Allyship
Charlotte, along with her collaborators, has conducted several studies to examine how male allies may serve as an identity safety cue for women in male-dominated fields. This research has found evidence for the utility of male-allies across several different research areas.
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Exposure to Male Allies in Male-Dominated STEM Fields
Charlotte's research has found that exposure to an ally who is male decreases the negative effects of underrepresentation for women in male-dominated fields. Women shown an ally in a solo context wherein they themselves were the only woman in a work group anticipated the same amount of support and inclusion from their coworkers as women shown a work group with an equal number of men and women.
Do Dominant Group Allies Increase Perceptions of Procedural Justice?
How does the presence of a gender-equality ally impact men and women's perceptions of fairness and procedural justice within a work environment?
How Do Other Men Respond to Male Allies for Gender Equality?
Charlotte is currently conducting studies to examine how men perceive and respond to male advocates of gender equality. She examines whether male allies are perceived as a threat to the status quo, or whether they set a norm that gender equality is expected within an organization.
Allyship for Gender Equality at the Intersection of Gender and Race
We are examining the intersections of race and gender and the impact of gender-equality allyship. Given that Black women face intersectional invisibility (Purdie-Greenaway et al., 2008), and are not seen as prototypical for either their racial or their gender groups (Vesco & Biernat 2012), we aim to understand whether the race of the participant and the race of the ally moderate the positive effects of allyship in underrepresented contexts.