Sponsored by the Department of African American Studies and the John B. Slaughter Endowment Lecture Series

Guest Lecture Series with Dr. Mesmin Destin
Expanding Our Views of Marginalized Students’ Identities

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Description:

Recent advances from psychological science provide new evidence regarding how to best support the learning, achievement, and well-being of students from a diverse range of backgrounds. This includes the latest experimental research on the effects of strengths-based messages about students’ identities that might otherwise be seen as marginalized. Findings have direct implications for the messages that educators send to students through their learning contexts and educational practices.

About The Speaker:

Mesmin Destin is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University in addition to a fellow of Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research. In collaboration with his lab group, Destin uses experiments and other methods to investigate factors shaping the experiences and outcomes of students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. His work carries implications for institutions and the development of learning environments that recognize and leverage student strengths and identities in ways that support motivation, achievement, and well-being.

Destin publishes his research in journals reaching audiences across the social sciences and public policy, and his work has been supported by organizations including the National Science Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the William T. Grant Foundation. He has received a variety of awards for his teaching, mentoring, and scholarship, including the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution in 2019 and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship Award in 2021.

Source: Northwestern University