Reducingstereotypethreat.org was created by two social psychologists as a resource for faculty, teachers, students, and the general public interested in the phenomenon of stereotype threat. This website offers summaries of research on stereotype threat and discusses unresolved issues and controversies in the research literature. Included are some research-based suggestions for reducing the negative consequences of stereotyping, particularly in academic settings.
Research is always progressing, adding complexity and nuance. Although we will try to reflect new developments in research on this topic, we encourage people not to view this site as the authoritative or exhaustive treatment of this issue.
We thank the Consortium of High Achievement and Success (CHAS) and Barnard College for their generous support of this project.
Steve Stroessner is a Professor of Psychology at Barnard College, Columbia University. He graduated from Hope College in 1987 and received his Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1992. He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and a member of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology. His research examines cognitive, affective, and motivational factors in stereotyping and prejudice.
Catherine Good is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Baruch College, CUNY. She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology and Mathematics Education from the University of Texas, Austin in 2001. She was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at New York University with Joshua Aronson a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Columbia University with Carol Dweck before she serving as a Term Assistant Professor of Psychology at Barnard College. Her research focuses on interventions to reduce stereotype threat in academic settings.
Lauren Webster, designer of this website, is a Founder of and Creative Director at NeonBeige Design Studio in Brooklyn, New York. She is a 2004 graduate of Barnard College.