Dr. Andrew Rivers

Biography

Andrew Rivers is a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, focusing on the development of effective instructional methods to enhance student learning. His teaching background includes working with undergraduate students in Montana and California, indigenous populations in Washington State, and incarcerated adults in the California State prison system. Rivers' research interests center on the role of executive functioning in the regulation of racial stereotypes, aiming to challenge traditional dual-process models of automatic implicit stereotyping. His work investigates the conditions under which racial stereotypes become automatic and explores the theoretical implications using formal mathematical modeling, including Multinomial Processing Trees and Drift Diffusion Models. He has contributed significantly to the field through publications in a range of peer-reviewed journals, researching topics such as stereotype activation and implicit bias. Rivers is actively involved in mentoring graduate students and continues to contribute to academic scholarship in psychology through teaching and research.

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