Master, A., Lee, K., Sharmin, S., Tang, D., Meltzoff, A., Cheryan, S. (2026). It doesn’t always have to be this way: promoting girls’ interest in STEM through growth mindsets and structural explanations of gender differences. Social Psychology of Education, 29, 113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-026-10294-y
Block, K., He, J. Y., Olsson, M. I., Van Grootel, S., Martiny, S. E., Schmader, T., ..., Cheryan, S., ..., & Anderson, J. (2026). ‘Free to Be Me?’: Gender Role Norms Constrain Career Interests Less for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People Than for Heterosexual People. European journal of social psychology, 56(5). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70083 [pdf]
Block, K., Olsson, M. I. T., van Grootel, S., Schuster, C., Meeussen, L., Van Laar, C., Martiny, S. E., Croft, A., Sun, M. S., Wee, S., Ainsaar, M., Aarntzen, L., Adamus, M., Anderson, J., Atkinson, C., Avicenna, M., Bąbel, P., Barth, M., Benson-Greenwald, T. M., … Cheryan, S., … Schmader, T. (2026). The gender gap in the care economy is larger in highly developed countries: Sociocultural explanations for paradoxical findings. American Psychologist, 81(2), 221–237. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001512
Pope, T., Zou, L., Hailu, F., Banham, L., El-Hout, M., & Cheryan, S. (2026). Applicants of color encounter discrimination based on cultural foreignness stereotypes in the labor market. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 155(6), 1347–1370. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001902
Master, A., Meltzoff, A. N., Tang, D., & Cheryan, S. (2025). Divergence of children’s gender stereotypes across different STEM fields. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(18), e2408657122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2408657122 [pdf]
Bodenhausen, G. V., & Cheryan, S. (2025). Stereotyping and prejudice. In D. T. Gilbert, S. T. Fiske, E. J. Finkel, & W. B. Mendes (Eds.), The handbook of social psychology (6th ed.). Situational Press. https://doi.org/10.70400/ELPS5283
Schindler, S., Schuster, C., Olsson, M. I. T., Froehlich, L., Hübner, A.-K., Block, K., ..., Cheryan, S., …, Germano, A. L., & Martiny, S. E. (2024). Policy as normative influence? On the relationship between parental leave policy and social norms in gender division of childcare across 48 countries. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(2), e12806. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12806
Cheryan, S., & Muragishi, G. A. (2025). Removing masculine defaults in the hiring process. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(14), e2501630122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2501630122 [pdf]
Lombard, E. J., Weltzien, K., Pham, L., & Cheryan, S. (2025). Feedback receptivity from people in power reduces gender, sexual orientation, and disability bias concerns. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 128(6), 1271–1291. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pspa0000427 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Lombard, E. J., Hailu, F., Pham, L. N. H., Weltzien, K. (2025). Global patterns of gender disparities in STEM and explanations for their persistence. Nature Reviews Psychology, 4(1), 6–19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00380-3
Master, A., Alexander, T., Thompson, J., Fan, W., Meltzoff, A. N., & Cheryan, S. (2024). Causes and consequences of stereotypes: interest stereotypes reduce adolescent girls’ motivation to enroll in computer science classes. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 57(1), 56–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2024.2402355 [pdf]
Tang, D., Meltzoff, A.N., Cheryan, S., Fan, W., Master, A. (2024). Longitudinal stability and change across a year in children’s gender stereotypes about four different STEM fields. Developmental Psychology, 60(6), 1109-1130. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001733 [pdf]
Saxler, F. M., Dorrough, A. R., Froehlich, L., Block, K., Croft, A., Meeussen, L., ... Cheryan, S., ... Germano, A. L., …, & Martiny, S. E. (2024). Did descriptive and prescriptive norms about gender equality at home change during the COVID-19 pandemic? A cross-national investigation. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 51(9), 1745-1759. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231219719 [pdf]
Lombard, E. J., & Cheryan, S. (2023). Does my work matter? Reduced sense of mattering as a source of gender disparities. Social and Personality Psychological Compass, 18(1), e12907. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12907 [pdf]
Garr-Schultz, A., Muragishi, G. A., Mortejo, T. A., & Cheryan, S. (2023). Masculine defaults in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 24(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/15291006231170829 [pdf]
Master, A., Tang, D., Forsythe, D., Alexander, T. M., Cheryan, S., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2023). Gender equity and motivational readiness for computational thinking in early childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 64, 242-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.03.004 [pdf]
Siy, J. O., Germano, A. L., Vianna, L., Azpeitia, J., Yan, S., Montoya, A. K., & Cheryan, S. (2023). Does the follow-your-passions ideology cause greater academic and occupational gender disparities than other cultural ideologies? Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 125(3), 548-570. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000421 [pdf]
Cheryan, S. (2023). Promoting Intraminority Solidarity Through Intergroup Relations Framings. NSF Award, 23, 14179.
