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Brenda Major

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

University of California, Santa Barbara

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Brenda Major is currently serving as a College Of Letters & Science Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Brenda Major

University of California, Santa Barbara

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

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psychology behavioral sciences social psychology social sciences applied social psychology sociology personality psychology experimental social psychology personality health psychology mental health experimental psychology stigma psychosocial research abortion social bias attribution theory applied psychology psychological science bias social identity intergroup relations weight stigma personality assessment counseling psychology group process community psychology personality science cultural psychology educational psychology social science research racial prejudice attitude theory behavioral research gender differences applied cognitive psychology psychosocial issues social identity theory white supremacy social comparisons system-justifying beliefs group identification human decision process psychosocial determinants cognitive bias mitigation candidate selection minority influence positive psychology personal entitlement attributional ambiguity group status psychological responses psychological trauma social exclusion accountability intergroup conflict expectation formation organizational psychology body image self-efficacy theory social stigma psychological disengagement diversity initiatives prejudice expectations family psychology economic psychology group interaction sociology of education human health societal influence personnel economics cognitive psychology comparative psychology group membership legitimacy appraisals ironic effects

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The Comparative Status Hypothesis: Inferences About Discrimination Vary Based on Identity Salience. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2025)

racesociologyexperimental social psychologybehavioral sciencesethnic studiesdisparitiescomparative status hypothesisracial prejudiceracial discriminationapplied social psychologypsychologydiscrimination varyidentity saliencebiasstatus inconsistencyethnic discriminationsocial identityhuman decision processidentity (social science)psychological science

Correcting the Scientific Record on Abortion and Mental Health Outcomes. BMJ (2024)

Julia H. Littellkathryn abelAntonia BiggsRobert Wm. BlumDiana Greene FosterLisa B. HaddadBrenda MajorTrine Munk-OlsenChelsea Bernhardt PolisGail Erlick RobinsonCorrine H. RoccaNancy Felipe RussoJulia SteinbergDonna E. StewartNada Logan StotlandUshma.D. UpadhyayJenneke van Ditzhuijzen

public healthmental health outcomesabortionpsychiatryscientific recordcorrectional practicehealth sciences

Was That Discrimination? Perceptions of Bisexual People’s Relative Status Inform Attributions of Discrimination. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (2024)

Elizabeth A. Quinn-JensenSara E. BurkeBrenda MajorZoe Liberman

group processsociologysocial sciencespsychologyorganizational theorybisexual peopleintergroup relations

Discrimination and Perceived Cultural Mismatch Increase Status-Based Identity Uncertainty. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2023)

Sierra H. FeaselTessa L. DoverPayton A. SmallBrenda Major

personalitypsychologysocial psychologycultural psychologypersonality psychologybehavioral sciences

Examining the Effects of Genetic Ancestry Information on Appraisals of Contested Racial Identities.. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (2023)

Zoey EddyPayton A SmallDiego Padilla-GarciaBrenda Major

intercultural studiesapplied social sciencesocial sciencesgenetic ancestry informationsocial science researchanthropologyracial identitiesbehavioral sciencescultural diversity

Effects of Discrimination Versus Self-Blame Attributions on Health: A Longitudinal Study.. Stigma and Health (2022)

Sierra H. FeaselTessa L. DoverPayton A. SmallBrenda Major

public healthself-blame attributionssocial scienceshealth sciencesstigma

Sleep, Emotions, and Sense of Belonging: A Daily Experience Study. Affective Science (2022)

Paige E. HarrisAmie M. GordonTessa L. DoverPayton A. SmallNancy L. CollinsBrenda Major

public healthdaily experience studysociologylived experiencesocial sciencessleepbelonging

The Accidental Social Psychologist. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2022)

Brenda Major

social psychologypsychologyaccidental social psychologist

Diversity Initiatives and White Americans’ Perceptions of Racial Victimhood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2021)

Cheryl R. KaiserTessa L. DoverPayton SmallGary XiaLaura M. BradyBrenda Major

racial victimhoodpersonalitysociologysocial sciencespsychologysocial psychologywhite americansdiversity initiativespersonality psychology

Latinx Identity and Intersectional Responses to Stigma.. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (2021)

Alyssa M GlaceTessa L DoverBrenda Major

latinx identityminority stressintersectionalityracial discriminationsociologysocial sciencespsychologymulticulturalismintersectional responsescultural studiescultural psychologystigmacultural diversity

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Brenda Major

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

University of California, Santa Barbara

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Brenda Major is currently serving as a College Of Letters & Science Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Brenda Major

University of California, Santa Barbara

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Comparative Status Hypothesis: Inferences About Discrimination Vary Based on Identity Salience. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2025)

Correcting the Scientific Record on Abortion and Mental Health Outcomes. BMJ (2024)

public healthmental health outcomesabortionpsychiatryscientific recordcorrectional practicehealth sciences

Was That Discrimination? Perceptions of Bisexual People’s Relative Status Inform Attributions of Discrimination. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (2024)

Elizabeth A. Quinn-JensenSara E. BurkeBrenda MajorZoe Liberman

group processsociologysocial sciencespsychologyorganizational theorybisexual peopleintergroup relations

Discrimination and Perceived Cultural Mismatch Increase Status-Based Identity Uncertainty. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2023)

Sierra H. FeaselTessa L. DoverPayton A. SmallBrenda Major

personalitypsychologysocial psychologycultural psychologypersonality psychologybehavioral sciences

Examining the Effects of Genetic Ancestry Information on Appraisals of Contested Racial Identities.. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (2023)

Zoey EddyPayton A SmallDiego Padilla-GarciaBrenda Major

intercultural studiesapplied social sciencesocial sciencesgenetic ancestry informationsocial science researchanthropologyracial identitiesbehavioral sciencescultural diversity

Effects of Discrimination Versus Self-Blame Attributions on Health: A Longitudinal Study.. Stigma and Health (2022)

Sierra H. FeaselTessa L. DoverPayton A. SmallBrenda Major

public healthself-blame attributionssocial scienceshealth sciencesstigma

Sleep, Emotions, and Sense of Belonging: A Daily Experience Study. Affective Science (2022)

Paige E. HarrisAmie M. GordonTessa L. DoverPayton A. SmallNancy L. CollinsBrenda Major

public healthdaily experience studysociologylived experiencesocial sciencessleepbelonging

The Accidental Social Psychologist. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2022)

Brenda Major

social psychologypsychologyaccidental social psychologist

Diversity Initiatives and White Americans’ Perceptions of Racial Victimhood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2021)

Cheryl R. KaiserTessa L. DoverPayton SmallGary XiaLaura M. BradyBrenda Major

racial victimhoodpersonalitysociologysocial sciencespsychologysocial psychologywhite americansdiversity initiativespersonality psychology

Latinx Identity and Intersectional Responses to Stigma.. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (2021)

Alyssa M GlaceTessa L DoverBrenda Major

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