Overview
Publications
My Team
Undergrads
Grads
Research Overview
The U.S.-American population is becoming increasingly diverse. In fact, U.S.-born and foreign-born racial, ethnic, and/or cultural minorities will comprise half of the national population by 2050 [Census Bureau, 2008]. This increased diversity -- and what Americans make of it -- has important implications for understanding intergroup relations, social identity, acculturation, adjustment, and so on. As a result, my research program focuses on social psychological phenomena relating to and stemming from increasing social diversity and shifting demographics.
My work is firmly rooted in critical race theory and thus, it is interdisciplinary. I was trained formally and informally in a variety of fields: social and personality psychology, multicultural psychology, critical race studies, ethnic studies, political science, history, and sociology. I employ a wide range of methodologies, including implicit methods, focus group interviews, survey studies, field studies, and laboratory experiments in my work.
The primary focus of my current research is on prejudice and discrimination, specifically the association between such experiences and minority identity and well-being. In particular, I am most interested in understanding the effects of contemporary, subtle forms of prejudice, such as microaggressions. Thus, my primary focus is on the target's perspective [the person experiencing the microaggression] rather than the perpetrator [the person committing the microaggression].
Currently, this interest translates to various projects in my research group to
A secondary interest is in the sociocognitive foundations of microaggressions in an interpersonal context. Specifically, I focus on how attitudes and beliefs that operate outside of conscious control serve as the basis for expressing and interpreting microaggressions in everyday life.
Disclaimer: Under the fair use doctrine, these links are provided as a way to distribute copies of published articles to interested parties for personal use. No commercial use may be made of the articles, nor is mass production of the articles permitted, without permission from the publisher. To view these documents, you will need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader.
Undergraduate student co-authors indicated by * | Graduate student co-authors indicated by **
Representative Publications
For a complete list of publications, visit my Google Scholar profile.
**Areguin, M. A., Huynh, Q.-L., & Berzenski, S. R. [2020]. Reaping more than what they sow: A critical race perspective on environmental microaggressions toward Latinx farm workers. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/1948550620919565 [pdf]
*Fattoracci, E. S. M., **Revels-Macalinao, M., & Huynh, Q.-L. [2020]. Greater than the sum of racism and homophobia: Intersectional microaggressions toward racial/ethnic and sexual minority group members. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/cdp0000329 [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Benet-Martínez, V., & Nguyen, A.-M. D. [2018]. Measuring variations in bicultural identity across US ethnic and generational groups: Development and validation of the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale--Version 2 (BIIS-2). Psychological Assessment, 30, 1581-1596. doi:10.1037/pas0000606 [pdf]
Huynh, V. W., Huynh, Q.-L., & Stein, M.-P. [2017]. Not just sticks and stones: Indirect ethnic discrimination leads to greater physiological reactivity. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23, 425-434. doi:10.1037/cdp0000138 [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & *Altman, H. R. [2015]. Boundaries of American identity: Relations among ethnic group prototypicality and policy attitudes. Political Psychology, 36, 449-468. doi:10.1111/pops.12189 [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & *Goldberg, R. [2014]. The role of ethnic and national identifications in perceived discrimination for Asian Americans: Toward a better understanding of the buffering effect of group identifications on psychological distress. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 5, 161-171. doi:10.1037/a0031601 [pdf]
Cheng, C.-Y., Lee, F., Benet-Martínez, V., & Huynh, Q.-L. [2014]. Variations in multicultural experience: Influence of Bicultural Identity Integration on socio-cognitive processes and outcomes. In V. Benet-Martínez & Y.-y. Hong [Eds.], Oxford handbook of multicultural identity, pp. 276-299. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199796694.013.025 [pdf]
Donovan, R. A., Huynh, Q.-L., Park, I. J. K., Kim, S. K., Lee, R. M., & Robertson, E. [2013]. Relationships among identity, perceived discrimination, and depressive symptoms in eight ethnic-generational groups. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69, 397-414. doi:10.1002/jclp.21936 [pdf]
Schwartz, S. J., Park, I. J. K., Huynh, Q.-L., Zamboanga, B. L., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Lee, R. M., Rodriguez, L., Kim, S. Y., Krauss Whitbourne, S., Castillo, L. G., Weisskirch, R. S., Vazsonyi, A. T., Williams, M. K., & Agocha, V. B. [2012]. The American Identity Measure: Development and validation across ethnic group and immigrant generation. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 12, 93-128. [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & **Dunbar, C. M. [2012]. The psychological costs of painless but recurring experiences of discrimination. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 18, 26-34. [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & Smalarz, L. [2011]. Perpetual foreigner in one's own land: Potential implications for identity and psychological adjustment. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 133-162. [pdf]
Current Team Members
Graduate Alumni
Undergraduate + Post-Bacc Alumni
I always am looking for motivated and conscientious advanced undergraduate students to join the Culture and Intergroup Relations [CAIR] Lab. You can gain valuable skills through your experience here that are applicable to your life and work, whether you choose to pursue advanced training in psychology or not.
