Stacey Sinclair (born May 31, 1971) is an American psychologist and professor of psychology and public affairs, and

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of African American studies at

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. Her research focuses on how interpersonal interactions translate culturally held prejudices into individual thoughts and actions.

Personal life

Stacey Sinclair was born on May 31, 1971, in Brooklyn, New York. She was born to Alice and Ronald Sinclair. Her mother, Alice, worked as a Registered Nurse Midwife and her father, Ronald, worked as a Residential Property Manager Executive. Sinclair lived in the Bronx Borough of New York City until she was 9 years old. After this, her family moved to the San Fernando Valley in southern California. While there, she attended James Monroe High School. She now lives with her husband, Joseph Barnes, and has two children.

Education and career

In 1992, Sinclair received Bachelor of Arts degrees, from

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, in psychology and economics. She received her master's degree in social psychology in 1993 and a Ph.D. in 1999, both from the

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(UCLA). Sinclair joined the psychology department at the

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in 1999 as an assistant professor, becoming an associate professor in 2006. In 2008, she became an associate professor in the Psychology and African American studies departments at

. She's currently a Full Professor and teaches in both the Department of Psychology and the

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at Princeton University. She is currently Head of

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Honors and awards

Sinclair's honors and awards include: * Fellow, American Psychological Society (2016) * Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2012) * Fellow, Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues (2007) * Fellow,

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(2006) * National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Minority Fellowship (1992-1996)

Research

In her publications, Sinclair focuses on intergroup attitudes and implicit biases. Some of her representative publications include studies about interracial anxiety in movement and the effects of implicit racial biases on performance. She has other works on implicit bias –– both as a factor in racial disparities in academic achievement and in interpersonal interactions among whites.

References

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