Sa-kiera T. J. Hudson

Assistant Professor

Email Address:

sa.kiera.hudson@berkeley.edu

Research Area:

Social-Personality

Website:

Sa-kiera T. J. Hudson's Homepage

School:

Haas School of Business

Research Interests:

The psychological and biological roots of power hierarchies, and how these hierarchies intersect to influence experiences and perceptions.

Research Description

My research examines the ubiquitous nature of unequal social hierarchies in society and their role as a primary source of intergroup conflict. By understanding the contextual and psychological processes that underpin how hierarchies are formed, maintained, and influenced by one another, we can develop tools to change hierarchical systems to be more egalitarian. In my research, I probe human experiences within various interconnected social hierarchies, investigating the role of i) empathic and spiteful emotions in supporting intergroup harm, ii) group stereotypes in the experience and perception of prejudice, and iii) motivated reasoning in justifying unequal societal conditions.
Selected Publications

Ledgerwood, A., Hudson, S. T. J., Lewis Jr., N. A., Maddox, K. B., Pickett, C. L., Remedios, J. D., Cheryan, S. Diekman, A. B., Goh, J. X., Goodwin, S. A., Munakata, Y., Navarro, D. J., Onyeador, I. N., Srivastava, S., and Wilkins, C. L. (2022) The Pandemic as a Portal: Reimagining Psychological Science as Truly Open and Inclusive. Forthcoming at Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Rice, D., Hudson, S. T. J., & Noll, N. (2021). Gay = STIs? Exploring gay and lesbian sexual health stereotypes and their implications for prejudice and discrimination. European Journal of Social Psychology.

Kraus, M. W., Hudson, S. T. J., & Richeson, J. A. (2021). Framing, Context, and the Misperception of Black–White Wealth Inequality. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Onyeador, I. N., Hudson, S. T. J., & Lewis Jr, N. A. (2021). Moving beyond implicit bias training: Policy insights for increasing organizational diversity. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8(1), 19-26.

Bergh, R., Davis, G. K., Hudson, S. T. J., & Sidanius, J. (2020). Social Dominance Theory and Power Comparison. In Social Comparison, Judgment, and Behavior (pp. 575–597). Oxford University Press.

Hudson, S. T. J., Cikara, M., & Sidanius, J. (2019). Preference for hierarchy is associated with reduced empathy and increased counter-empathy towards others, especially out-group targets. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85, 103871.

Charlesworth, T. E. S., Hudson, S. T. J., Cogsdill, E. J., Spelke, E. S., & Banaji, M. R. (2019). Children use targets’ facial appearance to guide and predict social behavior. Developmental Psychology, 55(7), 1400-1413.

Sidanius, J., Hudson, S. T. J., Davis, G., & Bergh, R. (2018). The Theory of Gendered Prejudice: A Social Dominance and Intersectionalist Perspective. In (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Political Science: Oxford University Press.

Hudson, S. T. J. & Kimel, S. Y. (2017). New Racism. In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, B. S. Turner (Ed.).
Teaching

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (MBA)