Curtis E. Phills co-leads the C Squared Social Cognition Lab at the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR. He studies strategies to reduce implicit bias including extensive one-session training programs that target the associations that comprise implicit bias.
His current research investigates the role of identity in maintaining and reducing implicit bias with the goal of developing long-term anti-bias interventions. He also examines the consequences of anti-racism interventions that do not consider the unique prejudices and stereotypes faced by Black women.
For more information, see: https://www.curtisphills.com
Dr. Phills will be accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026.
Please see Dr. Phills’ google scholar page for more details about his research
Phills, C. E., Miller, J. K., Buchanan, E. M., Williams, A., Meyers, C., Brown, E. R., Zickfeld, J., Volsa, S., Stieger, S., Oberzaucher, E., Mlakic, V., Vasilev, M., Dalgar, İ., Çoksan, S., Söylemez, S., Solak, Ç., Özdoğru, A. A., Çoktok, B., Kung, C.-C., … Kekecs, Z. (2025). Multi-region investigation of “man” as default in attitudes. PLOS One, 20(6), e0323938. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323938
Phills, C. E. (2024). Measuring and reducing implicit prejudice against Black women and people with intersectional identities. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(7), e12981.
Phills, C. E., Hahn, A., & Gawronski, B. (2020). The Bidirectional Causal Relation Between Implicit Stereotypes and Implicit Prejudice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 14616721989923. https://doi.org/gg2h7v
Phills, C. E., Kawakami, K., Krusemark, D. R., & Nguyen, J. (2019). Does Reducing Implicit Prejudice Increase Out‐Group Identification? The Downstream Consequences of Evaluative Training on Associations Between the Self and Racial Categories. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(1), 26–34. https://doi.org/ggfjp9
Phills, C. E., Williams, A., Wolff, J. M., Smith, A., Arnold, R., Felegy, K., & Kuenzig, M. E. (2018). Intersecting race and gender stereotypes: Implications for group‐level attitudes. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 21(8), 1172–1184. https://doi.org/gfqkn9