El-Hout, M., Garr-Schultz, A., & Cheryan, S. (2021). Beyond biology: The importance of cultural factors in explaining gender disparities in STEM preferences. European Journal of Psychology, 35(1), 45-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890207020980934 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., & Zou, L. X. (2021). What Anti-Asian discrimination teaches us about racism. Behavioral Scientist. https://behavioralscientist.org/what-anti-asian-discrimination-teaches-us-about-racism/
Murphy, M. C., Mejia, A. F., Mejia, J., Yan, X., Cheryan, S., Dasgupta, N., Destin, M., Fryberg, S. A., Garcia, J. A., Haines, E. L., Harackiewicz, J. M., Ledgerwood, A., Moss-Racusin, C. A., Park, L. E., Perry, S. P., Ratliff, K. A., Rattan, A., Sanchez, D. T., Savani, K., Sekaquaptewa, D., Smith, J. L., ..., & Pestilli, F. (2020) Open science, communal culture, and women's participation in the movement to improve science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (39), 24154-24164. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921320117 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., & Markus, H. R. (2020) Masculine defaults: Identifying and mitigating hidden cultural biases. Psychological Review, 127(6), 1022-1052. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/rev0000209 [pdf]
Master, A., Meltzoff, A. N., & Cheryan, S. (2020). Stereotypes Contribute to Gender Imbalances in STEM Fields. 2020 AERA Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.3102/1570642
Kirby, T., Tabak, J., Ilac, M., & Cheryan, S. (2020). The symbolic value of ethnic spaces. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(7), 867-878. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620913371 [pdf]
Murphy, M. C., Carter, E. R., Emerson, K. T. U., & Cheryan, S. (2020). The long reach of prejudiced places? Stereotype expectations and motivation to pursue education among previously- and never-incarcerated black men. Self & Identity, 19(4), 456-472. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2019.1624605 [pdf]
Semrow, M., Zou, L. X., Yang, S., & Cheryan, S. (2020). Gay Asian Americans are seen as more American than Asian Americans who are presumed straight. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(3), 336-344. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619849426 [Materials and Data], [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Lombard, E., Hudson, L., Louis, K., Plaut, V.C., & Murphy, M.C. (2020). Double isolation: Identity expression threat predicts greater gender disparities in computer science. Self & Identity, 19(4), 412-434. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2019.1609576 [pdf]
Montoya, A. K., Master, A., & Cheryan, S. (2020). Increasing Interest in Computer Science through Group Work: A Goal Congruity Approach. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ahgfy
Cheryan, S. (2019). A Cultural Growth-Mindset Approach to Interest: Implications for Gender Gaps in Computer Science Participation. NSF Award, 19, 19218.
