As a social psychologist, Crystal L. Hoyt brings a psychological perspective to the study and teaching of leadership. Her research reflects a commitment to conducting both basic and applied investigations. Her primary research interests include women and minority leaders, stereotyping and discrimination, stigma, social cognitive theory, cognitive biases and leadership, and experimental methodology.
In her primary area of research, she is exploring the impact of stereotypes and discrimination on non-dominant, stigmatized leaders by focusing on such important variables as leadership efficacy, identification with the leadership role, attributions, and implicit theories of leadership. In a more applied fashion, she is examining factors, such as role models, that may or may not buffer these nontraditional leaders from the deleterious effects of stereotypes and discrimination.
Dr. Hoyt has received a number of grants, fellowships, and awards for both her teaching and research. She maintains an active experimental research program that involves mentoring many undergraduate students in both joint and independent research projects. She works closely with teams of student researchers and was honored in 2007 as a nominee for the Outstanding Mentor Award for the Undergraduate Research Committee. During the 2011-12 academic year, she is serving as WGSS program director.
Dr. Hoyt has co-authored several papers with her undergraduate students. Her research appears in journals such as Psychological Inquiry, Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Group Dynamics, Small Group Research and Leadership Quarterly. She is a co-editor of the book Leadership at the Crossroads: Leadership and Psychology.
Outstanding Faculty Award Finalist, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2008, 2009.
American Psychological Association Division 49 Dissertation Prize Finalist, 2004.
Hoyt, C. L., Burnette, J., & Innella, A. (2012). I can do that: The impact of implicit theories on leadership role model effectiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 257-268.
Hoyt, C. L. (2012). Gender bias in employment contexts: A closer examination of the role incongruity principle. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 86-96.
Hoyt, C. L., Simon, S., & Innella, A. (2011). Taking a turn toward the masculine: The impact of mortality salience on implicit leadership theories. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 33, 374-381.
Hoyt, C. & Simon, S. (2011). Female leader role models: Injurious or inspiring? Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35, 143-157.
Hoyt, C. L. & Price, T., & Emrick, A. (2010). Leadership and the more-important-than-average effect: Overestimation of group goals and the justification of unethical behavior. Leadership, 6(4), 391-407.
Hoyt, C., Johnson, S., Murphy, S., & Skinnell, K. (2010). The impact of blatant stereotype activation and group sex-composition on female leaders. Leadership Quarterly, 21, 716-732.
Hoyt, C. L. (2010). Women, men, and leadership: Exploring the gender gap at the top. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4, 484-498.
Burnette, J., Pollack, J. & Hoyt, C. (2010). Individual differences in implicit theories of leadership ability and self-efficacy: Predicting responses to stereotype threat. Journal of Leadership Studies, 3, 46-56.
Hoyt, C., & Blascovich, J. (2010). The role of self-efficacy and stereotype activation on cardiovascular, behavioral and self-report responses in the leadership domain. Leadership Quarterly, 21, 89-103.
Simon, S., & Hoyt, C. (2008). Understanding the gender gap in support for a woman for president. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP), 8, 157-181.
Opinion: Todd Akin, Claire McCaskill and the catch-22 of the 'ladylike' leader (The Washington Post)
Tue., Oct. 9, 2012
Capitol Square plan to honor Va. women stirs debate (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Sun., Sep. 23, 2012
Professor's research on role models discussed in Psychology Today
Tue., Feb. 14, 2012
Psychology
Psychology
Stereotypes and Discrimination
Perceptions of Leaders