Linda Tropp, professor of social psychology at the University of Massachusetts, presented her years of research on the relationship between intergroup contact and its effect on racial tensions Monday ...

For more than 50 years, social scientists and practitioners have suggested that having members of different groups interact with each other can be an effective tool for reducing prejudice. But ...

The outcomes of social interactions among members of different groups (e.g., racial groups, political groups, sexual orientation groups) have long been of interest to psychologists. Two related ...

Last week, the University of Maryland faced swift backlash following a diversity and inclusion effort that targeted white students. The university’s counseling center advertised a group, initially ...

It’s easy to get discouraged about the levels of racism and prejudice in our society. We see news of black teens being gunned down by white police officers, gay children being bullied, and townspeople ...

Since the 1940s and 1950s, psychologists and sociologists have been interested in what’s become known as the “contact hypothesis," the deceptively simple notion that increasing contact between groups ...