Education

Harvard University. Doctor of Education, Human Development and Psychology (awarded June, 2007).

Harvard University. Master of Education, Mind, Brain and Education (awarded June, 2002).

University of California, Santa Barbara. Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy. Bachelor of Arts, English Literature (awarded June, 1995).

Fellowships and Awards

Spencer Foundation Research Training Grant, 6/2004 – 9/2007.

Harvard University Presidential Fellowship, 9/2003 – 6/2006.

American Psychological Foundation Elizabeth M. Koppitz Stipend, awarded 3/2005.

Mind, Brain, and Behavior Graduate Student Award, awarded 6/2005 and 6/2007

Reischauer Institute Graduate Summer Research Travel Grant, awarded 2003 & 2005.

Kiyo Akiyama Prize, Harvard Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, 2003.

Reischauer Institute Conference Attendance Grant, awarded 2003 & 2006.

Phi Beta Kappa, awarded 1995.

Publications and Manuscripts

Peer-reviewed Papers

Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (under review). The invariance of intergroup bias across the lifespan.

Li, P., Dunham, Y., & Carey, S. (accepted pending revisions). Of Substance: The Nature of Language Effects on Construal. Forthcoming, Cognitive Psychology.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2008). The development of implicit intergroup cognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(7), 248-253.

Olson, K. R., Dunham, Y., Banaji, M. R., Spelke, E. S., & Dweck, C.S. (2008). Judgments of the lucky across development and culture. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 94(5), 757-776.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2007). The person and the group: A developmental analysis of implicit consistency among Hispanic-Americans. Self and Identity 6, 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), 1268-1281.

Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings

Olson, K.R. & Dunham, Y.D. (in prep). The development of implicit social cognition. In B. Gawronski & B. Keith Payne (Eds). Handbook of Implicit Social Cognition: Measurement, Theory, and Applications. New York: Guildford. Forthcoming.

Dunham, Y. & Banaji, M.R. (in press). Platonic blindness and the challenge of understanding context. In L. Feldman-Barrett, B. Mesquita, & E. Smith (Eds.). The Mind in Context. New York: Guilford.

Banaji, M. R., Baron, A., Dunham, Y., & Olson, K. R. (2007). Some experiments on the development of intergroup social cognition. In M. Killen and S. R. Levy (Eds.) Intergroup Attitudes and Relations in Childhood Through Adulthood. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Li, P., Dunham, Y., & Carey, S. (2006). Language influence on construal. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics &10th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics Joint Meeting. Taiwan: Academica Sinica.

Li, P., Dunham, Y., & Carey, S. (2006). Object-substance construal. Proceedings of the 30^th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville: Cascadilla Press.

Dunham, Y., Li, P., & Carey, S. (2003). Difference at the boundaries: Locating linguistic relativity. Proceedings of the Tokyo International Conference on Psycholinguistics. Tokyo: Hituzi Syobo Publishing.

Articles in preparation

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Carey, S. (in prep). All stripped down: Children's bias in the minimal group setting.

Dunham, Y., Li, P., & Carey, S. (in prep). Properties influencing object-substance construal.

Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (in prep). Asymmetry in the development of implicit and explicit gender attitudes.

Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (in prep). Constraints on Category-based Inferences of Social Groups.

Presentations and Invited Talks

Invited talks

Dunham, Y. (2008). Psychological barriers to collective action. Paper presented at the Focus the Nation forum, February, 2008.

Dunham, Y. (2007). From cognition to education. Invited presentation to the board of directors of the Marin County Day School, October 2007.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Carey, S. (2006). All Stripped Down: Children's Intergroup Bias in the Minimal Group Setting. Invited paper presented at the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology small group meeting on Social Developmental Perspectives on Intergroup Inclusion and Exclusion, July, 2006, University of Kent, UK.

Dunham, Y. (2006). The development of implicit attitudes. Invited paper presented at the University of Kobe, the University of Tokyo, and the University of the Sacred Heart, Japan.

Dunham, Y. & Banaji, M.R. (2006). Origins of intergroup bias. Invited paper presented at the preconference symposium of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, January 2006, Palm Spring, CA.

Dunham, Y. (2005). The world according to William James. Invited talk at the Mind, Brain, and Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education. December, 2006, Cambridge, MA.

Dunham, Y. (2005). Human universals. Invited talk at the Mind, Brain, & Behavior Graduate Student Seminar Series. October, 2006, Cambridge, MA.

Conference papers and symposia

Dunham, Y. (2008). What development can tell us about implicit intergroup cognition. Symposium paper presented at the European Association for Experimental Social Psychology Conference, June 2008, Opatija, Croatia.

Dunham, Y. & Baron, A.S. (2008). Shedding light on the mechanisms underlying implicit social cognition: Contributions from developmental psychology. Chaired symposium at the Meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, February 2008, Albuquerque, NM.

Dunham, Y. (2008). Acquisition and change of implicit attitudes. Symposium paper presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, February 2008, Albuquerque, NM.

