Andrew Scott Baron
CURRICULUM VITAE
33 Kirkland St. Phone: 617.496.5361
Department of Psychology Fax: 617.384.7944
Harvard University Email: abaron@fas.harvard.edu
Cambridge, MA 02138 Web: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~barona
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2004-present
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
A.M. – Psychology - March, 2007
Doctoral candidate – Department of Psychology
Completion date – June, 2009
Thesis title: The Development of Intergroup Cognition
Advisors: Mahzarin R. Banaji (Social Psychology) & Susan E. Carey (Developmental Psychology)
University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1997-2001
Bachelor of Arts - Graduated: April, 2001
Concentration: Psychology (B.A. with High Honors)
Minor: Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
HONORS AND AWARDS (competitive)
Eliot Dissertation Completion Award, June, 2008
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, April 2006; April 2005
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Travel Award, December 2004
Endowed Research Award, Harvard University, Department of Psychology, November 2004
Tanner Memorial Award for meritorious undergraduate research, Department of Psychology, University of
Michigan, February 2001
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (in press). Implicit Association Test. Encyclopedia of Group Processes and
Intergroup Relations. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2008). The development of implicit intergroup cognition. Trends in
Cognitive Sciences, 12(7), 248-253.
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Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2007). Children and social groups: A developmental analysis of
implicit consistency among Hispanic-Americans. Self and Identity, 6, pp. 238-255.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2006). From American city to Japanese village: A cross-cultural
Investigation of implicit race attitudes. Child Development, 77(5), pp. 1268-1281.
Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2006). The development of implicit attitudes: Evidence of race evaluations from
ages 6, 10 & adulthood. Psychological Science, 17(1), pp. 53-58.
Book Chapters
Banaji, M.R., Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Olson, K. (2008). The development of intergroup social cognition:
Early emergence, implicit nature, and sensitivity to group status. In Levy, S.R. & Killen, M. (Eds.),
Intergroup attitudes and relations in childhood through adulthood. Oxford, England: Oxford
University Press.
Under Review
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., Banaji, M.R., & Carey, S. Constraints on social-categorization.
Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. The emergence of system justification in young children.
Barth, H., Baron, A.S., Spelke, E., & Carey, S. Children’s preverbal representations of multiplication and
division.
In Preparation
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Carey, S. Consequences of group membership on inductive inference.
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. Asymmetry in the development of implicit and explicit gender
attitudes.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Carey, S. Social group membership automatically supports the entrenchment of
intergroup bias.
Invited Talks & Colloquia
Baron, A.S. (April, 2008). Consequences of group membership on social categorization and inductive
inference. 4th Annual Harvard-Yale Conference on Social Cognitive Development. Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA.
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Baron, A.S. (May, 2007). Origins of implicit bias. 3rd Annual Harvard-Yale Conference on Social Cognitive
Development. Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Baron, A.S. (March, 2007). Learning about the properties of people and artifacts: How children reason about
ownership and stereotypes. Mind, Brain, and Behavior colloquium. Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA.
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji. M.R. (2006). Constraints on the development of intergroup attitudes:
ingroup bias and social learning. Paper presented at the European Association of Experimental Social
Psychology conference on Social Developmental Perspectives on Intergroup Inclusion and Exclusion.
Kent, UK.
Baron, A.S. (2006). Learning and reasoning about social categories. Paper presented at the preconference
symposium on Developmental Perspectives on Intergroup Relations at the 7th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Palm Springs, CA.
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Carey, S. (April, 2005). Children’s representations of social kinds. 1st Annual
Harvard-Yale Conference on Social Cognitive Development. Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Conference Presentations (selected, peer reviewed)
PAPERS
Baron, A.S. (co-chair), & Carey, S (April, 2009). Consequences of group membership on social categorization
and inductive inference. Paper to be presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in
Child Development symposium on the Psychological Constraints on Social Categorization and Inductive
Inference. Denver, CO.
Baron, A.S. (co-organizer), & Hamlin, K. (February, 2009). The Developmental Origins of Social Cognition.
