Ashley E. Lytle
Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT INFORMATION
College of Arts and Letters Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ, USA 07030 Tel: 201-216-3578
Email: [email protected]
CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor of Psychology, August 2016 – Present
College of Arts and Letters, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
EDUCATION
2016 Ph.D. in Social/Health Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
2013 M.A. in Social/Health Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
2009 B.A. in Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, USA
PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles
Lytle, A., Apriceno, M., Dyar, C., & Levy, S.R. (2018). Sexual Orientation and Gender
Differences in Aging Perceptions and Concerns among Older Adults. Innovations in Aging, 2(3), 1-9. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igy036.
Lytle, A. (2018). Intergroup Contact Theory: Recent Developments and Future Directions.
Social Justice Research, 31(4), 374-385. doi: 10.1007/s11211-018-0314-9
Bernardo, A., Levy, S. R., & Lytle, A. (2018). Culturally relevant meanings of the Protestant work ethic and attitudes towards poor persons. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 21, e40, 1-9.
doi:10.1017/sjp.2018.48
Ramírez, L.F., Palacios-Espinosa, X., Dyar, C., Lytle, A., & Levy, S.R. (2018).
The Relationships among Aging Stereotypes, Aging Anxiety, Social Support, Religiosity, and Expected Health among Colombians. Journal of Adult Development, 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10804- 018-9299-8
Lytle, A., Macdonald, J., Dyar, C., & Levy, S.R. (2018). Ageism and Sexism in the 2016 United States Presidential Election. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. doi:
10.1111/asap.12147
Lytle, A., & Levy, S.R. (2017). Reducing Ageism: Education about Aging and Extended Contact with Older Adults. The Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnx177.
Dyar, C., Lytle, A., London, B., & Levy, S. R. (2017). An experimental investigation of the application of binegative stereotypes. Psychology Of Sexual Orientation And Gender
Diversity, 4(3), 314-327. doi:10.1037/sgd0000234
Lytle, A., Dyar, C., Levy, S.R., & London, B. (2017). Contact with Bisexual Individuals Reduces Binegativity among Heterosexuals and Lesbian Women and Gay Men. European Journal of Social Psychology, doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2241.
Lytle, A., Dyar, C., Levy, S. R., & London, B. (2017). Essentialist beliefs: Understanding contact with and attitudes towards lesbian and gay individuals. British Journal Of Social Psychology, 56(1), 64-88. doi:10.1111/bjso.12154
Shin, J. E. L., Rosenthal, L., Levy, S. R., Lytle, A., London, B., & Lobel, M. (2016). The roles of the Protestant work ethic and perceived identity compatibility in graduate students' feelings and attitudes toward STEM and non-STEM fields. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 22, 309-327.
Lytle, A., & Levy, S. R. (2015). Reducing heterosexuals’ prejudice toward gay men and lesbian women via an induced cross-orientation friendship. Psychology Of Sexual Orientation And Gender Diversity, 2(4), 447-455. doi:10.1037/sgd0000135
Dyar, C., Lytle, A., London, B., & Levy, S.R. (2015). Application of bisexuality research to the development of a set of guidelines for intervention efforts to reduce binegativity. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 1(4), 352-362. doi:10.1037/tps0000045
Chapters
Lytle, A. (2019). Heterosexism and ageism. Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_596-1
Levy, S. R. & Lytle, A. (2019). Intergenerational programs on anti-ageism. Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging.
Lytle, A. & Macdonald, J. (2019). Leadership, politics, and ageism. Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_600-1
Levy, S. R., Apriceno, M., Macdonald, J., & Lytle, A. (2018). Ageism. In D. S. Dunn (Ed)., Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. New York, NY, US: Oxford University Press.
Levy, S.R., Shin, J.E., Lytle, A., & Rosenthal, L. (2016). Systemic approaches to reduce prejudice in schools. In E.C. Lopez, S.G. Nahari, & S.L. Proctor (Eds.), The Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Second Edition (pp. 237- 257). New York, NY, US: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Levy, S.R., Lytle, A., Shin, J.E., & Hughes, J. (2015). The development of prejudice and
stereotypes in children and adolescents. In T. Nelson (Ed.). Handbook of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination: Second Edition. (pp. 455-583). New York, NY, US: Psychology Press.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Karl, K., Lytle, A., Wellerstein, A. (2019, January 14). A nuclear bomb might not kill you. But not knowing how to respond might. Washington Post. Retrieved from:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/14/nuclear-bomb-might-not-kill-you-not- knowing-how-respond-might/?utm_term=.d6cda575c11a
Karl, K., & Lytle, A. (2019, January 10). This is not a drill: Lessons from the false Hawaiian missile alert. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved from:
https://thebulletin.org/2019/01/this-is-not-a-drill-lessons-from-the-false-hawaiian-missile-alert/
Levy, S.R., Apriceno, M., Lytle, A., & Macdonald, J. L. (2017, December 20). Spread Kindness to Your Elders this Holiday Season. Psychology Benefits Society, a blog from the American Psychological Association Public Interest Directorate. Retrieved from:
https://psychologybenefits.org/2017/12/20/give-the-gift-of-kindness-to-your-elders-this- holidayseason/
Levy, S.R., Macdonald, J. L., & Lytle, A. (2016, August 21). Why We Should Celebrate Senior Citizens Everyday. Psychology Benefits Society, a blog from the American Psychological Association Public Interest Directorate. https://psychologybenefits.org/2016/08/21/why-we- should-celebrate-senior-citizens-everyday/
Levy, S.R., Lytle, A., & Macdonald, J. L. (2016, March 25). Ageism Alert – Get the Facts on Aging. Psychology Benefits Society, a blog from the American Psychological Association Public Interest Directorate. https://psychologybenefits.org/2016/03/25/ageism-alert-get-the-facts-on- aging/
POSTERS AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES
Karl, K., Lytle, A., (2019, August). Perceptions of nuclear risk and effective nuclear
communication tools. Reinventing Civil Defense II: Workshop and Expo. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.
