Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Description
Social discrimination is a common experience with measurable consequences for those affected. The effects include poorer mental health and poverty, issues which are commonly addressed by human service professionals. People who are transgender are particular targets of discrimination and, as such, find themselves in need of human service assistance at levels disproportionate to the larger population. Research from social psychology suggests that intergroup contact reduces prejudice. This quasi-experiment explored the effect a transgender speaker, followed by informal social interaction, had on measures of transgender prejudice in a sample of college students
Citation Information
Garris, Bill R.; and Novotny, Bethany A.. 2018. TRANSformation; Affecting Transgender Prejudice in the Classroom. Proceedings of the National Organization for Human Services. https://www.nationalhumanservices.org/assets/Conference/2017%20NOHS%20Proceedings%20Final.pdf
Copyright Statement
© 2018 National Organization for Human Services. This document was published with permission by the conference. It was originally published in Proceedings of the 2017 National Organization of Human Services Conference.