@article{612e95ccf4754330b3a5768ff08074a3,
title = "The effect of stereotypes on black college test scores at a historically black university",
abstract = "We conducted lab experiments at a historically black university (HBCU), replicating the design and procedure, but not the results, of previous stereotype threat studies. The experimental design has two factors: stereotype salience (priming) and the identity of the experimenter (a less-threatening black woman vs. a more-threatening white man). Unlike previous studies, we found no effect of stereotype threat on student performance. We find little evidence that black students at the HBCU are affected by stereotype threat, regardless of the identity of the experimenter. We found no significant difference in the number of questions answered correctly by subjects in the control and treatment conditions in either the white male or the black female experimenter sessions. Finally, we found little evidence to support our prediction that subjects would respond differently to the identity of the experimenter. Having a black female experimenter, as opposed to a white male experimenter, had no effect on the number of questions answered correctly.",
keywords = "Historically black university, Lab experiment, Stereotype threat",
author = "Mackenzie Alston and Darity, {William A.} and Eckel, {Catherine C.} and Lawrence McNeil and Rhonda Sharpe",
note = "This research was supported by a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation [SES-1530796 (Eckel, Sharpe, Alston), SES-1530730 (Darity), SES-1530746 (McNeil)] . We are grateful to Jeff Woolridge for econometric advice. We also thank Cheryl Mitchell for administrative support; Ryan Rholes and Joshua Witter, who acted as the “white male” experimenters; Gbenga Ojumu and Alfred Parks at Prairie View A&M University, for letting us use their classes to collect data; and Chandon Adger and Bethany Patterson for data assistance. We thank Heather Lench, Adrienne Carter Sowell, and Jane Sell at Texas A&M for comments and guidance. The paper benefitted from feedback of participants in seminars at the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M and presentations at the 2016 American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) Conference, 2017 Economic Science Association (ESA) Conference, 2017 American Economic Association (AEA) Summer Mentoring Pipeline Conference, and 2018 Southern Economic Association (SEA) Conference. All remaining errors are our own. This research was supported by a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation [SES-1530796 (Eckel, Sharpe, Alston), SES-1530730 (Darity), SES-1530746 (McNeil)]. We are grateful to Jeff Woolridge for econometric advice. We also thank Cheryl Mitchell for administrative support; Ryan Rholes and Joshua Witter, who acted as the “white male” experimenters; Gbenga Ojumu and Alfred Parks at Prairie View A&M University, for letting us use their classes to collect data; and Chandon Adger and Bethany Patterson for data assistance. We thank Heather Lench, Adrienne Carter Sowell, and Jane Sell at Texas A&M for comments and guidance. The paper benefitted from feedback of participants in seminars at the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M and presentations at the 2016 American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) Conference, 2017 Economic Science Association (ESA) Conference, 2017 American Economic Association (AEA) Summer Mentoring Pipeline Conference, and 2018 Southern Economic Association (SEA) Conference. All remaining errors are our own.",
year = "2022",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.jebo.2021.12.005",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "194",
pages = "408--424",
journal = "Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization",
issn = "0167-2681",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
}