Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton is professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Childhood experiences living in Mexico, the U.S., Ivory Coast, and Thailand cemented an early interest in cultural differences and intergroup relations. He received his BA from Yale University and his PhD from Columbia University. Mendoza-Denton’s professional work covers stereotyping and prejudice from the perspective of both target and perceiver, intergroup relations, as well as how these processes influence educational outcomes. He is the recipient of the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence, the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award, as well as the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professorship in the Social Sciences. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2022.
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton is professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Childhood experiences living in Mexico, the U.S., Ivory Coast, and Thailand cemented an early interest in cultural differences and intergroup relations. He received his BA from Yale University and his PhD from Columbia University. Mendoza-Denton’s professional work covers stereotyping and prejudice from the perspective of both target and perceiver, intergroup relations, as well as how these processes influence educational outcomes. He is the recipient of the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence, the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award, as well as the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professorship in the Social Sciences. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2022.
