Shana Levin
Shana Levin is Crown Professor of Psychology and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. She was Associate Dean of the Faculty for Research from July 2016-August 2020 and March 2021-June 2022, Co-Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty from September 2020-February 2021, and Chair of the Psychological Science Department from 2011-2013.
Professor Levin teaches a variety of courses related to social and political psychology, prejudice, intergroup relations, and psychological statistics. Her current research examines cross-cultural intergroup conflict. She has published over 50 journal articles and book chapters, one co-authored book, and one co-edited book.
She was co-winner of the 2014 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize awarded by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues for the best paper or article of the year on intergroup relations. She received the 2007 Early Career Research Award from the Western Psychological Association, the 2012 G. David Huntoon Senior Teaching Award from CMC, and the 2019 Award for Distinguished Service to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Dr. Levin also co-founded the Claremont Faculty Leadership Program in 2017.
Primary Interests:
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Intergroup Relations
- Political Psychology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
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Books:
- Levin, S., & Van Laar, C. (Eds.) (2006). Stigma and group inequality: Social psychological perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Sidanius, J., Levin, S., Van Laar, C., & Sears, D. O. (2008). The diversity challenge: Social identity and intergroup relations on the college campus. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Journal Articles:
- Levin, S., Sinclair, S., Sidanius, J., & Van Laar, C. (2009). Ethnic and university identities across the college years: A common in-group identity perspective. Journal of Social Issues, 65, 287-306.
- Levin, S., Taylor, P. L., & Caudle, E. (2007). Interethnic and interracial dating in college: A longitudinal study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 24, 323-341.
- Levin, S., Van Laar, C., & Foote, W. (2006). Ethnic segregation and perceived discrimination in college: Mutual influences and effects on social and academic life. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 1471-1501.
- Matthews, M., Levin, S., & Sidanius, J. (2009). A longitudinal test of the model of political conservatism as motivated social cognition. Political Psychology, 30, 921-936.
- Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., & Levin, S. (2006). Social dominance theory and the dynamics of intergroup relations: Taking stock and looking forward. In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European Review of Social Psychology, Vol. 17, pp. 271-320.
- Van Laar, C., Sidanius, J., & Levin, S. (2008). Ethnic-related curricula and intergroup attitudes in college: Movement toward and away from the in-group. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 1601-1638.
- Levin, S., Kteily, N., Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., & Matthews, M. (2016). Muslims' emotions toward Americans predict support for Hezbollah and Al Qaeda for threat-specific reasons. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 162-177.
- Levin, S., Roccas, S., Sidanius, J., & Pratto, F. (2015). Personal values and intergroup outcomes of concern for group honor. Personality and Individual Differences, 86, 374-384.
- Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., BouZeineddine, F., Kteily, N., & Levin, S. (2014). When domestic politics and international relations intermesh: Subordinated publics’ factional support within layered power structures. Foreign Policy Analysis, 10, 127-148.
- Sidanius, J., Kteily, N., Levin, S., Pratto, F., & Obaidi, M. (2016). Support for asymmetric violence among Arab populations: The clash of cultures, social identity, or counterdominance? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 19(3), 343-359.
- Van Laar, C., Levin, S., & Sinclair, S. (2008). Social identity and personal identity stereotype threat: The case of affirmative action. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30, 295-310.
Other Publications:
- Van Laar, C., & Levin, S. (2006). The experience of stigma: Individual, interpersonal, and situational influences. In S. Levin & C. Van Laar (Eds.), Stigma and group inequality: Social psychological perspectives (pp. 1-17). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Van Laar, C., Levin, S., & Sidanius, J. (2008). Ingroup and outgroup contact: A longitudinal study of the effects of cross-ethnic friendships, dates, roommate relationships, and participation in segregated organizations. In U. Wagner, L. R. Tropp, G. Finchilescu, & C. Tredoux (Eds.), Improving intergroup relations: Building on the legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew. Blackwell.
- Matthews, M., & Levin, S. (2017). Social dominance orientation. In F. M. Moghaddam (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior, p. 764. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Courses Taught:
- Introduction to Statistics for Psychologists
- Political Psychology
- Psychology Senior Research Seminar
- Seminar in Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
- Social Psychology
Shana Levin
Department of Psychology
Claremont McKenna College
850 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, California 91711
United States of America
- Phone: (909) 607-5089
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