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Background Hazel Markus received a PhD in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1975. She has been a professor of psychology at Stanford University since 1994. Previously, at the University of Michigan, she was a faculty member in the Department of Psychology and a research scientist at the Institute for Social Research. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a former John Simon Guggenheim fellow, former President of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), and the 2002 recipient of the Donald T. Campbell award from SPSP for contributions to social psychology. She has received numerous grants from various organizations including the National Institutes of Health, The Ford Foundation, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging, American Psychological Association, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Hewlett Foundation, and others. In 2002, she received a Distinguished Alumni Recognition Award from California State University at San Diego. Hazel was recently recognized for her groundbreaking work on culture and ethnicity in 2008 when she received the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. Currently, Hazel serves as Director of Stanford's Research Institute of Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. |
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Mind, Culture, and Society Lab
Hazel Markus, with Jennifer Eberhardt, co-directs the Mind, Culture, and Society Research Lab in the Stanford Psychology Department. The lab explores the ways in which culture and its products shape individuals, and the ways in which individuals in turn shape their culture. The MCS lab has several ongoing projects united by the common theme of exploring the ways in which psychological functioning (i.e., how we think, feel, and act) is malleable and conditioned by our sociocultural contexts (social class, race, ethnicity, nationality, etc.) and by social representations of various groups. The MCS lab has several lines of research focusing on how race, stigma, and stereotyping affect attitudes, perception, and behavior. Through research, the lab aims to help facilitate intergroup communication, contact, and understanding and to develop, research, and disseminate the idea that there are multiple ways to be. For more information about the Mind, Culture, and Society Lab, please visit its website at: http://psychology.stanford.edu/~mcslab. |
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Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Hazel also serves as co-director of the Research Institute of Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (RICSRE) at Stanford University. Established in November 1996, the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) provides many opportunities for teaching and research on topics of race and ethnicity from both domestic and international comparative perspectives. The research division of CSRE sponsors a variety of research projects, conferences, faculty and graduate student seminar series, fellowship programs and many other activities. For more information about the center, visit: http://ccsre.stanford.edu. |
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