10/3/2024

Dr. Rucker is awarded the SAGE Emerging Scholar Award

In collaboration with SAGE Publications, SPSP offers the SAGE Emerging Scholar Award in order to recognize outstanding achievements by early-career PhD scholars in social and personality psychology, including contributions to teaching, research, or service to the field. Visit the SPSP website for more information on the award.

5/29/2024

Dr. Rucker will be participating in the Center for Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences Summer Institute on Diversity at Stanford University

The Center for Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences (CASBS, for short) Summer Institute is a two-week institute where emerging scholars from underrepresented backgrounds engage in field building around social scientific investigation of why, how and when difference makes a difference. Visit the CASBS website for more information on the institute.

4/22/2024

Hannah Garner is accepted to the Society for Prevention Resarch Undergraduate Prevention Science Training Program

The Society for Prevention Research Program is a rigorous year long program that supports aspiring prevention scientists with a focus on increasing underrepresented populations in prevention science research. Congrats, Hannah!

4/8/2024

Dr. Jennifer Richeson Receives Thibaut Award at UNC Chapel Hill

Dr. Jennifer Richeson, Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology at Yale University, received the 2024 John Thibaut Award.

The Thibaut Award is given by UNC Social Psychology graduate students to an intellectual that inspires research in social psychology. The award is named after an influential social psychologist and former UNC professor, Dr. John Thibaut.

Dr. Richeson presented “The Mythology of Racial Progress” at her Thibaut Award lecture.

Pictured below is Dr. Richeson with her former graduate student, Dr. Rucker.

Pictured from left to right: Asha Hinson, Dr. Jennifer Richeson, Dr. Julian Rucker, and Alexis Cameron

Pictured from left to right: Asha Hinson, Dr. Jennifer Richeson, Dr. Julian Rucker, and Alexis Cameron

Pictured from left to right: Dr. Jennifer Richeson, Dr. Julian Rucker, and Dr. Maureen Craig

From left to right: Dr. Jennifer Richeson, Dr. Julian Rucker, and Dr. Maureen Craig

4/4/2024

Asha Hinson receives NSF GRFP Award

First year PhD student, Asha Hinson is a recipient of a predoctoral graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation! Asha will use the fellowship to continue her research examining algorithmic bias and discrimination. Congrats, Asha!

Alexis Cameron receives NSF GRFP Award Honorable Mention

Hannah Garner receives NSF GRFP Award Honorable Mention

3/26/2024

Manuel Galvan defends his dissertation, “Understanding the Distribution of Anti-Black Discrimination: A Study of Hiring, Housing, Judicial Decisions, and Policy Beliefs”

Manuel Galvan successfully defended his dissertation “Understanding the Distribution of Anti-Black Discrimination: A Study of Hiring, Housing, Judicial Decisions, and Policy Beliefs”. This fall, he will be heading to New York University to start a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Stern Business School. Congrats, Dr. Galvan!

2/3/2024

Dr. Rucker is awarded the APS Rising Star Award

Dr. Rucker is a recipient of the Association for Psychological Science Rising Star Award. The APS Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their post-PhD research careers. Congrats, Dr. Rucker!

11/4/2023

Undergraduate Research Assistant Ritushree Dutta presents Rucker Lab project

Ritushree Dutta presenting a poster on Misperceptions of Racial Health Inequality at the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists Annual Convention (Charlotte, NC).

Ritushree Dutta pictured with Manuel Galvan (left) and Alexis Cameron (right)

Ritushree Dutta pictured with Manuel Galvan (left) and Alexis Cameron (right)

09/21/2021

Dr. Rucker’s research is highlighted in UNC Endeavors

UNC Endeavors is the online magazine of research and creative activity at UNC-Chapel Hill. Learn about Dr. Rucker’s research here.

5/16/2021

Dr. Rucker is profiled for UNC Endeavors

UNC Endeavors is the online magazine of research and creative activity at UNC-Chapel Hill. Research UNCovered delves into the lives of UNC researchers from all disciplines and career levels, showcasing not only their research prowess but personal experiences in academia and beyond. Get to know Dr. Rucker here.