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Curriculum Vitae

Joshua M. Aronson Associate Professor

Research Scientist, Metro Center, New York University Director, Metro Mindful Education Lab

Phone: 212-998-5543 Email: [email protected]

ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2013- Resident Scholar, Metropolitan Center for Equity and the Transformation of Schools 2004-2005 Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY 2004-present Associate Professor, New York University 2000-2004 Assistant Professor, New York University 1996-2000 Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin EDUCATION 1986 B. A., Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz 1992 Ph.D., Psychology, Princeton University 1992-95 Post Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University HONORS & AWARDS 2019 Most Influential Education Scholars List, Education Week (#85) 2018 Most Influential Education Scholars List, Education Week (#99) 2017 Most Influential Education Scholars List, Education Week (#132) 2016 Scientific Impact Award, Society of Experimental Social Psychology 2016 Carl Rogers Laureate Award, Kappa Delta Phi Society (Inaugural winner) 2016 What Works Clearinghouse Designation for single study paper (Aronson Fried, Good) 2016 Most Influential Education Scholars List, Education Week (#120) 2015 Most Influential Education Scholars List, Education Week (#132) 2014 Commencement Speaker, University of California Santa Cruz 2012 Esther Katz Rosen Lecturer Award, American Psychological Foundation 2011 Elected as Fellow, Society of Personality and Social Psychology (APA, Div 8) 2010 Distinguished Lecturer, National Science Foundation (Math and Physical Sciences) 2010 Teaching Excellence Award, Steinhardt School, New York University 2009 Elected as Fellow, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues 2009 Elected as Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology 2007 Elected as Fellow, Association of Psychological Scientists 2007 Appointed to National Research Council, Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) 2005 Award of Distinction for best education article, Association of Education Publishers 2004 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar 2003 Modern Classic Designation for Steele & Aronson (1995) article, Psychological Inquiry 2002 Daniel E. Griffiths Research Prize, Steinhardt School of Education, NYU 2002 G. Stanley Hall Lecturer Award, American Psychological Association 2000 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize (Runner up for Aronson, Fried & Good) 1999 Research Internship Award, University of Texas, Austin 1999 Nominee: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers


1999 Career Award: National Science Foundation (sole recipient from Soc./Behav. Sciences) 1998 Kidder Early Career Award: Soc. for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (APA div. 9) 1994 Western Psychological Association Scholarship award for outstanding research 1993 James S. McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship 1993 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship 1991 Western Psychological Association Scholarship award for outstanding research 1986 William P. Massaro Memorial Award for outstanding undergraduate research, UCSC 1986 Highest Honors in Psychology, University of California at Santa Cruz FELLOWSHIPS 2004-2005 Scholar in Residence, Russell Sage Foundation 1999-2000 Visiting Fellow, Department of Psychology, Yale University 1993-95 James S. McDonnell Post Doctoral Fellowship 1993-95 National Academy of Education-Spencer Post Doctoral Fellowship 1992-93 Post Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, 1992-93 1987-88 University Fellowship, Princeton University FUNDED GRANTS Role is PI unless otherwise indicated Character Lab Project Title: Piloting Mindsets and Meditation Project Period: 2016-2017 ($25,000) Awarded Character Lab: Post Doctoral Fellowship: $50,0000 Project Period: 2012-2014 ($13,000) Institute for Human Development and Social Change Project Title: Harnessing the Power of Social Networking Technology to Confront Racial Disparities Project Period: 2012-2014 ($13,000) With Patrick Sharkey, NYU. Institute of Education Sciences Project Title: Creating Scalable Interventions for Enhancing Student Learning and Performance Project Period: 2009-2013 ($1,330,000) With Matthew McGlone, University of Texas and Jennifer Mangels, Baruch College Spencer Foundation Project Title: Psychological Barriers to Academic Development/2 Project Period: 2007-2013 ($512,000) National Science Foundation, #0545168 Project Title: Psychological Barriers to Academic Development


Project period: 2006-2010 ($277,000) Carnegie Corporation of New York Project Title: Academic Youth Development Project Period: 2006-2008 ($50,000) William T. Grant Foundation Project Title: Cool Schoolmates as Agents of Cultural Change Project Period: 2003-2004 ($25,000) National Science Foundation Project Title: Center for Research on Culture Development & Education Project period: 9/2002-2007 ($2,700,000) (Co-PI, Founding Director) National Science Foundation Project Title: Research Opportunity Award Project period: 2002-2004 ($50,000) Spencer Foundation Project Title: National Task Force: Black-White Test Score Gap Project Period: 2002 ($7000) Russell Sage Foundation, Grant #87-99-01 Project Title: Stereotype Threat: Understanding and Reducing Negative Effects of Inter-Ethnic Contact on Academic Performance Project Period: 1999-2002 National Science Foundation, Grant #BCS-9875957 Project Title: CAREER: Stereotype Threat Project Period: 1999-2003 ($300,000) LARIAT Technology Award, University of Texas/Dell Computer Project Title: Effects of Computerized Mentoring on the Achievement of Girls & Minorities Project Period: 1999-2000 ($75,000) William T. Grant Foundation, Grant #99194999 Project Title: Stereotype Threat and the Academic Performance of Minority Children: Basic Issues and Remedial Strategies Project Period: 1999-2004 ($260,000) Hogg Foundation Grant, Project #3511 Project Title: Reducing Stereotype Threat and Enhancing Academic Performance Among Latino and African American College Students and Middle Schoolers Project Period: 1998-1999 ($28,000)


