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Diana T. Sanchez is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans key areas within social sciences and psychology, with an emphasis on sociology, political science, gender studies, social psychology, clinical psychology, and mental health. They have contributed extensively to understanding social and intergroup psychology as well as topics related to racial and ethnic identity, sexual function and dysfunction, gender roles and identity, and LGBTQ health and policy.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics in social and gender studies. Notable papers include:

  • Open science, communal culture, and women's participation in the movement to improve science (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Dual cues: Women of color anticipate both gender and racial bias in the face of a single identity cue (2020, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations)
  • Orgasm Frequency Predicts Desire and Expectation for Orgasm: Assessing the Orgasm Gap within Mixed-Sex Couples (2022, Sex Roles)
  • Heterosexual Young Adults' Experience With and Perceptions of the Orgasm Gap: A Mixed Methods Approach (2022, Psychology of Women Quarterly)
  • Identity Safety Cues Predict Instructor Impressions, Belonging, and Absences in the Psychology Classroom (2021, Teaching of Psychology)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • Sex Roles
  • Teaching of Psychology
  • Stigma and Health

Sanchez collaborates regularly with several coauthors, reflecting a networked approach to research. Frequent collaborators are:

  • Rebecca Cipollina
  • Kimberly E. Chaney
  • Grace M. Wetzel
  • Analia F. Albuja
  • Melanie R. Maimon

Their body of work addresses diverse themes: social dynamics within group settings, intersections of gender and racial identity, and sexual health topics. With 59 publications placed broadly under social sciences and 31 specifically within psychology, their research integrates interdisciplinary perspectives.

Subfields of particular focus include sociology and political science, gender studies, social psychology, clinical psychology, and psychiatry and mental health. This range supports inquiry into complex social identities and behavioral health outcomes.

Topics frequently studied by Sanchez feature:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

Best Publications

  • Perspectives and research on the positive and negative implications of having multiple racial identities.

    Margaret Shih;Diana T. Sanchez

  • Body concerns in and out of the bedroom: implications for sexual pleasure and problems.

    Diana T. Sanchez;Amy K. Kiefer

  • The social construction of race: biracial identity and vulnerability to stereotypes.

    Margaret Shih;Courtney Bonam;Diana Sanchez;Courtney Peck

  • Doing Gender in the Bedroom: Investing in Gender Norms and the Sexual Experience:

    Diana T. Sanchez;Jennifer Crocker;Karlee R. Boike

  • Eroticizing inequality in the United States: The consequences and determinants of traditional gender role adherence in intimate relationships

    Diana T. Sanchez;Janell C. Fetterolf;Laurie A. Rudman

  • When Race Becomes Even More Complex: Toward Understanding the Landscape of Multiracial Identity and Experiences

    Margaret Shih;Diana T. Sanchez

  • HOW INVESTMENT IN GENDER IDEALS AFFECTS WELL-BEING: THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL CONTINGENCIES OF SELF-WORTH

    Diana T. Sanchez;Jennifer Crocker

  • Sexual Submissiveness in Women: Costs for Sexual Autonomy and Arousal

    Diana T. Sanchez;Amy K. Kiefer;Oscar Ybarra

  • Juggling multiple racial identities: Malleable racial identification and psychological well-being.

    Diana T. Sanchez;Margaret Shih;Julie A. Garcia

  • To Disclose or Not to Disclose Biracial Identity: The Effect of Biracial Disclosure on Perceiver Evaluations and Target Responses

    Diana T. Sanchez;Courtney M. Bonam

  • Scripting sexual passivity: A gender role perspective

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  • Vigilance in the discrimination-stress model for black americans

    Mary S. Himmelstein;Danielle M. Young;Diana T. Sanchez;James S. Jackson

  • When Do We Confront? Perceptions of Costs and Benefits Predict Confronting Discrimination on Behalf of the Self and Others

    Jessica J. Good;Corinne A. Moss-Racusin;Diana T. Sanchez

  • What Motivates the Sexual Double Standard? More Support for Male Versus Female Control Theory

    Laurie A. Rudman;Janell C. Fetterolf;Diana T. Sanchez

  • Masculinity impediments: Internalized masculinity contributes to healthcare avoidance in men and women:

    Mary S Himmelstein;Diana T Sanchez

  • Doing gender for different reasons: why gender conformity positively and negatively predicts self-esteem.

    Jessica J. Good;Diana T. Sanchez

  • How Do Forced-Choice Dilemmas Affect Multiracial People? The Role of Identity Autonomy and Public Regard in Depressive Symptoms

    Diana T. Sanchez

  • A Perceptual Pathway to Bias: Interracial Exposure Reduces Abrupt Shifts in Real-Time Race Perception That Predict Mixed-Race Bias

    Jonathan B. Freeman;Kristin Pauker;Diana T. Sanchez

  • When the Relationship becomes Her: Revisiting Women's Body Concerns from a Relationship Contingency Perspective.

    Diana T. Sanchez;Tracy Kwang

  • Men Seek Social Standing, Women Seek Companionship Sex Differences in Deriving Self-Worth From Relationships

    Tracy Kwang;Erin E. Crockett;Diana T. Sanchez;William B. Swann

  • Heterosexual Men’s Confrontation of Sexual Prejudice: The Role of Precarious Manhood

    Kathryn M. Kroeper;Diana T. Sanchez;Mary S. Himmelstein

  • Organizational Identity Safety Cue Transfers.

    Kimberly E. Chaney;Diana T. Sanchez;Jessica D. Remedios

Frequent Co-Authors

Corinne A. Moss-Racusin
Corinne A. Moss-Racusin Skidmore College
Laurie A. Rudman
Laurie A. Rudman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Oscar Ybarra
Oscar Ybarra University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jennifer Crocker
Jennifer Crocker The Ohio State University
William B. Swann
William B. Swann The University of Texas at Austin
Kerri L. Johnson
Kerri L. Johnson University of California, Los Angeles
Amanda B. Diekman
Amanda B. Diekman Indiana University
Sapna Cheryan
Sapna Cheryan University of Washington
James S. Jackson
James S. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jessi L. Smith
Jessi L. Smith University of Colorado Colorado Springs

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