Books and Articles

Books & Book Chapters

West, K. (2025). The Science of Racism: Everything you need to know but probably don't - yet. Picador; Main Market edition.

Franklyn, C & West, K. (2022). Skewed: Decoding Media Bias. Howes Publishing.

Stathi, S., Crisp, R. J., Turner, R. N., West, K., & Birtel, M. (2012). Using mental imagery to promote positive intergroup relations. In D.W. Russel & C.A. Russel (Eds.), The psychology of prejudice: Interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary issues (pp. 235–250). Nova.

Journal Articles

Note: * Indicates that the author was one of my research students or research assistants.

West, K. (2023). Being asked to dance: Evidence of racial bias in audience voting behavior on the television show Strictly Come Dancing. Psychology of Popular Media.

Borras Guevara, M. L., & West, K. (2023). Fragile Heterosexuality: Do Sexual Minorities also Perceive Heterosexuality as Fragile?. Sexuality & Culture, 27(5), 1697–1711.

West, K. (2023). Think of the children!: Relationships between nudity‐related experiences in childhood, body image, self‐esteem and adjustment. Children & Society, 37(4), 1187–1202.

West, K. (2022). Threshold-Resistance: Adding a historical perspective to Hodson's (2021) observations on the "Microaggressions Pushback". Perspectives on Psychological Science.

West, K., Greenland, K., & van Laar, C. (2022). It's only discrimination when they do it to us: When White men use ingroup‐serving double standards in definitional boundaries of discrimination. European Journal of Social Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2849

Greenland, K., West, K., & van Laar, C. (2022). Definitional boundaries of discrimination: Tools for deciding what constitutes discrimination (and what doesn't). Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

West, K., & Kukawska*, E. (2022). Good nudes and bad nudes: How naturism, casual stripping, and sexting predict social physique anxiety and body appreciation. Sexuality & Culture.
https://doi.org/10.1007/S12119-022-09990-6

Francis*, J., & West, K. (2022). Physical Activity Message Framing and Ethnicity Before and During COVID-19. Health Communication.
https://doi.org/10.1007/S12119-022-09990-6

Wallrich*, L., West, K., & Rutland, A. (2022). Valuing diversity: an undervalued mediator of intergroup contact. European Journal of Social Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2822

West, K., Greenland, K., & van Laar, C. (2021). Implicit racism, colour blindness, and narrow definitions of discrimination: Why some White people prefer 'All Lives Matter' to 'Black Lives Matter'. British Journal of Social Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12458

West, K. (2021). I feel better naked: Communal naked activity increases body appreciation by reducing social physique anxiety. Journal of Sex Research, 58(8), 958–966.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1764470

Hotchin*, V., & West, K. (2021). Open to Contact? Increased state Openness can lead to greater interest in contact with diverse groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211030125

West, K., & Borras Guevara*, M. L. (2021). When cisgender, heterosexual men feel attracted to transgender women: Sexuality-norm violations lead to compensatory anti-gay prejudice. Journal of Homosexuality.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2021.1938467

West, K., Borras Guevara*, M. L., Morton, T. A., & Greenland, K. (2021). Fragile Heterosexuality. Social Psychology, 52(3), 143–161.
https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000444

Wallrich*, L., West, K., & Rutland, A. (2021). Civic understanding mediates of the effect of educational tracks on voting intentions in German schools. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education.
https://doi.org/10.1177/20471734211016501

Borras Guevara*, M. L., & West, K. (2021). Masculinity threat: understanding why Jamaican men report more anti-gay prejudice than Jamaican women. Journal of Gender Studies, 30(3), 292–305.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2020.1842178

Hotchin*, V., & West, K. (2021). Reflecting on nostalgic, positive, and novel experiences increases state Openness. Journal of Personality, 89(2), 258–275.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12580

Bowman*, J. W., & West, K. (2021). Brexit: The influence of motivation to respond without prejudice, willingness to disagree, and attitudes to immigration. British Journal of Social Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12383

Wallrich*, L., West, K., & Rutland, A. (2020). Painting all foreigners with one brush? How the salience of Muslims and refugees shapes judgements. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(1), 246–265.
https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1283

West, K. (2020). Interethnic bias in willingness to engage in casual sex versus committed relationships. The Journal of Sex Research, 57(4), 409–420.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1546372

Banton*, O., & West, K. (2019). Gendered perceptions of sexual abuse: investigating the effect of offender, victim and observer gender on the perceived seriousness of child sexual abuse. Journal of child sexual abuse, 1–16.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2019.1663967

West, K. (2020). Beyond Homophobia: Centring LGBTQ Experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean. Social and Economic Studies, 69(1–2), 191–194.

Eaton, A. A., Saunders, J. F., Jacobson, R. K., & West, K. (2019). How gender and race stereotypes impact the advancement of scholars in STEM: Professors' biased evaluations of physics and biology post-doctoral candidates. Sex Roles.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01052-w

West, K. (2020). A nudity-based intervention to improve body image, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. International Journal of Happiness and Development, 6(2), 162–172.
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHD.2020.111202

Banton*, O., West, K., & Kinney, E. (2019). The surprising politics of anti‐immigrant prejudice: How political conservatism moderates the effect of immigrant race and religion on infrahumanization judgements. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(1), 157–170.
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12337

West, K., & Eaton, A. A. (2020). Prejudiced and unaware of it: Evidence for the Dunning-Kruger model in the domains of racism and sexism. Personality and Individual Differences, 146, 111–119.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.03.047

