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Readings on Racism, Racial Disparities and Ally-ship, compiled by the Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab at Harvard University
Syllabus on Racism, Racial Disparities and Ally-ship compiled by: Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, Harvard University (PI: Dr. Leah Somerville)
Readings included in this syllabus:
Structural Racism:
- “The Psychology of American Racism” by Roberts & Rizzo (2020)
- “Racism in the structure of everyday worlds: A cultural-psychological perspective“, by Salter, Adams & Perez (2018)
Defining Race:
- “Race as biology is fiction, racism as a social problem is real” by Smedley & Smedley (2005)
- “Race and Genetics: Controversies in biomedical, behavioral, and forensic sciences“, by Ossorio & Duster (2005)
Core African-American Authors:
- “Racism and Facism“, by Toni Morrison (1995)
- “The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967)
Psychology of Racism
- “The social neuroscience of prejudice“, by Amodio & Cikara (In Press)
- “Negotiating Interracial Interactions Costs, Consequences, and Possibilities” by Richeson & Shelton (2007)
Race & Health
- “Racism and Health I: Pathways and Scientific Evidence” by Williams & Mohammed (2013)
- “African Americans’ Views on Research and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study“, by Freimuth et al. (2001)
- “Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of Black Americans” by Bor et al. (2018)
- “Stigma as a fundamental cause of population health inequalities“, by Hatzenbuehler, Phelan, & Link (2013)
Race & Law
- “Can racial diversity among judges affect sentencing outcomes?” by Harris (2019)
- “Looking deathworthy“, by Eberhardt et al. (2006)
Race & Education
- “Standardized testing and school segregation: Like tinder for fire?” by Knoester & Au (2015)
- “The path through math: Course sequences and academic performance at the intersection of race-ethnicity and gender“, by Riegle-Crumb (2006)
Race & Academia
- “Racial inequality in psychology” by Roberts, Bareket-Shavit, Dollins,Goldie, & Mortenson (in press)
- “Racial microaggressions and psychological functioning among highly achieving African-Americans: A mixed-methods approach“, by Torres, Driscoll, & Burrow (2010)
White Privilege
- “Deny, distance, or dismantle? How White Americans manage a privileged identity“, by Knowles et al. (2014)
- “White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack“, by McIntosh (1988)
Activism & Anti-Racism
- “Leaning in: A student’s guide to engaging constructively with social justice content“, by DiAngelo & Sensoy
Concrete Steps for Recruiting, Supporting, and Advancing Underrepresented Minority Scientists (Castrellon, Cikara, Falk, Kraemer, Lynch, Nam, Paul, Reyes, Samanez-Larkin, & Yee, 2020)
Ongoing Google Doc — contributors: Jamie Castrellon, Mina Cikara (mcikara@fas.harvard.edu), Emily Falk (emily.falk@asc.upenn.edu), Ira Kraemer (akraemer@terpmail.umd.edu), Megan Lynch (lmlynch9@ucdavis.edu), Hannah Nam (hannah.nam@stonybrook.edu), Ally Paul, Gabriel Reyes, Gregory Samanez-Larkin (g.samanezlarkin@duke.edu), Debbie Yee
Undergraduate Research Funding
National opportunities:
- NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP)
Temple opportunities:
Readings on Gender in Psychology
- “The Future of Women in Psychological Science” by June Gruber, Jane Mendle, Kristen A. Lindquist et al. (2020)
- “Gender in Psychology” by Abigail Stewart and Christa McDermott (2004)
- “Methodologies of Misgendering: Recommendations for reducing cisgenderism in psychological research” by Y. Ansara & Peter Hegarty (2014)