Rate My Professor Veanne Anderson

Veanne N. Anderson is Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies in the Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, at Indiana State University. She earned a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from McMaster University in 1985 and a B.S. in Psychology from Colorado State University in 1977. Anderson has held her position at Indiana State University for over two decades, advancing from associate professor, as recognized in 2006, to full professor by 2015. She has received the Faculty Distinguished Service Award in 2006 for excellence in service outside the classroom to the university, students, professional organizations, and the community, as well as the Educational Excellence Award from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1995. Anderson serves on dissertation committees, contributes to program direction searches, and teaches courses such as Psychological Research and Writing (PSY 376), Cognitive Psychology (PSY 344), and others related to gender and psychology.

Anderson's research specializes in attitudes toward transgender, asexual, and sexual minority groups, gender self-esteem, feminism, sexual prejudice, and related psychosocial factors. Her scholarship has amassed over 900 citations. Key publications include 'As Human as Anybody Else: Attitudes Toward Asexual People' (2023), 'What Does Transgender Mean to You? Transgender Definitions and Attitudes Toward Trans People' (2022), 'Who Thinks Outside the Gender Box? Feminism, Gender Self-Esteem, and Attitudes toward Trans People' (2020, with Sheila T. Brassel), 'Sporting Gender: Cisgender Athletes’ Attitudes Toward Trans Athletes' (2024), 'Homosexuality as Haram: Relations among Gender, Contact, Religiosity, and Sexual Prejudice in Muslim Individuals' (2019), 'Cisgender Men and Trans Prejudice: Relationships With Sexual Orientation and Gender Self-Esteem' (2017), 'Gender, Age, and Rape-Supportive Rules' (2004), 'What's in a Label? Judgments of Feminist Men and Feminist Women' (2009), and 'For Whom is this World Just?: Sexual Orientation and AIDS' (1992). Her work examines prejudice mechanisms, including links to intimate partner violence among trans individuals and cross-cultural comparisons of trans prejudice. Anderson has also contributed to chapters on trans prejudice and feminism waves.