I study how people respond to their cultural and physical environments in ways that reinforce racial and class-based inequities. I'm interested in how people perceive growing diversity and inequality in their neighborhoods, how people make sense of their own role in systems of privilege and oppression, and what this means for real-world disparities. I use a variety of methods including online and lab experiments, surveys, text analysis, and qualitative coding.
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Framing racism for collective action. How do people typically define racism? What are the consequences of these definitions for people's perceptions of culpability? For interracial solidarity?
Racial underpinnings of NIMBYism. How and why do people oppose denser, affordable housing? Are seemingly race-neutral arguments subtly motivated by prejudice?
Song, R., & Levine, C. S. (2024). Gentrification creates social class disparities in belonging. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000477 [pdf]
Levine, C. S., Bourne, K. A., Song, R., & Weltzien, K. (2023). Creating inclusive schools to reduce health and well-being disparities. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(1), e12841. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12831 [pdf]