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changing culture with science
Expertise: Culture and inequality; behavioral, organizational, and societal change; academic-public/private sector collaborations; higher ed leadership
Bio
I am a social and behavioral scientist with experience leading centers and teams within higher ed. I study and put into practice strategies to help people live, work, and interact in today’s diverse and divided world. My expertise is in harnessing the power of culture for behavioral, organizational, and societal change and building cross-sector collaborations to field test data-driven solutions. My research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, covered by national media outlets, and supported by leading foundations.
As Executive Director and Senior Research Scientist at Stanford SPARQ, I oversee the center’s team and projects. I partner with public and private sector leaders to leverage social and behavioral science insights to drive change. I prioritize an approach to research that is grounded in society’s biggest problems and centers the perspectives of practitioners working to lead change on the ground. I create opportunities for researchers and practitioners to learn from one another in mutually beneficial partnerships. I also regularly speak and advise on culture change, cross-sector research partnerships, and higher education leadership.
Before Stanford SPARQ, I was Associate Director of Stanford’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) and Stanford's Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE). I am also a Stanford Ph.D. alum in Social Psychology and graduate from Middlebury College with B.A.s in Psychology and Philosophy.
Work experience
2018 - Present
Executive Director & Senior Research Scientist (promoted from Managing Director in 2022) | Stanford SPARQ, Stanford University
2016 - 2018
Project Director & Senior Research Scientist | Stanford SPARQ, Stanford University
2012 - 2016
Associate Director | Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity, Stanford University
2011 - 2012
Associate Director | Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, Stanford University
2009 - 2011
Postdoctoral Research Associate & Program Coordinator | Department of Psychology, Stanford University
2008 - 2009
Marketing Research Consultant | Answerlab, Koski Research, EVB
recognitions
Association for Psychological Science Fellow, 2025
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Fellow, 2024
Women in Leadership, Coro Northern California, 2024
Market Research Council, 2023 (by nomination)
Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 2020
Graduate Fellow, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Teaching Fellowship, Stanford University, 2007-2008
Centennial Teaching Award, Stanford University, 2006
Graduate Research Award, Stanford University, 2006
Phi Beta Kappa, 2002
Psi Chi, 2000
Education
Stanford University, PhD in Psychology | 2002 - 2008
Research specialties: culture and inequality; using social psychological research insights to address social problems.
Co-wrote two National Science Foundation grants (awarded); worked as textbook consultant to update content of popular volume Social Psychology (Houghton Mifflin Company) to include cultural psychology research.
Middlebury College, BA in Psychology & Philosophy (double major) | 1998 - 2002
Graduated with honors and summa cum laude.
Award-winning writer, experienced peer writing tutor and teaching assistant.
Studied philosophy abroad junior year at the University of Oxford in England (St. Anne’s College).
Photo: Sarah Deragon @ portraitstothepeople.com
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