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Students of color often face unique challenges in higher education, including lower levels of belonging. To understand these challenges, we administered a un...

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Shutts uses what she learns in her research as a social scientist to influence how kids in the community learn through play at the museum. Her area of expertise is how children make sense of their soc...

By Jina Chun, Sang Qin & 4 more. This study examined how disability severity, visibility, and anticipated stigma affect key dimensions of disclosure, highlighting individualized support and stigma re...

Scientific Reports - Culturally aware mentoring interventions create enduring changes among graduate biomedical faculty

A cascade effect appears to be pushing more students of color to Wisconsin’s four-year public universities.

Thursday, January 22, 2026, 9:00 – 11:00 am Location: Grainger Hall, Room 4151 In this fast-paced mini conference, IDS Seed Grant recipients will present research related to their funded projects. Ple...

Twin brothers Quentin Riser and Quinlan Riser have spent their adult lives working in different worlds. One studies child development and poverty as a university researcher. The other works in finance...

The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings recognize researchers who shape practice and policy.

Despite much research on improving intergroup relations, the evidence for long-term effects in real-world settings is mixed. We used the social marketing approa...

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To ensure the generalizability of clinical trial results and equitable treatment access, enrollment must reflect the diversity of the patient population.

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

A University of Wisconsin–Madison study has shown high rates of workplace sexual harassment experienced by transgender and nonbinary people and uncovered forms of harassment not previously documented ...

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Right-leaning media users are less likely to support political compromise, a new study suggests. And in general, partisan media consumers tend to see political disagreements as right or wrong.

New data from Pew shows that people don’t trust each other as much as they used to, and Wisconsin is falling behind trust levels compared to other parts of the country.

The Institute for Diversity Science is pleased to announce the first cohort of its Junior Visiting Scholar program. This year’s group, made up of three postdoctoral scholars, will work with IDS affili...

A project led by Ran Liu and Carla Glave is researching how Generative AI is being used in education and how universities can ensure that it's use is equitable.

Yoo Ji Suh, Dhavan V. Shah, Michael W. Wagner

In a world where discrimination against minorities remains a pressing issue even in economically and socially advanced countries, Invisible Barriers delves i...

Stav Atir, assistant professor of management and human resources at the Wisconsin School of Business, explains the phenomenon of “overclaiming,” which occurs when people claim knowledge of concepts, t...

IDS-supported research by sociologists Ang Yu and Felix Elwert has identified a statistical approach that allows social scientists to measure causes of group disparities.

Research funded by an IDS Seed Grant is seeking to better understand and reduce gaps in access to post-assault care for people with marginalized identities. The project was led by IDS Affiliates Kate ...

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

In this episode, Dr. Bridget Goosby of the University of Texas at Austin talks with Dr. Angela Byars-Winston about her work to better understand how experiencing racism and discrimination impacts a pe...

Students whose parents did not go to college often do not feel they have the necessary support to excel STEM subjects.

In this episode, Kaiping Chen and Corey Jackson talk about trust in science—and how we can think about it from the perspective of diversity science. They argue that the research community should aim t...

IDS Affiliate Patricia Devine was recently elected as member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), along with nearly 250 other leaders from across a variety of disciplines and mediums. ...