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I am a PhD candidate in developmental psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. My two primary research interests are stereotypes and STEM motivation among underrepresented groups (particularly women and girls), and outcome, risk, and protective factors of early sexualization.
My advisor is Dr. Campbell Leaper.
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) participation and motivation among underrepresented groups (especially girls and women)
- Stereotypes (both explicit and implicit), Prejudice, and Discrimination
- Sexualization and Self-Objectification among girls and women
Gender and Development, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Statistics, Research Methods, Psychology of Trauma
- Chancellor’s Dissertation Fellowship Award, UC Santa Cruz, 2017-2018
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2014-2017
- Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship, UC Santa Cruz Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators, 2018
- Graduate Student Association Travel Grant, UC Santa Cruz, 2018
- Graduate Student Travel Grant, UC Santa Cruz, 2016-2018
- Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowship, UC Santa Cruz, 2014, 2016
- Regent’s Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2013
- Robert S. Harper Prize for Graduate Study in Psychology, Knox College, 2010
- Richter Research Grant, Knox College, 2010
- Starr, C. R., Anderson, B. R., Green, K. A. (in press). “I’m a computer scientist!”: Virtual Reality Experience Influences Stereotype Threat and STEM Motivation Among Undergraduate Women. Journal of Science Education and Technology. doi:10.1007/s10956-019-09781-z
- Leaper, C. & Starr, C. R. (in press). Helping or hindering undergraduate women’s STEM motivation: Experiences with STEM support, STEM-related gender bias, and sexual harassment. Psychology of Women Quarterly. doi: 10.1177/0361684318806302
- Starr, C. R. (2018). “I’m not a Science Nerd!”: STEM Stereotypes, Identity, and Motivation among Undergraduate Women. Psychology of Women Quarterly. doi: 10.1177/0361684318793848
- Leaper, C., Farkas, T., & Starr, C.R. (2018). Traditional Masculinity, Help Avoidance, and Intrinsic Interest in Relation to High School Students' English and Math Performance. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. doi: 10.1037/men0000188
- Barns, A., Ball, T., Starr, C.R., Seagroves, S., Perez, K., & Hunter, L. (2018). Successfully building a diverse telescope workforce: The design of the Akamai Internship Program in Hawaii. American Society for Engineering Education.
- Starr, C. R., & Leaper, C. (2018). Gender. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development, p. 922-927. doi: 10.4135/9781506307633.n344
- Starr, C. R. (2017). Mind the Gender Gap: Changing Misconceptions about Gender, Leadership, and Occupational Segregation. Sex Roles, online first. doi: 10.1007/s11199-017-0833-0
- Starr, C. R. & Zurbriggen, E. L. (2016). Sandra Bem's gender schema theory after 34 years: A review of its reach and impact. Sex Roles, in press. doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0591-4
- Starr, C. R. (2014). An Objective Look at Early Sexualization and the Media: Book Review of Media and The Sexualization of Childhood by Barry Gunter. Sex Roles, 72, 85-87. doi: 10.1007/s11199-014-0422-4
- Kondiles, B., Starr, C. R., Larson, E., & Zollman, F. (2014). Method of assessment and symptom reporting post mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine, 3, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2014.96671
- Zollman, F., Starr, C. R., Kondiles, B., Cyborski, C., & Larson, E. (2014). The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago military Traumatic Brain Injury screening instrument: Determination of sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 29(1):99-107.
- Larson, E., Kondiles, B., Starr, C. R., & Zollman, F. (2013). Postconcussive complaints, cognition, symptom attribution, and effort among veterans. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19, 88-95.
- Larson, E., Kondiles, B., Zollman, F., & Starr, C.R. Memory, Postconcussion Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a sample of veterans. Rehabilitation Psychology, 58(3), 245-252.
- Starr, C. R. & Ferguson, G. M. (2012). Sexy dolls, sexy gradeschoolers? Media and maternal influences on young girls’ self-sexualization. Sex Roles, 67, 463-476.
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