Hinojosa, Bianca
Assistant Professor in Social Psychology
Office Hours
Fall 2024:
MW 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Courses
Fall 2024:
Introduction to Psychology Section 07 08, 09
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Health Psychology, UC Merced, 2024
Master of Arts, General/Experimental Psychology, CSU Fresno, 2019
Bachelor of Science, Cognitive Science, George Fox University, 2016
Bio
Bianca Hinojosa earned her Ph.D. in psychological sciences with an emphasis in health psychology at the University of California, Merced. She earned her MA in general/experimental psychology at California State University, Fresno, where she was an NIH Bridges to Doctorate Scholar. Bianca researches how intergroup interactions and biases influence the well-being of people of color. Her research program broadly focuses on stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination toward the Latinx population and its effects on Latinx peoples’ health and well-being.
Recent Publications and Conference Proceedings
Hinojosa, B. M. & Howell, J.L. (in prep). Implicit anti-Hispanic associations in healthcare: A systematic review.
Hinojosa, B. M., Meese, W. B., Howell, J. L., Lindgren, K. P, O’Shea, B., Teachman, B. A., & Werntz, A. (2023). Implicit and explicit associations between the COVID-19 vaccine and harm predict vaccine beliefs, intentions, and behaviors. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
Hinojosa, B. M. & Howell J. L. (2023, February). Implicit anti-Hispanic bias in healthcare: A systematic review. Talk presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Johnson, A. E., Hua, J., Hinojosa, B. M., Meese, W., Gray, A., & Howell, J.L., (2023). Uncertainty & Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Latent Profile Analysis. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
Howell, J. L., Sweeny, K., Hua, J., Werntz, A., Hussain, M., Hinojosa, B. M., Johnson, A. E., Lindgren, K. P., Meese, W., O’Shea, B., & Teachman, B.A. (2022). The role of uncertainty, worry, and control in well-being: Evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak and pandemic in U.S. and China. Emotion, 23(5), 1458.
Alegria, K. E., Fleszar-Pavlović, S. E., Ngo, D., Beam, A., Halliday, D.M., Hinojosa, B. M., Hua, J., Johnson, A., McAnally, K., McKinley, L. E., Temourian, A. A., & Song, A.V. (2021). The role of risk perceptions and affective consequences in COVID-19 protective behaviors. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1-7.
Hussain, M., Johnson, A., Hua, J., Hinojosa, B. M., Zawadzki, M., & Howell., J. L. (2021). When belongingness backfires: Experienced discrimination predicts increased cardiometabolic risk among college students high in social belonging. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 44(4), 571-578.
Howell, J. L., & Hinojosa B. M. (2020, February). Responding defensively to feedback about anti-Latino(x) bias. Talk presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.