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Mesmin Destin

Associate Professor

Northwestern University

Affiliations

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Psychology

School of Education and Social Policy

Higher Education Administration and Policy

Human Development and Social Policy

Learning Sciences

Learning and Organizational Change

Social and Economic Policy

Teaching, Learning, and Education

Mesmin Destin is currently serving as a Psychology Associate Professor at Northwestern University.

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Northwestern University

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psychology education social sciences higher education behavioral sciences educational psychology social psychology educational research socioeconomic status motivation student success applied social psychology psychological science adolescent psychology adolescence child development developmental psychology experimental psychology experimental social psychology social identity educational attainment sociology of education achievement motivation social mobility personality adolescent health applied psychology student motivation socioeconomics academic achievement socioeconomic mobility school psychology personality psychology race relations student outcomes disadvantaged background academic persistence academic motivation applied developmental psychology educational assessment narrative racial equity psychosocial research positive psychology educational contexts personal identity educational outcomes economic mobility social-class achievement gap counseling psychology youth services personality assessment research policy career interventions cognitive psychology personhood social identity theory personality development human development lifespan development collective action science policy public involvement student retention adult education cultural psychology cost issue identity-based motivation context-sensitive future self school outcomes status-based identity united states student mindsets first-generation college students difference-education intervention stressful college situations

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Notable Scholarly Works

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Economic Mobility Beliefs and Parental Investment: Experimental Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)

economic behavioreconomic researchsocial mobilityeconomicssocioeconomic status

Education-Related Resource Hoarding in the Face of Downward Socioeconomic Mobility. Social Psychology of Education (2025)

economic sociologyeducation-related resource hoardingschool effectivenessintergenerational equityeconomic behavioreconomic researchdisadvantaged backgroundsocial sciencessocial mobilityeducation economicseconomicseconomic inequalitysociologysocioeconomic statussocioeconomics

Strength-Based Learning Groups Support Educators to Create Equitable Learning Environments for Economically Marginalized Students.. Journal of Educational Psychology (2025)

educational strategieseducationcollaborative learningeducational equityequitable learning environmentsteacher educationeducational researchlearning sciencesexperiential learningsocial sciencesgroups support educatorsinclusive educationsocial learning environmentsmarginalized students

The Social Psychology of Socioeconomic Mobility. Advances in experimental social psychology (2025)

social psychologysocial sciencesmobilitysocial mobilitysociologysocioeconomic status

Connections Between Academic Motivation and Benefits to Low‐Grade Inflammatory Regulation Among the Socioeconomically Advantaged. Journal of Adolescence (2024)

Mesmin DestinRégine DebrosseIvan A. Hernandez

academic motivationsocial scienceslow-grade inflammatory regulationsocioeconomic statusadolescence

Economic Mobility and Parents’ Opportunity Hoarding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)

David M. SilvermanIvan A. HernandezMarlis SchneiderRebecca M. RyanAriel KalilMesmin Destin

opportunity hoardingsocioeconomic statuseconomic mobilityeconomics

Parents' Beliefs in the"American Dream" Affect Parental Investments in Children: Evidence From an Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal (2024)

Rebecca RyanAriel KalilMesmin DestinMarlis SchneiderDavid SilvermanIvan Hernandez

american dreamfamily relationschild psychologyaffect parental investmentschild developmentpsychologyparental care

Reply to Loh: Exploratory Mediational Insights Regarding the Link Between Parents’ Perceptions of Socioeconomic Mobility and Opportunity Hoarding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)

David M. SilvermanIvan A. HernandezMarlis SchneiderRebecca M. RyanAriel KalilMesmin Destin

socioeconomic mobilityfamily relationsopportunity hoardingexploratory mediational insightssocial sciencessociologysocioeconomic statusfamily interactionspsychology

Threatening Sociopolitical Contexts Negatively Affect Belonging and Motivation Among Minoritized Students. Self and Identity (2024)

R. Josiah RosarioMesmin Destin

identity (social science)sociopolitical contextsmotivationpersonal identitypsychologyminoritized studentsaffect belongingsocial identitybelonging

Concern About Experiencing Downward Socioeconomic Mobility Generates Precarious Types of Motivation Among Students of Color. Social Psychology of Education (2023)

Ivan A. HernandezDavid M. SilvermanR. Josiah RosarioMesmin Destin

race relationspolitical psychologyeducational psychologyeducationapplied social psychologyracial discriminationsociology of educationbehavioral sciencesmotivationsocial psychologydownward socioeconomic mobilitysocial inequalitysocio-economic impactsminority stresspsychologysocioeconomics

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Mesmin Destin

Associate Professor

Northwestern University

Affiliations

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Psychology

School of Education and Social Policy

Higher Education Administration and Policy

Human Development and Social Policy

Learning Sciences

Learning and Organizational Change

Social and Economic Policy

Teaching, Learning, and Education

Mesmin Destin is currently serving as a Psychology Associate Professor at Northwestern University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Mesmin Destin

Northwestern University

Associate Professor

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Economic Mobility Beliefs and Parental Investment: Experimental Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)

economic behavioreconomic researchsocial mobilityeconomicssocioeconomic status

Education-Related Resource Hoarding in the Face of Downward Socioeconomic Mobility. Social Psychology of Education (2025)

Strength-Based Learning Groups Support Educators to Create Equitable Learning Environments for Economically Marginalized Students.. Journal of Educational Psychology (2025)

The Social Psychology of Socioeconomic Mobility. Advances in experimental social psychology (2025)

social psychologysocial sciencesmobilitysocial mobilitysociologysocioeconomic status

Connections Between Academic Motivation and Benefits to Low‐Grade Inflammatory Regulation Among the Socioeconomically Advantaged. Journal of Adolescence (2024)

Mesmin DestinRégine DebrosseIvan A. Hernandez

academic motivationsocial scienceslow-grade inflammatory regulationsocioeconomic statusadolescence

Economic Mobility and Parents’ Opportunity Hoarding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)

David M. SilvermanIvan A. HernandezMarlis SchneiderRebecca M. RyanAriel KalilMesmin Destin

opportunity hoardingsocioeconomic statuseconomic mobilityeconomics

Parents' Beliefs in the"American Dream" Affect Parental Investments in Children: Evidence From an Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal (2024)

Rebecca RyanAriel KalilMesmin DestinMarlis SchneiderDavid SilvermanIvan Hernandez

american dreamfamily relationschild psychologyaffect parental investmentschild developmentpsychologyparental care

David M. SilvermanIvan A. HernandezMarlis SchneiderRebecca M. RyanAriel KalilMesmin Destin

socioeconomic mobilityfamily relationsopportunity hoardingexploratory mediational insightssocial sciencessociologysocioeconomic statusfamily interactionspsychology

Threatening Sociopolitical Contexts Negatively Affect Belonging and Motivation Among Minoritized Students. Self and Identity (2024)

R. Josiah RosarioMesmin Destin

identity (social science)sociopolitical contextsmotivationpersonal identitypsychologyminoritized studentsaffect belongingsocial identitybelonging

Concern About Experiencing Downward Socioeconomic Mobility Generates Precarious Types of Motivation Among Students of Color. Social Psychology of Education (2023)

Ivan A. HernandezDavid M. SilvermanR. Josiah RosarioMesmin Destin

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