Vincenzo J. Olivett, M.S.
Doctoral Candidate in Social Psychology
My research explores how nonconscious affective processes inform attitudes and guide behaviors during social interactions. For example, much of my recent research has explored how automatic threat response and implicit attitudes affect people’s perceptions of the police and how threat-related processes shape behaviors during police-civilian interactions. I also have an ongoing line of research on the implications of threat perception and dispositional threat sensitivity for political attitudes.
Threat and Defense in Police-Civilian Encounters
Education
Florida State University
Ph.D. Social Psychology
2020-Present
Lafayette College
2020
B.S. Neuroscience
Honors Thesis: Threat Processing and Implicit Evaluations of Police Officers
Honors and Awards
Master's in Four Competition
2022
1st Place, FSU Graduate School
Inside the Grant Panel
2022
Runner-Up, SPSP
Graduate Travel Award
2022
SPSP
2021
Graduate Research Fellowship
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation
2021
Graduate Student Poster Award
SPSP
Increasing Scientific Knowledge Related to Diversity Award
FSU Psychology Department
2021
Best Social Area Data Blitz
FSU Psychology Department, Graduate Research Day
2021
Jack Brigham Graduate Student Research Award
FSU Psychology Department, Social Area
2021
Watson Fellowship
2020
FSU Graduate School
William C. Rappolt '67 & Walter Oechsle '57 Nueroscience Prize
Lafayette College
2020
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Olivett, V. J. & March, D. S. (2021). White civilians’ implicit danger evaluation of police
officers underlies explicit perception of police. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Olivett, V. J., Maranges, H. M., & March D. S. (in prep). Unique roles for accuracy
judgments of COVID-19 misinformation and threat perceptions of COVID-19 in preventative health behaviors. Personality and Individual Differences.
Olivett, V. J. & March D. S. (2022). Civilians’ implicit threat evaluation of police officers
underlies explicit perception of police. Poster presented at the 2022 Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Olivett, V. J. & March D. S. (2021). Civilians’ implicit threat evaluation of police officers
underlies explicit perception of police. Data Byte presented at the 2021 Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Annual Convention, Virtual.
Olivett V. J. & March, D. S. (2021) White civilians’ implicit danger evaluations of police
officers underlies explicit perception of police. Data blitz presented at Graduate Research Day at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Olivett, V. J., Schettino, L., March, D.S. (2021). Civilians’ implicit evaluations of the police.
Poster presented at the 2021 Society of Personality and Social Psychology Virtual Annual Convention.
Olivett, V. J., Schettino, L., March, D.S. (2020). Civilians’ implicit evaluations of the police.
Poster presented at the 2020 Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Virtual Annual Convention.
Olivett, V. J., Graner, J., & LaBar, K. (2019). Functional influence of brain regions in
emotion networks. Poster presented at the spring Student Research Poster Session at Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
Olivett, V. J. & Schettino, L. (2019). Physiological responses to law enforcement primes.
Poster presented at the spring Student Research Poster Session at Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
Experience
Research
Teaching
Teaching Assistant, Florida State University
Department of Psychology, Physiological Psychology Lab
2021-Present
Departmental Assistant, Florida State University
Department of Psychology
2020-Present
Psychology Lab Assistant, Lafayette College
PSYC 110L Introduction to Psychological Science Lab
Dr. Susan Hannan
Fall 2019
Psychology Lab Assistant, Lafayette College
PSYC 323L Psychological Psychology Lab
Dr. Luis Schettino
Fall 2019, Spring 2020
Teaching Assistant, Lafayette College
General Biology I Lab
John Drummond
Fall 2019
Assistant Teaching Assistant, Lafayette College
General Biology I & II Lab
John Drummond
Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Graduate Research Assistant, Florida State University
March Research Lab, Dr. David March
2020-Present
Research Assistant, Duke University
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Dr. Kevin LaBar
Summer 2019
Independent Study, Lafayette College
Dr. Luis Schettino
Spring 2019
Nalven Research Fellow, Lafayette College
Biology Department
Dr. Nancy Waters & John Drummond
Summer 2018