Preconference at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Tampa,
FL.
Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (June, 2008). Unraveling the roots of implicit intergroup bias. Paper presented at
the 7th Biennial Convention of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues symposium on
Developmental Perspectives on Prejudice and Intergroup Relations. Chicago, IL.
Baron, A.S. (co-chair), Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (February, 2008). Origins of implicit intergroup
cognition. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology symposium on Shedding Light on the Mechanisms Underlying Implicit Social Cognition:
Contributions from Developmental Psychology. Albuquerque, NM.
Baron, A.S. (co-chair), Dunham, Y., Banaji, M.R., & Carey, S. (October, 2007). Foundations of social
categorization. Paper presented at the 5th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society
symposium on Cognitive Developmental Perspectives on Social Categorization and the Implications for
Intergroup Bias. Santa Fe, NM.
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Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (September, 2007). Origins of implicit bias. Paper presented at the
9th annual meeting of the European Social Cognition Network. Brno, Czech Republic.
Baron, A.S. (co-chair), Dunham, Y., Banaji, M.R., & Carey, S. (March, 2007). Constraints on social-category
based inferences. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development symposium on the Cognitive and Cultural Origins of Social Categorization. Boston, MA.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Carey. S. (August, 2006). Origins of bias: Exploring the minimal group effect in
children. Paper presented at the 114th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. New
Orleans, LA.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Carey. S. (July, 2006). All stripped down: Children’s intergroup bias in the
minimal group setting. Paper presented at the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology
conference on Social Developmental Perspectives on Intergroup Inclusion and Exclusion. Kent, UK.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (June, 2005). Balanced identity as a developmental phenomenon.
Paper presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society. Vancouver, Canada.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (April, 2005). Bridging the attitude-behavior gap through the study
of implicit race attitudes. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development. Atlanta, GA.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (January, 2005). Children's implicit intergroup attitudes.
Preconference symposium paper presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA.
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (January, 2005). The origins of implicit attitudes: Evidence from
four developmental studies. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA.
Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (June, 2004). Stability and change of implicit and explicit prejudice across
development. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of The Jean Piaget Society. Toronto, Canada.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (June, 2004). Developmental social psychology: Outlining a new
approach to the study of prejudice in children. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of The Jean
Piaget Society. Toronto, Canada.
POSTERS
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (March, 2007). Foundations of implicit and explicit intergroup bias.
Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Boston,
MA.
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Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., Banaji, M.R., & Carey, S. (January, 2007). A developmental analysis of social
categorization and the origins of stereotypes. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Personality and Social Psychology. Memphis, TN.
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (January, 2006). Children’s automatic evaluation of novel social
groups. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology. Palm Springs, CA.
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (October, 2005). Children’s representations of social groups. Poster
presented at the 4th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society. San Diego, CA.
Baron, A.S., Barth, H., & Carey, S. (October, 2005). Children’s pre-arithmetic representations of
multiplication and division. Poster presented at the 4th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development
Society. San Diego, CA.
Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (April, 2005). The development of implicit gender attitudes. Poster
presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Atlanta, GA.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (January, 2005). The development of implicit social attitudes in the
United States and Japan. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (September, 2004). Exploring the relationship between self-identity,
self-esteem, and intergroup attitudes in Hispanic-American children. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the New England Social Psychological Association. Storrs, CT.
Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (July, 2004). The development of implicit race bias. Poster
presented at the 18th Biennial Meeting of the ISSBD. Ghent, Belgium.
Baron, A.S., Shusterman, A., Bordeaux, A., & Banaji, M.R. (January, 2004). Implicit race attitudes in African-
American and Hispanic children. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology. Austin, TX.
Banaji, M.R., & Baron, A.S. (January, 2004). Implicit and explicit race attitudes: Evidence from age 6, 10, and
adulthood. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology. Austin, TX.
Baron, A.S., & Keller, M.C. (January, 2003). Character information enhances memory for faces: But what’s
the mechanism? Poster presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology. Los Angeles, CA.