PUBLICATIONS Authors marked with * are students. Popular Press Steele, C.M. & Aronson, J. (2004). 'Stereotype Threat' a Factor in Test Score Gap. Wall Street Journal, May 4. Books Aronson, E. & Aronson, J. (2018) The Social Animal. 12th edition. Worth/ Freeman. Aronson, J. & Aronson, E. (2019) Readings About the Social Animal, 12thth edition. New York:

Worth/Freeman. Aronson, E. & Aronson, J. (2012). The Social Animal, 11th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman. Aronson, J. & Aronson, E. (2012). Readings About the Social Animal, 11th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman. Gonzales, M. H., Tavris, C., Aronson, J. (2010). The scientist and the humanist: Aronson. New

York: Psychology Press. Aronson, E. & Aronson, J. (2007). The Social Animal, 10th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman. Aronson, J. & Aronson, E. (2007). Readings About the Social Animal, 10th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman. Aronson, E. & Aronson, J. (2004). The Social Animal, 9th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman. Aronson, J. & Aronson, E. (2004). Readings About the Social Animal, 9th edition. New York: Worth/Freeman. Aronson, J. (2002). Improving Academic Achievement: Impact of psychological factors on education. San Diego:

Academic Press. (18 scholarly citations) Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Papers/Reports Plante, I., O’Keefe, P. A., Aronson, J., Fréchette-Simard, C., & Goulet, M. The interest gap: How gender

stereotype endorsement about abilities predicts differences in academic interests. Social Psychology of Education, 11(1), 227-245. DOI: 10.1007/s11218-018-9472-8.

Protzko, J. Aronson, J. (2016). Context Moderates Affirmation Effects on the Ethnic Achievement Gap.

Social Psychology and Personality Science. *Spitzer, B. J. & Aronson, J. (2013). Minding and mending the gap: social psychological interventions to

reduce educational disparities. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 85 1, 1–18,


*Plante, I., de la Sablonnière, R., Aronson, J. , & Théorêt, M. (2013). Gender stereotype endorsement and achievement-related outcomes: The role of competence beliefs and task values. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 38(3), 225-235.

*Protzko, J. Aronson, J. & Blair, C. (2013). How to make a young child smarter: A meta-analysis. Current

Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8 (1), 25-40. Aronson, J., Burgess, D., Phelan, S. & *Juarez, L. (2013). Unhealthy interactions: The role of stereotypes in

caregiver-patient interactions. American Journal of Public Health. 2013 Jan;103(1):50-6. doi: Nisbett, R.E., Aronson, J., Blair, C., Dickens, W., Flynn, J., Halpern, D. F., & Turkheimer, E. (2012).

Intelligence: New findings and theoretical developments. American Psychologist, 67(2), 130-159. Aronson, J., & McGlone, M. S. (2012). Inoculations old and new. Psychological Inquiry, 22, 252-254. *Appel, M., Kronberger, M. & Aronson, J. (2011). Stereotype threat impairs ability building: Effects on test

preparation among women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). European Journal of Social Psychology, 41(7), 904-913.

Alter, A., Aronson, J., Darley, J. Rodriguez, C., & Ruble, D., N. (2010). Rising to the threat: Reducing

stereotype threat by reframing the threat as a challenge. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 166–171. (30 citations)

Aronson, J. *Jannone, S., McGlone, M. S. & *Johnson-Campbell, T. (2009). The Obama effect: An

experimental test. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(4), 957-960. (16 scholarly citations) Aronson, J., Cohen, G., McColskey, W., Montrosse, B., Lewis, K., & Mooney, K. (2009). Reducing

stereotype threat in classrooms: A review of social-psychological intervention studies on improving the achievement of Black students (Issues & Answers Report, REL 2009–No. 076). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance

*Good, C., Aronson, J., & *Harder, J. (2008). Problems in the pipeline: Women’s achievement in high-level

math courses. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29(1), 17-28. McGlone, M. S., & Aronson, J. (2007). Forewarning and forearming stereotype-threatened students.

Communication Education, 56, 119-133. *Inzlicht, M., Aronson, J., *Good, C., & *McKay, L. (2006). A particular resiliency to threatening

environments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 323–336. d *Davis, C., Aronson, J., & *Salinas, M. (2006). Shades of threat: Racial identity as a moderator of stereotype

threat. Journal of Black Psychology, 32(4) 399-417. *Inzlicht, M., *McKay, L., & Aronson, J. (2006). Stigma as ego depletion: How being the target of prejudice

affects self-control. Psychological Science, 17, 262-269


McGlone, M., & Aronson, J. (2006). Social identity salience and stereotype threat. Journal of Applied

Developmental Psychology, 27, 486-493. McGlone, M., Aronson, J. & Kobrynowicz, D., (2006). Stereotype threat and the gender gap in political

knowledge. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 392–398. Suzuki, L. & Aronson, J. (2005). Cultural malleability of the racial/ethnic hierarchy of intelligence.

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Aronson, J. & *Inzlicht, M. (2004). The ups and downs of attributional ambiguity: Stereotype vulnerability

and the academic self-knowledge of African-American students. Psychological Science, 15(12), 829-836. Aronson, J. (2004). The threat of stereotype. Educational Leadership.

• Received the Award of Distinction best education publications of 2004 by the Association of Education Publishers. (

• Reprinted in M. Scherer, (Ed.) (2005), The Best of Education Leadership. New York: ASCD publishers.

• Reprinted in D. Sadker & K. Zittleman (Eds.) Teachers, Schools, & Society. Los Angeles: McGraw Hill.

*Good, C., Aronson, J. *Inzlicht, M. (2003). Improving adolescents’ standardized test performance: An

intervention to reduce the effects of stereotype threat. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24, 645-662. (306 citations)

Aronson, J., *Fried, C. & *Good, C. (2002). Reducing the effects of stereotype threat on African American

college students by shaping theories of intelligence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 38, 113-125.

