Overview
Maureen Craig is a social psychologist in the Psychology & Neuroscience department. She was previously an Assistant and Associate Professor of Psychology at NYU, prior to joining Duke. She leads the Diversity and Social Processes Lab, a research group that conducts research that seeks to understand how people navigate an increasingly diverse and often inequitable social world. Dr. Craig’s work investigates how diversity, inequality, and discrimination shape people’s attitudes and relations with people from other social groups, policy preferences, and support for social action.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
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2024 - Present
Psychology & Neuroscience,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
A Relational Approach to Coalitions: Pragmatic and Communal Interracial Coalitions
Journal Article Social Issues and Policy Review · December 1, 2025 The United States is a diverse, multiethnic country, where there are many examples of different racial and ethnic minority groups working together for myriad causes. What predicts the emergence, maintenance, and dissolution of interracial coalitions? Ample ... Full text Cite*The Anticipated Relational Effects of Confronting Bias (or not) in Interracial Friendships.
Journal Article Psychological science · October 2025 Most biased comments people experience are from friends. However, little is known about how people process experiences in which a friend expresses bias and how the relationship might be affected. The current research examines the anticipated relational eff ... Full text CiteA Tripartite Framework for Understanding the U.S. Racial Hierarchy: Social Status, Culture, and Phenotypicality
Journal Article Social and Personality Psychology Compass · May 1, 2025 Due to the systemic nature of racism within the U.S., racially marginalized group members face pernicious disparities and indicate mistreatment across many vital life domains. To better understand groups' and individuals' experiences, this review seeks to ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Northwestern University ·
2014
Ph.D.
Northwestern University ·
2010
M.S.
Purdue University ·
2008
B.A.