Research Interests:
Stereotype threat and broader forms of social identity threat. The role of identity in explaining group differences in intellectual performance and academic performance.
Self-evaluative processing: Self-affirming modes of information processing and dissonance phenomena.
The role of self-evaluation and identification in the school achievement of black Americans and women in natural sciences.
Compliance behavior and its mediation through self-affirming processes.
The role of alcohol and drug use in self-regulation processes and social behavior: Mechanisms underlying the effects of alcohol and drugs on self-control, social behavior, and affect.