Reality of Contemporary Discrimination in the United States

JASON A. NIER is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College. His research has focused primarily on the measurement of intergroup attitudes and stereotypes, and the study of interventions that reduce bias and conflict between groups. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles and book chapters, which have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. SAMUEL L. GAERTNER is Professor of Psychology at the University of Delaware. His research interests involve intergroup relations with a focus on understanding and reducing prejudice, discrimination and racism. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Currently, Professor Gaertner is co-editor (with Rupert Brown, Sussex University, UK), of Social Issues and Policy Review.

• SECTION I: INTRODUCTIONThe Challenge of Detecting Contemporary Forms of Discrimination (Jason A. Nier and Samuel L. Gaertner)SECTION II: DETECTING CONTEMPORARY DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT CONTEXTSIdentifying Discrimination at Work: The Use of Field Experiments (Devah Pager and Bruce Western)Developing the Research Basis for Controlling Bias in Hiring (Marc Bendick, Jr. and Ana P. Nunes)Dearth by a Thousand Cuts?: Accounting for Gender Differences in Top-Ranked Publication Rates in Social Psychology (Mina Cikara, Laurie Rudman, and Susan Fiske)SECTION III: DETECTING CONTEMPORARY DISCRIMINATION IN LEGAL CONTEXTSThe World is Not Black and White: Racial Bias in the Decision to Shoot in a Multiethnic Context (Melody S. Sadler, Joshua Correll, Bernadette Park, and Charles M. Judd)The Missing Quadrants of Antidiscrimination: Going Beyond the “Prejudice Polygraph” (Jerry Kang)SECTION IV: CONTEMPORARY DISCRIMINATION AND WELLNESSLife-Threatening Disparities: Treatment of Black and White Cancer Patients (Louis A. Penner, Susan Eggly, Jennifer J. Griggs, Willie Underwood, III, Heather Orom, and Terrance L. Albrecht)Racism and Social Capital: The Implications for Social and Physical Well-Being (Elizabeth Brondolo, Madeline Libretti, Luis Rivera, and Katrina M. Walsemann)SECTION V: CONCLUSIONSIntergroup Disparities and Implicit Bias: A Commentary (Emily L. Fisher and Eugene Borgida)Contemporary Discrimination in the Lab and Field: Benefits and Obstacles of Full-Cycle Social Psychology (Nilanjana Dasgupta and Jane G. Stout)SECTION VI: 2011 KURT LEWIN AWARDIntroduction to Michelle Fine’s SPSSI Kurt Lewin Award Address (Susan Opotow)Resuscitating Critical Psychology for “Revolting” Times (Michelle Fine)