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Jack Glaser is a social psychologist whose primary research interest is in stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. He studies these intergroup biases at multiple levels of analysis. For example, he investigates the unconscious operation of stereotypes and prejudice using computerized reaction time methods, and is investigating the implications of such subtle forms of bias in law enforcement. In particular, he is interested in racial profiling, especially as it relates to the psychology of stereotyping, and the self-fulfilling effects of such stereotype-based discrimination. Additionally, Professor Glaser has conducted research on a very extreme manifestation of intergroup bias - hate crime - and has carried out analyses of historical data as well as racist rhetoric on the Internet to challenge assumptions about economic predictors of intergroup violence. Professor Glaser is working with the Center for Policing Equity as one of the principal investigators on a National Science Foundation- and Google-funded project to build a National Justice Database of police stops and use of force incidents. He is the author of Suspect Race: Causes & Consequences of Racial Profiling.
Contact and Office Hours
(510) 642-3047 (Office)
Video of April 15 Panel on Unconscious Bias and Policing (moderated by Professor Glaser)
Discussing Suspect Race with P. Figueroa and H. Brady
Being Well Podcast with Forest and Rick Hanson: "Unlearning Unconscious Bias with Dr. Jack Glaser"
Office 2607 Hearst, Room 312
Office Hours
By appointment (jackglaser@berkeley.edu)
About
Areas of Expertise
- Political Psychology
- Stereotyping, Prejudice & Discrimination
- Criminal Justice
- Politics
- Race & Policy
- Social Psychology
- Racial Profiling
- Policing
- Unconscious Social Cognition
- Hate Crime
Curriculum Vitae
Other Affiliations
- UC Berkeley Department of Psychology
- Center for Policing Equity
- Center for the Study of Law & Society, UC Berkeley
- Institute of Personality and Social Research, UC Berkeley
Research
Current Projects
Selected Publications
Implicit Bias and Policing
Spencer, K. B., Charbonneau, A. K., & Glaser, J. (2016). Implicit Bias and Policing. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 10(1), 50-63.
Possibility of Death Sentence Has Divergent Effect on Verdict for Black and White Defendants
Glaser, J., Martin, K.D, & Kahn, K.B. (2015). Possibility of death sentence has divergent effect on verdicts for Black and White defendants. Law & Human Behavior.
Suspect Race: Causes and Consequences of Racial Profiling
Glaser, J. (2014). Suspect Race: Causes and Consequences of Racial Profiling. New York: Oxford University Press.
Race Bias and Public Policy
Glaser, J., Spencer, K.B., & Charbonneau, A. (2014). Racial bias and public policy. Policy Insights from Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1, 88-94.
How and Why Implicit Attitudes Should Affect Voting
Glaser, J., & Finn, C. (2013). How and why implicit attitudes should affect voting. PS: Political Science and Politics, 46, 537-544.
In the News
Articles and Op-Eds
How to Reduce Racial Profiling
Greater Good Magazine, May 28, 2015
Banning, Yet Institutionalizing, Racial Profiling
Berkeley Blog, December 22, 2014
Biased Policing is Real -- and Fixable
San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 2014
Colorblind or Just Blind?
Alternet, September 28, 2003
A Bogus Ban on Racial Profiling
Alternet, July 16, 2003
The Fallacy of Racial Profiling
San Francisco Chronicle, November 29, 2001
Why Gov. Nixon Has To Remove Prosecutor
St. Louis Post Dispatch, August 21, 2014
Media Citations
How to design anti-discrimination policies that actually work
The Economist, May 22, 2021
Hate crimes soared against Black Californians last year. Were Trump and racist backlash to blame?
San Francisco Chronicle, July 4, 2021
Suburban police killings are more common yet face less scrutiny in Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle, July 6, 2021
Why do LA sheriff's deputies stop and search so many bicyclists? Insiders cite culture and training
Los Angeles Times, December 25, 2021
FBI use-of-force database at risk amid low participation
Marin Independent Journal, January 1, 2022
Courses
Fall 2026
DEVP 209: Decision Analysis, Modeling and Quantitative Methods
PUBPOL 240A: Decision Analysis, Modeling, and Quantitative Methods
Book: Suspect Race -- Causes & Consequences of Racial Profiling
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Last updated on 07/17/2024