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How do adolescents and young adults decide on what career they want, what courses to enroll in, and what majors to declare? Why do some majors and careers have high equity across gender, race/ethnicity, and other demographic categories, while others are unbalanced? And what can we do to improve equity, as practitioners, parents, teachers, and as a larger society? These are some of the big questions I explore in my research. My special focus is on STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). I examine how both barriers (such as stereotypes) and sources of support (such as parents) relate to young peoples’ confidence, interest, and persistence in STEM.
Education
- PhD Developmental Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2019
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- Starr, C., & Meca, A. (In Press). pSTEM Implicit Stereotypes and pSTEM Motivation Among Black and Latina Undergraduate Women: The Role of Gender and Ethnic/Racial Typicality. Sex Roles Online Publication/Abstract.
- Starr, C., & Leaper, C. (2024). That’s not me: (Dis)concordance between pSTEM nerd-genius stereotypes and self-concepts predicts high school students’ pSTEM identity. Social Psychology of Education, 27(3), 1161-1192. Online Publication/Abstract.
- Starr, C., & Leaper, C. (2023). Undergraduates’ pSTEM identity and motivation in relation to gender- and race-based perceived representation, stereotyped beliefs, and implicit associations. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 26(8), 1774-1800. Online Publication/Abstract.
- Starr, C., Tulagan, N., & Simpkins, S. D. (2022). Black and Latinx adolescents’ STEM motivational beliefs: A systematic review of the literature on parent STEM support. Educational Psychology Review, 34, 1877–1917. Online Publication/Abstract.
- Starr, C., Gao, Y., Lee, G., Dicke, A., Rubach, C., Safavian, N. S., Eccles, J. S., & Simpkins, S. D. (2022). Parents’ Math Gender Stereotypes and Their Correlates: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Over the Past 25 Years. Sex Roles, 87(603–619) Online Publication/Abstract.
- Starr, C., Ramos Carranza, P., & Simpkins, S. D. (2022). Stability and changes in high school students’ STEM career expectations: Variability based on STEM support and parent education. Journal of Adolescence, 94(6), 906-919. Online Publication/Abstract.