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Curriculum Vitae
Joshua M. Aronson
Associate Professor
Department of Applied Psychology, New York University
246 Greene St. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10012
Research Scientist, Metro Center, New York University
Director, Metro Center for Achievement Research and Evaluation
Phone: 212-998-5543 Email: [email protected]
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2004-2005
Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY
2004-present Associate Professor, New York University
2000-2004
Assistant Professor, New York University
1996-2000
Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin
EDUCATION
1986
B. A., Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
1992
Ph.D., Psychology, Princeton University
1992-95
Post Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University
HONORS & AWARDS
2015
Named one of nation’s influential education scholars, Education Week
2014
Commencement Speaker, University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College
2012
Esther Katz Rosen Lecturer Award, American Psychological Foundation
2011
Elected as Fellow, Society of Personality and Social Psychology (APA, Div 8)
2010
Distinguished Lecturer, National Science Foundation (Math and Physical Sciences)
2010
Teaching Excellence Award, Steinhardt School, New York University
2009
Elected as Fellow, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
2009
Elected as Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology
2007
Elected as Fellow, Association of Psychological Scientists
2007
Appointed to National Research Council, Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP)
2005
Award of Distinction for best education article, Association of Education Publishers
2004
Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar
2003
Modern Classic Designation for Steele & Aronson (1995) article, Psychological Inquiry
2002
Daniel E. Griffiths Research Prize, Steinhardt School of Education, NYU
2002
G. Stanley Hall Lecturer Award, American Psychological Association
2000
Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize (Runner up for Aronson, Fried & Good, 2002)
1999
Research Internship Award, University of Texas, Austin
1999
Nominee: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
1999
Career Award: National Science Foundation (sole recipient from Soc./Behav. Sciences)
1998
Kidder Early Career Award: Soc. for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (APA div. 9)
1994
Western Psychological Association Scholarship award for outstanding research
1993
James S. McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship
1993
Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
1991
Western Psychological Association Scholarship award for outstanding research
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1986
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William P. Massaro Memorial Award for outstanding undergraduate research, UCSC
Highest Honors in Psychology, University of California at Santa Cruz
FELLOWSHIPS
2004-2005
1999-2000
1993-95
1993-95
1992-93
1987-88
Scholar in Residence, Russell Sage Foundation
Visiting Fellow, Department of Psychology, Yale University
James S. McDonnell Post Doctoral Fellowship
National Academy of Education-Spencer Post Doctoral Fellowship
Post Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, 1992-93
University Fellowship, Princeton University
FUNDED GRANTS
IHDSC:
Role is PI unless otherwise indicated
Institute of Education Sciences
Project Title: Creating Scalable Interventions for Enhancing Student Learning and Performance
Project Period: 2009-2013 ($1,330,000)
With Matthew McGlone, University of Texas and Jennifer Mangels, Baruch College
Institute for Human Development and Social Change
Project Title: Harnessing the Power of Social Networking Technology to Confront Racial Disparities
Project Period: 2012-2014 ($13,000)
With Patrick Sharkey, NYU.
Spencer Foundation
Project Title: Psychological Barriers to Academic Development/2
Project Period: 2007-2013 ($512,000)
National Science Foundation, #0545168
Project Title: Psychological Barriers to Academic Development
Project period: 2006-2010 ($277,000)
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Project Title: Academic Youth Development
Project Period: 2006-2008 ($50,000)
William T. Grant Foundation
Project Title: Cool Schoolmates as Agents of Cultural Change
Project Period: 2003-2004 ($25,000)
National Science Foundation
Project Title: Center for Research on Culture Development & Education
Project period: 9/2002-2007 ($2,700,000) (Co-PI, Founding Director)
National Science Foundation
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Project Title: Research Opportunity Award
Project period: 2002-2004 ($50,000)
Spencer Foundation
Project Title: National Task Force: Black-White Test Score Gap
Project Period: 2002 ($7000)
Russell Sage Foundation, Grant #87-99-01
Project Title: Stereotype Threat: Understanding and Reducing Negative Effects of
Inter-Ethnic Contact on Academic Performance
Project Period: 1999-2002
National Science Foundation, Grant #BCS-9875957
Project Title: CAREER: Stereotype Threat
Project Period: 1999-2003 ($300,000)
LARIAT Technology Award, University of Texas/Dell Computer
Project Title: Effects of Computerized Mentoring on the Achievement of Girls &
Minorities
Project Period: 1999-2000 ($75,000)
William T. Grant Foundation, Grant #99194999
Project Title: Stereotype Threat and the Academic Performance of Minority
Children: Basic Issues and Remedial Strategies
Project Period: 1999-2004 ($260,000)
Hogg Foundation Grant, Project #3511
Project Title: Reducing Stereotype Threat and Enhancing Academic Performance
Among Latino and African American College Students and Middle Schoolers
Project Period: 1998-1999 ($28,000)
PUBLICATIONS
Authors marked with * are students.
