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VALERIE PURDIE-VAUGHNS
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Valerie Purdie-Vaughns is an assistant professor in social psychology at Columbia University and Director of the Intergroup Relations and Diversity Laboratory (IRDL). She is also a research fellow at the Columbia University Institute for Research on African-American Studies (IRAAS). Dr. Purdie-Vaughns is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert on racial and gender achievement gaps in academic and workplace settings and how stigma undermines academic performance. She conducts research on other forms of stigma including: stigma and LGBTQ groups, stigma of mental illness, and stigma based on multiple identities (intersectionality). Dr. Purdie-Vaughns has authored numerous publications that have appeared in journals such as Science, Psychological Science, and Journal of Personality & Social Psychology. She was been awarded numerous grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Russell Sage Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation. Her most recent grant from NSF examines how stigma may affect immune responses that affect long-term health and cognitive performance. Previously, Dr. Purdie-Vaughns served on the faculty at Yale University. She completed her doctoral work in psychology at Stanford University in 2004 as a student of Dr. Claude Steele. |
Associate Research Scientists
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Postbaccalaureate Researchers & Research Assistants
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
JONATHAN COOK
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As a social psychologist, my primary program of research investigates the psychological, physiological, and interpersonal consequences that can arise when people are chronically exposed to the possibility of negative evaluation because of one or more of their important social identities.
My research employs multiple methods, including laboratory and field experiments, diary and experience sampling studies, online surveys, and theory-driven intervention studies. When it facilitates the investigation of research questions, I integrate technological and methodological advances (e.g., physiological and ambulatory measurement).
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
RUTH DITLMANN
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Ruth Ditlmann is a 4th year doctoral student. Ruth received her Diploma in Psychology
from the University of Constance, Germany in 2007. Her research focuses on the role of
identity in minority exclusion, particularly across cultures and subcultures. In her
main line of research she investigates how national identity shapes people's reaction
to immigrants in the United States and in Germany. She has also conducted research on how
perceptions of multicultural policies differ depending on the ethnic background of the
perceiver with Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, and on how contextual cues shape expectations
towards minority and majority members. To investigate her questions of interest she
adopts a multi-method approach, consisting of surveys, laboratory studies, content
analysis and most recently field experimentation. Download PDF of CV. |
RAY EDWARDS
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Ray Edwards is a first-year graduate student at Columbia University working under Dr. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns in the Intergroup Relations and Diversity Lab. She also contributes to research examining gender- and sexual orientation- based microaggressions in Dr. Kevin Nadal's lab at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in addition to working as the Survey Coordinator for an upcoming comprehensive research-based textbook entitled Trans Bodies, Trans Selves. Ray received an M.A. in Psychology in 2011 from Wesleyan University, where she studied gender, culture, emotion, and the history of psychology. Her general interests lie in the field of cultural psychology and stigma research. Her current line of research explores the concealment of stigmatized identities and the divided self. She is also involved in an intervention-based study that aims to reduce racial achievement gaps in public schools. |
REBECCA MOHR
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Rebecca Mohr is a 1st year doctoral student at Columbia working with Dr. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns. Rebecca received her B.A. in psychology from Tufts University in 2010 and worked for two years as the lab manager for a social and cultural psychology lab at the University of Maryland. Her research interests include: intergroup interactions, multiple identities, stereotyping, and cultural psychology. She is currently working on a study that explores intersectional invisibility of people with two or more stigmatized identities. |
COLLABORATORS
GEOFFREY COHEN (STANFORD SCHOOL OF EDUCATION)
CHRIS CREW (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)
JOHN DOVIDIO (YALE UNIVERSITY)
RICHARD EIBACH (UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO)
JULIO GARCIA (UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO)
CAROLINE MARVIN (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)
NURIT SHNABEL (UNIVERSITY OF TEL AVIV)
GERTRAUD STADLER (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)
GREGORY WALTON (STANFORD UNIVERSITY)
NICK CAMP (STANFORD UNIVERSITY)
POSTBACCALAUREATE RESEARCHERS
| Brian Colar |
Jeffrey Cohen |
| Nina Rouhani |
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Linda Boamah-Wiafe |
Colin Huston-Liter |
Kevin Montiel |
| Chrystal Grey |
Chris Jenkins |
Nikita Prabhakar |
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Danielle Naghi |
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SPENCER GRANT RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
| Asma Begum |
Jonathon Neal |
Evan Sholle |
| Emily Cherenack |
Molly Plotkin |
Julia Hall |
| Irene Izzaguuirre-Lopez |
Ana Altaffer |
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