What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Social science
- Law
- Social psychology
Patricia Gurin mostly deals with Social psychology, Politics, Consciousness, Pedagogy and Social class.
Her Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Academic achievement, Ideology and Dynamics.
Patricia Gurin interconnects Relative deprivation and Social group in the investigation of issues within Politics.
Patricia Gurin combines subjects such as Economic Justice, Higher education and Affirmative action with her study of Pedagogy.
Patricia Gurin has included themes like Social psychology, Diversity and Institutional research in her Affirmative action study.
Her Social class research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Independence, Political economy, Middle class and Working class.
Her most cited work include:
- Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes (1313 citations)
- Internal-External Control in the Motivational Dynamics of Negro Youth. (580 citations)
- Group Consciousness and Political Participation (509 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Patricia Gurin focuses on Social psychology, Intergroup Dialogue, Higher education, Gender studies and Consciousness.
Her work on Ethnic group expands to the thematically related Social psychology.
Her Higher education research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Diversity, Pedagogy, Affirmative action and Community building.
Her studies in Pedagogy integrate themes in fields like Likert scale and Action.
Her Affirmative action research incorporates elements of Desegregation, Public administration, Supreme court and Diversity.
Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Social change and Social research.
She most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (55.74%)
- Intergroup Dialogue (26.23%)
- Higher education (22.95%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2010-2018)?
- Intergroup Dialogue (26.23%)
- Social psychology (55.74%)
- Higher education (22.95%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Patricia Gurin mainly investigates Intergroup Dialogue, Social psychology, Higher education, Interpersonal communication and Pedagogy.
Patricia Gurin is interested in Social identity theory, which is a branch of Social psychology.
Her Higher education study combines topics in areas such as Facilitation, Community building, Cultural identity and Human resources.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Discourse community, Practice theory, Social integration, Cross-cultural communication and Civic engagement in addition to Interpersonal communication.
Her Pedagogy research includes themes of Likert scale and Peer influence.
Her Ethnic group research includes elements of Racism, Teaching method, Salience and Self-concept.
Between 2010 and 2018, her most popular works were:
- Dialogue Across Difference: Practice, Theory, and Research on Intergroup Dialogue (69 citations)
- Facilitating intergroup dialogues : bridging differences, catalyzing change (34 citations)
- Fostering a Commitment to Social Action: How Talking, Thinking, and Feeling Make a Difference in Intergroup Dialogue (29 citations)
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