Linda Tropp, professor of social psychology at the University of Massachusetts, presented her years of research on the relationship between intergroup contact and its effect on racial tensions Monday ...

The outcomes of social interactions among members of different groups (e.g., racial groups, political groups, sexual orientation groups) have long been of interest to psychologists. Two related ...

For more than 50 years, social scientists and practitioners have suggested that having members of different groups interact with each other can be an effective tool for reducing prejudice. But ...