The co-Principal Investigators are both on the faculty at Stanford University, where the project was based.

Anthony Lising Antonio (co-PI) is Assistant Professor of Education at Stanford, where he co-directs the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research. A rocket scientist and higher education researcher by training, his research is on American higher education, especially on questions of how students and families make decisions about college, and the impact that increasing racial and cultural diversity is having on higher education. He addresses socialization in multicultural environments and the role that campus diversity plays in the civic development of students.

Kenji Hakuta (co-PI) is Vida Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford, where he is chair of the Psychological Studies in Education program. An experimental psycholinguist by training, his research is on the education of language minority students. He has worked in many areas of intersection between social science research, educational practice, and social policy, especially at the Federal level.

Mitchell Chang is Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change at UCLA. His dissertation was an empirical test of whether racially mixed student populations in universities affected educational outcomes. In addition to his research experience, Dr. Chang also brings a wealth of experience as an administrator in higher education.

David Kenny is Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. A social psychologist and methodologist by training, he has conducted research in diverse areas including person perception and dyadic interactions, and he is widely recognized for his many methodological contributions. Among his pioneering efforts, he was the first quantitative associate editor of Psychological Bulletin.

Shana Levin is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. Her training is in social psychology. As a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA, she coordinated a longitudinal study of the development of ethnic attitudes and behaviors among college students at the ethnically diverse UCLA campus. She has also conducted research in the areas of ethnic identification, group dominance motives, ideologies of group inequality, perceived discrimination, and intergroup attitudes.

Jeffrey Milem is Associate Professor at the College of Education, University of Maryland. His research interests focus on the effect of peer groups and normative reference groups on college students, the educational outcomes of diversity, the condition and status of the professorate, and the pedagogical practices of the faculty. He has an extensive background in higher education, having spent 19 years serving as an administrator, researcher, and teacher.

Research Staff

[ Home ]

Send mail to wperez@stanford.edu with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: 02/04/03