Dr. Kathi Miner-Rubino

Assistant Professor (joint with Women's and Gender Studies)
Ph.D., University of Michigan (2004)

Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235

Office: 12 Leggett Hall Psychology Building
email: kminer-rubino@tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-2780
Fax: (979) 845-4727
Web: http://wmst....ubino.html

• Interpersonal abuse, mistreatment, and incivility in applied settings
• Gender, race, sexual orientation, and other categories of difference in organizations
• Occupational health
• Cross-cultural investigations of workplace mistreatment
• Power and status in organizations
• How societal issues and events (e.g., national politics, natural disasters) affect employee relations
• Physiological responses to workplace mistreatment

My research program focuses on the link between interpersonal abuse, mistreatment, and incivility in applied settings (e.g., the workplace, educational contexts) and the psychological, physical, and occupational health and well-being of targets and observers. I am especially interested in the degree to which organizational contexts are inclusive and respectful of individuals from low-status social groups (e.g., women, people of color, sexual minorities), and how working in such environments affects not only people who are members of these groups, but also employees who do not fall within these social categories. In all of my research, I integrate perspectives from organizational, social, and feminist psychology. I have conducted research on the antecedents and consequences of interpersonal abuse, and the moderators and mediators of the abuse-outcome relationship. I also use both quantitative (e.g., surveys, experiments) and qualitative (e.g., interviews, focus groups) methodologies in my work. The goal of my research is to better understand and ultimately improve the work lives of low-status employees.

Some current research projects include:
• Cross-cultural differences in the types of behaviors that are considered uncivil, typical instigators and targets of incivility, and consequences of incivility for targets' health and well-being
• The link between negative educational climates (e.g., those that are sexist, racist) and withdrawal for college women in science and math majors
• Doctoral students' experiences of advisor abuse and mistreatment in graduate school
• The role of political orientation in experiences and consequences of workplace incivility
• The role of parenting status and family-friendly workplace climates in female employees' experiences of workplace incivility
• Racial microaggression at work and consequences of employee health
• Workplace incivility, culture of honor, and aggression in male employees

Miner-Rubino, K., & Bergman, M. E. (November, 2009). Addressing gaps in workplace mistreatment research: Unique samples, moderators, and outcomes. Symposium accepted for presentation at the Work, Stress, and Health conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Bergman, M. E., & Miner-Rubino, K. (November, 2009). Workplace mistreatment and social identity: An exploration across different types of diversity. Symposium accepted for presentation at the Work, Stress, and Health conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Diaz, I., Miner-Rubino, K., & Bergman, M. E. (November, 2009). Doctoral students’ experiences of mistreatment and respect from primary advisors in graduate school. Paper accepted for presentation at the Work, Stress, and Health conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Pesonen, A. D., & Miner-Rubino, K. (November, 2009). Your politics are making me sick! Incivility, political orientation, and health during a presidential election. Paper accepted for presentation at the Work, Stress, and Health conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Rinn, A. N., Miner-Rubino, K., Anderson, K., & McQueen, K. (November, 2009). STEM majors: Factors that influence retention. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children, St. Louis, MO.

Miner-Rubino, K., Stoverink, A. C., & Umphress, E. E. (August, 2009). Vulnerability to the dark side: Factors affecting the experience of and reactions to workplace abuse. Symposium presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Chicago, IL.

Pesonen, A. D., & Miner-Rubino, K. (August, 2009). No politics in the office! Political orientation and incivility during the 2008 presidential election. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Chicago, IL.

Miner-Rubino, K. (August, 2009). Workplace incivility and culture of honor: Male employees' responses to dishonorable treatment. Paper presented at the annual Academy of Management meeting, Chicago, IL.

Miner-Rubino, K., & Cortina, L. M. (April, 2009). Threatened and threatening: Unique issues facing women at work. Symposium presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational
Psychology annual conference, New Orleans, LA.

Miner-Rubino, K. (March, 2009). Does being a mom help or hurt? Workplace incivility as a function of motherhood status. Invited paper presented at the annual Association for Women in Psychology conference, Newport, RI.

Miner-Rubino, K., Stewart, A. J., & Settles, I. H. (in press). More than numbers: Individual and contextual factors in how gender diversity affects women’s well-being. Psychology of Women Quarterly.

Miner-Rubino, K., & Reed, W. (in press). Testing a moderated mediational model of intra-workgroup incivility: The roles of organizational trust and group regard. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Miner-Rubino, K., & Cortina, L. M. (2007). Beyond targets: Consequences of vicarious exposure to misogyny at work. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1254-1269.

Miner-Rubino, K., & Cortina, L. M. (2004). Working in a context of hostility toward women:
Implications for employees’ well-being. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 9, 107-122.

PSYC 300: Psychology of Women

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