Diversity & Equity Lab

Social Psychology of Education

Binning, K. R., Doucette, D., Conrique, B. G., & Singh, C. (2024). Unlocking the benefits of gender diversity: How an ecological-belonging intervention enhances performance in science classrooms. Psychological Science. Download PDF

Godwin, A., DeAngelo, L. T., McGreevy, E., McChesney, E., Binning, K. R., Diaz, C., Dorvè-Lewis, G., Elie, A.-K., Kaufman-Ortiz, K., & Rohde, J. (2023, July). Communicating for Belonging in First-Year Engineering. In 2023 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm) (pp. 12-17). IEEE. Download PDF

Hammarlund, S. P., Davis, C., Binning, K. R., & Cotner, S. (2022). Context matters: How an ecological-belonging intervention can reduce inequities in STEM. BioScience. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., Blatt, L. R., Chen, S., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2021). Going to college with a posse: How having high school peers on campus supports college achievement. AERA Open, 7, 1-18. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., Cook, J. E., Greenaway, V. P., Garcia, J., Apfel, N., Sherman, D. K., & Cohen, G. L. (2021). Securing self-integrity over time: Self-affirmation disrupts a negative cycle between psychological threat and academic performance. Journal of Social Issues. Download PDF

Chen, S., Binning, K. R., Manke, K. J., Brady, S. T., McGreevy, E. M., Betancur, L., Limeri, L. B., & Kaufmann, N. (2021). Am I a science person? A strong science identity bolsters minority students' sense of belonging and performance in college. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 593-606. Download PDF

Wang, M.-T., Binning, K. R., Del Toro, J., Qin, X., & Zepeda, C. D. (2021). Skill, thrill, and will: The role of metacognition and motivation in predicting student engagement over time. Child Development, 92, 1369-1387. Download PDF

Wang, M.-T., Zepeda, C. D., Qin, X., Del Toro, J., & Binning, K. R. (2021). More than growth mindset: Individual and interactive links among socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents' ability mindsets, metacognitive skill, and math engagement. Child Development. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., & Browman, A. S. (2020). Theoretical, ethical, and policy implications for conducting social-psychological interventions to close educational achievement gaps. Social Issues and Policy Review, 14, 182-216. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., Kaufmann, N., McGreevy, E. M., Fotuhi, O., Chen, S., Kalender, Z. Y., Marshman, E., Limeri, L. B., Betancur, L., & Singh, C. (2020). Changing social contexts to foster equity in college science classrooms: An ecological-belonging intervention. Psychological Science, 31, 1059-1070. Download PDF

Browman, A., & Binning, K. R. (2020). Fostering equity in education with psychological interventions. Forward: The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Link

Binning, K. R., Cook, J. E., Purdie-Greenaway, V., Garcia, J., Chen, S., Apfel, N., Sherman, D. K., & Cohen, G. L. (2019). Bolstering trust and reducing discipline incidents at a diverse middle school: How self-affirmation affects behavioral conduct during the transition to adolescence. Journal of School Psychology, 75, 74-88. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., Wang, M. T., & Amemiya, J. (2019). Persistence mindset among adolescents: Who benefits from the message that academic struggles are normal and temporary? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48, 269-286. Download PDF

Margolis, J., Goode, J., & Binning, K. R. (2015). Expanding the pipeline: Active learning for broadening participation in computing. Computing Research News, 27. Download PDF

Manke, K., & Binning, K. R. (2015). Mighty oaks from little (psychological) acorns grow. SPSP: Character and Context. Download PDF

Political & Intergroup Processes

Badea, C., Binning, K. R., Sherman, D. K., Boza, M., & Kende, A. (2021). Conformity to group norms: How group-affirmation shapes collective action. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95. Download PDF

Badea, C., Binning, K. R., Verlhiac, J. F., & Sherman, D. K. (2018). In the aftermath of terrorism: Effects of self- versus group-affirmation on support for discriminatory policies. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 421-428. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., Brick, C., Cohen, G. L., & Sherman, D. K. (2015). Going along versus getting it right: The role of self-integrity in political conformity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 56, 73-88. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., & Sears, D. O. (2015). On the history of political diversity in social psychology (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38, 18-19. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., & Sherman, D. K. (2011). Categorization and communication in the face of prejudice: When describing perceptions changes what is perceived. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 321-336. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., Sherman, D. K., Cohen, G. L., & Heitland, K. (2010). Seeing the other side: Reducing political partisanship via self-affirmation in the 2008 presidential election. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 10, 276-292. Download PDF

Binning, K. R. (2007). “It’s us against the world”: How distrust in Americans versus people-in-general shapes competitive foreign policy preferences. Political Psychology, 28, 777-799. Download PDF

Organizational Diversity

Binning, K. R., & Unzueta, M. M. (2013). Perceiving ethnic diversity on campus: Group differences in attention to hierarchical representation. Social and Personality Psychology Science. DOI: 10.1177/1948550612459771 Download PDF

Unzueta, M. M., & Binning, K. R. (2012). Diversity is in the eye of the beholder: How concern for the ingroup affects perceptions of organizational diversity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 26-38. Download PDF

Unzueta, M. M., & Binning, K. R. (2010). Which racial groups are associated with diversity? Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16, 443-446. Download PDF

Huo, Y. J., Binning, K. R., & Begeny, C. T. (2014). Respect and the viability of ethnically diverse institutions. In S. Otten, K. I. Van der Zee, & M. B. Brewer (Eds.), Towards Inclusive Organizations: Determinants of Successful Diversity Management at Work (pp. 49-66). Hove, UK: Psychology Press. Download PDF

Binning, K. R., & Huo, Y. J. (2012). Understanding status as a social resource. In K. Tornblom & A. Kazemi (Eds.), Handbook of Social Resource Theory (pp. 133-147). New York: Springer. Download PDF

Huo, Y. J., Binning, K. R., & Molina, L. E. (2010). Testing an integrative model of respect: Implications for social engagement and well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 200-212. Download PDF

Huo, Y. J., Molina, L. E., Binning, K. R., & Funge, S. (2010). Subgroup respect, social engagement, and well-being: A field study of an ethnically diverse high school. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16, 427-436. Download PDF

Huo, Y. J., & Binning, K. R. (2008). Why the psychological experience of respect matters in group life: An integrative account. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 1570-1585. Download PDF