Tyler Jimenez
Assistant Professor, Social and Personality Psychology

Research Interests:
Selected Publications:
- Jimenez, T., Arndt, J., & Helm, P. J. (2023). Prejudicial reactions to the removal of Native American mascots. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 26(1), 140-156.
- Jimenez, T., Helm, P. J., & Arndt, J. (2022). Racial prejudice predicts police militarization. Psychological Science, 33(12), 2009-2026.
- Jimenez, T., & Schmitt, H. J. (2024). Neoliberalism and pandemics: A critical cultural psychological perspective. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 12(2), 209-224.
- Lopez, J. J., Jimenez, T., & Fryberg, S. A. (2025). The cyclical nature of Indigenous identity threat. European Review of Social Psychology, 1-26.
- Schmitt, H. J., Jimenez, T., & Young, I. F. (2023). Pandemic precarity: A multi‐level study of neoliberal precarity and COVID‐related outcomes in the United States. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(12), e12902.
- Sullivan, D., Goad, A. N., Jones, T., Jimenez, T., Schmitt, H. J., & Sedivy, L. (2025). Credit, cops, and cages: A theory of capitalist individualism. Bloomsbury Publishing.
News:
- March 22, 2024 Tyler Jimenez elected as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)'s Early Career Representative for Psychology
- October 6, 2023 Tyler Jimenez published article in Social and Personality Psychology Compass investigating impact of neoliberalism on COVID-19's uneven spread in the U.S.
- November 16, 2022 Tyler Jimenez's research featured in UW ArtSci article honoring American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
- October 20, 2022 Tyler Jimenez and colleagues published in Psychological Science
- January 19, 2022 Tyler Jimenez's research on the removal of Native American mascots featured by UW News
- November 29, 2021 Tyler Jimenez receives SAGE Emerging Scholars Award
Courses Taught:
- PSY 360 - Social Psychology (2026)
*Year listed indicates when this individual last taught the specified course.
Updated: 07/25/25
Degrees
- University of Missouri (2021)