• Runner up for APA’s Gordon Allport Prize, 2000; • Entered into Department of Education What Works Clearinghouse, 2016 Cohen, G., Aronson, J., & Steele, C. M. (2000). When beliefs yield to evidence: Reducing biased evaluation

by affirming the self. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26(9), 1151-1164. • Designated a citation classic by Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin)

Aronson, J., *Lustina, M. J., *Good, C., Keough, K., Steele, C. M., & Brown, J. (1999). When white men can’t

do math: Necessary and sufficient factors in stereotype threat. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 35, 29-46.

• Reprinted in Mendoza-Denton R. (2012). Stigma and prejudice. Achieving Positive intergroup Relations. San Diego: Cognella Press.

Blanton, H., Cooper, J., Skurnik, I. & Aronson, J. (1997). When bad things happen to good feedback:

Exacerbating the need for self-justification with self-affirmations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 684-693.


Steele, C. M. & Aronson, J. (1995). Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African-

Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 69(5), 797-811. • Reprinted in C. Stangor (Ed.) Stereotypes and Prejudice: Essential Readings. New York:

Psychology Press; 8400 scholarly citations; “Modern Classic” designation by the Journal Psychological Inquiry.

Aronson, J., Blanton, H. & Cooper, J. (1995). From dissonance to disidentification: Selectivity in the self-

affirmation process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 986-996. Aronson J. & Jones, E. E. (1992). Inferring abilities after influencing performance. Journal of Experimental

Social Psychology, 28, 277-299 Manuscripts Under Review/In Preparation Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Books Aronson, J. (in preparation). The Nurture of Intelligence: Educational wisdom for the age of soft bigotry. Aronson, J. & Voda, P. (in preparation). The Achievement Gap: Social Psychological Perspectives New York:

Russell Sage. Handbook Chapters and Other Major Peer Reviewed Chapters Cohen. B & Aronson, J. (2019). The Mindful Social Animal. In Aronson, J. & Aronson, E. (Ed.s) Readings

About the Social Animal, 12thth edition. New York: Worth/Freeman. Shapiro, J. R., & Aronson, J. & McGlone, (2015). Handbook of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination Volume

2. (pp.). New York: Psychology Press. Shapiro, J. R., & Aronson, J. ( 2012). Stereotype threat. In C. Stangor & C. Crandall (Eds.), Frontiers in

Stereotyping and Prejudice. New York: Psychology Press. Aronson, J., & McGlone, M. S. (2009). Stereotype and social identity threat. In T. D. Nelson (Ed.), Handbook

of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination (pp. 153-178). New York: Psychology Press. (22 scholarly citations)

Halpern, D., Aronson, J. et al (2008). Encouraging Girls in Math and Science. Recommendation from the Task

Force on Encouraging Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Washington DC: Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.

Aronson, J. (2009). Low Numbers: Stereotype Threat and the Under-representation of Women in Math and Science

Careers . In Hoff Summers, Christina (Ed.). The Science of Women in Science. Washington D.C.: American Enterprise Institute, pp-104-131.


• Reprinted in Aronson, J. & Aronson, E., (2012). Readings About the Social Animal. New York: Worth.

Aronson, J. & Steele, C.M. (2005). Stereotypes and the fragility of human competence, motivation, and

self-concept. In C. Dweck & E. Elliot (Eds.), Handbook of Competence & Motivation. New York, Guilford. (105 scholarly citations)

Steele, C. M., Spencer, S., & Aronson, J. (2002). Contending with group image: The psychology of

stereotype and social identity threat. In M. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Vol. 37. Academic Press.

Aronson J., Quinn, D. & Spencer, S. (1998). Stereotype threat and the academic performance of minorities

and women. In J. Swim and C. Stangor (Eds.), Prejudice: The target's perspective. San Diego: Academic Press.

Steele, C. M., & Aronson, J. (1998). How stereotypes influence the standardized test performance of

talented African American students. In C. Jencks & M. Phillips (Eds.), The Black-White Test Score Gap. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 401-427.

Encyclopedia Entries *Plante, I., and Aronson, J. (2012). "Stereotype Threat." Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. Ed. James A.

Banks. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2012. 2084-86. SAGE Reference Online. Aronson, J. (2008). Steele, Claude, M. In Darrity et al. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. New York:

MacMillan. Aronson, J. & *Rogers, L. (2008). Overcoming stereotype threats. In S. Lopez (Ed.) Perspectives on Positive

Psychology. New York: Lawrence Earlbaum *Rogers, L. & Aronson, J. (2008). Stereotype threat. In S. Lopez (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology.

London: Blackwell Publishing. Steele, C.M., Aronson, J. & Spencer, S. J. (2008). Stereotype threat. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs (Ed.s)

Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Chapters in Edited Volumes Thorson, K.. & Aronson, J. Nisbett, R (2018). The Situational Nature of Adacemic Achievement. In

Aronson & Aronson Readings About the Social Animal 12e. Worth Freeman. Aronson, J. & Dee, T. (2012). Stereotype threat in the real world. In T. Schmader & M. Inzlicht (Eds.)

Stereotype threat: Theory, Process, and Application. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press


Aronson, J. & *Juarez, L. (2012). Growth Mindsets in the Laboratory and the Real World. In (R. Subotnik, & L. Miller (Eds.) Malleable Minds: Translating Insights from Psychology and Neuroscience to Gifted Education. Washington, DC: Department of Education.

Aronson, J. (2010). Jigsaw and the nurture of human intelligence. In M. H. Gonzales, C. Tavris, J. Aronson

(Eds.), The scientist and the humanist: A festschrift in honor of Elliot Aronson. New York: Psychology Press.