Baron, A.S. & Dunham, Y.D. (2007). Cognitive developmental perspectives on social categorization and the implications for intergroup bias. Chaired symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, October 2007, Santa Fe, NM.

Dunham, Y.D. (2007). The power of membership. Symposium paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, October 2007, Santa Fe, NM.

Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y.D., Banaji, M.R., & Carey, S. (2007). Foundations of social categorization. Symposium paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, October 2007, Santa Fe, NM.

Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y.D., Banaji, M.R., & Carey, S. (2007). Constraints on social category based inferences. Symposium paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, March 2007, Boston, MA.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Carey, S. (2006). Origins of Bias: Exploring the Minimal Group Effect in Children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 2006, New Orleans, LA.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2005) Balanced Identity as a Developmental Phenomenon. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, June 2005, Vancouver, BC.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2005). Bridging the Attitude-Behavior Gap through the Study of Implicit Race Attitudes. Symposium paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Aril 2005, Atlanta GA.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2005). Children's Implicit Intergroup Attitudes. Paper presented at the preconference symposium at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, January 2005, New Orleans, LA.

Li, P., Dunham, Y., & Carey, S. (2005). Object-substance construal. Paper presented at the 30^th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, November 2005, Boston, MA.

Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (2005). The Origins of Implicit Attitudes: Evidence from Four Developmental Studies. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, January 2005, New Orleans, LA.

Lisa Leslie, Vanessa Constantine, Susan Fiske, Yarrow Dunham, & Mahzarin Banaji. (2005). The Princeton Quartet: Does private ambivalence moderate modern stereotype content? Keynote Address delivered by Susan Fiske at the 8^th Jena Workshop on Intergroup Relations, July 2005.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A., & Banaji, M. (2004). Developmental social psychology: Outlining a new approach to the study of prejudice in children. Paper presented at the 34^th Annual Meeting of The Jean Piaget Society, June 2004, Toronto, Canada.

Dunham, Y., Li, P., & Borum, L. (2004). Things and stuff: Language and the object-substance distinction. Paper presented at the Conference on Human Development, April 2004, Washington D.C.

Dunham, Y. (2004). The origins of explicit and implicit social attitudes. Paper presented at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Research Conference, February 2004.

Dunham, Y. (2003). Linguistic Relativity and the Count-Mass Distinction. Paper presented at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Research Conference, February 2003.

Conference Posters

Dunham, Y. & Banaji, M.R. (2007). Angry=Black or Angry=Outgroup? Poster presented at the 8^th annual meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, February 2007, Memphis, TN.

Dunham, Y. & Banaji, M.R. (2006). The Angry=Black association: Looking across the lifespan. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, January 2006, Palm Spring, CA.

Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (2006). The "Angry = Black" Effect Across the Lifespan. Poster presented at the 6^th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 2006, Sarasota, FL.

Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (2006). Children's Automatic Evaluation of Novel Social Groups. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, January 2006, Palm Spring, CA.

Baron, A.S., Dunham, Y., & Banaji, M.R. (2005). Acquiring Representations of Social Kinds. Poster presented at the 4^th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, October 2005, San Diego, CA.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2005). The Development of Implicit Social Attitudes in the United States and Japan. Poster presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. January 2005, New Orleans, LA.

Li, P. & Dunham, Y. (2005) About things and stuff. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 2005, Atlanta GA.

Dunham, Y. & Baron, A. (2004). The development of implicit race bias. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, July 2004, Ghent, Belgium.

Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Banaji, M.R. (2004). Exploring the relationship between self-identity and intergroup attitudes in Hispanic-American children. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the New England Social Psychological Association, September 2004.

Dunham, Y. & Li, P. (2003). Objects and Substances: The Case of Mandarin Chinese. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 2003, Tampa Fl.

Courses Taught

Lead Instructor

PSY151, The Psychology of Stereotyping and Prejudice

PSY200, Proseminar for 1^st year PhD Students in Psychology

Hidden Structure: Invisible Influences on Thinking and Doing. Sophomore Tutorial in Psychology, Harvard University

Teaching Assistantships

Head Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education. 9/2004 to 6/2005

HT-100: Cognitive Development, Education, and the Brain with Howard Gardner and Kurt Fischer.

Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education. 9/2002 to 6/2004

HT-100: Cognitive Development, Education, and the Brain with Howard Gardner and Kurt Fischer.

Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education. 9/2002 to 1/2003

H-130: The Educated Brain: Essays in Neuroeducation with Antonio Battro and Kurt Fischer

Professional Memberships

Society for Research in Child Development

Cognitive Development Society

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

European Association of Experimental Social Psychology

Professional Service

Developmental Science (Ad Hoc reviewer)

Journal of Media Psychology (Ad Hoc reviewer)

Administrative Service

Recruitment and Retention Committee

Psychology Search and Planning Committee

Cognitive Science Planning Committee

Child Care Center Planning Committee

Research Subject Pool Committee

Regents' Scholarship Program Committee