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Stanford University

Psychology Social Science Social Psychology Personality Psychology

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5.04/23/2026

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Hazel Rose Markus is the Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, where she has served on the faculty since 1994. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Michigan and her B.A. from California State University at San Diego. Prior to Stanford, she held faculty and research scientist positions at the University of Michigan from 1975 to 1994. Markus is a social and cultural psychologist whose research focuses on the role of the self in regulating behavior, motivation, cognition, and emotion, and on how the social world, including cultures of nation or region of origin, gender, social class, race, ethnicity, religion, and occupation, shapes thought, feeling, and action. She co-directs Stanford SPARQ (Social Psychological Answers to Real-world Questions), which partners with organizations to address challenges in education, health, criminal justice, and economic development. Previously, she directed Stanford’s Research Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and served as president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology from 2003 to 2004. She is a trustee of the Russell Sage Foundation and advisor to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research’s Boundaries, Membership, and Belonging Program.