Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Psychology and University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor at the University of Michigan
About
Dr. Denise Sekaquaptewa is professor and associate chair of the Department of Psychology, University of Michigan. Her research program in experimental social psychology focuses on stereotyping, implicit bias, and the experiences of women and underrepresented minorities in science and engineering. Her research program has been supported by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Sekaquaptewa served as associate editor for the APA journals "Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin", and "Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology". She received the Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award (2015), and the Sarah Goddard Power Award (2012), from the University of Michigan for her work on diversity-related issues.
Current Work:
Current research projects focus on how gender stereotypes affect the experiences of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. One study showed that on engineering student group project teams, men talked more than women, and took on more technical roles in the project than women. A second study showed that a role model intervention served to eliminate this gender gap. Current studies examine the role of exposure to subtle gender bias in STEM settings, both as a target of these biases as well as a mere witness to these biases.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Stereotyping, bias, gender, intergroup relations