Popular Press
Steele, C.M. & Aronson, J. (2004). 'Stereotype Threat' a Factor in Test Score Gap. Wall Street Journal, May 4.
Books
Aronson, E. & Aronson, J. (2015). The Social Animal, 11th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman.
Aronson, J. & Aronson, E. (2015). Readings About the Social Animal, 11th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman.
Gonzales, M. H., Tavris, C., Aronson, J. (2010). The scientist and the humanist: A festschrift in honor of
Elliot Aronson. New York: Psychology Press.
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Aronson, E. & Aronson, J. (2007). The Social Animal, 10th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman.
Aronson, J. & Aronson, E. (2007). Readings About the Social Animal, 10th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman.
Aronson, E. & Aronson, J. (2004). The Social Animal, 9th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman.
Aronson, J. & Aronson, E. (2004). Readings About the Social Animal, 9th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman.
Aronson, J. (2002). Improving Academic Achievement: Impact of psychological factors on education. San Diego:
Academic Press. (18 scholarly citations)
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Papers/Reports
*Spitzer, B. J. & Aronson, J. (2013). Minding and mending the gap: social psychological interventions to
reduce educational disparities. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 85 1, 1–18,
*Plante, I., de la Sablonnière, R., Aronson, J. , & Théorêt, M. (2013). Gender stereotype endorsement and
achievement-related outcomes: The role of competence beliefs and task values. Contemporary
Educational Psychology, 38(3), 225-235.
*Protzko, J. Aronson, J. & Blair, C. (2013). How to make a young child smarter: A meta-analysis. Current
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8 (1), 25-40.
Aronson, J., Burgess, D., Phelan, S. & *Juarez, L. (2013). Unhealthy interactions: The role of stereotypes in
caregiver-patient interactions. American Journal of Public Health. 2013 Jan;103(1):50-6. doi:
Nisbett, R.E., Aronson, J., Blair, C., Dickens, W., Flynn, J., Halpern, D. F., & Turkheimer, E. (2012).
Intelligence: New findings and theoretical developments. American Psychologist, 67(2), 130-159.
Aronson, J., & McGlone, M. S. (2012). Inoculations old and new. Psychological Inquiry, 22, 252-254.
*Appel, M., Kronberger, M. & Aronson, J. (2011). Stereotype threat impairs ability building: Effects on test
preparation among women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). European
Journal of Social Psychology, 41(7), 904-913.
Alter, A., Aronson, J., Darley, J. Rodriguez, C., & Ruble, D., N. (2010). Rising to the threat: Reducing
stereotype threat by reframing the threat as a challenge. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46,
166–171. (30 citations)
Aronson, J. *Jannone, S., McGlone, M. S. & *Johnson-Campbell, T. (2009). The Obama effect: An
experimental test. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(4), 957-960. (16 scholarly citations)
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Aronson, J., Cohen, G., McColskey, W., Montrosse, B., Lewis, K., & Mooney, K. (2009). Reducing
stereotype threat in classrooms: A review of social-psychological intervention studies on improving the
achievement of Black students (Issues & Answers Report, REL 2009–No. 076). Washington, DC: U.S.
Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation
and Regional Assistance
*Good, C., Aronson, J., & *Harder, J. (2008). Problems in the pipeline: Women’s achievement in high-level
math courses. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29(1), 17-28. (69 scholarly citations)
McGlone, M. S., & Aronson, J. (2007). Forewarning and forearming stereotype-threatened students.
Communication Education, 56, 119-133. (18 scholarly citations)
*Inzlicht, M., Aronson, J., *Good, C., & *McKay, L. (2006). A particular resiliency to threatening
environments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 323–336. (18 scholarly citations)
*Davis, C., Aronson, J., & *Salinas, M. (2006). Shades of threat: Racial identity as a moderator of stereotype
threat. Journal of Black Psychology, 32(4) 399-417. (46 scholarly citations)
*Inzlicht, M., *McKay, L., & Aronson, J. (2006). Stigma as ego depletion: How being the target of prejudice
affects self-control. Psychological Science, 17, 262-269. (106 scholarly citations)
McGlone, M., & Aronson, J. (2006). Social identity salience and stereotype threat. Journal of Applied
Developmental Psychology, 27, 486-493. (58 scholarly citations)
McGlone, M., Aronson, J. & Kobrynowicz, D., (2006). Stereotype threat and the gender gap in political
knowledge. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 392–398. (26 scholarly citations)
Suzuki, L. & Aronson, J. (2005). Cultural malleability of the racial/ethnic hierarchy of intelligence.
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. (30 scholarly citations)
Aronson, J. & *Inzlicht, M. (2004). The ups and downs of attributional ambiguity: Stereotype vulnerability
and the academic self-knowledge of African-American students. Psychological Science, 15(12), 829-836.
(102 scholarly citations)
Aronson, J. (2004). The threat of stereotype. Educational Leadership.