Yang, J. P., Simoni, J. M., Cheryan, S., Shiu, C., Chen, W., Zhao, H., & Lu, H. (2018). The development of a brief distress reduction intervention for individuals recently diagnosed with HIV in China. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 25(2), 319-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2017.08.002 [pdf]
Handron, C., Kirby, T. A., Wang, J., Mastkewich, H. E., & Cheryan, S. (2017). Unexpected gains: Being overweight buffers Asian Americans from prejudice against foreigners. Psychological Science, 28(9), 1214-1227. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617720912 [Materials], [Data], [pdf]
Zou, L. X., & Cheryan, S. (2017). Two axes of subordination: A new model of racial position. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 112(5), 696-717. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pspa0000080 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Ziegler, S., Montoya, A. M., & Jiang, L. (2017). Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others? Psychological Bulletin, 143(1), 1-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bul0000052 [pdf]
Master, A., Cheryan, S., Moscatelli, A., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2017). Programming experience promotes higher STEM motivation among first-grade girls. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 160, 92-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2017.03.013 [pdf]
Master, A., Cheryan, S., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2017). Social group membership increases STEM engagement among preschoolers. Developmental Psychology, 52(2), 201-209. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/dev0000195 [pdf]
Siy, J. O., & Cheryan, S. (2016). Prejudice masquerading as praise: The negative echo of positive stereotypes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(7), 941-954. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216649605 [pdf]
Master, A., Cheryan, S., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2016). Computing whether she belongs: Stereotypes undermine girls' interest and sense of belonging in computer science. Journal of Educational Psychology, 108(3), 424-437. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000061 [pdf]
Schweinsberg, M., Madan, N., ... Cheryan, S., ... Jiang, L., ... & Uhlmann, E. L. (2016). The pipeline project: Pre-publication independent replications of a single laboratory’s research pipeline. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 66, 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2015.10.001 [pdf]
Tierney, W., Schweinsberg, M., Jordan, J., ... Cheryan, S., ... Uhlmann, E. L. Data from a pre-publication independent replication initiative examining ten moral judgement effects. Sci Data 3, 160082 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.82
Blodorn, A., O'Brien, L. T., Cheryan, S., & Vick, S. B. (2016). Understanding perceptions of racism in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: The roles of system and group justification. Social Justice Research, 29, 139-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-016-0259-9 [pdf]
Master, A., Cheryan, S., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2016). Motivation and identity. In K. Wentzel & D. Miele (Eds.), Handbook of Motivation at School, 2nd Edition (pp. 300-319). New York: NY: Routledge.
Zou, L., & Cheryan, S. (2015). When Whites' attempts to be multicultural backfire in intergroup interactions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 9(11), 581-592. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12203 [pdf]
Czopp, A.M, Kay, A.C., & Cheryan, S. (2015). Positive stereotypes are pervasive and powerful. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(4), 451-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691615588091 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Cameron, J. S., Katagiri, Z., & Monin, B. (2015). Manning up: Threatened men compensate by disavowing feminine preferences and embracing masculine attributes. Social Psychology, 46(4), 218-227. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000239 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Master, A., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2015). Cultural stereotypes as gatekeepers: Increasing girls’ interest in computer science and engineering by diversifying stereotypes. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(49), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00049 [pdf]
Plaut, V. C., Cheryan, S., & Garnett, F. G. (2015). New frontiers in diversity research: Conceptions of diversity and their theoretical and practical implications. In M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver, E. Borgida, & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), APA handbook of personality and social psychology, Vol. 1. Attitudes and social cognition. (pp. 593-619). https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/14341-019 [pdf]
Master, A., Cheryan, S., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2014). Reducing adolescent girls’ concerns about STEM stereotypes: When do female teachers matter? Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale, 27(3-4), 79-102. [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Ziegler, S. A., Plaut, V. C., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2014). Designing classrooms to maximize student achievement. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1(1), 4-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732214548677 [pdf]
