Clara L. Wilkins

Dr. Clara L. Wilkins is an Associate Professor and holds the Earl R. Carlson Endowed Professorship in the department of Psychology at the University of Washington. There she directs the Social Perceptions and Intergroup Attitudes Lab (http://depts.washington.edu/spia/ ). Her lab focuses on understanding inequality and how social hierarchies are maintained. She examines perceptions of bias against dominant social groups (e.g. anti-male, anti-White and anti-Christian bias) and how these perceptions affect intergroup relations and discrimination against disadvantaged groups (women, people of color and LGBTQ+ people). She is also interested in how variation in physical appearance (e.g. how stereotypically Black or Asian people look) affects outcomes for racial minorities.