SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SECTION ANNUAL CONFERENCE25 - 27 AUGUST 2021, VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Dr Keon West
Social Psychologist
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. Keon West is a Social Psychologist who specialises in prejudice and intergroup relations. Born in Trinidad, raised in Jamaica and educated at Macalester (MN, USA), the Sorbonne (Paris, France) and Oxford (Oxford, UK) under a Rhodes Scholarship, he now works as a Reader (Associate Professor) at Goldsmiths, University of London.
He is also the director of Equalab, the president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social issues (one of only 2 British presidents since 1936), and the principal investigator on a European Research Council grant (€750,000), investigating lay beliefs about sexual orientation.
He’s appeared many times on radio and television as a scientific expert including on Channel 4’s “Is Dating Racist” and “Naked Beach”, and on the BBC’s “I Can’t Be Racist” and “Across Jamaica’s Gay Divide.”
Abstract
Jamaican sexual prejudice is now an internationally recognised phenomenon. In this talk Dr Keon West discusses the nature of that prejudice, carefully walking the line between communicating severity and perpetuating stereotypes. Also, despite some success at reducing sexual prejudice, he discusses new research highlighting just how little we know about what sexual orientation even means in Jamaica.
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