The Distribution of Discrimination
We often hear about “bad apples” and “spoiled bunches”; narratives that imply discriminatory behavior is caused by a small number of people or a large number of people, respectively. But what is the distribution of discrimination and how do perceptions about the distribution of discrimination shape the way we think about racism, racial inequality, and relevant policies?
Read a pre-print of my work on this topic on PsyArxiv

Separating the socio- from the -economic in Subjective Socioeconomic Status
Subjective socioeconomic status (SES), how people feel about their SES relative to others, is a strong predictor of health and well-being. I have developed an approach to separately measuring the social and economic components of subjective SES and have used this approach to understand the subSES-health gradient.
Read my peer reviewed publication on this topic in Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Structural inequality and psychology
Social psychology has tended to study racism and economic disparities as interpersonal or individual problems. This approach is limited in the study of racism and economic inequality, which are large-scale structural problems. I have several ongoing projects investigating how structural inequality, historical slavery, and perceptions of inequality relate to policy preferences, health, and psychological outcomes at larger scales.