Free lecture at Stanford

Spring Cubberley Lecture with Claude Steele, Geoff Cohen and Greg Walton - free and open to the public
Stereotype Threat: A Close Encounter. See it, Feel it, Fix it!
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 6PM-7:30PM

https://ed.stanford.edu/events/spring-cubberley-lecture-stereotype-threat-close-encounter-see-it-feel-it-fix-it

Stereotype threat is the experience of anxiety in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about his or her social group. In school, stereotype threat can cause underrepresented students to perform below their potential. It can cause them to focus less on learning and more on the worrisome prospect of performing poorly. The sting of stereotype threat can be felt by anyone – male or female, black or white, Asian or Latino, young or old. But when the threat is chronic, it can contribute to enduring patterns of inequality in school and beyond. What can be done to reverse the effects of stereotype threat? Through a multimedia presentation, social psychologists, Steele, Cohen, and Walton will illuminate the experience of stereotype threat and highlight the powerful ways we can diminish it and close the achievement gap between groups.