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Akil Atkins standing and talking while defending his Master's Thesis

Congratulations to Akil Atkins on his Master's Thesis

Akil Atkins has successfully defended his Master’s Thesis titled, Anti-Black Racism Unveiled: It Doesn’t All Look the Same!

Racial Justice Act Testimony

In March 2024, Sam Sommers testified about research on racial bias in legal decision-making at a historic hearing in a death penalty case in North Carolina. Watch a video clip of the testimony.

Keturah Ragland presenting and co-chairing a symposium titled “Identity-Centered Approaches to Enhancing Diversity Practices" at the Annual 2024 SPSP Conference in San Diego CA

RED Lab at SPSP 2024

Keturah Ragland presenting and co-chairing a symposium titled “Identity-Centered Approaches to Enhancing Diversity Practices" at the Annual 2024 SPSP Conference in San Diego, CA.

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R01 Grant Awarded to RED Lab

The RED Lab’s research on the psychological, physiological, and neural consequences of experiences with racism has been awarded an R01 grant from the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award (co-PIs: Aerielle Allen, Lisa Shin, Sam Sommers). The funded project is titled Effects of Racism on Brain and Physiological Pathways to Health Disparities.

Lisa Shin, Keturah Ragland and Sam Sommers standing together

Congratuations to Keturah Ragland on her Master's Thesis

Congratulations to Keturah Ragland on the successful defense of her Master’s Thesis titled, EDI or EDLies: Using Diversity Cues to Learn About Graduate Program Climate!

Books & Speaking

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's coverage of "this social psychologist," August 16, 2020

Photo Album

Explore RED Lab photos from over the years, capturing moments from defenses and graduation to softball and SPSP karaoke.