Jason Okonofua
Jason Okonofua (jason_okonofua@brown.edu) is associate professor in the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences at Brown University. His research focuses on processes by which racial stereotypes can shape outcomes of high-stakes relationships and on scalable means to mitigate those effects in various institutions and organizations. His work has been featured in popular press such as MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.
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A new way of thinking about reducing racial disparities in discipline
About 1 in 20 K-12 students are suspended from school each year. For many years of my education, I was one of them. As a Black boy growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, I excelled at my schoolwork but struggled with school discipline. I once stood up for another kid who […]
