Increasing evidence suggests that two learning and memory brain circuits that pre-date humans—declarative memory and procedural memory—have been co-opted (hijacked) to support the learning, representation, and processing of language. From both human and animal studies, these circuits are well-...

Hesna Al Ghaoui is an award-winning television journalist, filmmaker, former war correspondent, and author of three books, with a special interest in human behavior, fear, and resilience. She gained her doctoral JD degree at the ELTE University of Budapest, Faculty of Law. She has worked as a...

In this talk, I will provide a broad overview of our research on the narrative of racial progress—the tendency for Americans to believe in the linear, automatic, and even natural march forward to racial equity and justice. The talk will begin with an overall orientation to my research approach...

Research suggests that people prefer confident advisors to uncertain advisors. But do people dislike uncertain advice or merely uncertain presentations of advice? Across a series of studies, we find that an advisor is judged more favorably when the advice is expressed confidently than when it is...

Our research finds that universities discuss diversity more in instrumental (i.e., the value it provides) than moral terms, a practice which coincides with the preferences of White (but not minority) Americans. Parents and admissions officers expect universities’ instrumental language to...

Poverty is clearly not good for children’s development, but the reasons for this are only beginning to emerge. One fruitful line of inquiry focuses on exposure to cumulative risk factors, both social and physical, that disadvantaged children are more likely to encounter. In this talk I will...

Societal inequality, including racism, impacts marginalized youth and young adults, including their experience, meaning-making, and outcomes of interpersonal trauma. Proposed by Gómez in 2012, cultural betrayal trauma theory (CBTT) highlights cultural betrayal in within-group trauma in...

Many would argue that college is the great equalizer. Once completed, individuals who hold a 4-year degree should be able to reap its rewards. This paper examines the pivotal transition from college to the labor market. How do candidates fare when they reveal to prospective employers that they...

The Women’s Faculty Club and 150 Years of Women at UC Berkeley present a virtual event: The Christina Marsden Gillis Academic Lives Program

Susan Ervin-Tripp and Elizabeth L. Scott: Getting to Know Two Remarkable Women. Who Led the Fight for Gender Equity at UC Berkeley

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Social dominance orientation (SDO) measures the extent to which people accept and promote group-based inequality and is positively associated to prejudicial attitudes and behaviors. Despite the large body of scholarship on SDO, we know little about the relationship between SDO and emotions. In...