Anne Koenig, PhD

Koenig’s research focuses on gender issues and stereotyping and prejudice. She has used both correlational and experimental paradigms to assess the sources of stereotype content and to test role congruity theory of prejudice, both of which relate to social role theory. Koenig also studies the ideologies of sex differences, or what people view as the best way to reduce gender stereotyping and prejudice, and how prescriptive gender stereotypes are applied to different age categories. She has also written book chapters on cultural differences in attributions and classroom demonstrations for teaching about these differences. 

Koenig has received Faculty Research Grants from USD to conduct some of her research and was awarded a University Professorship in 2021 in recognition of her scholarly achievements in teaching and research. She has published research articles in the Journal of Personality and Scocial Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Applied Social Psychology and Social Psychology Quarterly and presented posters at several conferences, including the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) and the Association for Psychologycal Science (APS). Her undergraduate students have also presented their work at SPSP and WPA as well as USD's Creative Collaborations Conference. 

Koening teaches courses in social psychology, including Social Psychology and the Advanced Research Methods Capstone in Social Psychology. She also teaches Introductory Psychology (often in the LLC program), Psychology of Gender, and Cross-Cultural Psychology.