Department of Psychology
Social Identity & Stigma Lab
Social Identity & Stigma Lab

News

Achievements

April 2024

  • Congrats to SISL alum, Ben Keller, who recently accepted an offer to join the Management & Organizations group at UCLA Anderson School of Management to pursue his PhD! Ben was an undergraduate RA in our lab from 2018-2020, and completed his honors thesis in the midst of the pandemic lockdown.

    In this application season, Ben received an impressive 6 acceptances (!!) to management PhD programs. He ultimately decided that UCLA was the best fit, and he plans to work with Joyce He, Jennifer Whitson, Miguel Unzueta and Margaret Shih. He hopes to bridge social psychology and the management literature on identity management and intersectional stereotyping.

March 2024

  • Congrats to Jada Copeland-Hayes on being awarded the 2024 GSAS Robert P. Guertin Graduate Student Leadership Award! From the AS&E website: “This award recognizes outstanding graduate student leadership in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, or engineering. Evidence of nominees' leadership may include accomplishments in such areas as academic or social programming, curricular initiatives, supporting the work and lives of fellow students, community service, and/or developing improved policies.” In recognition of her achievements, Jada will be honored at the Graduate Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 26, 2024 at 3:45 pm (Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Road).
  • Congrats to Isha Smith-Ramakrishnan on being awarded a 2024 Deborah Greenwald Summer Fellowship from the Department of Psychology! Isha was awarded this fellowship in recognition of her academic achievement and the merit and impact of her graduate research program. This fellowship will support Isha to continue her research on phenotypicality and gendered race perceptions over the summer.
  • Congrats to Jungmin Lee for being accepted to the PhD program in Business: Organization and Management at Emory University!! Before beginning her PhD journey at Emory, Jungmin will also be presenting her thesis research at two conferences this summer: the Stanford Research Conference and the National Undergraduate Research Conference. Jungmin is also hoping to present at the Tufts Community Symposium next month.

More News

  • Dr. Remedios discusses stigma on NPR's the Academic Minute.
  • The Toronto Sun (September 2, 2011).Sexuality affects impressions of others.
  • UPI.com (July 13, 2011).Minority women: Racism harder than sexism.
  • Global News (July 12, 2011).Racism stings Asian women worse than sexism.
  • The Montreal Gazette (July 12, 2011).Racism stings Asian women worse than sexism.
  • The Vancouver Sun (July 12, 2011).Racism bothers Asian women worse than sexism.