Stanford University

Media Mentions

2023

This Change Could Reduce Police Brutality against Black Drivers like Tyre Nichols Scientific American, February 2023
Why Good People Do Bad Things Psychology Today, January 2023
Want to Make a Change? Conjure Your ‘Possible Selves.’ The New York Times, April 2023

2022

How to Create a Sense of Belonging in a Divided America Time Magazine, November 2022
Rooting Out the Masculine Defaults in Your Workplace Harvard Business Review, October 2022
Asking for Help is Hard, but People Want to Help More Than We Realize, Stanford Scholar Says Stanford News, September 2022
Go Ahead, Ask for Help. People Are Happy to Give It The New York Times, September 2022
In Schools, Honest Talk About Racism Can Reduce Discrimination Scientific American, August 2022
Three Stanford Faculty Members Elected to the British Academy Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, August 2022
Stanford Professor Talks Confronting Racial Bias in Schools, Police Departments The GW Hatchet, August 2022
What Happens When Kids Learn That Racism Cannot Be Overcome Time Magazine, July 2022
Jennifer Eberhardt Received the 2022 Lewis Thomas Prize Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, June 2022
Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Social Psychologist and Stanford University Professor, Joins the Innocence Project Board of Directors Innocence Project, May 2022
Nextdoor Named as One of the TIME100 Most Influential Companies for the Second Consecutive Year Bloomberg, March 2022
Margaret Atwood on Stories, Deception and The Bible The New York Times, March 2022
Everyone Has Unconscious Biases—Here's How to Identify, Address, and Overcome Them Insider, March 2022
Social Psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt To Be Awarded the 2022 Lewis Thomas Prize The Rockefeller University, March 2022
New Oakland Police Body Cameras Turn On Automatically When Officers Draw Their Guns The Oaklandside, March 2022
Celebrating Black-Led Research in Psychology Psychology Today, February 2022
Expanding Education Access for Black Girls with Disabilities Center for American Progress, February 2022
What if We Respected Toddlers as Whole People? The New York Times, February 2022
Stanford Scholars Examine Systemic Racism, How to Advance Racial Justice in America Stanford News, February 2022

2021

You Probably Don't Compliment People Enough Psychology Today, October 2021
Research: What Makes Employees Feel Empowered to Speak Up? Harvard Business Review, October 2021
Supporting Students Involved in the Justice System Stanford News, October 2021
Study Reveals Differences in How Black and White U.S. Parents Talked to Their Kids About Race and Racism Before and After George Floyd's Death Stanford News, September 2021
Implicit Racial Bias Expert Jennifer Eberhardt Putting Students First, August 2021
Black Drivers Receive Less Respect From Police Officers, Study Says NBC News, July 2021
Police Officers Treat Black and White Men Differently. You Can Hear it in Their Tone of Voice LA Times, July 2021
Police Officers Speak to Black Drivers with Less Respect than White Drivers, Study Finds CNN, July 2021
Expert Panel: Policing and Racism, Insights from Psychological Science APS, June 2021
Faculty Women's Forum Announces 2021 Award Winners Stanford News, June 2021
Disrupting the Impacts of Implicit Bias The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, May 2021
3 Strategies to Reduce Bias in Leadership Assessments Harvard Business Review, May 2021
How Piecemeal Police Reform is Setting the Stage for National Change PBS, May 2021
A Good First Step Toward Racial Justice: Don't Let Police Stop Motorists for Minor Offenses LA Times, April 2021
When Your Favorite Book Becomes A Course For Work Forbes, April 2021
How Many Volumes Does Your Career Have? Forbes, April 2021
How Important Is Passion? It Depends on Your Culture Greater Good Magazine, April 2021
The Reconstruction: Overcoming Racial Bias to Optimize Asset Management for Returns—and Impact ImpactAlpha, March 2021
'Passion' May Be the Wrong Thing to Search For in Hiring Futurity, March 2021
The UK Figured Out How to Design Safer Streets for Women in the 1980s—and Abandoned the Effort Quartz, March 2021
Hiring and School Decisions Based on an Individual's 'Passion' Likely to Miss Talent Stanford News, March 2021
A Simple Compliment Can Make a Big Difference Harvard Business Review, February 2021
Stanford Scholars Examine Systemic Racism, How to Advance Racial Justice in America Stanford News, February 2021
Black History Month Psychology Today Canada, February 2021
Being a Teacher Means Talking About Sensitive Social Issues. Here's How Education Week, December 2020
Bias is Built Into Our Brains. But There's Still Hope Forbes, January 2021

