Christia Spears Brown, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, UK College of Arts and Sciences

Christia Spears Brown, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on students' understanding of discrimination, the development of stereotypes and group identity, and the impact of discrimination and stereotypes on academic outcomes. Her work spans gender and gender identity, ethnicity, immigration status, and economic inequality. In addition to peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, she has written three books, one for an academic audience, Discrimination in Childhood and Adolescence, and two for general audiences, Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue and Unraveling Bias, and co-edited the Wiley Handbook of Group Processes in Children and Adolescents. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science; has been a Society for Research in Child Development Scholar-in-Residence; and has served as an Associate Editor for Journal of Adolescent Research and British Journal of Developmental Psychology. She regularly speaks with parent groups, schools, toy and media companies, and professional organizations about reducing the impact of stereotypes, is regularly featured in national media outlets, and has served as an expert witness for the ACLU on cases of gender discrimination in schools.