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Maureen Alyson Craig CV

Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience
CV

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 change.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience · 2024 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published September 25, 2024
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Published April 15, 2024
Today’s Faculty Reflect on a Century of Scholars
Published January 4, 2024
Highlighting Racial Health Disparities Can Spark Support for Action

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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

Inter-minority Relations: Factors Shaping Cognitive and Affective Intergroup Attitudes between Asian and Black Americans

Journal Article Social Problems · March 14, 2025 AbstractRising anti-Asian racism and the recent police killings of unarmed Black people have called attention to how Asian and Black Americans experience racism and how they perceive one another. Using data ... Full text Cite

Biased, but expert: Trade-offs in how stigmatized versus non-stigmatized advocates are perceived and consequences for persuasion

Journal Article Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · January 1, 2024 Stigmatized versus non-stigmatized people advocating on behalf of the stigmatized group are perceived as more biased, suggesting that they might be less effective advocates. Yet, research testing whether stigmatized or non-stigmatized advocates are more pe ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Northwestern University · 2014 Ph.D.
Northwestern University · 2010 M.S.
Purdue University · 2008 B.A.