Midge Wilson, Ph.D.

Psychology Department -     Experimental / Community Psychology Programs

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences  -  Associate Dean, Chair



DePaul University
990 Fullerton Ave.  Suite 4200
LAS Dean's Office
Chicago, IL 60614-3504
773-325-4258
mwilson@depaul.edu


Education

B. A.  1974 University of Virginia
M.S.   1976  Old Dominion University
Ph.D.  1979  University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Administrative Appointments

July, 2006  -                       Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

June, 2001 - June, 2006     Director of First Year Program

May, 1996 - Sept., 1997    Director of Women's Studies

Mar., 1995 - May, 1996    Acting Director of Women's Studies


Research

Books:

Russell, K., Wilson, M., and Hall, R. (1992). The Color Complex: The  Politics of Skin Color Among African Americans (Paperback
     Edition) New York: Anchor/Doubleday Publishing (International Management Group, Inc., NY)

Wilson, M. & Russell, K. (Jan., 1996). Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap  Between Black Women and White Women.  New York:
    Anchor Publishing. (Literary Agent, Suzanne Gluck, International Creative Management, Inc. NY).

Refereed Articles:

Neal, A. M. & Wilson, M. L. (1989). The role of skin color and features in  the Black Community: Implications for Black women and
     therapy. Clinical Psychology Review, 9, 323-333.

Halpert, J. A., Wilson, M., & Hickman, J. (1993). Pregnancy as a source of  bias in performance appraisals, Journal of Organizational
    Behavior,
14, 649-663.

Non-refereed Articles:

Wilson, M. (l988). Sexual harassment and the law. The CommunityPsychologist, 2l(2), 16-17.

Naylor, K., Tolan, P., & Wilson, M. (1987) Acquaintance rape: A systems  approach. The Community Psychologist, 2l, 20-21.

Wilson, M.L. (1993) Women and skin color prejudice. The Community  Psychologist, 26, 51.

Wilson, M. (Mar. 26, 1996) Woman to Woman: The Politics of Race and Gender.  Chicago Tribune, Sect. 1, p. 15.

Scholary Papers:

Neal, A., Wilson, M., & Robinson, W.L. (1986, August). Gender and ethnic name manipulation on perceptions of academic expertise.
    Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, DC.

Wilson, M. (l987, May). Sexual harassment on the college campus.  Presented at  the Midwestern Psychological Association convention,
    Chicago, IL.

Naylor, K., Tolan, P., & Wilson, M. (l988, May). Evaluation of an acquaintance rape workshop. Presented at the Midwestern   
    Psychological  Association convention, Chicago, IL.

Taylor, J. & Wilson, M., & Razzano, L. (June, 1989). What cracks us up?  Gender differences in humor production. Paper presented at a   
    session entitled "Transforming humor research: In search of a woman's tradition" (organized by Taylor and Wilson) at the 12th Annual             National Women's Studies Association Convention, Towson, MD.

Wilson, M. (August, 1989). Shades of racism: Biased methodologies and the  politics of research. Paper presented at a session entitled   
    "Images of blacks: Perceptions of physical attractiveness for three age groups" (organized by A. Neal) at the 97th annual American       
    Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Naylor, K., Tolan, P., & Wilson, M. (June, 1989). Diminishing sexual  assault in a college population. Paper presented at the Second   
    Biennial Conference on Community Research and Action in East Lansing, MI.

Razzano, L. & Wilson, M. (May, 1990). Sexual orientation and body image.  Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological               
    Association Convention in Chicago, IL.

Naylor, K., Tolan, P., & Wilson, M. (1991). Developing a comprehensive  model of sexual assault prediction. Presented at the Third   
    Bi-Annual Conference on Research in Action in Tempe, AZ.

Marcus, N. & Wilson, M. (August, 1991). Stereotypes of physical  attractiveness: Their self-fulfilling nature based on gender at the 1991
    APA Annual Convention in San Francisco, CA.

Halpert, J., Wilson, M., & Hickman, J. (August, 1991). Pregnancy as a  source of bias in performance appraisals at the 1991 APA Annual
    Convention in San Francisco, CA.