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Received the Award of Distinction for one of the best education publications of 2004 by the
Association of Education Publishers. (92 scholarly citations)
Reprinted in M. Scherer, (Ed.) (2005), The Best of Education Leadership. New York: ASCD
publishers.
Reprinted in D. Sadker & K. Zittleman (Eds.) Teachers, Schools, & Society. Los Angeles:
McGraw Hill.
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*Good, C., Aronson, J. *Inzlicht, M. (2003). Improving adolescents’ standardized test performance: An
intervention to reduce the effects of stereotype threat. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24,
645-662. (306 citations)
Aronson, J., *Fried, C. & *Good, C. (2002). Reducing the effects of stereotype threat on African American
college students by shaping theories of intelligence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 38, 113125. (494 citations)
 Runner up for APA’s Gordon Allport Prize, 2000; 473 scholarly citations; 8th most cited
paper in the Journal for decade
Cohen, G., Aronson, J., & Steele, C. M. (2000). When beliefs yield to evidence: Reducing biased evaluation
by affirming the self. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26(9), 1151-1164. (250 scholarly citations)
 Designated a citation classic by Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin)
Aronson, J., *Lustina, M. J., *Good, C., Keough, K., Steele, C. M., & Brown, J. (1999). When white men can’t
do math: Necessary and sufficient factors in stereotype threat. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,
35, 29-46. (611 Citations)
 Reprinted in Mendoza-Denton R. (2012). Stigma and prejudice. Achieving Positive
intergroup Relations. San Diego: Cognella Press.
Blanton, H., Cooper, J., Skurnik, I. & Aronson, J. (1997). When bad things happen to good feedback:
Exacerbating the need for self-justification with self-affirmations. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 23, 684-693. (86 scholarly citations)
Steele, C. M. & Aronson, J. (1995). Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of AfricanAmericans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 69(5), 797-811.
 Reprinted in C. Stangor (Ed.) Stereotypes and Prejudice: Essential Readings. New York:
Psychology Press; 3353 scholarly citations; “Modern Classic” designation by the Journal
Psychological Inquiry.
Aronson, J., Blanton, H. & Cooper, J. (1995). From dissonance to disidentification: Selectivity in the selfaffirmation process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 986-996. (150 Scholarly Citations)
Aronson J. & Jones, E. E. (1992). Inferring abilities after influencing performance. Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology, 28, 277-299 (18 scholarly citations)
Manuscripts Under Review/In Preparation
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Aronson, J. & Good , C. (2012). Conceptions of ability, challenge seeking, and test performance in minority
children.
Aronson, J. , McGlone, M. & Alter. (2012). Conceptions of ability influence standardized test scores.
Manuscript Submitted for Publication.
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Aronson, J. & *Williams, J. (2012). Stereotype Threat: Forewarned is Forearmed. Journal of Applied
Developmental Psychology.
Aronson, J. & *Salinas, M. (in progress). On the role of stereotype threat in the real world of high stakes
exams. Psychological Science.
Aronson, J. Sirin, S. & *Gupta, T. (in preparation). Academic self-concept clarity. Educational Measurement.
Books
Aronson, J. (in preparation). The Nurture of Intelligence: Educational wisdom for the age of soft bigotry.
Aronson, J. & Voda, P. (in preparation). The Achievement Gap: Social Psychological Perspectives New York:
Russell Sage.
Handbook Chapters and Other Major Peer Reviewed Chapters
Shapiro, J. R., & Aronson, J. ( 2012). Stereotype threat. In C. Stangor & C. Crandall (Eds.), Frontiers in
Stereotyping and Prejudice. New York: Psychology Press.
Aronson, J., & McGlone, M. S. (2009). Stereotype and social identity threat. In T. D. Nelson (Ed.), Handbook
of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination (pp. 153-178). New York: Psychology Press. (22 scholarly
citations)
Halpern, D., Aronson, J. et al (2008). Encouraging Girls in Math and Science. Recommendation from the Task
Force on Encouraging Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Washington
DC: Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. (19 scholarly citations)
Aronson, J. (2009). Low Numbers: Stereotype Threat and the Under-representation of Women in Math and Science
Careers . In Hoff Summers, Christina (Ed.). The Science of Women in Science. Washington D.C.: American
Enterprise Institute, pp-104-131.
 Reprinted in Aronson, J. & Aronson, E., (2012). Readings About the Social Animal. New
York: Worth.
Aronson, J. & Steele, C.M. (2005). Stereotypes and the fragility of human competence, motivation, and
self-concept. In C. Dweck & E. Elliot (Eds.), Handbook of Competence & Motivation. New York, Guilford.
(105 scholarly citations)
Steele, C. M., Spencer, S., & Aronson, J. (2002). Contending with group image: The psychology of
stereotype and social identity threat. In M. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Vol.