My goals as a mentor are to expose students to exciting areas of psychological research, teach you valuable research and critical thinking skills through challenging assignments, and ultimately, help you to discover what you love doing and then help you to reach your goals.
Prerequisites
Requirements
Duties
Application Process
Students interested in applying to the Psychological Science [formerly called General Experimental] MA program in our department are strongly encouraged to contact me before you apply to introduce yourself and your interests, ask questions about current research projects in my lab, etc.
When considering MA applicants, I look for students whose interests and experiences match well with my research program. I also consider whether I can provide prospective students with the appropriate training and mentoring that they need to reach their career goals.
Overview
Publications
My Team
Undergrads
Grads
Research Overview
The U.S.-American population is becoming increasingly diverse. In fact, U.S.-born and foreign-born racial, ethnic, and/or cultural minorities will comprise half of the national population by 2050 [Census Bureau, 2008]. This increased diversity -- and what Americans make of it -- has important implications for understanding intergroup relations, social identity, acculturation, adjustment, and so on. As a result, my research program focuses on social psychological phenomena relating to and stemming from increasing social diversity and shifting demographics.
My work is firmly rooted in critical race theory and thus, it is interdisciplinary. I was trained formally and informally in a variety of fields: social and personality psychology, multicultural psychology, critical race studies, ethnic studies, political science, history, and sociology. I employ a wide range of methodologies, including implicit methods, focus group interviews, survey studies, field studies, and laboratory experiments in my work.
The primary focus of my current research is on prejudice and discrimination, specifically the association between such experiences and minority identity and well-being. In particular, I am most interested in understanding the effects of contemporary, subtle forms of prejudice, such as microaggressions. Thus, my primary focus is on the target's perspective [the person experiencing the microaggression] rather than the perpetrator [the person committing the microaggression].
Currently, this interest translates to various projects in my research group to
A secondary interest is in the sociocognitive foundations of microaggressions in an interpersonal context. Specifically, I focus on how attitudes and beliefs that operate outside of conscious control serve as the basis for expressing and interpreting microaggressions in everyday life.
Disclaimer: Under the fair use doctrine, these links are provided as a way to distribute copies of published articles to interested parties for personal use. No commercial use may be made of the articles, nor is mass production of the articles permitted, without permission from the publisher. To view these documents, you will need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader.
