Patrick Vargas

pvargas@uiuc.edu
Assistant Professor of Advertising
Research Assistant Professor of Communications
Professor Vargas currently teaches Advertising 581: Research Methods, and Advertising 590: Attitude-Behavior Relations. His research focuses on attitude measurement, stereotyping and prejudice, and information processing aspects of persuasion. He is particularly interested in attitudes that exist outside of conscious awareness.
Ph.D., Ohio State University (Social Psychology); M.A., Ohio State University (Psychology); B.A., St. Mary's College of Maryland (Philosophy, Psychology)