Denise J Sekaquaptewa
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Dr. Sekaquaptewa’s current research is focused on stereotyping, prejudice, stereotype threat, and effects of category salience on test performance. One line of research addresses the relationship between stereotype use and discrimination. Her research shows that people who rely on stereotypes in processing have more negative social interactions with members of stereotyped groups, independent of how they feel about the stereotyped group. A second line of research concerns the test performance of solo vs nonsolo group members. When one’s social category is made salient via solo status (being the only member of one’s social category in a group), academic performance is diminished, especially when the situation is one where the solo is stereotyped as a poor performer (e.g., females answering questions about science). Performance is less affected when the solo is not negatively stereotyped.
- Neil A. Lewis, Nicole Russell Pascual, Denise J Sekaquaptewa, Lorelle A. Meadows. 2025. First Year to Future Career: Women's Engagement in Technical Participation Is Associated with Long-Term Retention. Behavioral Sciences 15(2):140.
- Munoz-Salgado, Ariana, Denise J Sekaquaptewa. 2025. Do they understand me? The role of perceived race-based empathy in graduate students of color?s mentorship experiences, academic well-being, and career aspirations. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
- Nadia Vossoughi, Denise J Sekaquaptewa, Lorelle Meadows. 2025. Undergraduate Students? Experiences with Assumptions of Inferiority in Engineering Group Work Settings. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
- Vossoughi, Nadia, Munoz-Salgado, Ariana, Aleibar, Desiree, Meadows, Lorelle A., Denise J Sekaquaptewa. 2025. Effects of witnessing subtle gender bias versus rudeness on interpersonal outcomes among women and men. Social Psychology of Education 28(1):1-32.
- Sekaquaptewa, Denise J, Takahashi, Koji , Malley, Janet , Herzog, Keith , Bliss, Sara . 2019. An evidence-based faculty recruitment workshop influences departmental hiring practice perceptions among university faculty. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
- Sekaquaptewa, Denise J, Lewis, Neil A, Meadows, Lorelle A. 2019. Modeling gender counter-stereotypic group behavior: a brief video intervention reduces participation gender gaps on STEM teams. Social Psychology of Education 22(3):557-577.
- Sekaquaptewa, Denise J, Gainsburg, Izzy . 2019. Using an egalitarian social norms message to improve attitudes toward diversity in an academic context: examining intended and unintended effects of source and recipient gender. Social Psychology of Education
- Sekaquaptewa, Denise J, Lewis, Neil A. 2016. Beyond test performance: a broader view of stereotype threat. Current Opinion in Psychology 11:40-43.
- Sekaquaptewa, Denise J, LaCosse, Jennifer , Bennett, Jill . 2016. STEM Stereotypic Attribution Bias Among Women in an Unwelcoming Science Setting. Psychology of Women Quarterly 40(3):378-397.
- Sekaquaptewa, Denise J, von Hippel, Courtney , McFarlane, Matthew . 2015. Stereotype Threat Among Women in Finance: Negative Effects on Identity, Workplace Well-Being, and Recruiting. Psychology of Women Quarterly 39(3):405-414.