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  • Priming White identity elicits stereotype boost for biracial Black-White individuals

    Psychological threat experienced by students of negatively stereotyped groups impairs test performance. However, stereotype boost can also occur if a positively stereotyped identity is made salient. Biracial individuals, whose racial identities may be associated with both negative and positive testing abilities, have not been examined in this context. Sixty-four biracial Black-White individuals wrote about either…

  • “Mixed” Results: Multiracial Research and Identity Explorations

    Multiracial individuals report that the social pressure of having to “choose” one of their racial groups is a primary source of psychological conflict. Yet because of their ability to maneuver among their multiple identities, multiracials also adopt flexible cognitive strategies in dealing with their social environments—demonstrating a benefit to having multiple racial identities.

  • Thinking Outside the Box: Multiple Identity Mind-Sets Affect Creative Problem Solving

    Thinking Outside the Box: Multiple Identity Mind-Sets Affect Creative Problem Solving Social Psychological and Personality Science Published online before print: 2015-01-27 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614568866 Sarah E. Gaither, Provost’s Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholar University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Jessica D. Remedios, Assistant Professor of Psychology Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers,…

  • Caught in the Middle: Defensive Responses to IAT Feedback Among Whites, Blacks, and Biracial Black/Whites

    Caught in the Middle: Defensive Responses to IAT Feedback Among Whites, Blacks, and Biracial Black/Whites Social Psychological and Personality Science Published online before print: 2014-12-15 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614561127 Jennifer L. Howell Department of Psychology University of Florida Sarah E. Gaither, Provost’s Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholar Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture University of…

  • Collaboration is Key to Psychology Professor Sam Sommers’ Research on Race and Ethnicity

    Collaboration is Key to Psychology Professor Sam Sommers’ Research on Race and Ethnicity Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts School of Arts And Sciences August 2013 Anna Burgess Doctoral Student Sarah Gaither and a Team of Undergraduates Focus on Biracial Perceptions and Identity Flexibility “As a society, the way we think about questions of race and ethnicity…

  • Monoracial and Biracial Children: Effects of Racial Identity Saliency on Social Learning and Social Preferences

    Monoracial and Biracial Children: Effects of Racial Identity Saliency on Social Learning and Social Preferences Child Development Published Online: 2014-07-14 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12266 Sarah E. Gaither Department of Psychology Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Eva E. Chen, Assistant Professor of Social Science The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Kathleen H. Corriveau, Assistant Professor of Human…

  • Motivation to Control Prejudice Predicts Categorization of Multiracials

    Motivation to Control Prejudice Predicts Categorization of Multiracials Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Volume 40, Number 5 (May 2014) pages 590-603 DOI: 10.1177/0146167213520457 Jacqueline M. Chen, Post-doctoral Scholar University of California, Davis Wesley G. Moons, Assistant Professor of Psychology University of California, Davis Sarah E. Gaither Department of Psychology Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts David L.…

  • Call for Biracial/Racial Ambiguity Person Perception Data

    Call for Biracial/Racial Ambiguity Person Perception Data The Stigma, Health, and Close Relationships Lab Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 2014-01-15 The The Stigma, Health, and Close Relationships Lab is currently conducting a systematic review of research on person construal and evaluation of biracial/mixed-race and/or racially ambiguous targets. We would like to include unpublished,…

  • Perceiving a Presidency in Black (and White): Four Years Later

    Perceiving a Presidency in Black (and White): Four Years Later Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy First published online: 2013-06-25 DOI: 10.1111/asap.12018 Sarah E. Gaither Tufts University Leigh S. Wilton Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Danielle M. Young Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey When Barack Obama became the “first Black President”…