• Reprinted (in Hungarian) as A Mozaik-módszer és az emberi intelligencia fejlesztése. In A.-T. Lajos (Ed.), School Dangers. Budapest: Complex Kiadó Jogi.

Aronson, J. (2008). Cultivating curiosity. In M. Pollack (Ed.) Everyday anti-racism. Cambridge: Harvard

Press. *Inzlicht, M., Aronson, J. & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2007). Contending and coping with minority status in

school. In J. Levine & F. Buttera (Eds.) Coping with Minority Status: Responses to Exclusion and Inclusion. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.

*Good, C. & Aronson, J. (2007). Stereotype vulnerability: developmental and contextual influences on

group underperformance. In E. Turiel & J. Smetana, & C. Wainryb (Eds.) Social Development, Social Inequalities, and Social Justice. Mahwah, N.J.: Law

*Good, C. Dweck , C. & Aronson, J. (2007). Social Identity, Stereotype Threat, and Self-Theories. In A.

Fuligni (Ed.) Social Categories, Identities, and Educational Participation. New York: Russell Sage. Mendoza-Denton, R., & Aronson, J. (2006). Making the pinnacle possible: Psychological processes

associated with minority students’ achievement. In E. Gordon (Ed.) The Achievement Gap. Naperville, IL: Learning Point Associates.

Aronson, J. (2002). Stereotype threat: Contending and coping with unnerving expectations. In J. Aronson

Improving academic achievement: Impact of Psychological Factors on Education. San Diego: Academic Press. Aronson, J. & *Good, C. (2002). The Development and Consequences of Stereotype Vulnerability in

Adolescents. In F. Pajares & T. Urdan (Eds.) Adolescence and Education. New York: Information Age Publishing.

Aronson, J. Cohen, G., & Nail, P. R. (1998). Self-Affirmation Theory: An Update and Appraisal. In E.

Harmon Jones & J. Mills (Eds.), Cognitive Dissonance: Progress on a Pivotal Theory in Social Psychology. Washington DC: American Psychological Association Books.

Aronson, J., Steele, C. M., *Salinas, M. F. *Lustina, M. J. (1999; 2007). The effects of stereotype threat on the

standardized test performance of college students. In J. Aronson & E. Aronson (Eds.) Readings About the Social Animal (9th&10th editions). New York: Freeman.

Cooper, J. & Aronson, J. M. (1992). Attitudes and consistency theory: Implications for mental health. In D.

Ruble and P. Costanzo (Eds.), Basic Social Psychological Processes in Mental Health. New York: Guilford Press.


Steele, C. M. & Aronson, J. (1994). Stereotype vulnerability and intellectual performance. In E. Aronson, (Ed.), Readings About the Social Animal (7th ed.). New York: Freeman.

Published Commentary Aronson, J. (2002). What do we mean by academic engagement? In The proceedings of the President's

Teaching Initiative. University of Colorado. *Plante, I., *Protzko, J. & Aronson, J. (2010). Girls’ internalization of their female teacher’s anxiety: A “real-

world” stereotype threat effect? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 5, 3, (pp. 1).

Steele, C. M. & Aronson, J. (2004). Stereotype threat does not live by Steele & Aronson alone. American

Psychologist. Noguera, P. & Aronson, J. (2004). The Black-White Achievement Gap. Contexts, 3, 4-6. Aronson, J. (1997). Rethinking equality in the global society. Washington University Law Quarterly, 75, 1620-

1634. Legal Briefs Cunningham, C., Aronson, J. et al. (2001). Brief Amicus Curiae of Social Science and Comparative Law

Scholars (Filed June 1, 2001), Adarand Constructors v. Mineta, argued October, 2001. No. 00-730. In the Supreme Court of the United States.

COLLOQUIA AND INVITED TALKS Apr 2018 Elevating our youth, Minds in Motion, Westport Connecticut Apr 2018 Stereotype Threat in school and the corridors of power, Fordham University Apr 2017 Department of Psychology, Florida International University Apr 2017 Department of Psychology, Lehigh University Jan 2017 Department of Psychology, University California Santa Barbara May 2012 Department of Psychology, University of Delaware Mar 2011 Department of Communications, University of Texas at Austin Nov 2010 Department of Psychology, Temple University Jun 2010 Law School, New York University Apr 2010 Department of Psychology, Rutgers College Newark, NJ Feb 2010 Department of Psychology, Temple University Jan 2010 Department of Psychology, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA Sep 2009 Grand Rounds, NYU Child Study Center Sep 2009 Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College Apr 2009 Psychology Dept. Fordham University Feb 2009 The Spence School, New York, NY Oct 2008 Allen Stevenson School, New York, NY Jul 2008 Medical School, University of California Los Angeles Jul 2008 Medical School, University of Washington, Seattle