Baron, A.S., & Burnstein, E. (June, 2002). Are humans equipped with a specific cheater-detection module or a
more general person-impression module? Evidence from a face recognition experiment. Poster
presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society conference. New Brunswick, NJ.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Ad-hoc Reviewer
Psychological Science
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
International Journal of Behavioral Development
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Social Development
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Fellow
Course: Sophomore Tutorial (course for sophomore psychology concentrators)
Date: Spring 2008
Course: Senior Tutorial (course for senior thesis students)
Date: 2007-2008 academic year
Course: Undergraduate Research Lab
Date: Spring 2007
Course: Contemporary Topics in Psychological Research
Date: Fall 2006; Fall 2007
Guest Lectures
Course: Graduate Research Methodology in Social Psychology; Department of Psychology, Harvard; Topic:
Measuring implicit social cognition; Date: 3 April 2008
Course: Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Challenges and Strategies; Harvard School of Public Health;
Topic: The Implicit Association Test and reducing racial and ethnic health disparities; Date: 2 April
2008
Course: Seminar on Social Development; Department of Psychology, Harvard; Topic: Social cognitive
development: An overview; Date: 3 April 2007
Course: Language & Thought; Department of Psychology, Harvard; Topic: Linguistic effects on social
categorization; Date: 22 February 2007
Course: Seminar on Social Development; Department of Psychology, Harvard; Topic: Development of
intergroup attitudes and stereotypes; Date: 6 April 2006
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Thesis Advising
Rebecca Levine, Harvard University, 2006-2007
Undergraduate Advising
Kasia Chimilenski; Kelly Knoche; Ariel Sloan; Paul Fenstermaker; Jennifer Cheng; Sarah Murphy; Madeline
Harms; Myriah Zein-Taratelli; Taylor Dryman
High-school Advising
Sean Ahluwalia; Stephanie Calmon; Samantha Dweck
UNIVERSITY / DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
Co-founder and Co-organizer, Social Cognitive Development Research Workshop/Group, 2003 - present
Co-organizer, Annual Harvard-Yale Social Cognitive Development Conference, 2006 – present
Coordinator, University-Museum Research Initiative
Boston Museum of Science; June 2004 – present
Boston Children’s Museum; June 2005 – present
EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Guest speaker/consultant
Confronting our Hidden Biases: Applied Psychology
Staff training, Bureau of Study Counsel, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: 12 December 2008
The Learning Child: How Psychological Research Informs Educational Practice
Curran Early Childhood Center, Dedham Public Schools; 9 December 2008
The Psychological Study of Bias and the Implications for Tolerance Education
Commonwealth School, Boston, MA: 4 December 2008
Affecting Classroom Achievement: Insight from Current Research in Cognitive and Social Science
Symposium at the 14th annual meeting of the New England Conference on Gifted and Talented;
Mansfield, MA; 17 October 2008
The Nature of Unconscious Bias
Emerson College; 18 August 2008
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Measuring Unconscious Bias and Its Influence on Behavior
MIT Medical Diversity Fair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA; 31 July 2008
Making Sense of the Social World: Insights from Children
Adult Workshop at the Boston Museum of Science; Boston, MA; 20 March 2008
Boosting Academic Achievement in the Classroom: Insights from the Brain Sciences
(Graduate course for K-12 teachers through Endicott College)
Franklin Public Schools; Franklin, MA; 31 January 2008
Uncovering the Nature of Implicit Biases in Adults and Children
Community for Diversity, Milton Academy; Milton, MA; 17 January 2008
Social Cognitive Development and Racism
Adult Workshop at the Boston Museum of Science; Boston, MA; 15 November 2007
Seminar on Stages of Cognitive Development (for K-12 teachers)
Lawrence Public Schools; Lawrence, MA; 4 August 2006
Instructor: Brain Blast – course for children ages 9-11 on psychology and the brain
Kaleidoscope – summer enrichment program for children; July 2006; 2007; 2008