Bowman, J*., & West, K. (2019). Prime and prejudice: Brief stereotypical media representations can increase prejudicial attitudes and behaviour towards people with schizophrenia. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 29(3), 167–177.
https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2392

West, K. (2019). Testing hypersensitive responses: Ethnic minorities are not more sensitive to microagressions, they just experience them more frequently. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219838790

West, K. (2018). Does contact matter?: The relative importance of contact in predicting anti-gay prejudice in Jamaica. Journal of Homosexuality.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2018.1547559

West, K. (2018). Understanding and reducing sexual prejudice in Jamaica: Theoretical and practical insights from a severely anti-gay society. The Journal of Sex Research, 55(4–5), 472–485.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2017.1416055

Hotchin, V**., & West, K. (2018). Openness and Intellect differentially predict Right-Wing Authoritarianism. Personality and Individual Differences, 124, 117–123.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.048

West, K. (2018). Naked and unashamed: Investigating and applying the effects of naturist activities on body image, self-esteem, and life-satisfaction. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(3), 677–697.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9846-1

West, K., Hotchin, V**., & Wood, C. (2017). Imagined contact can be more effective for participants with stronger initial prejudices. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 47(5), 282–292.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12437

West, K., & Lloyd, J. (2017). The Role of Labelling and Bias in the Portrayals of Acts of "Terrorism": Media Representations of Muslims vs. Non-Muslims. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 37(2), 211–222.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2017.1345103

Taschler, M**., & West, K. (2017). Contact with counter-stereotypical women predicts less sexism, less rape myth acceptance, less intention to rape (in men) and less projected enjoyment of rape (in women). Sex Roles, 1–12.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-016-0679-x

West, K. (2017). Jamaica, three years later: Effects of intensified pro-gay activism on severe prejudice against lesbians and gay men. The Journal of Sex Research, 53(9), 1107–1117.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1221028

West, K., & Greenland, K. (2016). Beware of 'reducing prejudice': Imagined contact may backfire if applied with a prevention focus. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 46(10), 583–592.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12387

West, K. (2016). Sexual restrictions beyond anti-gay prejudice: Anal sex, oral sex, masculinity and sexual prejudice in Jamaica. International Journal of Sexual Health, 28(4), 278–285.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2016.1223251

West, K., Lowe, R., & Marsden, V. (2016). 'It doesn't matter if you're Black or White?: The effect of race on perception of relationship quality. Social Psychology Review, 19(1), 16–22.

West, K., Turner, R. N., & Levita, L. (2015). Applying imagined contact to improve physiological responses in anticipation of intergroup interactions and the perceived quality of these interactions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 45(8), 425–436.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12309

West, K., & Cowell, N. (2015). Predictors of prejudice against gays and lesbians in Jamaica. The Journal of Sex Research, 52(3), 296–305.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2013.853725

West, K., Husnu, S., & Lipps, G. (2015). Imagined Contact Works in High-Prejudice Contexts: Investigating Imagined Contact's Effects on Anti-Gay Prejudice in Cyprus and Jamaica. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 12(1), 60–69.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-014-0172-7

West, K., Hewstone, M., & Lolliot, S. (2014). Intergroup contact and prejudice against people with schizophrenia. Journal of Social Psychology, 154(3), 217–232.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2014.888327

West, K., & Turner, R. N. (2014). Using extended contact to improve physiological responses and behaviour toward people with schizophrenia. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 50, 57–64.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2013.06.009

Turner, R. N., West, K., & Christie, Z. (2013). Outgroup trust, intergroup anxiety, and outgroup attitude as mediators of the effect of imagined intergroup contact on intergroup behavioural tendencies. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12019

Evans-Lacko, S., Malcolm, E., West, K., Rose, D., London, J., Rüsch, N., Little, K., Henderson, C., & Thornicroft, G. (2013). Influence of Time to Change's social marketing interventions on stigma in England 2009–2011. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(s55), s77–s88.
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.126672

West, K., & Bruckmuller, S. (2013). Nice and easy does it: How perceptual fluency moderates the effects of imagined contact. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 254–262.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.007

West, K., & Hewstone M. (2012). Relatively socially acceptable prejudice within and between societies. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 22, 269–282.
https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.1112

Turner, R. N., & West, K. (2012). Behavioural consequences of imagining intergroup contact with stigmatized outgroups. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 15(2), 193–202.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430211418699

West, K., & Hewstone M. (2012). Culture and contact in the promotion and reduction of anti-gay prejudice: Evidence from Jamaica and Britain. Journal of Homosexuality, 59, 44–66.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2011.614907

West, K., Holmes, E. & Hewstone, M. (2011). Enhancing imagined contact to reduce prejudice against people with schizophrenia. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 14, 407–428.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430210387805

West, K. (2011). Book Review: H. Giles, S. Reid, and J. Harwood (Eds.) The Dynamics of Intergroup Communication. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 30(2), 240–243.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X10397159

West, K., Hewstone, M., & Holmes, E. A. (2010). Rethinking 'mental health stigma'. European Journal of Public Health, 20, 131–132.
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckq015

Keynote Presentations at Major Conferences

West, K. (2021). What heterosexuality means (and why it matters). Keynote delivered at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, August 26, 2021.

West, K. (2021). Asking the right questions. Keynote (Presidential Address) delivered at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Meeting, August 03, 2021.

West, K. (2021). Lessons about sexual prejudice from Jamaica. Keynote delivered at the International Academy of Sex Research Annual Conference, July 29, 2021.

West, K. (2021). Mistakes that Well-Meaning People Make Concerning Bias and Bias Reduction. Keynote delivered at the Psi Chi SEPA Annual Meeting, March 19, 2021.