37. Academic Press. (685 scholarly citations)
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Aronson J., Quinn, D. & Spencer, S. (1998). Stereotype threat and the academic performance of minorities
and women. In J. Swim and C. Stangor (Eds.), Prejudice: The target's perspective. San Diego: Academic
Press. (219 scholarly citations)
Steele, C. M., & Aronson, J. (1998). How stereotypes influence the standardized test performance of
talented African American students. In C. Jencks & M. Phillips (Eds.), The Black-White Test Score Gap.
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 401-427. (224 scholarly citations)
Encyclopedia Entries
*Plante, I., and Aronson, J. (2012). "Stereotype Threat." Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. Ed. James A.
Banks. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2012. 2084-86. SAGE Reference Online.
Aronson, J. (2008). Steele, Claude, M. In Darrity et al. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. New York:
MacMillan.
Aronson, J. & *Rogers, L. (2008). Overcoming stereotype threats. In S. Lopez (Ed.) Perspectives on Positive
Psychology. New York: Lawrence Earlbaum
*Rogers, L. & Aronson, J. (2008). Stereotype threat. In S. Lopez (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology.
London: Blackwell Publishing.
Steele, C.M., Aronson, J. & Spencer, S. J. (2008). Stereotype threat. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs (Ed.s)
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Aronson, J. & Dee, T. (2012). Stereotype threat in the real world. In T. Schmader & M. Inzlicht (Eds.)
Stereotype threat: Theory, Process, and Application. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. (2
scholarly citations)
Aronson, J. & *Juarez, L. (2012). Growth Mindsets in the Laboratory and the Real World. In (R. Subotnik,
& L. Miller (Eds.) Malleable Minds: Translating Insights from Psychology and Neuroscience to Gifted
Education. Washington, DC: Department of Education.
Aronson, J. (2010). Jigsaw and the nurture of human intelligence. In M. H. Gonzales, C. Tavris, J. Aronson
(Eds.), The scientist and the humanist: A festschrift in honor of Elliot Aronson. New York: Psychology
Press.
 Reprinted (in Hungarian) as A Mozaik-módszer és az emberi intelligencia fejlesztése. In A.T. Lajos (Ed.), School Dangers. Budapest: Complex Kiadó Jogi.
Aronson, J. (2008). Cultivating curiosity. In M. Pollack (Ed.) Everyday anti-racism. Cambridge: Harvard
Press.
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*Inzlicht, M., Aronson, J. & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2007). Contending and coping with minority status in
school. In J. Levine & F. Buttera (Eds.) Coping with Minority Status: Responses to Exclusion and Inclusion.
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
*Good, C. & Aronson, J. (2007). Stereotype vulnerability: developmental and contextual influences on
group underperformance. In E. Turiel & J. Smetana, & C. Wainryb (Eds.) Social Development, Social
Inequalities, and Social Justice. Mahwah, N.J.: Law
*Good, C. Dweck , C. & Aronson, J. (2007). Social Identity, Stereotype Threat, and Self-Theories. In A.
Fuligni (Ed.) Social Categories, Identities, and Educational Participation. New York: Russell Sage.
Mendoza-Denton, R., & Aronson, J. (2006). Making the pinnacle possible: Psychological processes
associated with minority students’ achievement. In E. Gordon (Ed.) The Achievement Gap. Naperville,
IL: Learning Point Associates. (2 scholarly citations)
Aronson, J. (2002). Stereotype threat: Contending and coping with unnerving expectations. In J. Aronson
Improving academic achievement: Impact of Psychological Factors on Education. San Diego: Academic Press.
(71 scholarly citations)
Aronson, J. & *Good, C. (2002). The Development and Consequences of Stereotype Vulnerability in
Adolescents. In F. Pajares & T. Urdan (Eds.) Adolescence and Education. New York: Information Age
Publishing. (16 scholarly citations)
Aronson, J. Cohen, G., & Nail, P. R. (1998). Self-Affirmation Theory: An Update and Appraisal. In E.
Harmon Jones & J. Mills (Eds.), Cognitive Dissonance: Progress on a Pivotal Theory in Social Psychology.
Washington DC: American Psychological Association Books. (31 scholarly citations).
Aronson, J., Steele, C. M., *Salinas, M. F. *Lustina, M. J. (1999; 2007). The effects of stereotype threat on the
standardized test performance of college students. In J. Aronson & E. Aronson (Eds.) Readings About the
Social Animal (9th&10th editions). New York: Freeman. (16 scholarly citations)
Cooper, J. & Aronson, J. M. (1992). Attitudes and consistency theory: Implications for mental health. In D.
Ruble and P. Costanzo (Eds.), Basic Social Psychological Processes in Mental Health. New York: Guilford
Press. (11 scholarly citations)
Steele, C. M. & Aronson, J. (1994). Stereotype vulnerability and intellectual performance. In E. Aronson,
(Ed.), Readings About the Social Animal (7th ed.). New York: Freeman. (2 scholarly citations)
Published Commentary
Aronson, J. (2002). What do we mean by academic engagement? In The proceedings of the President's
Teaching Initiative. University of Colorado.
