DaSP Lab | Lab Director: Maureen A. Craig, Ph.D.
The research conducted in the Diversity and Social Processes (DaSP) Lab focuses on understanding social and political attitudes and relations among people of different backgrounds. Our work generally concerns the ways in which social group memberships influence the ways in which people think, feel, and behave. We investigate antecedents and consequences of intergroup attitudes and cognition from multiple perspectives, including those belonging to societally-valued groups as well as societally-devalued groups (and taking into account that most people actually possess both kinds of identities).
The lab is currently involved in several areas of research exploring how individuals perceive and navigate an increasingly diverse and often inequitable social landscape. Please see the lab's research page for examples of ongoing projects.
