Geoffrey L. Cohen

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Geoffrey L. Cohen
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NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
EducationB.A. in psychology
Alma mater
  • Cornell University
  • Stanford University
OccupationProfessor

Geoffrey L. Cohen is the James G. March Professor of Organizational Studies in Education and Business, professor of psychology and, by courtesy, at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.[1] His research focuses on how brief interventions can create long-lasting psychological and behavioral change. [2] In a 2007 paper, Cohen and a co-author coined the term “belonging uncertainty” to describe the experience of members of marginalized groups in academic and professional settings and showed through experimental research that Black students’ academic achievement increased with an intervention designed to dispel their doubts about social belonging.[3] In the fall of 2021, W.W. Norton & Company will publish Cohen’s book, Belonging, based on that influential research.[4]

Education

Cohen attended high school at West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School in New Jersey[5] and graduated with a B.A. in psychology, magna cum laude, from Cornell University in 1992. He earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University in 1998.[1]

Career and research

Before joining Stanford University, Cohen held academic appointments at the University of Washington, Yale University, and the University of Colorado Boulder at Boulder.[1]

Cohen’s work is based in the belief that one way to understand psychological processes is to try to change them.[2] At Stanford, he runs the Cohen Lab, which investigates how, when, and why people change through laboratory and randomized experiments, longitudinal studies, and content analyses,[6] with a focus on racial and gender achievement gaps.[2] His research has examined adolescents’ misperceptions of their peers,[7] how different cultures view “passion” in relation to achievement,[8] and how to reduce school discipline rates for Black and Latino boys through interventions that reduce worries about belonging.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Geoffrey Cohen's Profile | Stanford Profiles". profiles.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 University, Stanford (2016-09-14). "Geoffrey Cohen". Stanford News. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  3. "APA PsycNet". psycnet.apa.org. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  4. Monomyth. "An industry leader with a unique team approach". Park & Fine. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  5. "Geoffrey Cohen". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  6. Stanford, © Stanford University; Notice, California 94305 Copyright Complaints Trademark. "Cohen Lab Mission | Cohen LabCohen Lab | Intervening Wisely Since 1999". Cohen Lab. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  7. "APA PsycNet". psycnet.apa.org. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  8. Li, Xingyu; Han, Miaozhe; Cohen, Geoffrey L.; Markus, Hazel Rose (2021-03-16). "Passion matters but not equally everywhere: Predicting achievement from interest, enjoyment, and efficacy in 59 societies". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (11). doi:10.1073/pnas.2016964118. ISSN 0027-8424.
  9. "APA PsycNet". psycnet.apa.org. Retrieved 2021-10-01.

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