Dr. Caroline Erentzen

Biography

Dr. Erentzen is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University, with a specialization in social psychology and the law. She received her Ph.D. from York University and a completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Toronto. Prior to this, she received a law degree from Queen’s University and practiced as a lawyer at the Ontario Bar. Her main research areas focus on the intersection of law and social psychology, with a particular focus on wrongful convictions, false accusations, hate crime, and male victimization of gender-based violence and harassment.

Selected Publications

Yun, S.H., Erentzen, C., & Brockbank, M. (2026). Psychometric Properties of the Impact of Event Scale–6 in Sexual Violence Services. Social Work Research.

Salerno-Ferraro, A.C., Erentzen, C., & Schuller, R.A. (2026). Women’s early experiences with online stranger harassment. Violence Against Women, advance online, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801226141869 (external link) 

Erentzen, C. Yun, S.H., Moasun, F., & Nikolova, K. (2025). Masculinity as a predictor of mental health in male survivors of sexual violence. In S. Chuang & B. Russel (Eds), Abuse Against Men and Families: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice. Springer.

Ghenai, A., Noorian, Z., Moradisani, H., Abadeh, P., Erentzen, C., & Zarrinkalam, F. (2025). Exploring hate speech dynamics: The emotional, linguistic, and thematic impact on social media users. Information Processing and Management, 62, 104079. https://doi.org//10.1016/j.ipm.104079 (external link) 

Erentzen, C., Chao, W.T., & Chasteen, A.C. (2025). Caring to a fault: Perceived moral difference between the self and Muslim “others” as a predictor of Islamophobia. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 17(2), 114-126. https://doi.org//10.1037/rel0000536 (external link) 

Erentzen, C. & Schuller, R.A. (2024). Prototypes of hate and expectations of the model victim. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39(13-14), 3282-3307. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241229720 (external link) 

Erentzen, C., Bergstrom, V.N., Zeng, N., & Chasteen, A. (2023). The gendered nature of Muslim and Christian religious stereotypes in the United States. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 26(8), 1726-1749. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221138036 (external link) 

Erentzen, C., Salerno, A.C., & Schuller, R.A. (2022). What guy wouldn’t want it? Male victimization experiences with female-perpetrated stranger sexual harassment. Journal of Social Issues, 79(4), 1345-1369. https://doi.org//10.1111/josi.12559 (external link) 

Chasteen, A.L., Schiralli, J. E., Le Forestier, J. M., & Erentzen, C. (2022). Age stereotypes and ageism as facets of subjective aging. In Y. Palgi, A. Shrira, & M. Diehl (Eds.), Subjective Views of Aging: Theory, Research, and Practice. (229-247). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11073-3_13 (external link) 

Salerno, A.C., Erentzen, C., & Schuller, R.A. (2022). Young women’s experiences with technology-facilitated sexual violence from male strangers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(19-20), NP17860 – NP17885. https://doi.org//10.1177/08862605211030018 (external link) 

Professional Affiliations

American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS)

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)

Social for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

Law Society of Ontario