Recent publications
Morgenroth, T., Ryan, M. K., Click, A. S., & Faber, N. S. (2025). The strategic use of harm-based moral arguments in the context of women’s bodily autonomy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129, 477-495. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T. (2025). Language about gender/sex should be used intentionally and flexibly. British Journal of Psychology, 116, 499-502. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Ryan, M. K., Arnold, M. F., & Faber, N. S. (2024). The Moralization of Women's Bodies. European Journal of Social Psychology, 55, 227-239. [pdf]
Means, K. K., & Morgenroth, T. (2024). The ubiquity of the gender/sex binary: power and status in social psychology. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 2, 1455364. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Kirby, T. A., & van der Toorn, J. (2024). Heteroprofessionalism: The power of the gender/sex binary in the workplace. Current Opinion in Psychology, 60, 101908. [pdf]
Bartels, M. S., Le Forestier, J. M., Hug, A. M., Morgenroth, T., & Roselló‐Peñaloza, M. (2024). The influence of essentialist and social constructionist notions on perceptions of “realness”: Implications for LGBTIQ+ experiences. Journal of Social Issues, 80(3), 843-870. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Means, K. K., Mueller, A. S., & Sass, K. D. (2024). The Contradictory Nature of Anti-Transgender Rhetoric. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15, 848-862. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Kirby, T. A., Zehnter, M. K., & Ryan, M. K. (2024). Sex Wars and TERF Wars: The Divisiveness of Who is Included in Feminism. Sex Roles, 1-30. [pdf]
Chaney, K. E., Wilton, L. S., Morgenroth, T., Cipollina, R., & Pereira-Jorge, I. (2024). Predictors and implications of parents’ beliefs about the age appropriateness of LGBTQ+ topics for children. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(7), 863-876. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Begeny, C. T., Kirby, T. A., Paaßen, B., & Zeng, Y. (2024). Dissecting Whiteness: consistencies and differences in the stereotypes of lower-and upper-class White US Americans. Self and Identity, 23(1-2), 70-94. [pdf]
Ryan, M. K., & Morgenroth, T. (2024). Why we should stop trying to fix women: how context shapes and constrains women's career trajectories. Annual review of psychology, 75(1), 555-572. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., van der Toorn, J., Pliskin, R., & McMahon, C. E. (2024). Gender nonconformity leads to identity denial for cisgender and transgender individuals. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(1), 46-59. [pdf]
Harris, E. A., Morgenroth, T., Crone, D. L., Morgenroth, L., Gee, I., & Pan, H. (2024). Sexual Consent Norms in a Sexually Diverse Sample. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53(2), 577-592. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Axt, J. R., & Westgate, E. C. (2024). What underlies the opposition to trans-inclusive policies? The role of concerns about male violence versus attitudes toward trans people. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(4), 533-549. [pdf]
Atwood, S., Morgenroth, T., & Olson, K. R. (2024). Gender essentialism and benevolent sexism in anti‐trans rhetoric. Social Issues and Policy Review, 18(1), 171-193. [pdf]
Schudson, Z. C., & Morgenroth, T. (2022). Non-Binary Gender/Sex Identities. Current Opinion in Psychology, 48, 101499. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Ryan, M. K., & Fine, C. (2022). The Gendered Consequences of Risk-Taking at Work: Are Women Averse to Risk or to Poor Consequences?. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 46(3), 257-277. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Kirby, T. A., Cuthbert, M. J., Evje, J., & Anderson, A. E. (2022). Bisexual erasure: Perceived attraction patterns of bisexual women and men. European Journal of Social Psychology. 52(2), 249-259. [pdf]
Hernandez Bark, A. S., Junker, N. M., Kark, R., Morgenroth, T., Peus, C., & van Dick, R. (2022). Editorial to Part I “revisioning, rethinking, restructuring gender at work: Quo vadis gender stereotypes?”. Journal of applied social psychology, 52(8), 563-567. [pdf]
Junker, N. M., Hernandez Bark, A. S., Kark, R., Morgenroth, T., Peus, C., & van Dick, R. (2022). Editorial to Part II: Revisioning, Rethinking, Restructuring Gender at Work: Contributors to Gender‐Role Stereotyping. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 52(8), 704-709. [pdf]
