Tonya Buchanan

CWU Experimental Psychology M.S. Program

Courses typically taught at CWU:

• PSY 300 - Research Methods in Psychology
• PSY 333 - Social Justice: The Psychology of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
• PSY 346 - Social Psychology
• PSY 362 - Introductory Statistics
• PSY 363 - Intermediate Statistics and Research Methods
• PSY 489 – Senior Seminar
• PSY 505 - Professional Development in Experimental Psychology
• PSY 543 – Social Cognition

General areas of interest: Experimental psychology, social psychology, social justice, emotion/affective forecasting, nudges/default options, implicit/explicit attitudes

Selected works (note. **undergraduate co-author, *graduate student co-author):

• *Chirco, P. & Buchanan, T.M. (2023). We the People. Who? The face of future American politics is shaped by perceived foreignness of candidates of color. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12341      
• *Chirco P. & Buchanan , T. M. (2023). Politicians of Color on the Ballot. The Society for Personality and Social Psychology. https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/chirco-buchanan-politicians-of-color   
• Buchanan, T. M., Brown, A., Chirco, P., Purgason, A., & Klein, D. (2022). Messaging matters: The impact of advising micro-messages on student affect and behavior across diverse university campuses. NACADA Journal, 42, 45-61. 
• Chirco, P. & Buchanan, T. M. (2022). Dark faces in white spaces: The effects of skin tone, race, ethnicity, and intergroup preferences on interpersonal judgments. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 22, 427-447. 
• Buchanan, T. M., Buchanan, J., Diedericks, D., & Davis, L. (2022). I'll have what she's having:(Social) Perceptions of default options and implications for marketing and decision making. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 1-14. 
• Chirco, P., & Buchanan, T. M. (2021). The (un)making of a citizen: The role of skin tone in perceived immigrant status and support for hostile immigration policy. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 7, 378–391.
• Buchanan, T. M., Buchanan, J. P., & Kadey, K. R. (2019). Predicting with your head, not your heart: Forecasting errors and the impact of anticipated vs. experienced elements of regret on well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 43, 971-984.