*Plante, I., *Protzko, J. & Aronson, J. (2010). Girls’ internalization of their female teacher’s anxiety: A “realworld” stereotype threat effect? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America, 5, 3, (pp. 1).
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Steele, C. M. & Aronson, J. (2004). Stereotype threat does not live by Steele & Aronson alone. American
Psychologist. (5 scholarly citations)
Noguera, P. & Aronson, J. (2004). The Black-White Achievement Gap. Contexts, 3, 4-6.
Aronson, J. (1997). Rethinking equality in the global society. Washington University Law Quarterly, 75, 16201634.
Legal Briefs
Cunningham, C., Aronson, J. et al. (2001). Brief Amicus Curiae of Social Science and Comparative Law
Scholars (Filed June 1, 2001), Adarand Constructors v. Mineta, argued October, 2001. No. 00-730. In the
Supreme Court of the United States.
COLLOQUIA AND INVITED TALKS
May 2012 Department of Psychology, University of Delaware
Mar 2011 Department of Communications, University of Texas at Austin
Nov 2010 Department of Psychology, Temple University
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Apr 2010 Department of Psychology, Rutgers College Newark, NJ
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2009 Grand Rounds, NYU Child Study Center
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Apr 2009 Psychology Dept. Fordham University
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May 2008 Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
May 2008 Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Apr 2008 Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
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2007 Center for Group Dynamics, University of Michigan
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2007 Department of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin
Jul
2007 Medical School, University of California Los Angeles (2 presentations)
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2007 Hunter College Black Students Association
May 2007 Teacher Training, The Dalton School, New York, NY
Apr 2007 Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Feb
2007 Parents Association, The Dalton School, New York, NY
Nov 2005 Graduate Center, CUNY
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2005 Psychology Dept, Tufts University
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Medical School, Duke University
Psychology Department, Brooklyn College
Bard College, Consortium on High Achievement and Success
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University
Department of Psychology (PACE Center), Yale University
Department of Psychology, Yale University
Department of Psychology, New York University
Psychology Department, Ohio State University
Russell Sage Social Identity Consortium, University of Michigan
Spencer Distinguished Speaker, Duke University
William T. Grant Faculty Scholars Retreat, Washington DC
Staff Development: Bayonne Independent School District, Bayonne, NJ
Department of Psychology, New York University
Staff Development: University Neighborhood High School, New York, NY
Department of Psychology, Yale University
Center for Educational Policy, New York University
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Department of Social & Organizational Psych., Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Department of Applied Psychology, New York University
Department of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin
St Louis, MO, Department of Education (2-day workshop)
Annual Psi Chi Lecture, Lafayette College
Dean’s Council, University of Texas at Austin
Law School, University of Texas at Austin
Law School, Washington University
Psychology Department, Washington University
Psychology Department, University of Texas at Austin
Psychology Department, Southwestern Oklahoma University
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin
Social Psychology Area, Harvard University
LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Department, University of Texas at Austin
Educational Psychology Department, University of Texas at Austin
LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Psychology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
May 2014 Learning and the Brain (Intelligence) Conference, New York
May 2013 Learning and the Brain (Mindset and Learning) Conference, New York
May 2012 The National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, NYC
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Society of Personality and Social Psychology Symposium, San Diego
Learning and the Brain (Memory & Mind) Conference, New York
Third annual People of Color in the Legal Professions, Newark, NJ
Bicentennial Celebration, The Lawrenceville Academy, Lawrenceville, NJ
President’s Symposium, SPSSI, New Orleans, LA
Testing and test Bias; American Sociological Association convention
New Findings in Gender, Math, and Spatial Ability. AERA, San Diego
Association of Psychological Scientists, Chicago, Festschrift Speaker
Association of Psychological Scientists, Discussant
American Enterprise Institute, Women in Science Panel
John F. Kennedy School of Government-Achievement Gap Initiative
American Association for The Advancement of Science, San Francisco
Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis TN
Association of Psychological Scientists, New York, NY
American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA
Head Start National Conference, Washington, D.C.
Jean Piaget Society, Toronto, CA
Brown Plus Fifty Conference, New York University
Society of Research on Adolescence
Society of Personality & Social Psychology Meeting, Austin, TX
Brain & Behavior Conference, 2003. Cambridge, MA
SRCD Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL
Society of Personality & Social Psychology Meeting, Savannah, GA
American Psychological Association, Annual Conference, Boston
European Society of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Modern Language Association Annual Meeting
American Psychological Society
Midwestern Psychological Association
Conference on Cognitive Dissonance 40 Years Later
Annual Meeting of the Academic Counselors Association
OERI conference on minorities in post-secondary Education
Project EXTEND (a national forum on mathematics education)
Annual meeting of the Spencer Foundation, San Francisco
Annual meeting of the James McDonnell Foundation
Annual meeting of the James McDonnell Foundation
KEYNOTE/PLENARY ADDRESSES
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2014 Grand Rounds, New York Medical College, Valhalla New York
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2014 Opening Keynote, ORT Education Conference, Mexico City, MX
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2013 Opening Keynote, Synergy Conference, Cedar Crest, PA
Apr 2013 Closing Keynote: Learning and the Brain Conference, New York, NY
Mar 2013 Minnesota Teaching Institute, workshop for teachers, University of Minn.
