Joel M. Le Forestier, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Education & Training

  • PhD, University of Toronto

Research Interest Summary

Intergroup Relations; Stereotyping and Prejudice; Discrimination; Prejudice Reduction; Self and Identity; Stigma; Identity Management; Identity Concealment; Social-Psychological Interventions; Health Disparities

Research Interests

Representative 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. DOI: 10.1177/01461672231198162
  • Le Forestier, J. M. & Lewis, N. A. (2024). When and why people conceal their identities. Nature Reviews Psychology, 3, 489-498. DOI: 10.1038/s44159-024-00324-x
  • Le Forestier, J. M., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (2024). Identity concealment may discourage health-seeking behaviors: Evidence from sexual minority men during the 2022 global mpox outbreak. Psychological Science, 35, 126-136. DOI: 10.1177/09567976231217416
  • Le Forestier, J. M., Chan, E. W., Shephard, R., Page-Gould, E., & Chasteen, A. L. (2024). Why is concealment associated with health and wellbeing? An investigation of potential mechanisms. Social Science & Medicine, 344. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116529
  • 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
  • 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

Accepting Graduate Students

Yes

Program(s)

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