Posted in Knowledgebase, Research News on Sep 28th, 2011
STANFORD UNIVERSITY — Determining a person’s race is generally considered as straightforward as scanning for physical cues such as skin tone, hair color and other facial features. However, an interdisciplinary team of researchers recently found that the perception of race can be altered by signals of social status as simple as the clothes a person [...]
Posted in Knowledgebase, News, Research News on Jul 19th, 2011
STANFORD UNIVERSITY – Like a gnawing stomach or pesky runny nose, a looming stereotype can make it difficult to focus and perform well in school. Based on existing research, black students, Latinos, and women in math and science are known to perform poorly when a mistake could seem to confirm a negative stereotype about their [...]
Posted in Knowledgebase, Research News on Apr 6th, 2011
STANFORD UNIVERSITY — Along with the excitement and anticipation that come with heading off to college, freshmen often find questions of belonging lurking in the background: Am I going to make friends? Are people going to respect me? Will I fit in? Those concerns are trickier for black students and others who are often stereotyped [...]
Posted in Knowledgebase, speakers on Mar 10th, 2011
Becoming a fully engaged participant in our democracy requires more than simply pulling oneself up by his or her proverbial bootstraps. Indeed, it requires hard work and the personal fortitude required to delay gratification. But no one succeeds alone. For scholar Cornel West and venture capitalist Miriam Rivera, MBA ’95, it took a lot of [...]
Posted in News, Research News on Jul 29th, 2010
STANFORD UNIVERSITY — Online shoppers are more likely to buy from a white seller than a black one, according to a study by two Stanford researchers who posted ads on local classified advertising websites across the United States. Classified ads featuring a black person’s hand holding an iPod being advertised for sale received 13 percent [...]
