Eric Hill

Associate Professor of Psychological Science, Co-Chair of Ethnic Studies, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Hill began his Albion teaching career in 2010 when he served as a visiting assistant professor and then joined as an assistant professor in 2011.

His research interests focus on how people use different cognitive processes to both construct and understand their social realities and how the basic elements of individual meaning systems influence social perceptions and behaviors. His current research focuses on the relationship between religious beliefs and prejudice.

He has received the President’s Advisory Council on Intercultural Affairs Faculty Recognition Award; the United Methodist Exemplary Teacher Award, and the New Teacher Award in 2013.

While at Albion College, he has taught Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics II, and Research in Social Psychology.

Education

B.A., Oglethorpe College, 2004
M.A., Arizona State University, 2007
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2010

Courses

PSYC 101: Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 204: Research Methods & Statistics I (lecture and laboratory)
PSYC 236: Social Psychology
PSYC 306: Research Methods & Statistics II (lecture and laboratory)
PSYC 336: Research in Social Psychology (lecture and laboratory)

Publications

Foster, S. D., Elischberger, H. B., & Hill, E. D. (2018). Examining the link between socioeconomic status and mental illness prejudice: The roles of knowledge about mental illness and empathy. Stigma and Health, 3(2),139-151.
Elischberger, H. B., Glazier, J. J., Hill, E. D., & Verduzco-Baker, L. (2018). Attitudes toward and beliefs about transgender youth: a cross-cultural comparison between the United States and India. Sex Roles, 78, 142-160.
Elischberger, H. B., Glazier, J. J., Hill, E. D., & Verduzco-Baker, L. (2016). “Boys don’t cry” – or do they? Adult attitudes toward and beliefs about transgender youth. Sex Roles, 75, 197-214.
Hill, E. D., Terrell, H. K., Arellano, A., Schuetz, B., & Nagoshi, C. T. (2015). A good story: Using future life narratives to predict present well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16, 1615-1634.
Neuberg, S. L., Warner, C. M., Mistler, S. A., Berlin, A., Hill, E. D., Johnson, J. D., Filip-Crawford, G., Millsap, R. E.,Thomas, G., Winkelman, M., Broome, B. J., Taylor, T. J., & Schober, J. (2014). Religion and intergroup conflict: Findings from the Global Group Relations Project. Psychological Science, 25, 198-206.
Lynch, J. S., Hill, E. D., Nagoshi, J. L., & Nagoshi, C. T. (2012). Mediators of the shame-psychological adjustment relationship. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 53, 437-443.
Johnson, K. A., Hill, E. D., & Cohen, A. B. (2011). Integrating the study of culture and religion: Toward a
psychology of worldview. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 137-152.
Hill, E. D., Terrell, H. K., Cohen, A. B., & Nagoshi, C. T. (2010). The role of social cognition in the religious fundamentalism-prejudice relationship. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 49, 724-739.
Hill, E. D., Terrell, H. K., Hladkyj, S., & Nagoshi, C. T. (2009). Validation of the Narrative Emplotment Scale and its correlations with well-being and adjustment. British Journal of Psychology, 100, 675-698.
Thoemmes, F. J., West, S. G., & Hill, E. (2009). Abstract: Propensity score matching in a meta-analysis comparing randomized and non-randomized studies. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 44, 854.
Cohen, A. B., Malka, A., Hill, E. D., Thoemmes, F., Hill, P. C., & Sundie, J. M. (2009). Race as a moderator of the relationship between religiosity and political alignment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 271-282.
Terrell, H. K., Hill, E. D., & Nagoshi, C. T. (2008). Gender differences in aggression: The role of status and personality in competitive interactions. Sex Roles, 59, 814-826.
Nagoshi, J. L., Adams, K. A., Terrell, H. K., Hill, E. D., Bruzy, S., & Nagoshi, C. T. (2008). Gender differences in correlates of homophobia and transphobia. Sex Roles, 59, 521-531.
Johnson, E. C., Hill, E., & Cooper, M. A. (2007). Vomiting in wild bonnet macaques. International Journal of Primatology, 28, 245-256.

Awards

President’s Advisory Council on Intercultural Affairs Faculty Recognition Award, Albion College
United Methodist Exemplary Teacher Award, Albion College
New Teacher of the Year, Albion College
Darwyn & Marie Linder Fellowship in Psychology, Arizona State University
Margaret Floy Washburn Award, Outstanding Senior in Psychology, Oglethorpe University