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Stereotypes in Interracial Interactions
What makes interracial interactions go well?
What causes them to fall apart?
Do stereotypical racial group members affect behavior in interracial interactions?
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Race Relations in Virtual Reality
Does interracial interaction anxiety exist in VR? If so, can VR interracial encounters improve interracial comfort?
Can racial embodiment improve cross-understanding and empathy?
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Stereotype Threat
Can negative group stereotypes undermine performance and learning?
To what extent do situational cues increase and decrease stereotype threat?
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Collaborative
Selves in Contact: Can understanding racial group members’ sociocultural context defuse tense intergroup contact situations?
Race and Space: Do negative associations between race and physical space impact beliefs and behavior?
Collaborators
Courtney Bonam, Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz →
Assistant Professor of Psychology (Social Psychology)
Principle Investigator of the Race and Social Justice Lab
Tiffany Brannon, Ph.D., UCLA →
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Principle Investigator of the Culture and Contact Social Psychology Lab
Patrick Forscher, Ph.D., Université Grenoble-Alpes →
Research Scientist in streamlining the scientific process of Psychology
Finds sustainable funding for the Psychological Science Accelerator
Mary C. Murphy, Ph.D., Indiana University →
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences & Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
Principle Investigator of the Mind and Identity in Context Lab
J. Nicole Shelton, Ph.D., Princeton University →
Professor of Psychology
Head of Butler College (Princeton)
Gregory M. Walton, Ph.D., Stanford University →
Associate Professor of Psychology
Michael Forman Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Daphnie Sicre, Ph.D., Loyola Marymount University →
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
Caitlyn Yantis, Ph.D., Franklin and Marshall College→
Visiting Professor of Psychology