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Markus, Hazel R. |
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Stanford University |
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Psychological and Cognitive Sciences |
| Secondary Field
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Social and Political Sciences |
 Election Citation
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Markus founded the modern field of cultural psychology, showing that the Western conceptions of self as a bounded entity separate from others, is by no means universal in today?s world. She provided both the theory and the methods that continue to animate one of social psychology's most important contemporary movements. |
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Research Interests
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Hazel Markus's laboratory focuses on how culture shapes mind and behavior. She examines how many forms of culture (e.g., region of origin, ethnicity, race, social class, gender and occupation) influence the self, and in turn, psychological functioning, including cognition, emotion, motivation and intergroup processes. Her contributions include theories of self-schemas, possible selves, independent and interdependent models of agency, and culture cycles. Using a blend of experiments, surveys, and analyses of cultural products, her research investigates cultures as multilayered cycles of individuals, interactions, institutions, and ideas. Different blends of these culture cycles create different forms of agency. The clash of independent and interdependent forms of agency and their supporting culture cycles fuels both global hostilities and daily tensions between regions, races, classes, religions and organizations. Her research involves identifying and removing barriers to agency and designing programs and interventions that build possible selves and foster agency. Her current focus is on mechanisms of cultural change in organizations such as schools and police departments, and in designing effective strategies for fostering effective and inclusive communities. Recent books include Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century, Facing Social Class: How Societal Rank Influences Interaction, and Clash!: How to Thrive in a Multicultural World. |
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