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  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Nilanjana Dasgupta is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States and focuses their research primarily within the social sciences and psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields including sociology and political science, social psychology, education, safety research, and gender studies. These areas contribute to an understanding of social dynamics, identity, and group interactions.

The main topics addressed in their research encompass social and intergroup psychology, cultural differences and values, career development and diversity, higher education research studies, mentoring and academic development, racial and ethnic identity research, and gender diversity and inequality.

Dasgupta's recent publications reflect a wide range of interests. Notable papers include:

  • "Implicit-Bias Remedies: Treating Discriminatory Bias as a Public-Health Problem" (2022) published in Gothic.net
  • "An integrative framework on the impact of allies: How identity-based needs influence intergroup solidarity and social movements" (2020) published in European Journal of Social Psychology
  • "Open science, communal culture, and women's participation in the movement to improve science" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "From Precollege to Career: Barriers Facing Historically Marginalized Students and Evidence-Based Solutions" (2022) published in Social Issues and Policy Review
  • "Female peer mentors early in college have lasting positive impacts on female engineering students that persist beyond graduation" (2022) published in Nature Communications

Frequent publication venues for Dasgupta's research include the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Gothic.net, European Journal of Social Psychology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Social Issues and Policy Review.

Collaborative efforts are a key feature of Dasgupta's work. Frequent co-authors listed include Deborah Wu, Sapna Cheryan, Amanda B. Diekman, Adrian Rivera-Rodriguez, and Kelsey C. Thiem.

Their contributions have been recognized by their peers, as evidenced by the 2018 award of Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA).

Best Publications

  • On the malleability of automatic attitudes: combating automatic prejudice with images of admired and disliked individuals.

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;Anthony G. Greenwald

  • STEMing the Tide: Using Ingroup Experts to Inoculate Women's Self-Concept in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

    Jane G. Stout;Nilanjana Dasgupta;Matthew Hunsinger;Melissa A. McManus

  • Seeing is believing: Exposure to counterstereotypic women leaders and its effect on the malleability of automatic gender stereotyping

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;Shaki Asgari

  • Implicit Bias in the Courtroom

    Jerry Kang;Judge Mark Bennett;Devon Carbado;Pam Casey

  • Automatic Preference for White Americans: Eliminating the Familiarity Explanation

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;Debbie E McGhee;Anthony G Greenwald;Mahzarin R Banaji

  • Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: STEMing the Tide and Broadening Participation in STEM Careers

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;Jane G. Stout

  • Implicit Ingroup Favoritism, Outgroup Favoritism, and Their Behavioral Manifestations

    Nilanjana Dasgupta

  • Ingroup Experts and Peers as Social Vaccines Who Inoculate the Self-Concept: The Stereotype Inoculation Model

    Nilanjana Dasgupta

  • Female peer mentors early in college increase women’s positive academic experiences and retention in engineering

    Tara C Dennehy;Nilanjana Dasgupta

  • Prejudice From Thin Air The Effect of Emotion on Automatic Intergroup Attitudes

    David DeSteno;Nilanjana Dasgupta;Monica Y. Bartlett;Aida Cajdric

  • Female peers in small work groups enhance women's motivation, verbal participation, and career aspirations in engineering

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;Melissa McManus Scircle;Matthew Hunsinger

  • Fanning the flames of prejudice: The influence of specific incidental emotions on implicit prejudice.

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;David DeSteno;Lisa A. Williams;Matthew Hunsinger

  • When He Doesn’t Mean You: Gender-Exclusive Language as Ostracism

    Jane G. Stout;Nilanjana Dasgupta

  • Group entitativity and group perception: Associations between physical features and psychological judgment

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;Mahzarin R. Banaji;Robert P. Abelson

  • The existence of implicit bias is beyond reasonable doubt: A refutation of ideological and methodological objections and executive summary of ten studies that no manager should ignore

    John T. Jost;Laurie A. Rudman;Irene V. Blair;Dana R. Carney

  • Perceptions of the Collective Other

    Robert P. Abelson;Nilanjana Dasgupta;Jaihyun Park;Mahzarin R. Banaji

  • Subgroup prejudice based on skin color among Hispanics in the United States and Latin America

    Eric Uhlmann;Nilanjana Dasgupta;Angelica Elgueta;Anthony G. Greenwald

  • From automatic antigay prejudice to behavior: the moderating role of conscious beliefs about gender and behavioral control.

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;Luis M. Rivera

  • Believing Is Seeing: The Effects of Racial Labels and Implicit Beliefs on Face Perception

    Jennifer L. Eberhardt;Nilanjana Dasgupta;Tracy L. Banaszynski

  • When Social Context Matters: The Influence of Long–Term Contact and Short–Term Exposure to Admired Outgroup Members on Implicit Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;Luis M. Rivera

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony G. Greenwald
Anthony G. Greenwald University of Washington
Mahzarin R. Banaji
Mahzarin R. Banaji Harvard University
David DeSteno
David DeSteno Northeastern University
Laurie A. Rudman
Laurie A. Rudman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert P. Abelson
Robert P. Abelson Yale University
John T. Jost
John T. Jost New York University
Lisa Dierker
Lisa Dierker Wesleyan University
Joan A. Steitz
Joan A. Steitz Yale University

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