Keith Maddox is a professor in the department of psychology at Tufts University.[1] Maddox's research focuses on social cognition, and he is the director of the Tufts University Social Cognition Lab.[2][3][4]

Keith Maddox
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (AB) University of California, Santa Barbara (MA, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsTufts University
Websitehttps://as.tufts.edu/psychology/tusc-lab

Education

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Maddox received his A.B. in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1991.[5] Maddox received his M.A. and PhD in social psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1994 and 1998, respectively.[6][7]

Research

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Maddox was a lecturer at Tufts University from 1997 to 1998.[8] He became an assistant professor in the department of psychology in 1998, and received tenure and promotion to an associate professor in 2004.[9][10][11] He is currently a professor of psychology at Tufts University and the Co-Director of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Leadership Program at Tufts University.[12][13][14] Maddox is also the director of the Tufts University Social Cognition Lab.[2]

Maddox's research focuses on social cognition, particularly in relation to stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination.[15][16][17] Maddox studies racial phenotypicality bias, how the variation of appearance in a racial group affects the types or degree of stereotypes people have toward them.[18][19] Maddox is also interested in understanding how people discuss race and racial bias and ways to encourage such discussion.[20]

Maddox is currently an editor at Social Cognition,[21] and on the editorial boards for Frontiers in Social Psychology (2023–),[22] Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2021–), Psychological Bulletin (2020–), and The Journal of Black Psychology (2002–).[23]

Selected articles

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Keith B Maddox (1 January 2004). "Perspectives on racial phenotypicality bias". Personality and Social Psychology Review. 8 (4): 383–401. doi:10.1207/S15327957PSPR0804_4. ISSN 1088-8683. PMID 15582860. Wikidata Q35975384.[24][25]

Travis L. Dixon; Keith B. Maddox (August 2005). "Skin Tone, Crime News, and Social Reality Judgments: Priming the Stereotype of the Dark and Dangerous Black Criminal1". Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 35 (8): 1555–1570. doi:10.1111/J.1559-1816.2005.TB02184.X. ISSN 0021-9029. Wikidata Q63285618.[26]

Jaclyn Ronquillo; Thomas F Denson; Brian Lickel; Zhong-Lin Lu; Anirvan Nandy; Keith B Maddox (1 March 2007). "The effects of skin tone on race-related amygdala activity: an fMRI investigation". Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2 (1): 39–44. doi:10.1093/SCAN/NSL043. ISSN 1749-5016. PMC 2555431. PMID 18985117. Wikidata Q36913138.[27]

Jennifer R Schultz; Keith B Maddox (31 January 2013). "Shooting the messenger to spite the message? Exploring reactions to claims of racial bias". Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 39 (3): 346–358. doi:10.1177/0146167212475223. ISSN 0146-1672. PMID 23376888. Wikidata Q43649167.[28]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Keith Maddox | Department of Psychology". as.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. ^ a b "People | Department of Psychology". as.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ "TUSC Lab | Department of Psychology". as.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  4. ^ "Anxiety and Interracial Dialogue With Keith Maddox, PhD". www.psichi.org. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  5. ^ "Keith Maddox". The State of University of New York. 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  6. ^ "Keith Maddox | SPSP". spsp.org. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  7. ^ "SPSSI | HOME PAGE TITLE". www.spssi.org. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  8. ^ "Deeper Learning Boston: Den Talk: Keith Maddox and Turahn Dorsey". deeperlearningboston2022.sched.com. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  9. ^ "Dr Keith Maddox". ABC listen. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  10. ^ "RISE Research Collaborators – RISE Lab". Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  11. ^ "Charleston: Remember Their Names". GBH. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  12. ^ https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1183&context=mjlr
  13. ^ "Homepage | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Leadership". as.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  14. ^ "Lecture: "The Science of Unconscious Bias" with Dr. Keith Maddox March 9, Noon – Class of 2021". 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  15. ^ "Keith Maddox (Associate Professor, Tufts University)". Psychology. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  16. ^ "Social Cognition The Office Journal of the International Social Cognition Network". Guilford Press Periodicals. 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  17. ^ "Keith Maddox". NPR Training + Diverse Sources Database. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  18. ^ Maddox, Keith B. (2004-11-01). "Perspectives on Racial Phenotypicality Bias". Personality and Social Psychology Review. 8 (4): 383–401. doi:10.1207/s15327957pspr0804_4. ISSN 1088-8683. PMID 15582860. S2CID 32704030.
  19. ^ "Keith Maddox Tufts University". Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  20. ^ Schultz, Jennifer R.; Gaither, Sarah E.; Urry, Heather L.; Maddox, Keith B. (December 2015). "Reframing anxiety to encourage interracial interactions". Translational Issues in Psychological Science. 1 (4): 392–400. doi:10.1037/tps0000048. ISSN 2332-2179.
  21. ^ "Social Cognition: The Official Journal of the International Social Cognition Network". Guilford Press. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  22. ^ "Editors". Frontiers. 2023-08-26. Archived from the original on 2023-08-26.
  23. ^ "Journal of Black Psychology". SAGE Publications Inc. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  24. ^ "Lab Work: What's at the root of racial stereotyping". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  25. ^ Maddox, Keith B. (2004). "Perspectives on racial phenotypicality bias". Personality and Social Psychology Review. 8 (4): 383–401. doi:10.1207/s15327957pspr0804_4. ISSN 1088-8683. PMID 15582860. S2CID 32704030.
  26. ^ Dixon, Travis L.; Maddox, Keith B. (August 2005). "Skin Tone, Crime News, and Social Reality Judgments: Priming the Stereotype of the Dark and Dangerous Black Criminal1". Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 35 (8): 1555–1570. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02184.x. ISSN 0021-9029. S2CID 8721642.
  27. ^ Ronquillo, Jaclyn; Denson, Thomas F.; Lickel, Brian; Lu, Zhong-Lin; Nandy, Anirvan; Maddox, Keith B. (2007-01-03). "The effects of skin tone on race-related amygdala activity: an fMRI investigation". Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2 (1): 39–44. doi:10.1093/scan/nsl043. ISSN 1749-5016. PMC 2555431. PMID 18985117.
  28. ^ Schultz, Jennifer R.; Maddox, Keith B. (2013-03-01). "Shooting the messenger to spite the message? Exploring reactions to claims of racial bias". Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin. 39 (3): 346–358. doi:10.1177/0146167212475223. ISSN 1552-7433. PMID 23376888. S2CID 10866282.
  29. ^ "Professor Keith Maddox Wins 2021 Jenessa Shapiro Award". psych.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  30. ^ "Back Page: Staving Off Stereotype Threat". APS Observer. 34. 2021-10-26.
  31. ^ "SPSSI 2018 Conference".
  32. ^ a b "Keith Maddox: Background | SPSP". spsp.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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