Faculty & Research Published Research Research Social Psychology Advocacy Research and Commentary Social Equity (-) Racial Justice and Equity Facet Area of Focus - Research Gerald Higginbotham Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi John Holbein Michele Claibourn (-) Sophie Trawalter Facet People - Research Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research Racial Justice and Equity Social Equity Racial Bias in Perceptions of Disease and Policy Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Nana-Bilkisu Habib, James N. Druckman Narratives about Africa as dark, depraved, and diseased justified the exploitation of African land and people. Today, these narratives may still have a hold on people’s fears about disease. This group of scholars conducts tests and studies that, when taken together, make clear that reactions to pandemics are biased, and in a way consistent with historical narratives about race and Africa. Learn more Published Research Racial Justice and Equity Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South: An empirical examination Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Michele Claibourn, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Kyshia Henderson, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Michele Claibourn, Sophie Trawalter The present work interrogates the history of Confederate memorializations by examining the relationship between these memorializations and lynching, an explicitly racist act of violence. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology Racial Justice and Equity Research and Commentary Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Kelly M. Hoffman, Jordan R. Axt, M. Norman Oliver Black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white Americans. We examine whether this racial bias is related to false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites (e.g., “black people’s skin is thicker than white people’s skin”). Learn more
Published Research Racial Justice and Equity Social Equity Racial Bias in Perceptions of Disease and Policy Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Nana-Bilkisu Habib, James N. Druckman Narratives about Africa as dark, depraved, and diseased justified the exploitation of African land and people. Today, these narratives may still have a hold on people’s fears about disease. This group of scholars conducts tests and studies that, when taken together, make clear that reactions to pandemics are biased, and in a way consistent with historical narratives about race and Africa. Learn more
Published Research Racial Justice and Equity Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South: An empirical examination Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Michele Claibourn, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Kyshia Henderson, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Michele Claibourn, Sophie Trawalter The present work interrogates the history of Confederate memorializations by examining the relationship between these memorializations and lynching, an explicitly racist act of violence. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Racial Justice and Equity Research and Commentary Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Kelly M. Hoffman, Jordan R. Axt, M. Norman Oliver Black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white Americans. We examine whether this racial bias is related to false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites (e.g., “black people’s skin is thicker than white people’s skin”). Learn more