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Jul 2008 Medical School, University of Virginia Jul 2008 Medical School, Columbia University Jun 2008 Medical School, Duke University Jun 2008 Medical School, Howard University May 2008 Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh May 2008 Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Apr 2008 Curry School of Education, University of Virginia Oct 2007 Center for Group Dynamics, University of Michigan Jul 2007 Department of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin Jul 2007 Medical School, University of California Los Angeles (2 presentations) Jun 2007 Hunter College Black Students Association May 2007 Teacher Training, The Dalton School, New York, NY Apr 2007 Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University Feb 2007 Parents Association, The Dalton School, New York, NY Nov 2005 Graduate Center, CUNY Oct 2005 Psychology Dept, Tufts University Jan 2005 Medical School Admissions Committee, Louisiana State University Dec 2004 Bates College Dec 2004 Bowdoin College Dec 2004 Colby College Nov 2004 Russell Sage Foundation Oct 2004 Franklin & Marshall College, Consortium on High Achievement and Success Oct 2004 Medical School, Duke University Oct 2004 Psychology Department, Brooklyn College Sep 2004 Bard College, Consortium on High Achievement and Success May 2004 Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago May 2004 Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University Mar 2004 Department of Psychology (PACE Center), Yale University Mar 2003 Department of Psychology, Yale University Mar 2003 Department of Psychology, New York University Nov 2002 Psychology Department, Ohio State University Oct 2002 Russell Sage Social Identity Consortium, University of Michigan Oct 2002 Spencer Distinguished Speaker, Duke University Jun 2002 William T. Grant Faculty Scholars Retreat, Washington DC Jan 2002 Staff Development: Bayonne Independent School District, Bayonne, NJ Nov 2001 Department of Psychology, New York University Oct 2001 Staff Development: University Neighborhood High School, New York, NY Dec 2000 Department of Psychology, Yale University Dec 2000 Center for Educational Policy, New York University Nov 2000 Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Mar 2000 Department of Social & Organizational Psych., Teacher’s College, Columbia University Mar 2000 Department of Applied Psychology, New York University Oct 1999 Department of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin Nov 1998 St Louis, MO, Department of Education (2-day workshop) Sep 1998 Annual Psi Chi Lecture, Lafayette College Sep 1998 Dean’s Council, University of Texas at Austin Apr 1998 Law School, University of Texas at Austin


Nov 1997 Law School, Washington University Nov 1997 Psychology Department, Washington University Oct 1997 Psychology Department, University of Texas at Austin Oct 1997 Psychology Department, Southwestern Oklahoma University Sep 1997 School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin May 1997 Social Psychology Area, Harvard University Apr 1996 LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin Apr 1996 Mathematics Department, University of Texas at Austin Dec 1995 Educational Psychology Department, University of Texas at Austin Nov 1995 LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin Feb 1995 Psychology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS May 2018 Writing and rewriting the Social Animal. Assoc. of Psychological Science, San Francisco Feb 2018 Can we manufacture relationships at scale? Society for Personality and Social Psych, Atlanta Oct 2017 A Mindfully Authentic Education; Children and Authenticity Conference, New York Oct 2017 Mindfulness in Schools. Meeting of New York Mindfulness Coordinators, Riverdale NY Jun 2017 Elevating Education, Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas Apr 2017 Mindfulness and Metacognition, on Innovative Schools, Wisconsin Dells, WI Nov 2015 Learning and the Brain, Boston May 2014 Learning and the Brain (Intelligence) Conference, New York May 2013 Learning and the Brain (Mindset and Learning) Conference, New York May 2012 The National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, NYC May 2012 National Conference on Women in Information Technology, Chicago Jan 2012 Society of Personality and Social Psychology Symposium, San Diego Apr 2011 Learning and the Brain (Memory & Mind) Conference, New York Sep 2010 Third annual People of Color in the Legal Professions, Newark, NJ Jun 2010 Bicentennial Celebration, The Lawrenceville Academy, Lawrenceville, NJ Jun 2010 President’s Symposium, SPSSI, New Orleans, LA Aug 2009 Testing and test Bias; American Sociological Association convention Apr 2009 New Findings in Gender, Math, and Spatial Ability. AERA, San Diego May 2008 Association of Psychological Scientists, Chicago, Festschrift Speaker May 2008 Association of Psychological Scientists, Discussant Oct 2007 American Enterprise Institute, Women in Science Panel Jun 2007 John F. Kennedy School of Government-Achievement Gap Initiative Feb 2007 American Association for The Advancement of Science, San Francisco Jan 2007 Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis TN May 2006 Association of Psychological Scientists, New York, NY Aug 2005 American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA Jun 2004 Head Start National Conference, Washington, D.C. Jun 2004 Jean Piaget Society, Toronto, CA May 2004 Brown Plus Fifty Conference, New York University Mar 2004 Society of Research on Adolescence Feb 2004 Society of Personality & Social Psychology Meeting, Austin, TX Nov 2003 Brain & Behavior Conference, 2003. Cambridge, MA Apr 2003 SRCD Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL Feb 2002 Society of Personality & Social Psychology Meeting, Savannah, GA


