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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2002 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Hazel Rose Markus is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and psychology, with a significant focus on social psychology and the intersection of sociology and political science. The scientist's work also encompasses general health professions, clinical psychology, and education.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Community Health and Development
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Public Health Policies and Education
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Hazel Rose Markus has contributed frequently to several publication venues, notably:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • Psychological Review
  • Building and Environment
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Masculine defaults: Identifying and mitigating hidden cultural biases." (2020, Psychological Review)
  • "Health in the United States: Are Appeals to Choice and Personal Responsibility Making Americans Sick?" (2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science)
  • "Passion matters but not equally everywhere: Predicting achievement from interest, enjoyment, and efficacy in 59 societies" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Toward a science of delivering aid with dignity: Experimental evidence and local forecasts from Kenya" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Physical workplaces and human well-being: A mixed-methods study to quantify the effects of materials, windows, and representation on biobehavioral outcomes" (2022, Building and Environment)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Alia J. Crum
  • Catherine Thomas
  • Bradley P. Turnwald
  • Jennifer L. Eberhardt
  • Jeanne L. Tsai

In addition to journal contributions, Hazel Rose Markus has published works in book form, including a recent title:

  • How Culturally Wise Psychological Interventions Help Reduce Poverty (2024, Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks)

The scientist's career has been recognized with several awards, reflecting standing within the academic community:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association (2008)
  • Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2002)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1983)

Best Publications

  • Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation.

    Hazel Rose Markus;Shinobu Kitayama

  • Self-schemata and processing information about the self.

    Hazel Rose Markus

  • THE DYNAMIC SELF-CONCEPT: A Social Psychological Perspective

    Hazel Markus;Elissa Wurf

  • Is there a universal need for positive self-regard?

    Steven J. Heine;Darrin R. Lehman;Hazel Rose Markus;Shinobu Kitayama

  • Individual and collective processes in the construction of the self: Self-enhancement in the United States and self-criticism in Japan.

    Shinobu Kitayama;Hazel Rose Markus;Hisaya Matsumoto;Vinai Norasakkunkit;Vinai Norasakkunkit

  • Cultures and Selves: A Cycle of Mutual Constitution

    Hazel Rose Markus;Shinobu Kitayama

  • Affective and cognitive factors in preferences.

    Robert B. Zajonc;Hazel Markus

  • Unseen Disadvantage: How American Universities' Focus on Independence Undermines the Academic Performance of First-Generation College Students

    Nicole M. Stephens;Stephanie A. Fryberg;Hazel Rose Markus;Camille S. Johnson

  • Stability and malleability of the self-concept.

    Hazel Markus;Ziva Kunda

  • Deviance or uniqueness, harmony or conformity? A cultural analysis.

    Heejung Kim;Hazel Rose Markus

  • Culture, emotion, and well-being: Good feelings in Japan and the United States.

    Shinobu Kitayama;Hazel Rose Markus;Masaru Kurokawa

  • The cultural matrix of social psychology

    Alan Page Fiske;Shinobu Kitayama;Hazel Rose Markus;Richard E. Nisbett

  • Possible Selves across the Life Span

    Susan Cross;Hazel Markus

  • Possible selves and delinquency.

    Daphna Oyserman;Hazel Rose Markus

  • Gender and self-esteem.

    Robert Josephs;Hazel Rose Markus;Romin W. Tafarodi

  • A Collective Fear of the Collective: Implications for Selves and Theories of Selves

    Hazel Rose Markus;Shinobu Kitayama

  • Possible selves: Personalized representations of goals.

    Hazel Markus;Ann Ruvolo

  • The cultural construction of self and emotion: Implications for social behavior.

    Hazel Rose Markus;Shinobu Kitayama

  • The Cultural Psychology of Personality

    Hazel Rose Markus;Shinobu Kitayama

  • The Cultural psychology of development : one mind, many mentalities

    Richard A. Shweder;Jacqueline J. Goodnow;Giyoo Hatano;Robert A. LeVine

  • Emotion and culture : empirical studies of mutual influence

    Shinobu Kitayama;Hazel Rose Markus

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinobu Kitayama
Shinobu Kitayama University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Carol D. Ryff
Carol D. Ryff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yuri Miyamoto
Yuri Miyamoto Hitotsubashi University
Robert B. Zajonc
Robert B. Zajonc Stanford University
Daphna Oyserman
Daphna Oyserman University of Southern California
Margie E. Lachman
Margie E. Lachman Brandeis University
Claude M. Steele
Claude M. Steele Stanford University
Paula S. Nurius
Paula S. Nurius University of Washington
Susan T. Fiske
Susan T. Fiske Princeton University

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