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The presented
research will address how psychological threat arises from threats to social
(i.e. group) identity, and
how this in turn can hamper academic performance. |
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Camara
Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
- Adjunct Associate Professor,
Morehouse School of Medicine
- Adjunct Associate Professor,
Rollins School of Public Health
- Research Director on Social
Determinants of Health and Equity,
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
"Naming,
Measuring, & Addressing the Impacts of Racism on Health" |
Dr. Jones defines
racism as a system of structuring opportunity and assigning value based
on the
social interpretation of
how one looks (which is what we call "race"). She shares data from
the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System on socially assigned race ("How do other people
usually classify you in
this country?") and general health status, providing compelling evidence
of
the impacts of racism on
health. Finally, she describes three levels of racism (institutionalized,
personally-mediated, and
internalized) to guide our interventions, paying special attention to the
mechanisms of institutionalized
racism in our structures, policies, practices, norms, and values. |
Prejudice is assumed to lead
to stress reactions that have potentially damaging consequences
for health. Yet a growing
body of research indicates that people differ both in their likelihood
of
perceiving themselves to
be a victim of discrimination, and in their reactions to discrimination,
once it is perceived. My
talk will discuss individual and situational factors that shape people's
perceptions of and reactions
to discrimination. - Publications
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Jennifer Richeson, Ph.D.
Northwestern
University
"Psychological
costs and consequences of
interpersonal discrimination" |
In this talk
I will present recent research examining cognitive and affective reactions
to racial
discrimination. I
will also consider affective and behavioral reactions to cues that one’s
social
identity is devalued- i.e.,
social identity threat. Lab
Website - Publications |
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David Williams, Ph.D.
Harvard
University
"Racial/Ethnic
Discrimination and Health:
Evidence and Needed Research"
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This presentation
provides a review and critique of empirical epidemiological research on
perceived
discrimination and health.
The patterns of racial disparities in health suggest that there are multiple
ways by which racism can
affect health. Perceived discrimination is one such pathway. Research
documents an inverse association
between discrimination and health. This pattern is evident in
recent research in a wider
range of contexts and for a broader array of outcomes . Advancing our
understanding of the relationship
between perceived discrimination and health will require more
attention to situating discrimination
within the context of other health-relevant aspects of racism,
measuring it comprehensively
and accurately, assessing its stressful dimensions, and identifying
the mechanisms that link
discrimination to health. Biographical
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