Aug 1999 American Psychological Association, Annual Conference, Boston Jul 1999 European Society of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK Dec 1998 Modern Language Association Annual Meeting Apr 1998 American Psychological Society May 1997 Midwestern Psychological Association Feb 1997 Conference on Cognitive Dissonance 40 Years Later Nov 1996 Annual Meeting of the Academic Counselors Association Nov 1996 OERI conference on minorities in post-secondary Education May 1996 Project EXTEND (a national forum on mathematics education) Apr 1995 Annual meeting of the Spencer Foundation, San Francisco Oct 1994 Annual meeting of the James McDonnell Foundation Oct 1993 Annual meeting of the James McDonnell Foundation KEYNOTE/PLENARY ADDRESSES Apr 2019 Keynote, Learning and the Brain, New York, NY Apr 2018 Opening Keynote, Learning and the Brain, New York, NY Feb 2018 Teaching Keynote, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Oct 2017 Keynote, Children and Authenticity Annual Meeting. New York, NY Apr 2017 Keynote, Annual conference on Learning Assistants, Miami FL Apr 2017 Closing Keynote, Roots of Empathy, Toronto, CA Apr 2017 Go Alliance Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD Oct 2016 Keynote, Annual mtg. The Independent Schools Admissions Assoc. of Greater New York Aug 2016 Award Address, Society of Experimental Social Psychology Apr 2016 Keynote, Annual Conference on Innovative Schools, Wisconsin Dells, WI Feb 2016 Keynote, Learning and The Brain, San Francisco, CA Jan 2016 Keynote , 52nd Annual School Psychology Conference, Queens College, CUNY Nov 2015 Plenary Talk, Education Innovation Conference, NYU Oct 2015 New York State School Boards Association, Annual Mtg. Apr 2015 National Partnership for Educational Access Meeting, Philadelphia Dec 2014 Grand Rounds, New York Medical College, Valhalla New York Feb 2014 Opening Keynote, ORT Education Conference, Mexico City, MX Oct 2013 Opening Keynote, Synergy Conference, Cedar Crest, PA Apr 2013 Closing Keynote: Learning and the Brain Conference, New York, NY Mar 2013 Minnesota Teaching Institute, workshop for teachers, University of Minn. Jun 2012 Keynote Address, Learning and Education Conference, Istanbul, Turkey Jun 2012 Keynote Address, TUSIAD Business and Education Conference, Istanbul Turkey May 2012 Keynote Address, Women in Technology NYC Connect, New York, NY Apr 2012 Keynote Address, Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools , Bryn Mawr, PA Feb 2012 Keynote Address, National Coalition of Girls Schools, Washington, DC Oct 2011 Mini Keynote, National Association of the Gifted Child, New Orleans, LA Aug 2011 Tech Talk, Facebook Inc., Palo Alto, CA. May 2011 Opening Keynote, Annual Mtg. of National Center of Women in IT, NY, NY Mar 2011 Keynote Address, Meeting of Delaware Valley Assoc. of Independent Schools Feb 2011 Plenary, Research on Discrimination and Health (NCI, NSF, NIH), Bethesda, MD Jan 2011 Plenary Address, Regional Educational Laboratory, New Brunswick, NJ Oct 2010 Keynote Address, Diversity in Dental Education, Annual Meeting of ADEA Oct 2010 Keynote Address, Encouraging Girls in Math & Science Summit, Morgantown, WV


Jul 2010 Keynote Address, Business and Education Summit, Greenville, SC Jun 2010 MPS Distinguished Lecture, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC May 2010 Opening Plenary Address, (Teaching) Assn. of Psychological Scientists, Boston, MA Apr 2010 Keynote Address, Encouraging Girls in Math & Science; REL Mid Atlantic, Baltimore, MD Apr 2010 Plenary Address, Regional Educational Laboratory, Baltimore, MD Feb 2010 Keynote Address, Brain and Learning Conference, San Francisco, CA Dec 2009 Keynote, Lecture, National Association of State Legislators, San Diego, CA Oct 2008 Capstone Address, Multicultural Mathematics Conference, Berkeley, CA Oct 2008 Keynote Address, Newark Urban Education Conference, Newark NJ Jun 2008 Keynote Address, Teacher Training, Clayton NJ Independent School District Mar 2008 Keynote Address, Boston University May 2008 Keynote Address, Bryn Mawr College May 2008 Keynote Address, Healthy Students & Communities Conference, NYU Medical School Nov 2007 United Nations Committee on the Family May 2007 Keynote Address: 150th Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference, SJSU Nov 2006 Plenary Address: Shared Insights Institute, Rutgers Newark, Newark, NJ Nov 2006 Keynote Address: Psychological & Educational Research in Kansas Conference, Hays, KS Oct 2006 Keynote Address: Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools Sep 2006 Capstone Address: Staff Development, Woodbury School District, Woodbury, NJ Aug 2006 Plenary Address: US - Mexico Border COE Consortium, El Paso, TX Jul 2006 Keynote Address: AVID Summer Institute, San Diego, CA Jun 2006 National Association of Advisors for the Health Profession, Portland, OR May 2006 Keynote Address: Race, Class and Education Conference for Rutgers Univ. Newark, NJ Apr 2006 Keynote Address: Southwest Psychological Association, Austin, TX Dec 2005 Keynote Address: Iowa Educational Research & Evaluation Association, Cedar Falls Aug 2005 Annual Teaching of Psychology Lecture: American Psychological Assn., Washington DC Apr 2005 Keynote Panelist: New York Acad. of Science: Are Women Being Held Back in Science? Sep 2004 Keynote Speaker and Panelist, APA Educational Leadership Conf., Washington, DC Jun 2004 Keynote Address: Texas Association of Secondary School Principals, Austin, TX Apr 2004 Keynote Address: The National Conference for Community and Justice, Springfield, MA Apr 2004 Plenary Address: Southwest Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX Mar 2004 Keynote Address: Assn. of American Medical Colleges, Annual Mtg., Ft. Lauderdale, FL Feb 2004 Plenary Address: Mtg. of the Consortium on High Achievement and Success, NYC Dec 2003 Keynote Address: Assn. of American Medical Colleges, Annual Mtg., Ft. Lauderdale, FL May 2003 G. Stanley Hall Memorial Lecture, Western Psychological Association Mtg, Vancouver, BC Aug 2002 G. Stanley Hall Memorial Lecture, American Psychological Association Mtg, Chicago, IL May 2002 Keynote Address: 5th Annual Psychology Day, Connecticut State College System Apr 2002 Keynote Address: Lafayette College Psi Chi Conference College, NY Apr 2002 Keynote Address: 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, CUNY Mar 2002 Keynote Address: President’s Achievement Initiative, UC Boulder Mar 2000 Keynote Address, Psychology Challenges Bias 2000, U. of Vermont Apr 1997 President's Symposium: Western Psychological Association Oct 1997 Faculty Orientation: Southwestern Oklahoma State University ENDOWED/AWARD LECTURES/COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES Oct 2014 Inaugural Templeton Lecture, Pace University, Psychology Dept. Jun 2014 Commencement Speaker, University of California, Santa Cruz


