The Results are in!
Hi Everyone!I am very happy to report that the final survey ended a couple weeks ago and data collection is complete! I presented my findings to student affairs professionals last week and am shari...
Project Update
Hey everyone!Just wanted to update you on the status of the project since it kicked off a few weeks ago. Participation was high in both Survey 1 (pre-recruitment) and Survey 2 (post-recruitment) an...
The Project is Underway!
Hi Everyone!The project is finally underway! Thanks to your support, one-hundred and thirty-one participants completed the pre-recruitment survey, and I expect to get even more participants for the...
Sorority Exposes Its Rejection of Black Candidate - New York Times
The recent exposure of sororities rejecting black candidates has been in the press lately, but it is certainly not a new phenomenon. Thousands of women are rejected from sororities each year, a...
The Science of Social Exclusion
Check this cool video on how exclusion affects our brain and why it hurts: http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2013/9/15/the-science-of-heartbreak-video.html
Why Does Rejection Hurt? What Aspects of Sorority Recruitment make Rejection Especially Difficult?
As humans, we are social creatures. We have evolved to be keenly aware of our level of social acceptance and to experience distress when we are being rejected. This distress is adaptive becaus...
Sorority Rush in the News
Thousands of women go through sorority recruitment every year, and while the process may seem superficial, the emotions experienced (positive and negative) are real. The intensity of this experien...