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Her research explores the ways in which the social world systematically influences how people understand themselves and their actions with specific focus on how social class, race, ethnicity, and gender shape people's everyday life experiences, as well as important life outcomes such as educational attainment and health.
Education/Academic qualification
Social Psychology, PhD, Stanford University
… → 2009
Social Psychology, MA, Stanford University
… → 2007
Psychology, BA, Williams College
… → 2002
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Interdependence Promotes the Strengths of Employees from Working-Class Contexts
Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.
5/1/17 → 9/30/19
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Access Is Not Enough: Cultural Mismatch Persists to Limit First-Generation Students' Opportunities for Achievement Throughout College
Phillips, L. T., Stephens, N. M., Townsend, S. S. M. & Goudeau, S., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of personality and social psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations -
Achievement is not class-neutral: Working together benefits people from working-class contexts
Dittmann, A. G., Stephens, N. M. & Townsend, S. S. M., Sep 2020, In: Journal of personality and social psychology. 119, 3, p. 517-539 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Scopus citations -
A Diversity Ideology Intervention: Multiculturalism Reduces the Racial Achievement Gap
Birnbaum, H. J., Stephens, N. M., Townsend, S. S. M. & Hamedani, M. Y. G., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Social Psychological and Personality Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
Difference Matters: Teaching Students a Contextual Theory of Difference Can Help Them Succeed
Stephens, N. M., Hamedani, M. Y. G. & Townsend, S. S. M., Mar 1 2019, In: Perspectives on Psychological Science. 14, 2, p. 156-174 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations -
Empowerment Through Difference: An Online Difference-Education Intervention Closes the Social Class Achievement Gap
Townsend, S. S. M., Stephens, N. M., Smallets, S. & Hamedani, M. Y. G., Jul 1 2019, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 45, 7, p. 1068-1083 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
8 Scopus citations