Wilson, M. & Russell, K. (Feb., 1993). The Color Complex: Color and  Romance Among Black Gays and Lesbians. Workshop to be
    presented at the 6th Annual National Black Gay and Lesbian Conference in Los Angeles, CA.

Wilson, M. & Russell, K. (Mar., 1993). The Color Complex: The Politics of  Skin Color Among African Americans. Workshop presented
    at the 18th Annual Association of Women in Psychology Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

Wilson, M., Razzano, L. & Salmons, S. (Mar., 1993) The Halo Effect  Revisited: The Stereotyping of African American Women by Skin
    Color and Name. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Association of Women in Psychology Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

Razzano, L. & Wilson, M. (Mar., 1993) Women and Anger: Reclaiming Our  Lost Emotion. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Association
    of Women in Psychology Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

Baughn, Camille, & Wilson, M. (Oct., 1994) The Effects of Physical  Attractiveness, Race, and Sex on Heterosexual Dating Preference,
    Informal paper presented at the Society for Experimental Social Psychologists Convention, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Wilson, M. (May, 1995). Race, Skin Color, and Physical Attractiveness: The  Politics of Interracial Dating in America. Invited Paper
    presented at Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago, IL.

Trafalis, S., & Wilson, M. (Oct., 1995) Black Women and White Women in the  Workplace: Attributions Regarding Their Success and
    Failure. Poster presentation at the Society for Experimental Social Psychologists Convention, Washington, D.C.

Wilson, M., & Russell, K. (Nov., 1995) Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap  Between Black Women and White Women. Paper presentation
    at the In Our Own Right: Women's Solutions to Black/White Issues of Race, Class and Gender, 1895-1995, held in Atlanta, GE.

Wilson, M. (Mar. 18, 2002)  "The Unique Challenges of Women and Diversity in the Workplace."  National Training Laboratory's
    MegaLearning Event, Dallas, TX.

Wilson, M. (Oct. 13, 2001) Raising consciousness through laughter:  Humor as a Strategic tool for teaching diversity.  Workshop presented
    at the First Annual Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Diversity Challenge for 2001:  How to Survive Teaching    
    Courses on Race and Culture,
Boston, MA.

Wilson, M., Garner, K. & Ford, R. (May, 2002)  The Shape of a Woman:  Cultural differences in Preferences and Stereotypes. 
    Midwestern Psychology Association.  Chicago: IL.

Wilson, M., Garner, K., Ford, R. (May, 2002)  The Shape of a Woman:  Cultural Differences in Preferences and Stereotypes.  Midwestern
    Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.

Wilson, M. (Feb. 23,  2003).  Meeting at the Crossroads:  Feminist Pedagogy and the Freshman Seminar.  Paper presented at the Annual
     Conference on The First-Year Experience,
Atlanta, Georgia.

Ward, J. & Wilson, M. (Feb., 2005) Focal Point Seminar:  Intellectual Socialization for First-Year Students, 24th Annual Conference on         the First-Year Experience, Phoenix, AZ.


Wilson, M. & NgocAnna Huynh (May, 2005) Gender and Leadership Within MPA: What (if anything) is Going On?  Paper presented at the
     annual Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, IL.


Wilson
, M., Thomsen, C.J., Garner, L., & Ford, Rebecca (May, 2005). Shallow How? Body Size and Race as
    Perceptions of a Woman Future Success.  Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Society conference, Los Angeles,
     CA
.


Tucker, A, Wilson, M., Reyna, C., & McLemore, K. (2006).  Stereotypes of male rape victims and the conception of the sexual assault of
     men scale.  Annual Conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Choplin, Jessica L. & Wilson, Midge Am I Lighter Than You? Social Comparison-Induced Distortions Among
African Americans (May,
     2006) Paper presented at the annual Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, IL

PROFESSONAL EXPERIENCE:

INVITED TALKS:

Wilson, M. (Feb., 1989) "Sexual Harassment and Sexism on the College Campus," February, 1989. Colloquium, Middlebury College,
     Middlebury, VT.

Wilson, M. & Torry, M. (Apr. 1991) Psychological and Legal Aspects of Sexual Harassment,? Brown Bag Luncheon, DePaul Law School,
    Chicago, IL.

