Evan Apfelbaum utilizes social psychology, organizational behavior, behavioral economics, and child development to unearth the challenges and potential of diversity. His work aims to develop theoretically innovative science that impacts how we live, learn, and work in an increasingly diverse society. 

Academic Publications

Apfelbaum, E. P., & Suh, E. Y. (in press). Transparency about lagging diversity numbers signals genuine progress. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E. P., Dweck, C. S., & Eberhardt, J. L. (2022). Believing that prejudice can change increases children’s interest in interracial interactions. Developmental Science

Sullivan, J., Wilton, L. S., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2022). How age and race affect the frequency, timing, and content of conversations about race with children. Child Development.

Amengual, M., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2021). True motives: Prosocial and instrumental justifications for behavioral change in organizations. Management Science.

Brown, R. M., Craig, M. A., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2021). European Americans’ intentions to confront racial bias: Considering who, what (kind), and why. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Sullivan, J., Wilton, L. S., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2021). Adults delay conversations about race because they underestimate children’s processing of race. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Meyers, C., Williams, A., Pauker, K., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2020). The impact of social norms on navigating race in a racially diverse context. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.

Wilton, L. S., Apfelbaum, E. P., & Good, J. J. (2019). Valuing differences and reinforcing them: Multiculturalism increases race essentialism. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

*Gaither, S., *Apfelbaum, E. P., Birnbaum, H., Babbitt, L., & Sommers, S. R. (2017). Mere membership in racially diverse groups reduces conformity. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Duhaime, E. P., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2017). Can information decrease political polarization? Evidence from the U.S. Taxpayer Receipt. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Apfelbaum, E. P., Grunberg, R., Halevy, N., & Kang, S. (2016). From ignorance to intolerance: Perceived intentionality of racial discrimination shapes preferences for colorblindness versus multiculturalism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 69, 86-101.

Apfelbaum, E. P., Stephens, N. M., & Reagans, R. E. (2016). Beyond one-size-fits-all: Tailoring diversity approaches to the representation of social groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 547-566.

Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E. P., & Spitzer, B. (2015). When societal norms and social identity collide: The race talk dilemma for racial minority children. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 887-895.

Galinksy, A. D., Todd, A. R., Homan, A. C., Phillips, K. W., Apfelbaum, E. P., Sasaki, S. J., Richeson, J. A., Olayon, J. B., & Maddux, W. W. (2015). Maximizing the gains and minimizing the pains of diversity: A policy perspective. Perspectives in Psychological Science, 10, 742-748.

Levine, S. S., Apfelbaum, E. P., Bernard, M., Bartelt, V. L., Zajac, E. J., & Stark, D. (2014). Ethnic diversity deflates price bubbles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 18524-18529.

Shteynberg, G., Hirsch, J. B., Apfelbaum, E. P., Larsen, J. T. ,Galinsky, A. D., & Roese, N. J. (2014). Feeling more together: Group attention intensifies emotion. Emotion, 14, 1102-1114.

Apfelbaum, E. P., Phillips, K. W., & Richeson, J. A. (2014). Rethinking the baseline in diversity research: Should we be explaining the effects of homogeneity? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 235-244. 

Apfelbaum, E. P., & Sommers, S. R. (2013). Law and diversity: The legal-behavioral science divide in how to define, assess, and counteract bias. In Q. Robinson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Phillips, K. W., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2013). Delusions of homogeneity? Reinterpreting the effects of group diversity. In B. Mannix and M. Neale (Eds.), The Handbook of Research on Managing Groups and Teams (pp.185-208). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Shteynberg, G., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2013). The power of shared ingroup attention: Simultaneous observation with similar others facilitates social learning. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 738-744.

Apfelbaum, E. P., Norton, M. I., & Sommers, S. R. (2012). Racial colorblindness: Emergence, practice, and implications. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21, 205-209.

Apfelbaum, E. P., Krendl, A. C., & Ambady, N. (2010). Age-related decline in executive function predicts better advice-giving in uncomfortable social contexts. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1074-1077.

Apfelbaum, E. P., Pauker, K., Sommers, S. R., & Ambady, N. (2010). In blind pursuit of racial equality? Psychological Science, 21, 1587-1592.

Freeman, J. B., Pauker, K., Apfelbaum, E. P., & Ambady, N. (2010). Continuous dynamics in the real-time perception of race. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 179-185.

Pauker, K., Ambady, N., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2010). Race salience and essentialist thinking in racial stereotype development. Child Development, 81, 1799-1813.

Apfelbaum, E. P., & Sommers, S. R. (2009). Liberating effects of losing executive control: When regulatory strategies turn maladaptive. Psychological Science, 20, 139-143.

Apfelbaum, E. P., Pauker, K., Ambady, N., Sommers, S. R., & Norton, M. I. (2008). Learning (not) to talk about race: When older children underperform in social categorization. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1513-1518.

Apfelbaum, E. P., Sommers, S. R., & Norton, M. I. (2008). Seeing race and seeming racist? Evaluating strategic colorblindness in social interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 918-932.

Norton, M. I., Sommers, S. R., Apfelbaum, E. P., Pura, N., & Ariely, D. (2006). Colorblindness and interracial interaction: Playing the political correctness game. Psychological Science, 17, 949-953.

Sommers, S. R., Apfelbaum, E. P., Dukes, K. N., Toosi, N., & Wang, E. (2006). Race and media coverage of Hurricane Katrina: Analysis, implications, and future research questions. Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 39-55.