Undergraduate student co-authors indicated by * | Graduate student co-authors indicated by **
Representative Publications
**Areguin, M. A., Huynh, Q.-L., & Berzenski, S. R. [in press]. Reaping more than what they sow: A critical race perspective on environmental microaggressions toward Latinx farm workers. Social Psychological and Personality Science. doi:10.1177/1948550620919565 [pdf]
*Fattoracci, E. S. M., **Revels-Macalinao, M., & Huynh, Q.-L. [2020]. Greater than the sum of racism and homophobia: Intersectional microaggressions toward racial/ethnic and sexual minority group members. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/cdp0000329 [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Benet-Martínez, V., & Nguyen, A.-M. D. [2018]. Measuring variations in bicultural identity across US ethnic and generational groups: Development and validation of the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale--Version 2 (BIIS-2). Psychological Assessment, 30, 1581-1596. doi:10.1037/pas0000606 [pdf]
Huynh, V. W., Huynh, Q.-L., & Stein, M.-P. [2017]. Not just sticks and stones: Indirect ethnic discrimination leads to greater physiological reactivity. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23, 425-434. doi:10.1037/cdp0000138 [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & *Altman, H. R. [2015]. Boundaries of American identity: Relations among ethnic group prototypicality and policy attitudes. Political Psychology, 36, 449-468. doi:10.1111/pops.12189 [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & *Goldberg, R. [2014]. The role of ethnic and national identifications in perceived discrimination for Asian Americans: Toward a better understanding of the buffering effect of group identifications on psychological distress. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 5, 161-171. doi:10.1037/a0031601 [pdf]
Cheng, C.-Y., Lee, F., Benet-Martínez, V., & Huynh, Q.-L. [2014]. Variations in multicultural experience: Influence of Bicultural Identity Integration on socio-cognitive processes and outcomes. In V. Benet-Martínez & Y.-y. Hong [Eds.], Oxford handbook of multicultural identity, pp. 276-299. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199796694.013.025 [pdf]
Donovan, R. A., Huynh, Q.-L., Park, I. J. K., Kim, S. K., Lee, R. M., & Robertson, E. [2013]. Relationships among identity, perceived discrimination, and depressive symptoms in eight ethnic-generational groups. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69, 397-414. doi:10.1002/jclp.21936 [pdf]
Schwartz, S. J., Park, I. J. K., Huynh, Q.-L., Zamboanga, B. L., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Lee, R. M., Rodriguez, L., Kim, S. Y., Krauss Whitbourne, S., Castillo, L. G., Weisskirch, R. S., Vazsonyi, A. T., Williams, M. K., & Agocha, V. B. [2012]. The American Identity Measure: Development and validation across ethnic group and immigrant generation. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 12, 93-128. [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & **Dunbar, C. M. [2012]. The psychological costs of painless but recurring experiences of discrimination. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 18, 26-34. [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & Smalarz, L. [2011]. Perpetual foreigner in one's own land: Potential implications for identity and psychological adjustment. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 133-162. [pdf]
Current Team Members
Graduate Alumni
Undergraduate + Post-Bacc Alumni
I always am looking for motivated and conscientious advanced undergraduate students to join the Culture and Intergroup Relations [CAIR] Lab. You can gain valuable skills through your experience here that are applicable to your life and work, whether you choose to pursue advanced training in psychology or not.
My goals as a mentor are to expose students to exciting areas of psychological research, teach you valuable research and critical thinking skills through challenging assignments, and ultimately, help you to discover what you love doing and then help you to reach your goals.
Prerequisites
Requirements
Duties
Application Process
Students interested in applying to the Psychological Science [formerly called General Experimental] MA program in our department are strongly encouraged to contact me before you apply to introduce yourself and your interests, ask questions about current research projects in my lab, etc.
When considering MA applicants, I look for students whose interests and experiences match well with my research program. I also consider whether I can provide prospective students with the appropriate training and mentoring that they need to reach their career goals.
Overview
Publications
My Team
Undergrads
Grads
Research Overview
The U.S.-American population is becoming increasingly diverse. In fact, U.S.-born and foreign-born racial, ethnic, and/or cultural minorities will comprise half of the national population by 2050 [Census Bureau, 2008]. This increased diversity -- and what Americans make of it -- has important implications for understanding intergroup relations, social identity, acculturation, adjustment, and so on. As a result, my research program focuses on social psychological phenomena relating to and stemming from increasing social diversity and shifting demographics.
My work is firmly rooted in critical race theory and thus, it is interdisciplinary. I was trained formally and informally in a variety of fields: social and personality psychology, multicultural psychology, critical race studies, ethnic studies, political science, history, and sociology. I employ a wide range of methodologies, including implicit methods, focus group interviews, survey studies, field studies, and laboratory experiments in my work.
The primary focus of my current research is on prejudice and discrimination, specifically the association between such experiences and minority identity and well-being. In particular, I am most interested in understanding the effects of contemporary, subtle forms of prejudice, such as microaggressions. Thus, my primary focus is on the target's perspective [the person experiencing the microaggression] rather than the perpetrator [the person committing the microaggression].
Currently, this interest translates to various projects in my research group to
A secondary interest is in the sociocognitive foundations of microaggressions in an interpersonal context. Specifically, I focus on how attitudes and beliefs that operate outside of conscious control serve as the basis for expressing and interpreting microaggressions in everyday life.
