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Three Questions with Dr. Mark Snyder
Dr. Mark Snyder describes his work as a blend of social psychology and personality study, aimed at understanding “how individuals create their own social worlds” and how individual motivations translate into social action and altruism. The McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Psychology at the University of Minnesota, Snyder is the editor of the SPSSI book…
Moin Syed, TEDx6CEA: "What is 'Developmental' about Identity Development?"
Psychologist Moin Syed presents at the 6th Annual Conference on Emerging Adulthood.
Driven To Want the Tough Conversations
Psychologist Richard Lee says parents have the tendency to sit back and wait for their children to bring up issues of race and ethnicity when they’re older, but kids can sense that hesitancy, and the conversations can happen too late or not at all.
Effects of Gender and Ethnicity on Workplace Charitable Giving
A collaborative study between the Center for the Study of the Individual and Society and the Carlson School of Management considers the links between workplace diversity and efforts toward corporate social responsibility.
Living Our Own Story
An Interview with Moin Syed
To Want the Tough Conversations
Richard Lee studies how parents and children in racially mixed families talk about race and racism.
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