Stereotype Threat and Identity Threat: The Science of a Diverse Community.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
4:30 p.m.–6 p.m. (doors open at 4 p.m.)
Hiebert Lounge
72 East Concord Street
Boston
Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People Provided
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Live-Streaming Available During Event
Drawing on stereotype threat and social identity threat research, this forum will address the why, what, and how of diverse learning communities: why they are important, a working hypothesis about what is critical to their success, and what research reveals about how to achieve that success. The talk’s practical aim is to identify the features of diverse learning communities—schools, universities, and academic disciplines—which, while good for all students, are especially helpful for minority students generally and for women in STEM fields. The forum will also explore the psychological significance of community and its role in learning.
Cohosted with Boston University Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
Speaker
Claude M. Steele, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
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Claude M. Steele is an American social psychologist and a professor of psychology at Stanford University. He is best known for his work on stereotype threat and its application to minority student academic performance. His earlier work dealt with research on the self (e.g., self-image, self-affirmation) as well as the role of self-regulation in addictive behaviors. In 2010, he released his book,
Whistling Vivaldi and Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us, summarizing years of research on stereotype threat and the underperformance of minority students in higher education. Steele is elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Science Board, the National Academy of Education, and the American Philosophical Society. He currently serves as a trustee of the Russell Sage Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and as a Fellow for both the American Institutes for Research and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He has served in several major academic leadership positions as the executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Berkeley; as the I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education at Stanford University; and as the 21st provost of Columbia University. Past roles also include serving as the president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, president of the Western Psychological Association, and a member of the Board of Directors for the American Psychological Society. Steele holds honorary doctorates from Yale University, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, DePaul University, and Claremont Graduate University. He holds a BA in psychology from Hiram College, an MA in social psychology from Ohio State University, and a PhD in social psychology and statistical psychology from Ohio State University.
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