Michelle C. Haynes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Phone: 978-934-3925

Fax: 978-934-3074

Office: Mahoney Hall

Email: Michelle Haynes' Email

A.B., Wellesley College; Ph.D., New York University

As an organizational psychologist, Professor Haynes is interested in how psychological processes operate and impact the work domain. Her research focuses on biases that translate into sub-optimal outcomes for women and other ethnic minority groups in organizational contexts.

Her primary line of research investigates how stereotyping processes contribute to the obstacles women face in their climb up the organizational ladder. In her most recent work, she has examined this in the context of successful work teams and the degree to which ambiguity surrounding individual contribution in group-work can propagate negative evaluations of women despite evidence of the team’s success.

In a secondary line of research, she is investigating the extent to which individual beliefs about social and organizational policies, such as affirmative action, are a function of motivated cognitions in service of maintaining self-interest motives.

Dr. Haynes joined the UMass Lowell Faculty in September of 2006. She has taught courses in the areas of general psychology, conflict and negotiation, industrial/organizational psychology, research methods, and quantitative methods. She is also an associate at UML’s Center for Women and Work.