Jun
2012 Keynote Address, Learning and Education Conference, Istanbul, Turkey
Jun
2012 Keynote Address, TUSIAD Business and Education Conference, Istanbul Turkey
May 2012 Keynote Address, Women in Technology NYC Connect, New York, NY
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Keynote Address, Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools , Bryn Mawr, PA
Keynote Address, National Coalition of Girls Schools, Washington, DC
Mini Keynote, National Association of the Gifted Child, New Orleans, LA
Tech Talk, Facebook Inc., Palo Alto, CA.
Opening Keynote, Annual Mtg. of National Center of Women in IT, NY, NY
Keynote Address, Meeting of Delaware Valley Assoc. of Independent Schools
Plenary, Research on Discrimination and Health (NCI, NSF, NIH), Bethesda, MD
Plenary Address, Regional Educational Laboratory, New Brunswick, NJ
Keynote Address, Diversity in Dental Education, Annual Meeting of ADEA
Keynote Address, Encouraging Girls in Math & Science Summit, Morgantown, WV
Keynote Address, Business and Education Summit, Greenville, SC
MPS Distinguished Lecture, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
Opening Plenary Address, (Teaching) Assn. of Psychological Scientists, Boston, MA
Keynote Address, Encouraging Girls in Math & Science; REL Mid Atlantic, Baltimore, MD
Plenary Address, Regional Educational Laboratory, Baltimore, MD
Keynote Address, Brain and Learning Conference, San Francisco, CA
Keynote, Lecture, National Association of State Legislators, San Diego, CA
Capstone Address, Multicultural Mathematics Conference, Berkeley, CA
Keynote Address, Newark Urban Education Conference, Newark NJ
Keynote Address, Teacher Training, Clayton NJ Independent School District
Keynote Address, Boston University
Keynote Address, Bryn Mawr College
Keynote Address, Healthy Students & Communities Conference, NYU Medical School
United Nations Committee on the Family
Keynote Address: 150th Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, SJSU
Plenary Address: Shared Insights Institute, Rutgers Newark, Newark, NJ
Keynote Address: Psychological & Educational Research in Kansas Conference, Hays, KS
Keynote Address: Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
Capstone Address: Staff Development, Woodbury School District, Woodbury, NJ
Plenary Address: US - Mexico Border COE Consortium, El Paso, TX
Keynote Address: AVID Summer Institute, San Diego, CA
National Association of Advisors for the Health Profession, Portland, OR
Keynote Address: Race, Class and Education Conference for Rutgers Univ. Newark, NJ
Keynote Address: Southwest Psychological Association, Austin, TX
Keynote Address: Iowa Educational Research & Evaluation Association, Cedar Falls
Annual Teaching of Psychology Lecture: American Psychological Assn., Washington DC
Commencement Address: Joseph Forgione Development School, NYC
Keynote Panelist: New York Acad. of Science: Are Women Being Held Back in Science?
Keynote Speaker and Panelist, APA Educational Leadership Conf., Washington, DC
Keynote Address: Texas Association of Secondary School Principals, Austin, TX
Keynote Address: The National Conference for Community and Justice, Springfield, MA
Plenary Address: Southwest Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX
Keynote Address: Assn. of American Medical Colleges, Annual Mtg., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Plenary Address: Mtg. of the Consortium on High Achievement and Success, NYC
Keynote Address: Assn. of American Medical Colleges, Annual Mtg., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
G. Stanley Hall Memorial Lecture, Western Psychological Association Mtg, Vancouver, BC
G. Stanley Hall Memorial Lecture, American Psychological Association Mtg, Chicago, IL
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Keynote Address: 5th Annual Psychology Day, Connecticut State College System
Keynote Address: Lafayette College Psi Chi Conference College, NY
Keynote Address: 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, CUNY
Keynote Address: President’s Achievement Initiative, UC Boulder
Keynote Address, Psychology Challenges Bias 2000, U. of Vermont
President's Symposium: Western Psychological Association
Faculty Orientation: Southwestern Oklahoma State University
ENDOWED/AWARD LECTURES/COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES
Oct
2014 Inaugural Templeton Lecture, Pace University, Psychology Dept.
Jun
2014 Commencement Speaker, University of California, Santa Cruz
Aug 2013 Esther Katz Rosen Lecturer, American Psychological Foundation, Honolulu, HI
May 2012 Distinguished Educator Lecture, NYU Academy of Distinguished Educators (NYUCD)
Apr 2012 Distinguished Researcher in Education Conference, Hunter College
Apr 2011 Convocation, Carleton College
Mar 2010 John Dewey Seminar, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
May 2009 Nancy Tatum Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics, University of Mississippi Medical Ctr.