2020

7 Ways for Teachers to Truly Connect with Parents Education Week, December 2020
Judges on Race: Reducing Implicit Bias in Courtrooms Law360, December 2020
Movies Get a Thumbs Down for Showing Unhealthy Food Futurity, November 2020
Building Respectful Online Communities Stanford eCorner, November 2020
2020 Nonfiction Runner-up Dayton Literary Peace Prize, November 2020
Mitigating the Effects of Implicit Bias Chief Learning Officer, October 2020
The Hard Truth About Bias Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien, October 2020
Overcoming Bias Requires Recognizing Our Blind Spots SmartBrief, October 2020
Retired Federal Judge Reflects on Long Career, Tackles Racial Bias in Courts Courthouse News Service, October 2020
Not All Self-help Books Work—But These 8 Will Actually Rewire the Way You Think, Live and Do Your Job CNBC October, 2020
Effective Change Requires Proximate Leaders Stanford Social Innovation Review, October 2020
How We Formed a 'Journal Club' for Equity in Science Nature, October 2020
Confronting Implicit Biases The Pulse September, 2020
8 Questions for Jennifer Eberhardt TIME for Kids, September 2020
Living on Autopilot PBS: Hacking Your Mind, September 2020
The Science of Why We're Biased The Jordan Harbinger Show, September 2020
Rooting Out Racism in AI Systems—There's No Time to Lose TechTarget Business Technology, August 2020
Is it Possible to Rid Police Officers of Bias? BBC, August 2020
3 Cognitive Biases Perpetuating Racism at Work—and How to Overcome Them World Economic Forum, August 2020
Fighting Epidemics, Old and New Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2020
Why Is It So Difficult to Hire Vice Presidents and Provosts? The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 2020
Talking About Racial Bias With the Author of 'Biased' GEN Medium, August 2020
Can Use of Force Restrictions Change Police Behavior? Here's What We Know PBS, July 2020
Stanford Impact Labs Forges Partnerships to Tackle Social Problems Stanford News, July 2020
Racial Equity Investing: The Time is Now Cambridge Associates, July 2020
Jennifer Eberhardt Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, July 2020
The Mug Shot, a Crime Story Staple, Is Dropped by some Newsrooms and Police The New York Times, July 2020
San Francisco Police Department Will Stop Releasing Most Mug Shots to Combat Racial Bias CNN, July 2020
It's 'Our Fault': Nextdoor CEO Takes Blame For Deleting of Black Lives Matter Posts All Things Considered, July 2020
A Banner Year for Investor Advocacy Politico, June 2020
The Push to Redefine "Good Design" Amid The Black Lives Matter Movement Quartz, June 2020
Venture's MeToo Movement Offers Lessons for Move for Racial Equity Business Insider, June 2020
How Racial Bias Works and How to Disrupt it TED Talks, June 2020
Where Do We Go From Here? The Oprah Winfrey Network, June 2020
Anti-Black Bias Affects Just About Everyone. What's The Best Way to Deal With Implicit Racism? Popular Science, June 2020
5 Books to Read About Race and the Police The New York Times, June 2020
She Wrote a Book About Bias. Here's How She Thinks Police Departments Should Approach Reform TIME, June 2020
What is an Unconscious Bias? Psychologist Discusses Making Change The Today Show, June 2020
As Protests Rage, African American Museum Offers New Forum for Talking About Race The Washington Post, June 2020
Looking for Books About Racism? Experts Suggest These Must-Read Titles for Adults and Kids USA Today, June 2020
Stanford Scholars Examine Racism, Social Change and How to Build a More Just Future Stanford News, June 2020
If You're a White Person Seeking to Be a Better Ally, Add These Books to Your Reading List POPSUGAR, June 2020
Just Because We Look Alike Doesn't Mean We Think Alike Psychology Today, June 2020
How to Talk to Your Friends and Family About Race, According to Psychologists Women's Health, June 2020
In Wake of George Floyd's Death, Psychologist Reexamines Racial Bias in Policing Here & Now, May 2020
An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism BuzzFeed News, May 2020
Pushing Back Against Racism and Xenophobia on College Campuses Inside Higher Ed, May 2020
Interrupting the Risk-Bias Cycle for Investors Karma Impact, May 2020
For a More Equitable America, Understand Race and Racism as Actions We Do and Can Undo Stanford Social Innovation Review, May 2020
Doing DEI Better in the Workplace Diversity Journal, April 2020
How To Have Better Conversations About Race University Business, April 2020
In Stressful Times, Make Stress Work for You New York Times, April 2020
Meet the Psychologist Exploring Unconscious Bias—and Its Tragic Consequences for Society Science Magazine, March 2020
Trump Uses China as a Foil When Talking Coronavirus, Distancing Himself from Criticism USA Today, March 2020
New Toolkit Wants to Make Talking About Race Easier Colorlines, March 2020

