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Shana Levin is affiliated with Claremont McKenna College in the United States. Their academic focus lies primarily within the social sciences and psychology, with specific research interests spanning social psychology, sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, and gender studies.

Levin's research engages deeply with several interconnected topics, including:

  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality

Two recent papers authored or coauthored by Levin illustrate their research scope and focus. The 2024 publication titled "Threats to resources and cultural values: Functional pathways to positive and negative intergroup emotions" appeared in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations. Another work featuring frequent collaborator Felicia Pratto is the 2023 article "When empathy predicts greater support for intergroup violence: Counter-dominance against the U.S. in Syria and Lebanon", published in Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology.

The publishing venues reflect an interdisciplinary approach, bridging ecological, social psychology, and intercultural relations:

  • Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology
  • International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Levin collaborates regularly with several academics across related fields. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Felicia Pratto
  • Aleksandra Rusowicz
  • J. N. Rasmus Möring
  • Anthony F. Lemieux

The published work by Levin demonstrates a focus on the mechanisms underlying group dynamics, cultural value conflicts, and the emotional variables influencing intergroup relations. Their contributions feed into broader conversations within social sciences on how cultural and emotional factors shape moral judgments and social behavior, with attention also given to issues of gender diversity and inequality.

Best Publications

  • Social dominance theory and the dynamics of intergroup relations: Taking stock and looking forward

    Felicia Pratto;Jim Sidanius;Shana Levin

  • Social Dominance Theory: Its Agenda and Method

    Jim Sidanius;Felicia Pratto;Colette Van Laar;Shana Levin

  • Effects of Racial Diversity on Complex Thinking in College Students

    Anthony Lising Antonio;Mitchell J. Chang;Kenji Hakuta;David A. Kenny

  • The Effects of Ingroup and Outgroup Friendships on Ethnic Attitudes in College: A Longitudinal Study

    Shana Levin;Colette van Laar;Jim Sidanius

  • The Interface Between Ethnic and National Attachment: Ethnic Pluralism or Ethnic Dominance?

    Jim Sidanius;Seymour Feshbach;Shana Levin;Felicia Pratto

  • Social Dominance Orientation Revisiting the Structure and Function of a Variable Predicting Social and Political Attitudes

    Arnold K. Ho;Jim Sidanius;Felicia Pratto;Shana Levin

  • Perceiving Personal Discrimination: The Role of Group Status and Legitimizing Ideology

    Brenda Major;Richard H. Gramzow;Shannon K. McCoy;Shana Levin

  • Social dominance orientation, anti-egalitarianism and the political psychology of gender: An extension and cross-cultural replication.

    Jim Sidanius;Shana Levin;James Liu;Felicia Pratto

  • Social Dominance Orientation and the Legitimization of Inequality Across Cultures

    Felicia Pratto;James H. Liu;Shana Levin;Jim Sidanius

  • The effect of university roommate contact on ethnic attitudes and behavior

    Colette Van Laar;Shana Levin;Stacey Sinclair;Jim Sidanius

  • The Diversity Challenge: Social Identity and Intergroup Relations on the College Campus

    James Sidanius;Shana Levin;Colette Van Laar;David O. Sears

  • Ethnic Enclaves and the Dynamics of Social Identity on the College Campus: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    James Sidanius;Colette Van Laar;Shana Levin;Stacey Sinclair

  • Ethnic Identity, Legitimizing Ideologies, and Social Status: A Matter of Ideological Asymmetry

    Shana Levin;Jim Sidanius;Joshua L. Rabinowitz;Christopher Federico

  • Diversity policy, social dominance, and intergroup relations: predicting prejudice in changing social and political contexts.

    Serge Guimond;Richard J Crisp;Pierre De Oliveira;Rodolphe Kamiejski

  • Legitimizing ideologies: The social dominance approach.

    Jim Sidanius;Shana Levin;Christopher M. Federico;Felicia Pratto

  • Perceived Discrimination in the Context of Multiple Group Memberships

    Shana Levin;Stacey Sinclair;Rosemary C. Veniegas;Pamela L. Taylor

  • Image Theory, Social Identity, and Social Dominance: Structural Characteristics and Individual Motives Underlying International Images

    Michele G. Alexander;Shana Levin;P. J. Henry

  • Assimilation, multiculturalism, and colorblindness: Mediated and moderated relationships between social dominance orientation and prejudice

    Shana Levin;Miriam Matthews;Serge Guimond;James Sidanius

  • Social Dominance and Social Identity in the United States and Israel: Ingroup Favoritism or Outgroup Derogation?

    Shana Levin;Jim Sidanius

  • Social Dominance Orientation, Authoritarianism, and Support for Intergroup Violence Between the Middle East and America

    P. J. Henry;Jim Sidanius;Shana Levin;Felicia Pratto

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim Sidanius
Jim Sidanius Harvard University
Felicia Pratto
Felicia Pratto University of Connecticut
Nour Kteily
Nour Kteily Northwestern University
Stacey Sinclair
Stacey Sinclair Princeton University
Linda R. Tropp
Linda R. Tropp University of Massachusetts Amherst
James H. Liu
James H. Liu Massey University
Sonia Roccas
Sonia Roccas Open University of Israel
Brenda Major
Brenda Major University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard N. Lalonde
Richard N. Lalonde York University

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