Research
The stories below highlight diversity-related research by Stanford scholars, from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. In addition to these stories, you can find more information about ongoing research and scholarship by exploring Stanford research centers and academic programs dedicated to advancing understanding of gender, race, ethnicity, religious identity and other dimensions of human diversity.
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Self-affirmation plays role in minority students' college success
Having minority middle school students write a series of self-affirmation exercises focusing on core values improved the odds that the students would pursue college...
June 26, 2017
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Stanford graduate student finds patterns in stories about multiracialism
English doctoral student Vanessa Seals studies contemporary American novels and memoirs about multiracial people’s experiences to examine the role families play in their...
June 21, 2017
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Report finds significant racial and ethnic disparities
Stanford’s Center on Poverty and Inequality’s annual “State of the Union” report found profound and persisting inequalities in the United States in areas like employment...
June 16, 2017
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Can you spot diversity? (Probably not)
You may think you have a good sense of how diverse your team is. But new research shows that your brain may be tricking you into seeing more diversity than is actually...
June 06, 2017
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Police officers speak less respectfully to black residents than to white residents, Stanford researchers find
Professors Jennifer Eberhardt and Dan Jurafsky, along with other Stanford researchers, detected racial disparities in police officers’ speech after analyzing more than...
June 05, 2017