Social Forum This is a forum on research and theory in social psychology, in which members (all social graduate students and faculty, joined by several graduate students from other programs) discuss theoretical and methodological issues, plan new research, share updates on ongoing projects, and receive feedback on manuscripts in preparation for publication.

Beyond Binary Social Cognition Lab The Beyond Binary Social Cognition Lab conducts research that challenges norms and common assumptions that people hold about social categories (e.g., gender, race, sexual orientation, etc.), such as the assumption that gender is binary, that racial categories are discrete, or that everyone experiences sexual attraction. We draw from social, developmental,…

Intersectionality, Stigma, and Health Lab The Intersectionality, Stigma, and Health Lab examines the connection between stigma and health on an individual, interpersonal, and structural level. We focus on stigmatized attributes that are visible, such as race and gender, and those that are concealable, such as mental illness, sexual minority status, and HIV/AIDS. Through an intersectionality…

Ideology and Intergroup Violence Lab The Ideology and Intergroup Violence Lab at Clark University investigates the ideological foundations of violence at multiple levels of analysis (e.g., the individual and society), while also identifying ways to reduce violence and discrimination through protest, collective action, and social psychological interventions. We explore the complex dynamics of ideology and…

Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation This group consists of graduate and undergraduate students examining different aspects of peoples’ experiences of collective violence and oppression as well as responses to it, above all different forms of resistance. We work on different social and political contexts across the group and use different methods ranging from qualitative analyses of…