Jennifer Eberhardt

Jennifer Eberhardt
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Cincinnati, Harvard University
Occupation psychologist; professor
Known for racial biases in criminal justice
Awards MacArthur fellowship

Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt[1] (born c. 1965[2]) is a social psychologist and associate professor at Stanford University and a 2014 MacArthur fellow.[2][3] She studies the mechanisms and effects of racial biases in criminal justice. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2016.[4]

Education

Eberhardt received her B.A. from the University of Cincinnati in 1987,[5] an A.M. in 1990 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1993.[6]

Career

Improving race relations

Dr. Eberhardt is an associate professor of social psychology at Stanford University. She studies and teaches about the ways people judge and profile others based on race and inequality in the context of crime.[2][7][8] Some of this research has been criticized for showing evidence of publication bias.[9]

Personal life

Eberhardt is married to Ralph Richard Banks, a law professor at Stanford University; they have three sons named Everett, Ebbie, and Harlan.[10]

Bibliography

References

  1. Eberhardt, Jennifer Lynn; Fiske, Susan T. (1998-02-12). Confronting Racism: The Problem and the Response. SAGE Publications. pp. 4–. ISBN 9780761903680. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Mohan, Geoffrey (September 16, 2014). "Stanford's Jennifer Eberhardt wins MacArthur 'genius' grant". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  3. Asimov, Nanette (September 16, 2014). "Stanford professor wins MacArthur grant for her study of biases". San Francisco Chronicle. SFGate. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. "National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected". Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  5. "Jennifer L. Eberhardt". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. "Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt". About Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  7. anza Loudenback, Jennifer Eberhardt teaches about improving race relations - 13 of the most impressive professors at Stanford, Business insider, October 4, 2015
  8. Greene, Edith; Heilbrun, Kirk (2010-02-25). Wrightsman's Psychology and the Legal System. Cengage Learning. pp. 374–. ISBN 9780495813019. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  9. Francis, G (2015). "Excess success for three related papers on racial bias". Front Psychol. 6: 512. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00512. PMC 4416456Freely accessible. PMID 25983701.
  10. Mohan, Geoffrey (17 September 2014). "Stanford's Jennifer Eberhardt wins MacArthur 'genius' grant". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 April 2016.

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