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Stacey Sinclair

Stacey Sinclair is an American psychologist and professor of psychology and public affairs, and associate professor of African American studies at Princeton University. Her research focuses on how interpersonal interactions translate culturally held prejudices into individual thoughts and actions.

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Stacey Sinclair
Sinclair at Princeton University in 2018
Born (1971-05-31) May 31, 1971
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materStanford University, University of California Los Angeles (M.A. and Ph.D)
SpouseJoseph Barnes
Children2

Stacey Sinclair (born May 31, 1971) is an American psychologist and professor of psychology and public affairs, and associate professor of African American studies at Princeton University.1 Her research focuses on how interpersonal interactions translate culturally held prejudices into individual thoughts and actions.21

Personal life

Stacey Sinclair was born on May 31, 1971, in Brooklyn, New York. She was born to Alice and Ronald Sinclair. Her mother, Alice, worked as a Registered Nurse Midwife and her father, Ronald, worked as a Residential Property Manager Executive. Sinclair lived in the Bronx Borough of New York City until she was 9 years old. After this, her family moved to the San Fernando Valley in southern California. While there, she attended James Monroe High School. She now lives with her husband, Joseph Barnes, and has two children.

Education and career

In 1992, Sinclair received Bachelor of Arts degrees, from Stanford University, in psychology and economics.3 She received her master's degree in social psychology in 1993 and a Ph.D. in 1999, both from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).4

Sinclair joined the psychology department at the University of Virginia in 1999 as an assistant professor, becoming an associate professor in 2006.3 In 2008, she became an associate professor in the Psychology and African American studies departments at Princeton University.3 She's currently a Full Professor and teaches in both the Department of Psychology and the School of Public and International Affairs5 at Princeton University.1

She is currently Head of Mathey College.6

Honors and awards

Sinclair's honors and awards include:

  • Fellow, American Psychological Society7 (2016)
  • Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology8 (2012)
  • Fellow, Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues 2(2007)
  • Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology2 (2006)
  • National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Minority Fellowship3 (1992-1996)

Research

In her publications, Sinclair focuses on intergroup attitudes and implicit biases.9 Some of her representative publications include studies about interracial anxiety in movement 10 and the effects of implicit racial biases on performance.11 She has other works on implicit bias –– both as a factor in racial disparities in academic achievement and in interpersonal interactions among whites.1213

References

References

  1. "Department of Psychology". psych.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  2. "The 2017-2018 APS Board". Observer. Vol. 30, no. 7. Association for Psychological Science. 2017-08-31.
  3. "Department of Psychology". psych.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  4. "UCLA Social Psychology Ph.D's". lieber.bol.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  5. "Stacey Sinclair". Princeton African American Studies. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  6. "Mathey College". matheycollege.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. "Professor Stacey Sinclair appointed head of Mathey College". Department of Psychology, Princeton University. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. "Announcing the 2017 SPSP Award Recipients". Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  9. Huntsinger, Jeffrey R.; Sinclair, Stacey; Clore, Gerald L. (May 2009). "Affective regulation of implicitly measured stereotypes and attitudes: Automatic and controlled processes". Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 45 (3): 560–566. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2009.01.007. ISSN 0022-1031.
  10. Kenrick, Andreana C.; Sinclair, Stacey; Richeson, Jennifer; Verosky, Sara C.; Lun, Janetta (February 2016). "Moving while Black: Intergroup attitudes influence judgments of speed". Journal of Experimental Psychology. General. 145 (2): 147–154. doi:10.1037/xge0000115. ISSN 1939-2222. PMID 26523423.
  11. Jacoby-Senghor, Drew S.; Sinclair, Stacey; Shelton, J. Nicole (March 2016). "A lesson in bias: The relationship between implicit racial bias and performance in pedagogical contexts". Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 63: 50–55. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2015.10.010. ISSN 0022-1031.
  12. Greenwald, Anthony G.; McGhee, Debbie E.; Schwartz, Jordan L. K. (1998), "Implicit Association Test", APA PsycTests: Citation and Description, American Psychological Association (APA), doi:10.1037/t03782-000
  13. Jacoby-Senghor, Drew S.; Sinclair, Stacey; Smith, Colin Tucker (September 2015). "When bias binds: Effect of implicit outgroup bias on ingroup affiliation". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 109 (3): 415–433. doi:10.1037/a0039513. ISSN 1939-1315. PMID 26280842.