marr, J.R., & Rowatt, W.C. (2024). Religion and Prejudice. In T. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Religious Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38971-9_443-1
Invited Talks
Weedman, M.V. (2022, February). Embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research. [Colloquium at Baylor University, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience]
Weedman, M.V. (2021, August). Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Classroom: Engaging in Difficult Dialogues. [Department of Psychology & Neuroscience Faculty Retreat, Baylor University]
Teaching and Mentorship
Teacher of Record
Statistics, PSY 2401, Baylor University
Summer 2023
Research Methods in Psychology, PSY 2405, Baylor University
Spring 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Statistics Lab, PSY 2401, Baylor University
Summer 2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
Summer 2021
Psychology Research Experience, PSY 4V96, Baylor University
Fall 2021
Research Methods in Psychology Lab, PSY 2405, Baylor University
Spring 2021
Fall 2020
Guest Lecturer
Psychological Science, PSY 1305, Baylor University
October 21, 2022, "Theories of Motivation"
Research Methods in Psychology, PSY 2405, Baylor University
September 16, 2021, "Sampling, Measurement, and Hypothesis Testing"
Service
Graduate Student Association
Served as the Graduate Student Association representative for the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University
2021- 2023
DEI Recruiting & Development Committee
Served as a member on the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience committee aimed to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment and retention of graduate students and faculty
2021- 2022
Honors and Awards
Graduate Travel Award, Society of Personality & Social Psychology
Academic Achievement Award, Military Officers Association of America
Fisher House Scholarship, Fisher House Foundation
Panhellenic Scholar Award, The University of Texas at Austin
University Honors, The University of Texas at Austin
2022
2019
2018
2018
2017-2019