Karl, K., Lytle, A., (2019, July). Circling the Wagons: Partisanship and Perceptions of Sexual Misconduct in the Wake of #MeToo. ISPP Annual Conference. Lisbon, Portugal.
Lytle, A., Macdonald, J., Dyar, C., & Levy, S.R. (2019, March). How Ageism Affects Us All.
Symposium Discussant and Presenter at Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Meeting: New York, NY, USA.
Karl, K. & Lytle, A. (2018, August). Communicating Nuclear Risk: Evaluating Current Tools.
Paper presented at American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference: Boston, MA:
USA.
Lytle, A., Macdonald, J., Dyar, C., & Levy, S.R. (2018, August). Ageism and Sexism in the 2016 United States Presidential Election. Paper presented at American Psychological
Association (APA) Conference: San Francisco, CA: USA
Karl, K. & Lytle, A. (2018, June). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Nuclear Communications Tools. Research presented at Reinventing Civil Defense Conference: Brookhaven, NY: USA
Lytle, A. & Levy, S. R. (2018, August). Reducing Ageism: Education about Aging and Extended Contact with Older Adults. Paper presented at American Psychological Association (APA) Conference: San Francisco, CA: USA
Lytle, A. & Levy, S. R. (2018, March). Understanding and Reducing Ageism. Symposium Chair and Presenter at Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Meeting: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Lytle, A. & Levy, S. R. (2016, March). Sexual Prejudice: Causes, Consequences, and Intervention Strategies. Symposium Discussant and Presenter at Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Meeting: Manhattan, NY, USA
Lytle, A., Dyar, C., Levy, S.R., London, B. (2016, January). Essentialist Beliefs: Understanding Contact with and Attitudes Toward Lesbian and Gay Individuals. Paper presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference: San Diego, CA: USA
Lytle, A., Dyar, C., Levy, S.R., London, B. (2015, May). Contact with Bisexual Individuals Reduces Binegativity among Heterosexuals and Lesbians and Gay Men. Paper presented at Stony Brook University Social and Health Psychology Conference: Stony Brook, NY: USA
Lytle, A., & Levy, S. R. (2015, March). Reducing Heterosexuals’ Prejudice toward Gay Men and Lesbians Via a Simulated Cross-Orientation Friendship. Paper accepted but not able to present at Eastern Psychological Association Meeting: Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Dyar, C., London, B., Lytle, A., Rosenthal, L., Levy, S. R. (2013, March). Angry and Anxious Gender Rejection Sensitivity and Academic Engagement among Women. Paper presented at Eastern Psychological Association Meeting: Manhattan, NY, USA.
Lytle, A., & Levy, S. R. (2013, March). The Relation between Essentialism and Sexual Prejudice: Intergroup Anxiety as a Mediator. Paper presented at Eastern Psychological Association Meeting: Manhattan, NY, USA.
Shin, J., Rosenthal, L., Lytle, A., Levy, S. R., & London, B. (2013, March). The Impact of Protestant Work Ethic on Graduate Students in STEM and Non-STEM Fields. Paper presented at Eastern Psychological Association Meeting: Manhattan, NY, USA.
