Our Publications

* Indicates equal contribution; authors listed alphabetically.

 Indicates work with current and past undergraduate and graduate students/collaborators.

Stereotype threat experiences across social groups: Insights for understanding affirmative action

Taylor, V. J., Siesper, F., †Valladares, J. V., & †Knasel, R. (forthcoming, 2022/2023). Stereotype threat experiences across social groups: Insights for understanding affirmative action. In A. Deshpande (Ed.), Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action. Springer, Cham.

Stereotype threat: A situated theory of social cognition

Murphy, M. C., Taylor, V. J., & Steele, C. M. (in press). Stereotype threat: A situated theory of social cognition. In K. Hugenberg, K. Johnson, and D. Carlston (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Social Cognition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

“Crimes in Context”: Racialized physical space shifts person-perceptions

James, D., Bonam, C.M. & Taylor, V. J. (2022). “Crimes in Context”: Racialized physical space shifts person-perceptions, Race Social Problems. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-022-09361-8

Stereotype threat in Black college students across many operationalizations

*Forscher, P. S., *Taylor, V. J., Cavagnaro, D., Lewis, N. A., Jr., Moshontz, H., Batres, C., … Chartier, C. R. (in principle acceptance). Nature Human Behaviour. https://psyarxiv.com/6hju9/

What do I do? Predicting anticipatory behaviors following ingroup members’ stereotypical behaviors in interracial interactions

Taylor, V. J., Yantis, C., Bonam, C. M., & †Hart, A. (2021). What do I do? Predicting anticipatory behaviors following ingroup members’ stereotypical behaviors in interracial interactions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(7), 1084-1100. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220960269

Open science, communal culture, and women’s participation in the movement to improve science

Murphy, M. C…. Taylor, V. J.… (in press). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921320117

Interracial contact in virtual reality: Best-practices

Taylor, V. J., †Valladares, J. V., Siepser, C., & Yantis, C. (in press). Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732220943638

Intergroup conflict through a sociocultural lens: How collective histories and memories impact present-day intergroup understandings and misunderstandings

Taylor, V. J., Brannon, T., & Valladares, J. V. (2019). Sahana Mukherjee and Phia S. Salter (Eds.), History and Collective Memory from the Margins: A Global Perspective. (pg. 3-30). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

The cognitive effects of experiencing and observing subtle racial discrimination

Ozier, E., Taylor, V. J., & Murphy, M. C. (2019). Journal of Social Issues, 75(4), 1087-1115. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430218784189

Invisible middle-class Black space: asymmetrical person and space stereotyping at the race-class nexus 

Bonam, C. M., Yantis, C., & Taylor, V. J. (2018). Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430218784189

“A Threat on the Ground”: The consequences of witnessing stereotype-confirming ingroup members in interracial interactions 

Taylor, V. J., Garcia, R. L., Shelton, J. N., & Yantis, C. (2018). Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000190

Racialized physical space as cultural product 

Bonam, C. M., Taylor, V. J., & Yantis, C. (2017). Social and Personality Psychology Compass11(9), 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12340

Selves in contact: How integrating perspectives on sociocultural selves and intergroup contact can inform theory and application on reducing inequality 

*Brannon, T., *Taylor, V. J., Higginbotham, G., & Henderson, K. (2017). Social and Personality Psychology Compass11(7), 1-15. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12326

‘Two Souls, Two Thoughts’, Two self-schemas: Adaptive and positive consequences of double consciousness in African-Americans 

Brannon, T., Markus, H. R., & Taylor, V. J. (2015). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108(4), 586-609. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0038992

The role of situational cues in signaling and maintaining stereotype threat

Murphy, M. C., & Taylor, V. J. (2012). In M. Inzlicht & T. Schmader (Eds.), Stereotype Threat: Theory, Process, and Application. New York: Oxford University Press (pp. 17-33). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Stereotype threat undermines academic learning 

Taylor, V. J., & Walton, G. M. (2011). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin37(8), 1055-1067. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167211406506

Manuscripts Under Review

“Will they assume I’m racist?” How racial ingroup members’ stereotypical behavior impacts White Americans’ interracial interaction experiences
Taylor, V. J., Yantis, C., & Valladares, J. (under review).

Identity-safety cues racial minorities seek and detect during interactions with Whites.
Yantis, C., & Taylor, V. J. (revise and resubmit).