2019

Why Racial Bias Isn't Racial Bigotry The Next Big Idea, October 2019
Stanford Psychologists Entice Students to Eat More Veggies Forbes, October 2019
Commentary: Fiduciary Judgment, Race and Returns Pensions & Investments, September 2019
Drivers of Implicit Bias Gates Foundation Goalkeepers, September 2019
Social Media is The Perfect Petri Dish for Bias Vox, September 2019
How Asset Allocators' Biases Impact Institutional Investing Yahoo Finance, August 2019
The Better Fund Managers of Color Perform, the More Bias They Face Impact Alpha, August 2019
Black Fund Managers Likely to Face More Bias as Top Performers Pensions & Investments, August 2019
Op-Ed: Implicit Bias Puts Lives in Jeopardy. Can Mandatory Training Reduce The Risk? Los Angeles Times, July 2019
Be in The Room to Make Change Pod Save The People, July 2019
Humanization, Dehumanization, and Other Things Psychologists Do Aspen Ideas Festival, June 2019
The Bias Inside: A Conversation With Psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt Behavioral Scientist, May 2019
Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt on Unconscious Biases Amanpour and Company, April 2019
Justice Is Blind. Sometimes, So Is Prejudice The New York Times, April 2019
To End Racial Disparities in Policing, We Must Look Beyond the Data The Guardian, April 2019
Jennifer Eberhardt on the Neurological Patterns of Bias The New Yorker Radio Hour, April 2019
Tackling Perception's Effects on Behavior with "Biased" The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, March 2019
What Police Departments and the Rest of Us Can Do to Overcome Implicit Bias TIME Magazine, March 2019
MacArthur Genius Recipient Jennifer Eberhardt Discusses Her New Book Biased NPR All Things Considered, March 2019
Book Recommendation: Biased by MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Jennifer Eberhardt Forbes, March 2019
"You Don't Have to Be a Bigot to Have Bias," Expert Explains CBS This Morning, March 2019
Opinion: Bias in the Justice System is Real, and the Death Penalty Reveals It Los Angeles Times, March 2019
Could Your Mindset Affect How Well a Treatment Works? NPR, March 2019
Can a Nice Doctor Make Treatments More Effective? The New York Times, January 2019
The Unseen Reason Working-class Students Drop Out Politico, January 2019

2018

Stanford Researchers Found That Receiving Genetic Information Can Alter a Person’s Risk Stanford News, December 2018
Stanford Lab Explores Experiments in Universal Basic Income Stanford News, December 2018
Opinion: Why Do People Stay When a Hurricane Comes? The New York Times, September 2018
Why Identity Politics Benefits the Right More Than the Left The Guardian, July 2018
Stanford Research Team Creates Toolkits to Help Groups Overcome Biases and Other Social Issues Stanford News, July 2018
4 Ways AI Can Change Democracy for the Better VentureBeat, July 2018
Opinion: The Racist Trope That Won’t Die The New York Times, June 2018
Opinion: The Stress Sweet Spot The New York Times, June 2018
Statistics on Racial Disparities Should Be Paired With Context Stanford News, May 2018
How Your Mindset Determines Your Health BBC, April 2018
PNAS Announces Six 2017 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients AAAS, February 2018
How Our Beliefs Can Shape Our Waistlines The New York Times, February 2018
The Mindset That Keeps Norwegians Cheerful Through One of Earth’s Coldest, Darkest Winters Quartz, January 2018

