Research Focus
My research examines the social and economic factors that amplify discrimination, and the basic social cognitive and perceptual process through which our goals and motivations influence our behavior toward others. I take a multilevel approach to research, integrating ideas and methods from experimental social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral decision-making, and psychophysics. My ultimate aim is to understand the persistent and wide-spread inequalities that exist between groups in America and to inform interventions aimed at reducing group-based disparities in socio-economic and health outcomes.
In the news
- A&S faculty honored for exemplary teaching, advising
- Cornell Center for Social Sciences names spring grantees
- Arts and Sciences faculty honored for teaching, advising excellence
- Fear of majority-minority changes perceptions of race
- Neuroimaging reveals how ideology affects race perception
- Center advances social sciences research with spring grants
- Students translate ancient religions for the 21st century
- The Pandemic Could Lead to More Discrimination against Black People
- Center for Social Sciences names 2020-21 faculty fellows
- Economic scarcity shifts perception, leads to discrimination
- Psychology professor named a 2018 APS Rising Star
- 2018 Affinito-Stewart research grants awarded; 2019 proposals sought
- Cornell holds its first undergraduate psychology conference
- ISS grants jump-start new social science research
- Discrimination more likely when resources are scarce
