Social Psychological Intervention

Apr 27, 2016

Beyond understanding the triggers of social identity threat, my research leverages these insights to design, implement, and evaluate interventions aimed at changing identity-threatening environments into identity-safe places where people from all backgrounds can flourish (Kroeper & Murphy, 2017; Murphy, Kroeper, & Ozier, 2018).

Since starting graduate school, I have contributed to several large-scale social psychological interventions on topics ranging from (1) bolstering stigmatized students sense of belonging in the transition to college, (2) reducing adverse, racially disparate disciplinary practices in high school, (3) decreasing the shame and stigma associated with being placed on academic probation in college, and (4) teaching faculty to communicate growth (vs. fixed) mindset messages in classroom settings.

REFERENCES

Kroeper, K. M., & Murphy, M. C. (2017). Supporting College and Career Readiness through Social Psychological Interventions. In K. L. McClarty, K. D. Mattern, & M. N. Gaertner (Eds.), Preparing Students for College and Careers (1st ed., pp. 142–152). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315621975-13

Murphy, M. C., Kroeper, K. M., & Ozier, E. M. (2018). Prejudiced Places: How Contexts Shape Inequality and How Policy Can Change Them. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 5(1), 66–74. https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732217748671

Kathryn M. Kroeper

PhD Candidate, Social Psychology

The central goal of my research is to identify and address social inequalities between those traditionally privileged and those traditionally disadvantaged in society. To this end, I use multiple methods (experiments, surveys, interviews, and audit studies) to examine social issues from a variety of perspectives (target, perceiver, and organizational). matter.