2017

Opinion: Donald Trump: Our Individualist Nightmare Hero Huffington Post, December 2017
What’s Going On: Tensions, and Solutions, in a Changing Oakland KCET, September 2017
Research Says There Are Ways to Reduce Racial Bias. Calling People Racist Isn’t One of Them Vox, August 2017
Having Work Friends Can Be Tricky, but It’s Worth It Harvard Business Review, August 2017
To Solve Organ Shortage, States Consider ‘Opt-out’ Organ Donation Laws ("A 2012 study found ...") STAT, July 2017
Opinion: Changing Your Mindset Could Be the Key to Changing Your Life ABC News, July 2017
How to Live Longer: Stop Thinking You’re an Inactive Slacker—It Can Kill You Newsweek, July 2017
Police Are Less Respectful Toward Black Drivers, Report Finds The New York Times, June 2017
Police Officers Speak Less Respectfully to Black Residents Than to White Residents Stanford News, June 2017
The Mindset for a Milkshake Science Friday, June 2017
Our Need to Feel Special Is Making Us Lonely Quartz, April 2017
Psychologist Hazel Markus Named 2017 William James Fellow Stanford News, March 2017
Police Respect Whites More Than Blacks During Traffic Stops, Language Analysis Finds PBS News Hour, June 2017
The Social Scientific Case Against a Muslim Ban The New York Times, February 2017
Islamic Terrorism and Domestic Mass Shootings May Be Caused by the Exact Same Psychological Phenomenon Quartz, February 2017

2016

How San Diego's Police Traffic Stop Study Stacks up With Research in Other Cities San Diego Union Tribune, December 2016
The Secret Costs of Islamophobia CNN, November 2016
Why the Country Is Having a Big Debate About Empathy After Donald Trump’s Election Vox, November 2016
How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation The New York Times Magazine, October 2016
Q&A: Sarah Lyons-Padilla, Researcher at Center for Social Psychological Answers to Real-World Questions Stanford Daily, September 2016
Is Germany Failing Female Refugees? TIME, September 2016
Rio 2016: The Diverse Women’s Gymnastics Team is Great. But It Will Not “Calm Race Relations.” Vox, August 2016
Can Big Data and AI Fix Our Criminal-Justice Crisis? Engadget, August 2016
What the Americans Drawn to ISIS Had in Common The New York Times, July 2016
What Oakland Police's 'Implicit Bias' Could Mean for Police Reform Christian Science Monitor, June 2016

2015 and earlier

A Warmer Embrace of Muslims Could Stop Homegrown Terrorism The Conversation, November 2015
13 of the Most Impressive Professors at Stanford: Jennifer Eberhardt Teaches About Improving Race Relations Business Insider, October 2015
Stress Can Be a Good Thing if You Know How to Use It Harvard Business Review, September 2015
The Norwegian Town Where the Sun Doesn't Rise The Atlantic, July 2015
High Schools That Walk the Social-emotional Walk (And Don't Just Talk the Talk) Education Week, May 2015
The Most Productive Way to Develop as a Leader Harvard Business Review, March 2015
The Biased Eye NPR, January 2015
Stanford Scholar Named MacArthur Fellow Stanford News, September 2014
Racial Disparity in Imprisonment Inspires White People to Be Even More Tough on Crime Pacific Standard, September 2014
Whites Favor Harsh Sentencing Policies After Seeing Images of Black Prisoners Mother Jones, August 2014
Institutional Racism Alive and Well Nonprofit Quarterly, August 2014
Are 'Tiger Moms' Better Than Cool Moms? The Atlantic, June 2014
What's in a (Hurricane) Name? More Deaths Scientific American, June 2014
Who Gets to Graduate? The New York Times, May 2014
First-generation College Students Benefit From Discussing Class Differences Stanford News, April 2014
Talk About Class Inside Higher Ed, March 2014