Cheryan S., Plaut. V. C., Handron, C., & Hudson, L. (2013). The stereotypical computer scientist: Gendered media representations as a barrier to inclusion for women. Sex Roles, 69, 58-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-013-0296-x [pdf]
Siy, J. O., & Cheryan, S. (2013). When compliments fail to flatter: American individualism and responses to positive stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104(1), 87-102. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0030183 [pdf]
Wang, J., Minervino, C., & Cheryan, S. (2012). Generational differences in vulnerability to identity denial: The role of group identification. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 16(5), 601-617. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430212461963 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Drury, B. J., & Vichayapai, M. (2012). Enduring influence of stereotypical computer science role models on women's academic aspirations. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 37(1), 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684312459328 [pdf]
Cheryan, S. (2012). Understanding the paradox in math-related fields: Why do some gender gaps remain while others do not? Sex Roles, 66, 184-190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-0060-z [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Siy, J. O., Vichayapai, M., Drury, B. J., & Kim, S. (2011). Do female and male role models who embody STEM stereotypes hinder women's anticipated success in STEM? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2(6), 656-664. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550611405218 [pdf]
Drury, B. J., Siy, J. O., & Cheryan, S. (2011). When do female role models benefit women? The importance of differentiating recruitment from retention in STEM. Psychological Inquiry, 22(4), 265-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2011.620935 [pdf]
Guendelman, M., Cheryan, S., & Monin, B. (2011). Fitting in but getting fat: Identity threat and dietary choices among U.S. immigrant groups: Identity threat and dietary choices among U.S. immigrant groups. Psychological Science, 22(7), 959-967. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611411585 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Meltzoff, A. N., & Kim, S. (2011). Classrooms matter: The design of virtual classrooms influences gender disparities in computer science classes. Computers & Education, 57(2), 1825-1835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2011.02.004 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2011). Model minority. In S. M. Caliendo & C. D. McIlwain (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Race & Ethnicity (pp. 173-176). New York: Routledge. [pdf]
Wang, J., Siy, J. O., & Cheryan, S. (2011). Racial discrimination and mental health among Asian American youth. In F.T.L. Leong, L. Juang, D.B. Qin, & H.E. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Asian American and Pacific Islander Children and Mental Health Volume 1: Development and Context (pp. 219-242). Santa Barbara: Greenwood. [pdf]
Cheryan, S., & Plaut, V. C. (2010). Explaining underrepresentation: A theory of precluded interest. Sex Roles , 63, 475-488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-010-9835-x [pdf]
Cheryan, S., Plaut, V. C., Davies, P., & Steele, C. M. (2009). Ambient belonging: How stereotypical cues impact gender participation in computer science. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(6), 1045-1060. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016239 [pdf]
Kaiser, C. R., Drury, B. J., Spalding, K. E., Cheryan, S., & O’Brien, L. T. (2009). The ironic consequences of Obama’s election: Decreased support for social justice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(3), 556-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2009.01.006 [pdf]
Cheryan, S. (2009). CAREER: Transforming the Image of Computing to Increase Female Participation. NSF Award, 08, 45110.
Adams, G., Edkins, V., Lacka, D., Pickett, K., & Cheryan, S. (2008). Teaching about racism: Pernicious implications of the standard portrayal. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30(4), 349-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973530802502309 [pdf]
Cheryan, S. (2007). Strategies of belonging: Defending threatened identities. Stanford University.
Cheryan, S., & Tsai, J. L. (2006). Ethnic Identity. In F. T. Leong, A. G. Inman, A. Ebreo, L. Yang, L. Kinoshita & M. Fu (Eds.), Handbook of Asian American Psychology (pp. 125-139). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [pdf]
Cheryan, S., & Monin, B. (2005). Where are you really from? Asian Americans and identity denial. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(5), 717-730. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0022-3514.89.5.717 [pdf]
Cheryan, S., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2000). When positive stereotypes threaten intellectual performance: The psychological hazards of "model minority" status. Psychological Science, 11(5), 399-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00277 [pdf]
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