Oct
2008 Second Annual Marvin W. Goldstein Lecture on Prejudice Reduction, Rider College
Mar 2008 Provost’s Series on Teaching and Learning, Montclair State University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
New York University 2000--present
Graduate Social Psychology
Undergraduate Social Psychology
Graduate Seminar in Developmental Psychology
Race in Urban Schools (with Pedro Noguera)
Graduate Experimental Psychology
The Psychology of Human Intelligence
Experimental Psychology
Students in the Community
Academic Achievement Gaps
Teaching of Critical Thinking
Achievement Gaps: Law and Science (with Peggy Cooper Davis, NYU Law School)
Undergraduate Educational Psychology
Adolescent Development
UT Austin 1995-2000:
Foundations of Educational Psychology
Graduate Social Psychology
Graduate Research Methods in Developmental/Social Psychology
Advanced Research Seminar: Stereotypes & Prejudice
Problems in Educational Psychology
Advanced Research Seminar: Stereotype Threat
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 1992-95:
Introductory Social Psychology
Introductory Psychology
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PHD STUDENTS MENTORED
Jeff Cookston, Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, San Francisco State College
Claytie Davis III, Staff Psychologist, University of California, Berkeley
Catherine Good, Assistant Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology, Baruch College, CUNY
Jayne Ann Harder, Mathematics Teacher, Nicosia, Cyprus
Michael Lustina, Director, Public Strategies, Inc., Austin, TX
Moises Salinas, Associate Professor of Psychology, Central Connecticut State College
Jeannetta Williams, Associate Professor of Psychology, St. Edwards College
John Protzko, Post Doctoral Scholar, UCSB
Laura Davis, New York University, in progress
Jessica Cressen, NYU, in progress
Brian Spitzer, NYU in progress
Kat Adams, in progress
NSF PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED/ MENTORED
Jeannetta Williams, 1998-2002, UT Austin
Erica Carryl 2005-2008, NYU
SPENCER POSTDOCS AWARDED/MENTORED
Catherine Good, 2002-2002, NYU (Currently assistant professor, Baruch College)
Michael Inzlicht, 2002-2004, NYU (Currently associate professor, University of Toronto)
POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS MENTORED
Carrie Fried, Professor of Psychology, Winona State College
Michael Inzlicht, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto
Markus Appel, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Lindz, Germany
Isabelle Plante, Assistant Professor of Education, Quebec
PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Editorial Boards:
Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002-2004
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2002-2006
Personality and Social Psychology Compass, 2007Review Panels:
National Science Foundation, K-12 Biology 2002
National Research Council-Report on Engaging High Schools, 2002
National Science Foundation: Social Psychology Panel, 2005-2008
Spencer Foundation Grants Advisory Board, 2010Peer Reviewer for Journals:
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (17 reviews)
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Applied Social Psychology (7 reviews)
Peer Reviewer, Psychological Science (17 reviews)
Peer Reviewer, Psychological Bulletin (8 reviews)
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Peer Reviewer, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (17 reviews)
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Educational Psychology (42 reviews)
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (13 reviews)
Peer Reviewer, European Journal of Social Psychology (2 reviews)
Peer Reviewer, Basic and Applied Social Psychology (2 reviews)
Peer Reviewer, Social Cognition (1 review)
Peer Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science (1 review)
Peer Reviewer, Applied Developmental Psychology (7 reviews)
Peer Reviewer, Group Processes and Individual Differences (3 review)
Grant Reviews:
National Science Foundation (129 reviews)
William T. Grant Foundation (17 review)
Spencer Foundation (321 reviews)
Russell Sage Foundation (24 reviews)
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (39 reviews)
John Templeton Foundation (2)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Society for Research in Child Development
American Psychological Association
Association of Psychological Scientists (Named Fellow in 2007)
American Educational Research Association
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society of Experimental Social Psychology (Inducted summer, 1999; Elected as Fellow, 2009)
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Fellow, 2009)
Western Psychological Association
International Society for Self and Identity
National Academy of Education
New York Academy of Sciences (Inducted, Fall 2005)
COMMITTEES, WORKGROUPS, AND ADVISORY BOARDS
1999-2001
Advisory Board: Multi-disciplinary Task Force on Stereotypes, Prejudice, Tolerance, and
Rights: Educating Children for Living in Diverse Cultures, NSF
1998-2000
Consultant: State of Missouri Department of Education,
1997-2000
Consultant: Del Valle Independent School District, Austin, Texas,
2000
Mentor/ Scientists and Engineers in the Schools program, National Science Foundation
1998
Expert Witness: TX House of Representatives, Comm. on Higher Education,
2003
Expert Witness:(standardized testing) National Academy of Sciences (Institute of Medicine)
College Board Task Force on the Achievement Gap
2002
Program Chair: American Psychological Association Conference Division 8
2002
Cluster Representative for APA Division 8 (Social Psychology)