Wilson, M. "Human Rights and Justice" Teach-In sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, on May 1, 1992 (the day after the
    Rodney King Verdict), DePaul University, Chicago, IL.

Wilson, M. (Mar., 1993) "The Color Complex." Invited speaker for International Women's Day Event, DePaul University, Chicago, IL.

Wilson, M. & Russell, K.(Jun. 1994) "Do Women of Different Race Differently to Social Issues?," Invited speaker at the National Education
    Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Wilson, M. (Mar., 1996) "Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women," College of Charleston, Charleston,
    S.C.

Wilson, M. & Russell, K. (Apr., 1996). "Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women," Featured Speakers,
    American Association of University Women Regional Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.

Wilson, M. & Russell, K. (Sept. 30, 1996)."Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women," Featured
    Speakers for an event sponsored by The Committee of 100 Women for Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC.

Wilson, M. & Russell, K. (Oct. 7, 1996) "Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women," Colloquium
    sponsored by the Women?s Studies Program, Loyola University, Chicago, IL.

Wilson, M. (Oct. 21, 1996) "Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between African American & European American Women." Colloquium
    sponsored by the Women?s Studies, Psychology, and African-American Studies, U. of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL.

Wilson, M. & Russell, K. (Apr. 6, 1997) "Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women." Invited Workshop
    for the Women Employed Twelfth Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Wilson, M. (Aug. 14-15, 1997) "Divided Sisters" Invited speaker for "Can We Talk," the Black Career Women twentieth anniversary series
    of activities, Cincinnati, OH.

Wilson, M. (Feb. 7, 1998). "Women and Multicultural Perspective." Invited Presenter at a workshop for the Chicago Foundation for
    Women, Chicago, IL.

Wilson, M. (Mar. 6, 1998). "Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women & White Women."  Principals’ Institute, Harvard
    Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.

Wilson, M. (Aug. 11, 1998). "Psychological Aspects of Sexual Harassment." Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, IL.

Wilson, M. (Oct. 5, 1998).  "Promoting Diversity:  Conversations among Women of Many Colors."   NorthEast Coalition of Educational
    Leaders and the Harvard Principals' Center.  Cambridge, MA.

Wilson, M. (Oct. 22, 1998).  "Divided Sisters."  Annual Conference of the National Assocation Extension of Family and Consumer
    Sciences.  Rapid City, S.D.

Wilson, M. & Russell, K. (July 17, 2000). Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women & White Women. Principals' Center
    2000 Summer Institute.
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.

Wilson, M. (Mar. 18, 2002)  "The Unique Challenges of Women and Diversity in the Workplace."  National Training Laboratory's
    MegaLearning Event,
Dallas, TX.

Wilson
, M. (April 3, 2003) The Psychology of Beauty, Harbinger Corporation Event.   

  Wilson, M. (November, 2004) Invited panelist for “Shade of gray:  Erasing the Color Complex,” a colorism
        forum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Wilson, M. , Reyna, C., Sanchez-Giancola, Y., & Lopez, F. (March, 2005)  DePaul University’s Chicago Quarter:  Presentation at Special
     Conference on First Year Programming, Northeastern University, Chicago, IL.

EXPERT WITNESS ACTIVITIES:

Served as an expert witness in the court case Tracy Morrow v. Secretary of the Treasury, United States District Court, Northern District of
    Georgia, Case Number 1:87-CV-1789-CAM, Jan., 1990.

Served as an expert witness for the defense in the court case Ogden's Adult Book Store v. DuPage County, April, 1991.

Served as an expert witness for the defense in the court case Ogden's Adult Book Store v. DuPage Country, March, 1992.

Serving as an expert witness for the prosecution in Doe v. Calumet City, Cook County, 1996-97.

Serving as an expert witness for the prosecution in a class action racial bias suit, Daniels et al. v. Federal Reserve Bank, 98 C 1186, 1998.

Serving as an expert witness for the prosecution in a sexual harassment case, City of Chicago v. Rick J. Santella, Rudy Urian, and Eileen
    Joyce, 97 C 8861, 1998.

Serving as an expert witness for the plaintiff in a race harassment case, Collier v. Bradley University et al., 1999-00.

 Served as an expert witness for the plaintiff in a color discrimination case, Speight v. Mineta, Washington, D.C., August 25, 2003