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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Linda R. Tropp is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily spans social sciences and psychology, with a focus on social and intergroup psychology, cultural differences and values, and racial and ethnic identity research. The subfields contributing to their body of work include sociology and political science, social psychology, gender studies, education, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality

Linda R. Tropp has contributed to several academic journals with frequent publication venues including:

  • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
  • Journal of Social Issues
  • International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • British Journal of Social Psychology
  • Nature Human Behaviour

Notable recent papers by Tropp include:

  • "A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change," 2020, published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Common Academic Experiences No One Talks About: Repeated Rejection, Impostor Syndrome, and Burnout," 2020, published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Intergroup contact research in the 21st century: Lessons learned and forward progress if we remain open," 2021, published in Journal of Social Issues
  • "Need satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multinational study of pathways toward social change," 2021, published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "Intergroup Contact and Prejudice Reduction: Prospects and Challenges in Changing Youth Attitudes," 2022, published in Review of General Psychology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Colette van Laar, Tabea Häßler, Johannes Ullrich, Simone Sebben, and Judit Kende.

Linda R. Tropp has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2008.

Best Publications

  • A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory.

    Thomas F. Pettigrew;Linda R. Tropp

  • How does intergroup contact reduce prejudice? Meta‐analytic tests of three mediators

    Thomas F. Pettigrew;Linda R. Tropp

  • Recent advances in intergroup contact theory

    Thomas F. Pettigrew;Linda R. Tropp;Ulrich Wagner;Oliver Christ

  • Does intergroup contact reduce prejudice: Recent meta-analytic findings.

    Thomas F. Pettigrew;Linda R. Tropp

  • When Groups Meet: The Dynamics of Intergroup Contact

    Thomas F. Pettigrew;Linda R. Tropp

  • Relationships Between Intergroup Contact and Prejudice Among Minority and Majority Status Groups

    Linda R. Tropp;Thomas F. Pettigrew

  • Cross-Group Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes A Meta-Analytic Review

    Kristin Davies;Linda R. Tropp;Arthur Aron;Thomas F. Pettigrew

  • Ingroup Identification as the Inclusion of Ingroup in the Self

    Linda R. Tropp;Stephen C. Wright

  • With a little help from my cross-group friend: reducing anxiety in intergroup contexts through cross-group friendship.

    Elizabeth Page-Gould;Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton;Linda R. Tropp

  • Differential Relationships Between Intergroup Contact and Affective and Cognitive Dimensions of Prejudice

    Linda R. Tropp;Thomas F. Pettigrew

  • Allport's Intergroup Contact Hypothesis: Its History and Influence

    Thomas F. Pettigrew;Linda R. Tropp

  • “Let Them Eat Harmony” Prejudice-Reduction Strategies and Attitudes of Historically Disadvantaged Groups

    John Dixon;Linda R. Tropp;Kevin Durrheim;Colin Tredoux

  • Being Seen As Individuals Versus As Group Members: Extending Research on Metaperception to Intergroup Contexts

    Frances E. Frey;Linda R. Tropp

  • The role of intergroup contact in predicting children's interethnic attitudes: Evidence from meta-analytic and field studies.

    Linda R. Tropp;Mary A. Prenovost

  • Psychological Acculturation: Development of A New Measure for Puerto Ricans on the U.S. Mainland

    Linda R. Tropp;Sumru Erkut;Cynthia García Coll;Odette Alarcón

  • The Psychological Impact of Prejudice: Implications for Intergroup Contact

    Linda R. Tropp

  • Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: A systematic review

    Frances E. Aboud;Colin Tredoux;Linda R. Tropp;Christia Spears Brown

  • A paradox of integration? Interracial contact, prejudice reduction and perceptions of racial discrimination

    John Dixon;Kevin Durrheim;Colin Tredoux;Linda Tropp

  • The Dual-Focus Approach to Creating Bilingual Measures

    Sumru Erkut;Odette Alarcón;Cynthia García Coll;Linda R. Tropp

  • Collective action in response to disadvantage: Intergroup perceptions, social identification, and social change.

    Stephen C. Wright;Linda R. Tropp

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Pettigrew
Thomas F. Pettigrew University of California, Santa Cruz
Stephen C. Wright
Stephen C. Wright Simon Fraser University
Fiona Kate Barlow
Fiona Kate Barlow University of Queensland
Ángel Gómez
Ángel Gómez National University of Distance Education
Ulrich Wagner
Ulrich Wagner Philipp University of Marburg
Brian Lickel
Brian Lickel University of Massachusetts Amherst
Miles Hewstone
Miles Hewstone University of Oxford
Michał Bilewicz
Michał Bilewicz University of Warsaw
Roberto Baiocco
Roberto Baiocco Sapienza University of Rome

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