American Educational Research Journal (2025) Authors: Mollie McQuillan, Janel Anderson, and Lydia Gandy-Fastovich Abstract: PK–12 district-level administrators have been asked to navigate an increasingly complex policy landscape concerning gender-diversity reforms. We apply sensemaking theory to examine …
Year: 2025
Can Racial Diversity Attenuate Racial Discrimination in Service Interactions? Evidence from Cite-And-Release Decisions Within Police Departments
Organizational Science (2023) Author: Jirs Meuris Abstract: Despite the belief that racial diversity in organizations will attenuate racial discrimination in service interactions, the extant literature suggests that it may often exacerbate discrimination by generating intergroup …
Contextual Inequality in the Performance Costs of Financial Precarity
Journal of Management (2023) Authors: Jirs Meuris and Joe Gladstone Abstract: A substantial proportion of the workforce experiences financial precarity, which is defined as persistent concern about one’s personal financial welfare. Research suggests that financial precarity often harms …
Task Interdependence and the Gender Wage Gap: The Role of the Gender Composition of an Occupation
Journal of Organizational Behavior (2023) Authors: Jirs Meuris and Allison Elias Abstract: People increasingly need to collaborate with others in their workplace to perform their jobs. Studies have shown that task interdependence can have important consequences …
A Hidden Barrier to Diversification? Performance Recognition Penalties for Incumbent Workers in Male-Dominated Occupations
American Sociological Review (2024) Authors: Jirs Meuris and Jennifer Merluzzi Abstract: Responding to persistent gender inequity, organizations have adopted diversity initiatives to promote women’s representation in traditionally male-dominated occupations. Although studies have identified challenges to these …
Living in Ancestrally Diverse States of the United States is Associated with Greater Vagal Tone
Frontiers in Psychology (2023) Authors: Ethan G. Harrod, Ilan Shrira, Jared D. Martin, and Paula M. Niedenthal Abstract: Historically, exposure to dissimilar others (“strangers”) was a physiologically arousing event—resulting in avoidance, distrust, and even conflict. Despite this, …
Gender Differences in the Form and Function of Naturally Occurring Smiles
Psychology (2024) Authors: Zoe Hansen, Paula Niedenthal, Jared Martin, and Adrienne Wood Abstract: Through their nuanced ability to reinforce, reassure, and judge, smiles accomplish many tasks in daily interactions. Do male- and female-identifying individuals use these smiles equally? …
Latent Class Analysis of Heart Health in a Marginalized Black Community
American Heart Association Journals (2023) Authors: Linda D. Oakley, Wan-Chin Kuo, Rick P. Voland, Hannah Olson-Williams, Faith Kunkul, and Roger L. Brown Abstract: Mounting evidence associates Black American’s experiences of chronic stress with younger age hypertension (HTN) …
Mothers, Money, and Multi-Partner Fertility: Understanding Economic Outcomes in Midlife
Children and Youth Services Review (2025) Authors: Cassandra Dorius, Margaret Gough Courtney, Quentin H. Riser Abstract: This study examines how mothers’ childbearing and relationship histories, specifically, whether they have children with multiple partners (multi-partner fertility, …
Besbris and Walsh Receive Romnes Faculty Fellowships
IDS affiliates Max Besbris (Sociology) and Kate Walsh (Psychology, Gender and Women’s Studies) were recently awarded H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowships. The Romnes Fellowships recognize University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty who have had exceptional research contributions within …