Category: Research

A Hidden Barrier to Diversification? Performance Recognition Penalties for Incumbent Workers in Male-Dominated Occupations

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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 initiatives for women entering occupations, we uncover a performance recognition penalty for incumbent workers originating from the process of occupational …

How Personal Value Orientations Influence Behaviors in Digital Citizen Science

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Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction  2024 Authors: Eunmi (Ellie) Jeong, Corey Jackson, Liz Dowthwaite, Cliff Johnson, Laura Trouille Abstract: While much research has examined motivations for contributing to citizen science projects, few studies have considered the role of personal values in directing citizen scientists’ interactions and contribution patterns. We investigated whether personal values …

Tensions of Making Women’s Marginalization Salient in Men-Dominated Workplaces

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Work and Occupations  (2024) Author: Chloe Grace Hart Abstract: Why might women who experience gender-based bias and harassment at work shy away from efforts to address gender inequality in their workplaces? Drawing on data from 52 interviews with women working in the Silicon Valley tech industry, I show that efforts to address women’s marginalization in …

Transgender Adolescent School Climate, Mental Health, and Adult Social Support

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JAMA Pediatrics (2024) Authors: Mollie T. McQuillan, Joseph R. Cimpian, Benjamin A. Lebovitz, Erin K. Gill Abstract: Despite well-established health disparities between transgender and cisgender youth, state bills restricting gender-inclusive school supports and health care have dramatically expanded since 2019. While parental support for transgender youth strengthens healthy development, unsupportive parents contribute to suicidality and …

Children’s perceptions of race and ethnicity in media: a 25-year update to children now

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Link to Publication Journal of Applied Communication Research (2024) Authors: Nicole Martins, Marie-Louise Mares (IDS Affiliate), McCall Booth, Anne Marie McClain Abstract: In 1998, Children Now surveyed 1,200 U.S. 10- to 17-year-olds about TV racial depictions, finding white children reported the most visibility. As a 25-year update, we surveyed 834 U.S. 10- to 17-year-olds: Asian/Asian …

Webinar: Equity Issues around Disability and Aging

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Description: Adults enter their later years with a wide range of different care needs, challenges, and resources available to them. In the U.S. aging population, there is evidence of significant overlaps between social disparities—including race, ethnicity, and economic status—and health disparities that include disability and neurodiversity. In this webinar, held on April 4, 2024, we …

Marketplace: Max Besbris on Homebuying Among Members of Gen Z

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IDS affiliate Max Besbris recently spoke to Marketplace about home-buying progress among members of Gen Z. Besbris, a sociologist who studies access issues in the housing and rental markets spoke about how Gen Z both benefitted from the low interest rates homebuyers saw through 2020, but have also been hurt by high housing costs. “The …

Ifatunji awarded NIH Diversity Supplement grant to study health and mortality disparities of native- and foreign-born Blacks in the United States

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  IDS affiliate Mosi Ifatunji was recently awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diversity Supplement grant to study disparities in the health and mortality of native- and foreign-born Blacks in the United States. Ifatunji, an assistant professor in African American Studies and Sociology, explains that, while Blacks in the United States are often treated …

CDC report finds worse outcomes and persistent disparities in maternal mortality during pandemic

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A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in March 2023 found a large and statistically significant increase in U.S. maternal mortality in 2021. The rate for non-Hispanic Black women was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, significantly higher than that for White or Hispanic women.  Overall, the maternal mortality rate …

Study suggests that implicit-bias focused diversity training for police unlikely to change behavior

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In a study published in 2023 in Psychological Science, Calvin Lai and Jaclyn Lisnek evaluated a diversity training program with nearly 3,800 participating officers in 251 trainings. The one-day program was conducted by a well-regarded outside organization and focused mainly on implicit bias. Based on self-reports from the training participants, the study authors found that …