PSYC 1960 Scholars Colloquium: Roadblocks and Roadmaps to Sustainable Occupational Gender Diversity

Dr. Corinne Moss-Racusin, Professor in the Psychology Department at Skidmore College, will present, “Roadblocks and Roadmaps to Sustainable Occupational Gender Diversity,” on Monday, Oct. 21, at 4:15 p.m., in Wachenheim 113.

The goals of Dr. Moss-Racusin’s research program are to shed light on the manifestations and underlying causes of gender-based discrimination, with the broader aims of enhancing equity and diversity within institutions. Her lab takes a systematic, interdisciplinary approach to studying gender and diversity, reaching across divisional lines by collaborating with colleagues in biology, organizational behavior, education, and clinical/health psychology.

Additionally, she draws upon and integrates theoretical perspectives from the areas of social cognition, intergroup relations, and industrial/organizational psychology. The lab employs multiple methodological and analytic techniques in order to study diversity at the individual, group, and institutional levels. Their work consists of laboratory studies, field experiments, and intervention research, in order to carefully assess causal relationships in a controlled environment, test hypotheses in the real world, and investigate methods for effectively enacting change.