Racial disparities in policing are profound and accompanied by equally persistent gaps in
trust. Analyses of these and other racial inequities are often bifurcated between institutional …

The contributed papers in this special issue each provide valuable perspectives on how
social processes are relevant to academic motivation. Yet a critical question remains: How …

When people enter new work settings, we theorized that they are vulnerable to questioning
whether they will be received in ways that allow them to contribute to shared goals. If so …

Suspensions remove students from the learning environment at high rates throughout the
United States. Policy and theory highlight social groups that face disproportionately high …

It has become common practice to conceptualize bias as an automatic response, cultivated
through exposure to bias in society. From this perspective, combating bias requires reducing …

The negative societal or school-delivered messages that students can receive in relation to
their race, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, language, immigration status, disability, age …

Nuanced portrayals of stigmatized groups in media have been shown to reduce prejudice. In
an online experiment (N= 749), we tested whether a feature film depicting incarcerated …

There has been significant progress in understanding the effects of childhood poverty on
neurocognitive development. This progress has captured the attention of policymakers and …

For Black children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and their families, high disease
stigmatization and pervasive racism increase susceptibility to discrimination in healthcare …

Black adolescents in the United States have experienced an increase in suicidal thoughts
and behaviors (STBs). Since Black adolescents are overrepresented in the youth …