Publications

Muenks, K., Sievers, J., Kroeper, K. M., & Canning, E. A. (in press). Exploring effects of mixed mindset messages from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instructors? Motivation Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000381. PDF

Kroeper, K. M., Hildebrand, L. K., Jiang, T., Hernandez-Colmenares, A., +Brown, K., +Wilk, A. V., Spencer, S. J., Heckler, A. F., & Fujita, K. (2025). The recursive cycle of perceived mindset and psychological distress in college. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16(1), 15-26.  https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241247384. PDF

Muenks, K., Kroeper, K. M., Canning, E. A., & Murphy, M. C. (2024). Instructor mindset beliefs and behaviors: How do students and instructors perceive them? Social Psychology of Education, 27(6), 2883-2899. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-024-09948-6. PDF

Green, D. J., Kroeper, K. M., & Murphy, M. C. (2024). Cuing disparities: The consequences of race-based social stressors for academic achievement. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 34(1), e2747. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2747. PDF

Cyr, E. N., Kroeper, K. M., Bergsieker, H. B., Dennehy, T. C., Logel, C., Steele, J. R., Knasel, R. A., Hartwig, W. T., Shum, P., Reeves, S. L., Dys-Steenbergen, O., Litt, A.,  Lok, C. B., Ballinger, T., Nam, H., Tse, C., Forest, A. L., Zanna, M., Staub-French, S., Wells, M., Schmader, T., Wright, S. C. & Spencer, S. J. (2024). Girls are good at STEM: Opening minds and providing evidence reduces boys’ stereotyping of girls’ STEM ability. Child Development, 95(2), 636-647. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14007 . PDF

Walton, G. M., Murphy, M. C., Logel, C., Yeager, D. S., Goyer, J. P., Brady, S. T., Emerson, K. T. U., Paunesku, D., Fotuhi, O., Blodorn, A., Boucher, K. L., Carter, E., Gopalan, M., Henderson, A., Kroeper, K. M., Murdock-Perriera, L. A., Reeves, S. L., Ablorh, T. T., Ansari, S., Chen, S., Fisher, P., Galvan, M., Kawakami Gilbertson, M., Hullerman, C. S., Le Forestier, J. M., Lok, C., Mathias, K., Muragishi, G. A., Netter, M., Ozier, E., Smith, E. N., Thoman, D. B., Williams, H. E., Wilmot, M. O., Hartzog, C., Li, A., & Krol, N. (2023). Where and with whom does a brief social-belonging intervention promote progress in college? Science, 380(6644), 499-505. http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade4420   PDF

*Rattan, A., *Kroeper, K. M., Arnett, R., Brown, X., & Murphy, M.C. (2023). Not such a complainer anymore: Confrontation that signals a growth mindset can attenuate backlash. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(2), 344-361. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000399  PDF

Hecht, C. A., Dweck, C. S., Murphy, M. C., Kroeper, K. M., Yeager, D. S. (2023). Efficiently exploring the causal role of contextual moderators in behavioral science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(1), e2216315120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216315120  PDF

*Kroeper, K. M., *+ Fried, A. C., & Murphy, M. C. (2022). Towards fostering growth mindset classrooms: Identifying teaching behaviors that signal instructors’ fixed and growth mindsets beliefs to students. Social Psychology of Education, 25(2), 371-398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-022-09689-4  PDF

*Kroeper, K. M., *Muenks, K., Canning, E. A., & Murphy, M. C. (2022). An exploratory study of the behaviors that communicate perceived instructor mindset beliefs in college stem classrooms. Teaching and Teacher Education, 114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103717   PDF

Kroeper, K. M., Williams, H. E., & Murphy, M. C. (2022). Counterfeit diversity: How strategically misrepresenting gender diversity elevates women’s identity threat concerns by dampening perceived organizational sincerity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 122(3), 399-426. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000348    PDF

*Spielmann, J., *Kroeper, K. M., Lleras, A., & Fox Tree, J. E. (2021). Introduction to the special issue on the impact of race on psychological processes. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 7(4), 357-362. https://doi.org//10.1037/tps0000308   PDF

Kroeper, K. M. (2020). Expecting prejudice confrontation to backfire: Prejudice norms and misalignment between forecaster expectations and experiencer realities. [Unpublished Dissertation Manuscript]. Open Access Link: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/25519   PDF

*Kroeper, K. M., *Quintanilla, V. D., Frisby, M., Yel, N., Applegate, A. G., Sherman, S. J., & Murphy, M. C. (2020). Underestimating the unrepresented: Cognitive biases that disadvantage Pro Se litigants in family law cases. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26(2), 198-212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000229   PDF

Canning, E. A., LaCosse, J., Kroeper, K. M., & Murphy, M. C. (2020). Feeling like an imposter: The effect of competition on the daily classroom experiences of first-generation college students. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(5), 647-657. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619882032    PDF

Kroeper, K. M., Muenks, K., & Murphy, M. C. (2019). Marriage equality: On the books and on the ground? An experimental audit study of beliefs and behavior towards same-sex and interracial couples in the wedding industry. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 19(1), 50–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12172   PDF

Murphy, M. C., Kroeper, K. M., & Ozier, E. M. (2018). Prejudiced places: How contexts shape inequality and how we can change them. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 5(1), 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732217748671   PDF

Kroeper, K. M., & Murphy, M. C. (2017). Supporting college and career readiness through social psychological interventions. In K. L. McClarty, K. D. Mattern, & M. N. Gaertner (Eds). Preparing students for college and careers: Theory, measurement, and educational practice (pp. 142-152). New York, NY: Routledge.   PDF

Kroeper, K. M., Sanchez, D. T., & Himmelstein, M. (2014). Heterosexual men’s confrontation of sexual prejudice: The role of precarious manhood. Sex Roles, 70, 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-013-0306-z    PDF