A5087543509- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Discrimination and Equality Law
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
University of Kentucky
2020-2025
University of California, Irvine
2010-2017
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2017
Implicit preferences are malleable, but does that change last? We tested 9 interventions (8 real and 1 sham) to reduce implicit racial over time. In 2 studies with a total of 6,321 participants, all immediately reduced preferences. However, none were effective after delay several hours days. also found these did not explicit reliably moderated by motivations respond without prejudice. Short-term malleability in necessarily lead long-term change, raising new questions about the flexibility...
Abstract One of the major tenets Critical Race Theory, interest convergence hypothesis postulates that policies promising improvements for Black Americans are enacted only to extent they advance White Americans’ interests. We elaborate and update Bell's argument by demonstrating current diversity commitments in higher education another example convergence. First, we present empirical theoretical evidence ubiquitous approaches serve psychological interests more than those Americans. Second, a...
Black individuals often feel unheard and misunderstood by White people during conversations about race. These experiences could be due in part to a perceived disconnect between their own people's views on In the current research (N = 1,470 Americans), we developed tested new scale capture this potential mechanism-racial shared reality (RSR)-which conceptualize as Americans' consensus with Americans race racism. First, demonstrated RSR scale's validity reliability (Studies 1 2a), including...
Contemporary racial inequities rooted in historically biased systems (e.g., policing) have largely been confronted by those directly affected. We argue, however, that the US response to COVID-19 pandemic created a context led many White Americans recognize direct impact and structures on individuals – particularly case of systemic anti-Black racism. This recognition was accompanied large-scale confrontation actions (in form mass protests) throughout US. The current article uses Confronting...
Exposure to discrimination is consistently linked with worse physical and mental health outcomes. One potential reason that discriminatory experiences shape the way people interpret affectively react daily stressful events which in turn impacts health. The current study examined role of these two psychological stress processes as a pathway linking longitudinal association between perceived outcomes.Participants National Study Daily Experiences (NSDE), subset Midlife United States (MIDUS)...
Social support is theorized to protect health against the negative effects of stress. However, findings are mixed regarding whether social protects Black people’s psychological well-being racism. The current methods study examined racism-specific (RSS)—social in response racism—in same- (Black/Black) and cross-race (Black/non-Black) friendships. We investigated 31 college students ( M age = 19.7, SD 1.70; 74% women) had (1) racial preferences (same-vs. cross-race) for whom they sought RSS,...
The current research investigates the role of racialized work ethic stereotypes on attitudes toward welfare. We hypothesized that shape both people’s welfare and their perceptions who benefits from these policies. Consistent with hypotheses, when demographic composition recipients was majority Black (vs. White), participants thought were lazier less positive to programs policies (Study 1). Describing as hardworking no information control) mitigated this effect, even 2). Finally, we...
In their target article, Jones, Arena, Nittrouer, Alonso, and Lindsey (2017) make a compelling argument that discrimination may be best conceptualized continuously rather than categorically with respect to dimensions of subtlety, formality, intentionality. We agree such framework can help capture the multifaceted nature discrimination. The authors note subtle interpersonal discrimination, in particular, are difficult address through formal organizational policy. workplace, often overlooked...
The current research investigated the role that a person's race, gender, and emotional expressions play in workplace evaluations of their competence status. Previous demonstrates women who express anger are penalized, whereas men not, may even be rewarded. Workplace sanctions against angry often attributed to backlash resulting from violation gender stereotypes. However, stereotypes differ by race. present study addressed this question using between-subjects experimental design where...
In her target article, Victoria Plaut (this issue) makes the case for inception of a “diversity science” 21st century. This science would dedicate itself to understanding how individual...
Discussing racial issues often makes Whites anxious, particularly when their conversation partners are Black. We theorized that seek to avoid anxiety by suppressing thoughts of White identity prior such interactions. In Study 1, participants expected discuss a race-related or nonracial topic with Black partner. An Implicit Association Test (IAT) measured subsequent changes in the activation participants’ identities (i.e., self–White associations). The prospect discussing (vs. nonracial)...
Whites display an asymmetry when detecting discrimination—disparate treatment from high-status groups directed toward low-status constitutes discrimination but not the opposite. also believe they experience just as much racial Blacks. This latter pattern could be especially true for with higher social dominance orientation (SDO)—preference intergroup and inequality. Three studies (including one pilot study) investigated whether (vs. lower) SDO perceived examples of institutional individual...
Black people seek racism-specific support (RSS)-social in response to racism-from same-race (vs. cross-race) friends because they feel more understood by friends. The present study tested whether supportive and responsive (i.e., validating) RSS from or non-Black differentially influenced friendship dynamics factors associated with support-seekers' psychological well-being (e.g., affect).
At the intersection of race and gender, Black men encounter conflicting often stress-inducing gender norms. Research suggests may utilize John Henryism Active Coping (JHAC), a culturally-relevant strategy to manage stress. However, little is known about how incarcerated cope with role conflict (GRC) resulting psychological distress. To better understand stressors coping strategies among male prisoners, current study examined relationships between GRC, anxiety, JHAC N = 193 nearing community...