Joel Le Forestier
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Communication
I study people’s experiences and outcomes in intergroup contexts, with a special focus on what individuals and researchers can do to improve these contexts for members of stigmatized groups. I focus on two specific areas. The first area is identity concealment, where I research which identities people subjectively experience as concealable, as well as the consequences of engaging in concealment behavior for people’s health and wellbeing. The second area is prejudice reduction, where I’ve been using social media as a vehicle for delivering intergroup contact as a prejudice reduction tool, and studying intergroup contact in ways that recognize people’s multiple identities in social interactions.
Education
BA, University of Waterloo, 2017
MA, University of Toronto, 2019
PhD, University of Toronto, 2023
Awards & Honors
Ken Dion Award for Excellence in Research and Service (2023), Department of
Psychology, University of Toronto
Citation Award (2022), Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Courses Taught
COMM 2760 Persuasion and Social Influence, spring 2024
Contact Information
494 A Mann Library Building
Ithaca, NY 14853
joelleforestier [at] cornell.edu
Selected Publications
- Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (In press). Which identities are concealable? Individual differences in concealability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
- Walton, G. M., Murphy, M. C., Logel, C., Yeager, D. S., Parker Goyer, J., Brady, S. T., Emerson, K. T. U, Panesku, D., Fotuhi, O., Blodorn, A., Boucher, K. L., Carter, E., Gopalan, M., Henderson, A., Kroeper, K. M., Murdock Perriera, L. A., Reeves, S. L., †Ablorh, T. T., †Ansari, S., †Chen, S., †Fisher, P., †Galvan, M., †Kawakami Gilbertson, M., †Hulleman, C. S., †Le Forestier, J. M., †Lok, C., †Mathias, K., †Muragishi, G. A., †Netter, M., †Ozier, E., †Smith, E. N., †Thoman, D. B., †Williams, H. E., †Wilmot, M. O., Hartzog, C., Li, X. A., & Krol, N. (2023). Where and with whom does a brief social- belonging intervention promote progress in college? Science. DOI:10.1126/science.ade4420
- Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (2022). Concealment stigma: The social costs of concealing. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 101, 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104340
- Ekstrom, P., Le Forestier, J. M., & Lai, C. K. (2022). Racial demographics explain the link between racial disparities in traffic stops and county-level racial attitudes. Psychological Science, 33, 497-509. DOI: 10.1177/09567976211053573
- Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., Lai, C. K., & Chasteen, A. L. (2022). Subjective identity concealability and the consequences of fearing identity-based judgment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48, 445-462. DOI:10.1177/01461672211010038
- Chasteen, A. L., Schiralli, J. E., Le Forestier, J. M., & Erentzen, C. (2022). Age stereotypes and ageism as facets of subjective aging. In Y. Palgi, A. Shrira, & M. Diehl (Eds.), Subjective views of aging: Theory, research, and practice. New York NY: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11073-3_13
- Logel, C., Le Forestier, J. M., Witherspoon, E. B., & Fotuhi, O. (2021). A social- belonging intervention benefits higher weight students’ weight stability and academic achievement. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 1048-1057. DOI: 10.1177/1948550620959236
- Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., Lai, C. K., & Chasteen, A. L. (2020). Concealability beliefs facilitate navigating intergroup contexts. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50, 1210-1226. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2681
- Chasteen, A. L., Bergstrom, V. N. Z., Schiralli, J. E., & Le Forestier, J. M. (2019). Age stereotypes. In D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of gerontology and population aging. New York, NY: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319 69892-2_584-1
- Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (2023). Which identities are concealable? Individual differences in concealability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (2023). Sexual orientation concealment and mpox health behavior during the 2022 global mpox outbreak. Paper presented at the Health Preconference of the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (2023). The perceived immorality of identity concealment. Paper presented at the Authenticity Preconference of the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Le Forestier, J. M., *Chan, E. W., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (2022). Why does concealment undermine health and wellbeing? A network analysis of potential mechanisms. Paper presented at the Summer Psychology Forum of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Minneapolis, MN.
- Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (2022). Intergroup contact on social media is associated with less prejudice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Le Forestier, J. M. (2022). Managing and reducing stigma. Wake Forest University, Department of Psychology Colloquium.
- Le Forestier, J. M. (2022). Which identities are concealable? Individual differences in concealability. York-University of Toronto Social-Personality Abnormal (YUTSPA) Annual Meeting.
- Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (2021). Statistical power for a set of tests. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. Delivered virtually.
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