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
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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 CiteInter-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 CiteBiased, 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 CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Northwestern University ·
2014
Ph.D.
Northwestern University ·
2010
M.S.
Purdue University ·
2008
B.A.