Mason D. Burns, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Indianapolis
Department of Psychological Sciences
Current Position
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Assistant Professor
University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
2018 - present
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Former Positions
Visiting Assistant Professor
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
2017-2018
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EDUCATION
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
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M.S. Social Psychology
2011-2014
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Thesis: Prejudice reduction strategies and their effect on interracial interactions
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Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
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B.A., Psychology
2006-2010
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Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
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Ph.D. Social Psychology
2014-2017
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Dissertation: How to confront a compliment?: Reactions to confrontations of positive stereotypes
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PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Visiting Assistant Professor
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
2017-2018
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Introductory Psychology
Fall, 2017
Spring, 2018
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Laboratory in Social Psychology
Fall, 2017
Spring, 2018
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Social Psychology and Individual Differences
Summer, 2018
Graduate Teaching Instructor
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Elementary Psychology
Spring, 2017
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Elementary Psychology
Fall, 2015
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Stereotyping and Prejudice (co-instructor)
Spring 2015
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Introduction to Social Psychology
Summer, 2014
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Graduate Teaching Assistant
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Stereotyping and Prejudice
Fall, 2016
Spring, 2015
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Social Cognition
Fall, 2016
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Introduction to Statistics in Psychology​
Spring, 2014
Spring, 2013
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Introduction to Social Psychology
Fall, 2013
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Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
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Introduction to Psychology
Fall, 2010
Fall, 2009
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