Megan Bruun
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Psychology Department
Division of Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, and Linguistics
I am a social psychologist who studies ways to reduce prejudice. I am currently empirically testing interventions to reduce prejudice with a special focus on unintentional bias and anti-transgender prejudice. I use laboratory research to inform interventions, focusing on understanding the mechanisms leading to prejudiced attitudes and behaviors and examining perceptions of marginalized groups. I apply my research to my teaching and aim to create an environment of empowerment, community, trust, challenge, and engagement in all of my courses. My teaching style involves active facilitation and guided collaborative teaching in relationship and community with my students. I support them as they think critically for themselves. During my doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison I was recognized as a Teaching Mentor where I taught other graduate students how to teach.