Aug 2013 Esther Katz Rosen Lecturer, American Psychological Foundation, Honolulu, HI May 2012 Distinguished Educator Lecture, NYU Academy of Distinguished Educators (NYUCD) Apr 2012 Distinguished Researcher in Education Conference, Hunter College Apr 2011 Convocation, Carleton College Mar 2010 John Dewey Seminar, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University May 2009 Nancy Tatum Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics, University of Mississippi Medical Ctr. Oct 2008 Second Annual Marvin W. Goldstein Lecture on Prejudice Reduction, Rider College Mar 2008 Provost’s Series on Teaching and Learning, Montclair State University May 2005 Commencement Address: Joseph Forgione Development School, NYC TEACHING EXPERIENCE New York University 2000--present Graduate Social Psychology Undergraduate Social Psychology Graduate Seminar in Developmental Psychology Race in Urban Schools (with Pedro Noguera) Graduate Experimental Psychology The Psychology of Human Intelligence Experimental Psychology Students in the Community Academic Achievement Gaps Teaching of Critical Thinking Achievement Gaps: Law and Science (with Peggy Cooper Davis, NYU Law School) Undergraduate Educational Psychology Adolescent Development Human Growth and Development Applied Positive Psychology UT Austin 1995-2000: Foundations of Educational Psychology Graduate Social Psychology Graduate Research Methods in Developmental/Social Psychology Advanced Research Seminar: Stereotypes & Prejudice Problems in Educational Psychology Advanced Research Seminar: Stereotype Threat Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 1992-95: Introductory Social Psychology Introductory Psychology PHD STUDENTS MENTORED Jeff Cookston, PhD Professor of Developmental Psychology, San Francisco State College Claytie Davis III, PhD, Staff Psychologist, University of California, Berkeley Catherine Good, PhD, Associate Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology, CUNY Jayne Ann Harder, professor of Mathematics, Oral Roberts University Michael Lustina, Director, Public Strategies, Inc., Austin, TX Moises Salinas, Rector, ORT University Mexico, Mexico City


Jeannetta Williams, Professor of Psychology, St. Edwards College, Austin John Protzko, postdoctoral Scholar, UCSB Laura Davis, PhD. Chicago, Ill Christina Crosby, Ph.D. San Diego, Mesa College Catherine Thorson, New York University Trenton Marsh, PhD University of Michigan Postdoc Leondra Rogers, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Northwestern University Brian Spitzer, New York University MA STUDENTS MENTORED Linda McKay, MA, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Montclair State University Lindsay Juarez, PhD, post doc scholar, Duke University Sheanna, Alqvist, PhD, Private Practice, PhD Insights; Host Innovation for All. Laura Frutos -Zatilin MA,. Program Analyst, Good Shepherd Services Raisa Martinez, MA Education Director, David Lynch Foundation Scott Mengibier, MA David Lynch Foundation, Crime Lab, Chicago NSF PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED/ MENTORED Jeannetta Williams, 1998-2002, UT Austin Erica Carryl 2005-2008, NYU SPENCER POSTDOCS AWARDED/MENTORED Catherine Good, 2002-2002, NYU (Currently assistant professor, Baruch College) Michael Inzlicht, 2002-2004, NYU (Currently associate professor, University of Toronto) POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS MENTORED Carrie Fried, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Winona State College Michael Inzlicht, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto Markus Appel, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology, Lindz, Germany Isabelle Plante, PhD, Associate Professor of Education, Quebec Jorgen Szastad, PhD, Assistant Professor, NLA University, Norway Jennifer Ray PhD, Neuroleadership Institute, New York PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE Editorial Boards: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2018- Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002-2004 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2002-2006 Personality and Social Psychology Compass, 2007- Review Panels: National Science Foundation, K-12 Biology 2002 National Research Council-Report on Engaging High Schools, 2002 National Science Foundation: Social Psychology Panel, 2005-2008 Spencer Foundation Grants Advisory Board, 2010-


Peer Reviewer for Journals: Peer Reviewer, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (32 reviews) Peer Reviewer, Journal of Applied Social Psychology (7 reviews) Peer Reviewer, Psychological Science (31 reviews) Peer Reviewer, Psychological Bulletin (8 reviews) Peer Reviewer, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (42 reviews) Peer Reviewer, Journal of Educational Psychology (42 reviews) Peer Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (13 reviews) Peer Reviewer, European Journal of Social Psychology (14 reviews) Peer Reviewer, Basic and Applied Social Psychology (2 reviews) Peer Reviewer, Social Cognition (1 review) Peer Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science (1 review) Peer Reviewer, Applied Developmental Psychology (7 reviews) Peer Reviewer, Group Processes and Individual Differences (3 review) Grant Reviews: National Science Foundation (129 reviews) William T. Grant Foundation (17 review) Spencer Foundation (321 reviews) Russell Sage Foundation (27reviews) Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (39 reviews) John Templeton Foundation (7 reviews) PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Society for Research in Child Development American Psychological Association Association of Psychological Scientists (Named Fellow in 2007) American Educational Research Association Society for Personality and Social Psychology Society of Experimental Social Psychology (Inducted summer, 1999; Named Fellow, 2009) Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Named Fellow, 2009) Western Psychological Association International Society for Self and Identity National Academy of Education New York Academy of Sciences (Inducted, Fall 2005) COMMITTEES, WORKGROUPS, AND ADVISORY BOARDS 1999-2001 Advisory Board: Multi-disciplinary Task Force on Stereotypes, Prejudice, Tolerance, and