Gartzia, L., Morgenroth, T., Ryan, M. K., & Peters, K. (2021). Testing the motivational effects of attainable role models: Field and experimental evidence. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 5(4), 591-602. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., & Ryan, M. K. (2020). The effects of gender trouble: An integrative theoretical framework of the perpetuation and disruption of the gender/sex binary. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 16(6), 1113-1142. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Kirby, T. A., Gee, I. A., & Ovett, T. A. (2021). Born this way – or not? Essentialism among different sexual orientation groups and its consequences for identification and belonging. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 50, 3447-3458. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Gustafsson Sendén, M., Lindqvist, A., Renström, E. A., Ryan, M. K., & Morton, T. A. (2021). Defending the sex/gender binary: The role of gender identification and need for closure. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(5), 731-740. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Ryan, M. K., & Sønderlund, A. L. (2021). Think Manager – Think Parent? Investigating the fatherhood advantage and motherhood penalty using the Think Manager – Think Male paradigm. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(3), 237-247. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Ryan, M. K., Rink, F., & Begeny, C. T. (2021). The (in)compatibility of identities: Understanding gender differences in work-life conflict through the fit with leaders. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(2), 448-469. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T.†, Kirby, T. A.†, Sudkämper, A., & Ryan, M. K. (2020). The who, when, and why of the glass cliff phenomenon: A meta-analysis of appointments to precarious leadership positions. Psychological Bulletin, 146(9), 797–829. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Stratemeyer, M., & Paaßen, B. (2020). The gendered nature and malleability of gamer stereotypes. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 23(8), 557-561. [pdf]
van der Toorn, J., Pliskin, R., & Morgenroth, T. (2020). Not quite over the rainbow: The unrelenting and insidious nature of heteronormative ideology. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 34, 160-165. [pdf]
Ryan, M. K., Begeny, C. T., Bongiorno, R., Kirby, T. A., & Morgenroth, T. (2020). Understanding barriers to workplace equality: a focus on the target's perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1279. [pdf]
Sudkämper, A., Ryan, M. K., Kirby, T. A., & Morgenroth, T. (2020). A comprehensive measure of attitudes and behaviour: Development of the support for gender equality among men scale. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(2), 256-277. [pdf]
Hoyt, C. L., Morgenroth, T., & Burnette, J. L. (2019). Understanding sexual prejudice: The role of political ideology and strategic essentialism. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 49(1), 3-14. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., & Ryan, M. K. (2018). Gender trouble in social psychology: How can Butler’s work inform experimental social psychologists’ conceptualization of gender?. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1320. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., & Ryan, M. K. (2018). Addressing gender inequality: Stumbling blocks and roads ahead. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 21(5), 671-677. [pdf]
Peters, K., Steffens, N. K., & Morgenroth, T. (2018). Superstars are not necessarily role models: Morality perceptions moderate the impact of competence perceptions on supervisor role modeling. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48(6), 725-746. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., & Ryan, M. K. (2018). Quotas and affirmative action: Understanding group‐based outcomes and attitudes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 12(3), e12374. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Fine, C., Ryan, M. K., & Genat, A. E. (2018). Sex, drugs, and reckless driving: Are measures biased toward identifying risk-taking in men? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(6), 744-753. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., & Heilman, M. E. (2017). Should I stay or should I go? Implications of maternity leave choice for perceptions of working mothers. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 72, 53-56. [pdf]
Paaßen, B., Morgenroth, T., & Stratemeyer, M. (2017). What is a true gamer? The male gamer stereotype and the marginalization of women in video game culture. Sex Roles, 76(7), 421-435. [pdf]
Ryan, M. K., Haslam, S. A., Morgenroth, T., Rink, F., Stoker, J., & Peters, K. (2016). Getting on top of the glass cliff: Reviewing a decade of evidence, explanations, and impact. The Leadership Quarterly, 27(3), 446-455. [pdf]
Morgenroth, T., Ryan, M. K., & Peters, K. (2015). The motivational theory of role modeling: How role models influence role aspirants’ goals. Review of general psychology, 19(4), 465-483. [pdf]
Hacker, W., Hubrich, A., Morgenroth, T., & Stab, N. (2012). Schätzskalen zum kurzfristigen Beanspruchungserleben (SKB-Verfahren)–modifiziert nach Plath & Richter (1984). Journal Psychologie des Alltagshandelns, 1, 27-37. [pdf]
† joint first authorship