Nicole M. Stephens

Best Publications

• 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

  1795
  Citations

• Closing the Social-Class Achievement Gap A Difference-Education Intervention Improves First-Generation Students’ Academic Performance and All Students’ College Transition

  Nicole M. Stephens;Mar Yam G. Hamedani;Mesmin Destin

  1027
  Citations

• Choice as an act of meaning: The case of social class.

  Nicole M. Stephens;Hazel Rose Markus;Sarah S. M. Townsend

  786
  Citations

• Social Class Culture Cycles: How Three Gateway Contexts Shape Selves and Fuel Inequality

  Nicole M. Stephens;Hazel Rose Markus;L. Taylor Phillips

  665
  Citations

• A cultural mismatch: Independent cultural norms produce greater increases in cortisol and more negative emotions among first-generation college students

  Nicole M. Stephens;Sarah S.M. Townsend;Hazel Rose Markus;L. Taylor Phillips

  478
  Citations

• The Experience of Low-SES Students in Higher Education: Psychological Barriers to Success and Interventions to Reduce Social-Class Inequality

  Mickaël Jury;Annique Smeding;Nicole M. Stephens;Jessica E. Nelson

  370
  Citations

• A Road Map for an Emerging Psychology of Social Class

  Michael W. Kraus;Nicole M. Stephens

  365
  Citations

• Social class disparities in health and education: Reducing inequality by applying a sociocultural self model of behavior.

  Nicole M. Stephens;Hazel Rose Markus;Stephanie A. Fryberg

  328
  Citations

• When choice does not equal freedom: A sociocultural analysis of agency in working-class American contexts.

  Nicole M. Stephens;Stephanie A. Fryberg;Hazel Rose Markus

  268
  Citations

• Feeling at Home in College: Fortifying School‐Relevant Selves to Reduce Social Class Disparities in Higher Education

  Nicole M. Stephens;Tiffany N. Brannon;Hazel Rose Markus;Jessica E. Nelson

  237
  Citations

• How the Media Frames the Immigration Debate: The Critical Role of Location and Politics

  Stephanie A. Fryberg;Nicole M. Stephens;Rebecca Covarrubias;Hazel Rose Markus

  232
  Citations

• Why Did They “Choose” to Stay? Perspectives of Hurricane Katrina Observers and Survivors

  Nicole M. Stephens;MarYam G. Hamedani;Hazel Rose Markus;Hilary B. Bergsieker

  214
  Citations

• Access is not enough: Cultural mismatch persists to limit first-generation students' opportunities for achievement throughout college.

  L. Taylor Phillips;Nicole M. Stephens;Sarah S.M. Townsend;Sébastien Goudeau

  197
  Citations

• Beyond one-size-fits-all: Tailoring diversity approaches to the representation of social groups.

  Evan P. Apfelbaum;Nicole M. Stephens;Ray E. Reagans

  173
  Citations

• A Difference-Education Intervention Equips First-Generation College Students to Thrive in the Face of Stressful College Situations

  Nicole M. Stephens;Sarah S.M. Townsend;Mar Yam G. Hamedani;Mesmin Destin

  158
  Citations

• The Unanticipated Interpersonal and Societal Consequences of Choice Victim Blaming and Reduced Support for the Public Good

  Krishna Savani;Nicole M. Stephens;Hazel Rose Markus

  143
  Citations

• When the World Is Colorblind, American Indians Are Invisible: A Diversity Science Approach

  Stephanie A. Fryberg;Nicole M. Stephens

  130
  Citations

• Opting Out or Denying Discrimination? How the Framework of Free Choice in American Society Influences Perceptions of Gender Inequality

  Nicole M. Stephens;Cynthia S. Levine

  129
  Citations

• Who Explains Hurricane Katrina and the Chilean Earthquake as an Act of God? The Experience of Extreme Hardship Predicts Religious Meaning-Making

  Nicole M. Stephens;Stephanie A. Fryberg;Hazel Rose Markus;Mar Yam G. Hamedani

  96
  Citations

• Social-Class Disparities in Higher Education and Professional Workplaces: The Role of Cultural Mismatch:

  Nicole M. Stephens;Sarah S. M. Townsend;Andrea G. Dittmann

  92
  Citations