Luo, S., Levy, S. R., Bernado, A. B. I., & Lytle, A. (2012, April). The role of the Protestant work ethic in prejudice: Online study of Asian Americans and European Americans. Paper presented at the Annual Undergraduate Research Conference of the National Honor Society in Psychology, Stony Brook University, New York, USA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Stevens Institute of Technology, USA, College of Arts and Letters
Fall 2019 Health Psychology Section A (25 students) Fall 2019 Health Psychology Section B (25 students)
Summer 2019 Fundamentals of Psychology Section (11 students) Spring 2019 Social Psychology Section A (23 students)
Spring 2019 Social Psychology Section B (20 students) Fall 2018 Health Psychology Section A (24 students) Fall 2018 Health Psychology Section B (24 students)
Spring 2018 Fundamentals of Psychology Section A (19 students) Spring 2018 Fundamentals of Psychology Section B (20 students) Spring 2018 Social Psychology (24 students)
Fall 2017 Health Psychology Section A (23 students) Fall 2017 Health Psychology Section B (24 students) Summer 2017 Fundamentals of Psychology (20 students)
Spring 2017 Fundamentals of Psychology Section A (24 students) Spring 2017 Fundamentals of Psychology Section B (21 students) Spring 2017 Health Psychology (25 students)
Fall 2016 Fundamentals of Psychology Section A (20 students) Fall 2016 Fundamentals of Psychology Section B (21 students)
Stony Brook University (SUNY), USA, Department of Psychology
Summer 2015 Health Psychology (18 students)
Summer 2015 Introduction to Psychology (24 students) Spring 2015 Social Psychology (204 students)
Summer 2014 Social Psychology (18 students)
Summer 2014 Introduction to Psychology (25 students) Summer 2013 Social Psychology (12 students)
Fall 2012 Psychology Research Methods and Writing (22 students)
Baruch College (CUNY), USA, Department of Psychology Fall 2015 Social Psychology (95 students)
New York University (NYU) Polytechnic, USA, Department of Technology, Culture and Society (TCS)
Spring 2016 Health Psychology (28 students) Fall 2015 Health Psychology (29 students) Fall 2014 Health Psychology (28 students)
GRANTS
2018 - 2022 National Science Foundation: Aging In Place Through Enhanced Mobility and Social Connectedness: An Integrated Robot and Wearable Sensor Approach (PI:
Yi Guo, Co-PI: Ashley Lytle, Co-PI: Damiano Zanotto). Awarded $927,247.
2017 - 2018 Thompson Family Foundation: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Nuclear Risk Communication Tools (PI: Kristyn Karl, Co-PI: Ashley Lytle). Awarded $37,600.
2017 - 2018 Stevens Institute of Technology: Intergenerational Contact (PI: Ashley Lytle).
Awarded $3,183.
2016 The John Neale Endowed Graduate Student Excellence Fund in Psychology, Awarded $600
2015 - 2016 National Science Foundation: Fostering (STEM) Identity through the Transition (FIT) to College among Underrepresented Students (PI: Bonita London; CO-PI:
Sheri Levy, David Ferguson, Nina Maung-Gaona; Research Coordinator: Ashley Lytle). Awarded $349,000.
2011 - 2014 Stony Brook University: College Expectations. (PI: Sheri Levy; CO-PI: Sheri Levy, Richard Gatteau, Elena Polenova; Research Coordinator: Ashley Lytle).
Awarded $1,600.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2016 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
2015 Department of Psychology Award for Excellence in Teaching, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
2009 Phi Beta Kappa, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, USA
DEPARTMENT AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
• Invited Member of the Task Force on Mental Health (Fall 2019 – Spring 2020)
• Invited Member of the Improving the Evaluation of Teaching (IET working group;
Spring 2019 – present)
• Elected to the Academic Appeals Committee (Spring 2018 – present)
• Search Committee External Member, Roscitt Chair in Leadership for the School of Business (Spring 2019)
• Search Committee Member, Assistant Director for the Writing & Communications Center (Spring 2018)
• Dinner of Eight Host, Stevens Institute of Technology (Spring 2018)
• Teaching Circle, Stevens Institute of Technology (Fall 2017)
• Admitted Students Weekend (Spring 2017)
• Student Faculty Alliance, Stevens Institute of Technology (Spring 2017 – present)
• Safe Zone Facilitator, Stevens Institute of Technology (Spring 2017 – present)
• Junior Faculty Board of Representatives, Stevens Institute of Technology (Spring 2017 – present)
• Committee Member for Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC), Stevens Institute of Technology, (Fall 2016 – present)
• Search Committee for Computational Social Scientist, College of Arts and Letters (Fall 2016 – Spring 2017)
• Served on Undergraduate Awards Committee, Stony Brook University (Spring 2015)
• Representative on advisory board of Graduate Women in Science and Engineering(GWISE), Stony Brook University, (Fall 2014 – Spring 2016)
• Served on scholarship committee for the John W. Perry Endowed Scholarship and Burt Stangarone Endowed Scholarship for undergraduate students, Stony Brook University, (Spring 2014, Spring 2015)
• Mentor for Psychology Mentoring Initiative, Stony Brook University, (Fall 2013 – Spring 2016)
• Served on graduate student panel for an undergraduate club, Minorities in Psychology (Spring 2012 - Spring 2013)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Reviewer for Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Outstanding Research Award and/or Student Poster Awards (Spring 2017)
• Proposal and Paper Reviewer for Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Division 9 Program at the 2016 APA Convention in Denver, CO (Fall 2015)
• Served on Psychology of Women Quarterly (PWQ) Student Advisory Board (Spring 2015 - Spring 2016)
• Proposal and Paper Reviewer for Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Division 9 Program at the 2015 APA Convention in Toronto (Fall 2014)
AD HOC JOURNAL REVIEWER
• Canadian Journal on Aging
• Current Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Information, Communication and Society
• Psychology of Women Quarterly (PWQ)
• Sexuality Research and Social Policy (SRSP)
• Sex Roles
PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Gerontological Society of American (GSA)
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
