Amy Halberstadt

Racialized emotion recognition accuracy and anger bias of children’s faces.

Emotion · 2020 · 116 citations

Research suggests that individuals are racially biased when judging the emotions of others (Elfenbein & Ambady, 2002) and particularly regarding attributions about the emotion of anger (Halberstadt, Castro, Chu, Lozada, & Sims, 2018; Hugenberg & Bodenhausen, 2003). Systematic, balanced designs are rare, and are comprised of adults viewing adults. The present study expands the questions of racialized emotion recognition accuracy and anger bias to the world of children. Findings that adults demons…

Adultification, anger bias, and adults’ different perceptions of Black and White children

Cognition & Emotion · 2021 · 74 citations

< .05), but did not increase for White children. Implications of this finding include Black children receiving increased consequences when adults perceive them as older and angry.

Teachers’ awareness of systemic and individual racial bias as a first step towards anti-racist schools

Teaching and Teacher Education · 2023-07-08 · 20 citations

Teachers' racialized anger: Implications for discipline disparities

Journal of School Psychology · 2023-06-07 · 17 citations

White Parents’ Racial Socialization: Questionnaire Validation and Associations with Children’s Friendships

Journal of Family Issues · 2023-01-17 · 15 citations

White parents’ approaches to racial socialization can have significant consequences for children’s understanding of race, racial bias, and racial justice. Across three studies, we attempted to identify three racial socialization practices that White parents employ. In Study 1, 238 White parents self-reported their racial socialization practices and listed their children’s friends’ age, race, and gender. Exploratory factor analysis suggested evidence for three scales: race-consciousness, discussi…