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A YouTube Playlist on videos, lectures, tv interviews, related to Stereotype Threat.

"Stereotype threat is the experience of anxiety in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about his or her social group. In school, stereotype threat can cause underrepresented students to perform below their potential. It can cause them to focus less on learning and more on the worrisome prospect of performing poorly. The sting of stereotype threat can be felt by anyone male or female, black or white, Asian or Latino, young or old. But when the threat is chronic, it can contribute to enduring patterns of inequality in school and beyond. What can be done to reverse the effects of stereotype threat? "

An Overview of Stereotype Threat

"Claude Steele speaks to a group of educators and students at Castlemont High School in Oakland CA in November 2011. His discussion of stereotype threat is followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience."

What could you do for an hour in the first year of college that would improve minority students' grades over the next three years, reduce the racial achievement gap by half and, years later, make students happier and healthier? The answer, Stanford psychologists suggest, involves an exercise to help make students feel confident they belong in college.

A brief overview of Stereotype Threat.

This talk by Toni Schmader, Professor of Psychology at University of British Columbia, is part of "Women and STEM: How stereotypes undermine the interest and success of women in science, technology, engineering, and math," a Faculty Curator Speaker Series organized by Jenessa Shapiro, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCLA. This series addresses the question of why women continue to be underrepresented and underperforming in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. Rather than focusing on possible biological or socialization factors, this series considers the role of stereotype threat. Speakers will present research demonstrating the emergence of stereotype threat in STEM domains, the mechanism that account for this phenomenon, and the ways in which we can intervene to prevent the deleterious influence of stereotype threat. The UCLA Center for the Study of Women is an internationally recognized center for research on gender, sexuality, and women's issues and the first organized research unit of its kind in the University of California system.

Provost Claude M. Steele - Lectures on "Identity and Stereotype Threat: Their Nature and What to do About Them at School and Work"

Learned a lot by watching this video. He talks about the research on how white teachers can give effective feedback to black students. He starts with two examples of what does not work and then describes the narrative that promotes success "I have seen your work, and if you work at this it could be really amazing." Acknowledge the stress, see this as normal and project success. His comments about how to make an integrated setting work is important for any institution who desires to become more diverse. (Stereotype threat triggered by various cues are more pronounced in integrated or diverse settings). Stereotype lift or boost is described which shows that it is advantageous to be on the upside of someone else's negative stereotype. In the experiments he describes, not only do women improve, but the men do worse when the playing field is more level. I heard this quote yesterday that seems relevant, "don't make the mistake of thinking that you hit a triple when you were born on third base."

his talk by Joshua Aronson, Professor of Applied Psychology at New York University, is part of "Women and STEM: How stereotypes undermine the interest and success of women in science, technology, engineering, and math," a Faculty Curator Speaker Series organized by Jenessa Shapiro, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCLA. This series addresses the question of why women continue to be underrepresented and underperforming in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. Rather than focusing on possible biological or socialization factors, this series considers the role of stereotype threat. Speakers will present research demonstrating the emergence of stereotype threat in STEM domains, the mechanism that account for this phenomenon, and the ways in which we can intervene to prevent the deleterious influence of stereotype threat. The UCLA Center for the Study of Women is an internationally recognized center for research on gender, sexuality, and women's issues and the first organized research unit of its kind in the University of California system.

Dr. Aronoson's talk will focus on the ways that we as individuals and as a university community might reduce the effects of stereotype threat. Aronson asserts, "We have found that we can do a lot to boost both achievement and the enjoyment of school by understanding and attending to these psychological processes." Aronson got his Ph.D. in Psychology at Princeton and currently is an Associate Professor of Psychology at NYU. His research has concentrated on"stereotype threat, and in particular the impact of well-known cultural stereotypes on the intellectual performance and academic motivation in black, Latino and female college students. You can learn more about Aronson at his website. Sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, and African and African-American Studies at Elon, with financial support from the Fund for Excellence in the Arts and Sciences. Special thanks to Dr. Buffie Longmire Avital, Department of Psychology.