Disclaimer: Under the fair use doctrine, these links are provided as a way to distribute copies of published articles to interested parties for personal use. No commercial use may be made of the articles, nor is mass production of the articles permitted, without permission from the publisher. To view these documents, you will need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader.
Undergraduate student co-authors indicated by * | Graduate student co-authors indicated by **
Representative Publications
**Areguin, M. A., Huynh, Q.-L., & Berzenski, S. R. [in press]. Reaping more than what they sow: A critical race perspective on environmental microaggressions toward Latinx farm workers. Social Psychological and Personality Science. doi:10.1177/1948550620919565 [pdf]
*Fattoracci, E. S. M., **Revels-Macalinao, M., & Huynh, Q.-L. [2020]. Greater than the sum of racism and homophobia: Intersectional microaggressions toward racial/ethnic and sexual minority group members. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/cdp0000329 [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Benet-Martínez, V., & Nguyen, A.-M. D. [2018]. Measuring variations in bicultural identity across US ethnic and generational groups: Development and validation of the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale--Version 2 (BIIS-2). Psychological Assessment, 30, 1581-1596. doi:10.1037/pas0000606 [pdf]
Huynh, V. W., Huynh, Q.-L., & Stein, M.-P. [2017]. Not just sticks and stones: Indirect ethnic discrimination leads to greater physiological reactivity. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23, 425-434. doi:10.1037/cdp0000138 [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & *Altman, H. R. [2015]. Boundaries of American identity: Relations among ethnic group prototypicality and policy attitudes. Political Psychology, 36, 449-468. doi:10.1111/pops.12189 [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & *Goldberg, R. [2014]. The role of ethnic and national identifications in perceived discrimination for Asian Americans: Toward a better understanding of the buffering effect of group identifications on psychological distress. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 5, 161-171. doi:10.1037/a0031601 [pdf]
Cheng, C.-Y., Lee, F., Benet-Martínez, V., & Huynh, Q.-L. [2014]. Variations in multicultural experience: Influence of Bicultural Identity Integration on socio-cognitive processes and outcomes. In V. Benet-Martínez & Y.-y. Hong [Eds.], Oxford handbook of multicultural identity, pp. 276-299. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199796694.013.025 [pdf]
Donovan, R. A., Huynh, Q.-L., Park, I. J. K., Kim, S. K., Lee, R. M., & Robertson, E. [2013]. Relationships among identity, perceived discrimination, and depressive symptoms in eight ethnic-generational groups. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69, 397-414. doi:10.1002/jclp.21936 [pdf]
Schwartz, S. J., Park, I. J. K., Huynh, Q.-L., Zamboanga, B. L., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Lee, R. M., Rodriguez, L., Kim, S. Y., Krauss Whitbourne, S., Castillo, L. G., Weisskirch, R. S., Vazsonyi, A. T., Williams, M. K., & Agocha, V. B. [2012]. The American Identity Measure: Development and validation across ethnic group and immigrant generation. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 12, 93-128. [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & **Dunbar, C. M. [2012]. The psychological costs of painless but recurring experiences of discrimination. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 18, 26-34. [pdf]
Huynh, Q.-L., Devos, T., & Smalarz, L. [2011]. Perpetual foreigner in one's own land: Potential implications for identity and psychological adjustment. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 133-162. [pdf]
Current Team Members
Graduate Alumni
Undergraduate + Post-Bacc Alumni
I always am looking for motivated and conscientious advanced undergraduate students to join the Culture and Intergroup Relations [CAIR] Lab. You can gain valuable skills through your experience here that are applicable to your life and work, whether you choose to pursue advanced training in psychology or not.
My goals as a mentor are to expose students to exciting areas of psychological research, teach you valuable research and critical thinking skills through challenging assignments, and ultimately, help you to discover what you love doing and then help you to reach your goals.
Prerequisites
Requirements
Duties
Application Process
Students interested in applying to the Psychological Science [formerly called General Experimental] MA program in our department are strongly encouraged to contact me before you apply to introduce yourself and your interests, ask questions about current research projects in my lab, etc.
When considering MA applicants, I look for students whose interests and experiences match well with my research program. I also consider whether I can provide prospective students with the appropriate training and mentoring that they need to reach their career goals.