Ali Toms headshot
First Name
Alexandra
Last Name
Toms
Position
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Email
alexandra.toms@wilson.edu
Phone
Academic Program
Office Location
Brooks Science Complex 172
Bio

Alexandra is an Instructor of Psychology at Wilson College. Her research focuses on prejudice and discrimination from a social psychological perspective, specifically in the areas of racial justice and feminist psychology. Her current research is exploring why people who identify as anti-racist don’t speak out against racism more frequently.  She is also exploring the implications of food insecurity for college students, which affects students of color and women at higher rates than their white or male counterparts, respectively. Alexandra also recently served as a Racial Justice Associate at the Office of Peacebuilding and Policy for the Church of the Brethren in Washington D.C. She examined the intersection of food insecurity and community gardens using a racial equity lens. She also completed a series of anti-racist educational programming: Racial Justice as Peacebuilding.  

Teaching
Introduction to Psychology            
Social Psychology
Lifespan Development                
Psychology of Gender
Understanding Statistics            
Psychology of Human Sexuality
History and Systems                
Senior Thesis

Education
M.Div., Bethany Theological Seminary
M.S. Psychological Science, Shippensburg University
B.S. Psychology, Wilson College

Curriculum Vitae