Presentations

Conference Talks

* denotes undergraduate mentee

Eddy, Z., Mesa, R.*, & Sanchez, D. T. (2026, February). Multiracial Socialization Moderates the Relationship Between Identity Contestation and Stress. Talk to be given at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Chicago, IL.

Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2024, March). Multiracial Identity Contestation and Race Concept Rumination. Talk given at the Multidisciplinary Multiracial Research Conference, New Brunswick, NJ.

Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2024, March). Multiracial Identity Contestation and Race Concept Rumination. Talk given at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Eddy, Z., Small, P., Padilla-Garcia, D., & Major, B. (2019, August). The Impact of Genetic Testing on the Racial Categorization of Mismatched Claimed Identities. Talk given at the UCSB McNair Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA.

Invited Talks

Eddy, Z. (2025, February). Multiracial Identity Contestation. Talk given at Rutgers University’s Social Area Colloquium Series, New Brunswick, NJ.

Eddy, Z., & Fox-Dicther, S. (2024, September). Managing Difficult Conversations and Controversial Topics in the Classroom. Talk given at the Rutgers Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Meeting, Virtual Event.

Eddy, Z. (2024, February). Perspectives on Intersectionality. Talk given at the Town Hall on Opportunities for Allyship in Computational Biology, Virtual Event hosted by The Black Women in Computational Biology Network.

Eddy, Z. (2023, March). Denial Experiences Influence Multiracial People’s Processing and Conceptions of Race. Talk given at Rutgers University’s Social Area Colloquium Series, Virtual Event.

Poster presented at the 2023 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

Poster presented at the 2024 SPSP Annual Conference in San Diego, California.

Poster presented at the 2025 SPSP Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Poster presented at the 2025 SPSP Self & Identity Preconference in Denver, Colorado.

Poster Presentations

Eddy, Z., Sanchez, D. T., & Gaither, S. E. (2025, February). White Parents’ Lay Beliefs about Interracial Contact and Their Diversity Exposure Efforts. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Denver, CO.

Eddy, Z., Maimon, M. R., & Sanchez, D. T. (2025, February). How Do Parents of Multiracial Children Describe Multiracial Socialization?. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention: Self & Identity Preconference, Denver, CO.

Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2024, February). Multiracial Microaggressions Predict Multiracial People’s Race Rumination and Race Conceptions. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, San Diego, CA.

Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2023, February). Race Processing Among Multiracial and Monoracial Individuals. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Atlanta, GA.

Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2023, February). Race Processing Among Multiracial and Monoracial Individuals. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention: Self & Identity Preconference, Atlanta, GA.

Eddy, Z., Small, P., & Major, B. (2022, February). Exploring the Role of Minority Spaces on Buffering the Distress of Identity Invalidation Among Multiracial Students. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Virtual Event.

Eddy, Z., Maimon, M. R., & Sanchez, D. T. (2021, February). The Effect of Parental Racial Socialization on Multiracial Children's Pride in their Identity. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Virtual Event.

Eddy, Z., Maimon, M. R., & Sanchez, D. T. (2020, July). Parental Racial Socialization for Multiracial Children. Research Intensive Summer Experience (RISE) at Rutgers University Virtual Capstone, Virtual Event.

Eddy, Z., Small, P., Padilla-Garcia, D., & Major, B. (2020, February). The Impact of Genetic Testing on the Racial Categorization of Mismatched Claimed Identities. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Eddy, Z., Small, P., Padilla-Garcia, D., & Major, B. (2019, August). The Impact of Genetic Testing on the Racial Categorization of Mismatched Claimed Identities. UCSB Undergraduate Research Colloquium, Santa Barbara, CA.

Mentee Presentations

Mesa, R., Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2025, April). Multiracial Socialization and Networks as Coping Strategies for Identity Contestation. Rutgers Psychology Honors Thesis Showcase and Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium, New Brunswick, NJ.

Pandi, R., Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2025, April). Examining Educational Confrontation as a Buffer Against the Effects of Racial Discrimination and Sexism on Women of Color’s Well-being. Rutgers Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium, New Brunswick, NJ.

Pandi, R., Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2025, April). Examining Educational Confrontation as a Buffer Against the Effect of Sexism on Stress. Rutgers Psychology Honors Thesis Showcase, New Brunswick, NJ.

Vigdor, M., Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2024, April). Examining Lay Beliefs about Reducing Prejudice. Rutgers Psychology Honors Thesis Showcase and Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium, New Brunswick, NJ.

Vigdor, M.*, Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2024, February). Race Concept Rumination as a Mechanism to Reduce Biological Race Conceptions [Undergraduate research spotlight]. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Virtual Attendance.

Kim, E.*, Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2022, April). The Impact of Reading about Racial Discrimination on Essentialist Beliefs. Rutgers Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium, New Brunswick, NJ.

Trapp, Q.*, Eddy, Z., & Sanchez, D. T. (2022, February). Analyzing the Effects of the COVID 19 Pandemic on College Students. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Virtual Event.

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