2001-2005
Chair, Selection Committee: Louise M. Kidder Early Career Award, APA
1992-95
Research Mentor for senior honors program, Psychology Department, Stanford University,
1993-94
Panel Member, University Human Subjects Committee, Stanford University,
1995-2000
Co-chair: Curriculum Committee, Educational Psychology Dept., UT Austin
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Member: Graduate Studies Committee, UT Austin
Organizer: National Conference “Diversity and Student Outcomes” Austin, TX, November
Consultant: Pathways Through Nursing Education, Nursing Dept., UT, Austin
Panelist: International Conference on Affirmative Action, Washington, Univ
Panelist: The construction of Merit in Law School Admissions Programs, UT Law,
Faculty Mentor: The Society of Personality and Social Psychology
Honors Examiner, Swarthmore College
Founder, Ctr. for Research on Culture, Development & Education, NYU
Founder: Edward Zigler Award and Lecture Series, New York University
Federal Education Advocacy Coordinator (FEDAC) (NYU Coordinator American
Psychological Association: FEDAC representative for New York University
Research Consultant/Collaborator: Education Innovation Laboratory, Harvard
Grants-in-aid selection Committee, SPSSI
Research Consultant: Educational Testing Service
National Academy of Education (Member; Proposal Reviewer for Spencer
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program)
Co-director, National Task Force on the Achievement Gap
Consultant: SMEP; American Assn. of Medical Colleges
Consultant, The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
Consultant, The Institute for Research and Reform in Education
Social Psychology Review Panel, National Science Foundation
Panel Member: Encouraging Girls and Women in STEM, Inst. of Education Sciences
Appointed to Design Team: National Research Council/Strategic Education
Research Partnership/Minority Student Achievement Network
Advisory Board Member: Black Males and Single Sex Schools project, Gates Found.
Site Visit Team Member for Science of Learning Center: National Science Found.
Society of Personality and Social Psychology: Cialdini Award Committee
Advisory Board, Pittsburgh Science of Learning (an NSF Funded Center)
Small Grants Review Board, The Spencer Foundation
Science Advisory Board, National Center for Women in Information Technology
Fellows Selection Committee, Society of Personality and Social Psychologist
Chair: Working group on 21st Century Schools (W. Darling-Hammond, Pianta,
Allen, Kaufman)
Advisory Board: Center for Social Psychology and Education, Harvard University
Task Force Member: School to Prison (New York City Commissioner of Children’s Services)
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE/APPEARANCES/INTERVIEWS
ABC News; ABC 20/20; CNN Late Edition; PBS Frontline; The New York Times; The New York Times
Magazine; Chicago Tribune; Dallas Morning News; Newsweek; Wall Street Journal; The New Yorker;
London Times; The Boston Globe; Parents; The New York Daily News; Associated Press, Science Careers
Joshua Aronson is associate professor of developmental, social, and educational psychology, at NYU. He
is also the research scientist at the Metro Center for Urban Education. He received his Ph.D. in 1992 from
Princeton University. Before coming to NYU, he was on the faculty at the University of Texas and was a
postdoctoral scholar and lecturer at Stanford University. Aronson’s research focuses on the social and
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psychological influences on academic achievement. Among the most widely cited social scientists in the
past decade, Aronson is internationally known for his research on “stereotype threat” and minority
student achievement, research that offers a strong challenge to traditional genetic and sociological
explanations of why African Americans and Latinos perform less well on tests of intelligence than their
White counterparts, and why women trail men in hard math and science. Aronson’s research with
colleague Claude Steele has been cited in three Supreme Court cases and is considered a modern classic in
social psychology, with over 3500 citations in scientific publications This research showed how stereotypes
that allege lower ability among these groups depresses Black and Latino students’ test and school
performance, and women's comfort and performance in advanced mathematics and science
domains. Aronson has authored numerous chapters and scholarly articles on this work and is the Editor of
Improving Academic Achievement: Impact of Psychological Factors on Education (Academic Press) and
Readings about the Social Animal, (Worth). His work for the past decade has been devoted to enhancing
the school experiences of disadvantaged students and improving their learning and test performance. This
work has been highly influential in the field of education, intelligence testing, law and social psychology—
featured in best selling books like Blink, The Nurture Assumption, How Children Succeed, and Mindset:
The Psychology of Success, among many others. Aronson has received several awards and grants for his
research including Early Career awards from the American Psychological Association’s Society for the
Psychological Study of Social Issues and the National Science Foundation, and the G. Stanley Hall Lecturer
Award from the American Psychological Association, and the William T. Grant Faculty Scholars award. He
was the founding director of the Center for Research on Culture, Development and Education at New York
University and now directs the Metro Center For Achievement Research and Evaluation (Metro CARE) at
New York University.