Rights: Educating Children for Living in Diverse Cultures, NSF 1998-2000 Consultant: State of Missouri Department of Education, 1997-2000 Consultant: Del Valle Independent School District, Austin, Texas, 2000 Mentor/ Scientists and Engineers in the Schools program, National Science Foundation 1998 Expert Witness: TX House of Representatives, Comm. on Higher Education, 2003 Expert Witness:(standardized testing) National Academy of Sciences (Institute of Medicine) College Board Task Force on the Achievement Gap 2002 Program Chair: American Psychological Association Conference Division 8


2002 Cluster Representative for APA Division 8 (Social Psychology) 2001-2005 Chair, Selection Committee: Louise M. Kidder Early Career Award, APA 1992-95 Research Mentor for senior honors program, Psychology Department, Stanford University, 1993-94 Panel Member, University Human Subjects Committee, Stanford University, 1995-2000 Co-chair: Curriculum Committee, Educational Psychology Dept., UT Austin 1996-2000 Member: Graduate Studies Committee, UT Austin 1996 Organizer: National Conference “Diversity and Student Outcomes” Austin, TX, November 1997 Consultant: Pathways Through Nursing Education, Nursing Dept., UT, Austin 1997 Panelist: International Conference on Affirmative Action, Washington, Univ 1998 Panelist: The construction of Merit in Law School Admissions Programs, UT Law, 1999 Faculty Mentor: The Society of Personality and Social Psychology 2000 Honors Examiner, Swarthmore College 2001-03 Founder, Ctr. for Research on Culture, Development & Education, NYU 2004 Founder: Edward Zigler Award and Lecture Series, New York University 2004- Federal Education Advocacy Coordinator (FEDAC) (NYU Coordinator American 2006 Psychological Association: FEDAC representative for New York University 2008 Research Consultant/Collaborator: Education Innovation Laboratory, Harvard 2002-06 Grants-in-aid selection Committee, SPSSI 2002 Research Consultant: Educational Testing Service 2003- National Academy of Education (Member; Proposal Reviewer for Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program) 2003- Co-director, National Task Force on the Achievement Gap 2003- Consultant: SMEP; American Assn. of Medical Colleges 2004 Consultant, The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented 2004 Consultant, The Institute for Research and Reform in Education 2005-09 Social Psychology Review Panel, National Science Foundation 2006-07 Panel Member: Encouraging Girls and Women in STEM, Inst. of Education Sciences 2007 Appointed to Design Team: National Research Council/Strategic Education Research Partnership/Minority Student Achievement Network 2007 Advisory Board Member: Black Males and Single Sex Schools project, Gates Found. 2008 Site Visit Team Member for Science of Learning Center: National Science Found. 2009 Society of Personality and Social Psychology: Cialdini Award Committee 2009- Advisory Board, Pittsburgh Science of Learning (an NSF Funded Center) 2010-2012 Small Grants Review Board, The Spencer Foundation 2011- Science Advisory Board, National Center for Women in Information Technology 2012- Fellows Selection Committee, Society of Personality and Social Psychologist 2012-2017 Chair: Working group on 21st Century Schools (W. Darling-Hammond, Pianta,

Allen, Kaufman) 2013- Advisory Board: Center for Social Psychology and Education, Harvard University 2014- Task Force Member: School to Prison (New York City Commissioner of Children’s Services) 2016- Founding Director, School to Prosperity Pipeline, New York University 2017- Executive Advisor, Casa Laxmi Foundation, Toronto CA


SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE/APPEARANCES/INTERVIEWS ABC News; ABC 20/20; CNN Late Edition; PBS Frontline; The New York Times; The New York Times Magazine; Chicago Tribune; Dallas Morning News; Newsweek; Wall Street Journal; The New Yorker; London Times; The Boston Globe; Parents; The New York Daily News; Associated Press, Science Careers: Radio Lab Joshua Aronson is associate professor of developmental, social, and educational psychology at NYU, where he directs the Mindfulness and Meditation Education Lab, within Metro where he and conducts research to find solutions to educational challenges. Joshua received his Ph.D. from Princeton University. Before coming to NYU, he taught at both Stanford and University of Texas Austin. Aronson’s research focuses on the social and psychological influences on academic achievement. Joshua is probably best known for his pioneering research on “stereotype threat” and minority student achievement, which has been cited over 6,000 times in the academic literature, cited in four supreme court cases, and has been appears in every psychology textbook for over the last decade. Seeking remedies for stereotype threat, Joshua pioneered a widely used and replicated intervention, popularized by Carol Dweck under the name of the “Growth Mindset.” Joshua’s work has been featured popular books like Blink, Nurtureshock, Mindset, Drive, Nerve, Choke, Grit—and books with long titles like How Children Succeed, Intelligence and How to Get It, and Whistling Vivaldi. Listed by Education Week as one of the most influential education scholars in America, Joshua is the Editor of Improving Academic Achievement (Academic Press) and Readings about the Social Animal, and is Co-author of best selling text, The Social Animal (Worth). Joshua has received numerous awards and grants for research and teaching, including early career awards from the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the William T. Grant Foundation, the National Science Foundation. Most recently he was awarded the Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology for his research on stereotype threat. Aronson is also an award winning teacher, recipient of the G. Stanley Hall Lecturer Award from the American Psychological Association, and the Carl Rogers Laureate Award from the Kappa Delta Pi (the honor Society of teachers), and the Teaching Excellence Award from NYU Steinhardt. His current work uses mindfulness and other social psychological and community interventions to improve the cognitive and emotional functioning, wellbeing. He is currently developing New York University’s School to Prosperity Pipeline, a mentoring to help young children in vulnerable communities develop the skills and connections needed to thrive in college. His current work with the Casa Laxmi foundation involves designing the world’s best school for the world’s neediest children.

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