Rebecca Carey 10/12/2019

Rebecca M. Carey

Kellogg School of Management

Northwestern University
2211 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

Phone: 512-945-5946 Email: [email protected]

Academic Positions

2018 - Present Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Postdoctoral Scholar

Education

2012 - 2018 Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Ph.D. in Psychology

Summer 2014 Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research

Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research

2008 - 2012 Trinity University, San Antonio, TX


 B.A. in Psychology
B.A. in Chinese


Research

Research culture, self/identity, social class, sociocultural shaping of relationships,

Interests intergroup dynamics, social class disparities

Dissertation The sociocultural shaping of relationships in U.S. middle and working

class contexts
Dissertation Committee: Hazel Rose Markus, Ph.D. (primary advisor)
Jeanne Tsai, Ph.D.,
Jennifer Eberhardt, Ph.D.
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Publications

Carey, R. M., & Markus, H. R. (2019, under review). The ties that bind: Patterns of
relationality across U.S. social class contexts and their implications for self and
behavior. Revise and resubmit at Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Carey, R. M., Stephens, N. M, &. Markus, H. R. (2019, under review). Can close
relationships reduce social class health disparities?: Close, supportive, and trusting
relationships are linked to health and well-being in lower social class contexts.
Submitted to Psychological Science.

Carey, R.M., & Zhang-Bencharit, L. (2018). Socioeconomic cultures: How education shapes
the self. In Uskul & S. Oishi (Eds.), Socioeconomic environment and human
psychology: Social, ecological, and cultural perspectives. New York: Oxford
University Press.

Carey, R. M., & Markus, H. R. (2017). Social class shapes the form and function of
relationships and selves. Current Opinion in Psychology, 18, 123-130.

Carey, R. M., & Markus, H. R. (2016). Social class matters: A rejoinder. Journal of
Consumer Psychology, 26(4), 599-602.

Carey, R. M., & Markus, H. R. (2016). Understanding consumer psychology in working-class

contexts. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 26(4), 568-582.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Carey, R.M., Stephens, N.M., Townsend, S. S. M., & Hamedani, M. G. (in preperation).
Cross-race and cross-class interactions in higher education settings.

Carey, R. M., Ruedas-Gracia, N., Markus, H. R. (in preparation). Closing the academic gap
among first-generation college students: The role of stress and belonging.

Carey, R. M., Ruedas-Gracia, N., LaFramboise, T., Markus, H. R. (in preparation).

Strengthening the home-college connection: Ethnic and racial identity as a protective
factor for first-generation college students

Carey, R. M., Markus, H. R. (in preparation). What is loyalty?: Dimensions of loyalty.

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Stephens, N. M., Carey, R. M., Townsend, S. S. M., Hamedani, M. G., Brannon, T. N., &
Murphy, M. C. (in preparation). The academic benefits of difference-education and
belongingness interventions extend to diverse higher education settings.

Bencharit, L.Z., Carey, R.M., Fu, A., Markus, H. (in preparation). There’s no “I” in “Team”:
Interdependent Motivation and Consequences for Teamwork Across Cultures.

Carey, R.M., Bencharit, L.Z., Tsai, J.L., Markus, H. (in preparation). Race or social class?:
Intersecting identities shape health and self-construal.

Presentations

Carey, R.M., Stephens, N. M. (Feb 2020). The frequency, quality, and consequences of cross-
class interactions. Symposium to be presented at Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Carey, R.M., Markus, H. R. (Feb 2019). Social wealth and health: Strong relationships
mitigate the negative health consequences of inequality. Symposium presented at
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Portland, OR.

Carey, R.M., Markus, H. R. (Mar 2018). The strength of strong ties: Close relationships
predict better outcomes for first-generation college students. Poster presented at
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Atlanta, GA.

Torrez, B., Carey, R.M., Conner, A., Markus. H. R. (Feb. 2017). High in the sky or down in
the gutter: the effect of name verticality on self-esteem. Poster presented at Society for
Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Antonio, TX

Carey, R.M., Markus, H. R. (Feb 2015). Social class and in-group loyalty. Poster presented at
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Long Beach, CA.

Carey, R. M., Markus, H. R. (May 2014). Stand by your man (or not?): Social class
differences in relationship construal. Poster presented at Association for Psychological
Science Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Carey, R. M., Markus, H. R. (Feb 2014). U.S. social class differences in the ties that
bind. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Convention, Austin, TX.
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Carey, R. M., McIntyre, K.P., Gallegos, J.M. (Jan. 2012). High in the sky or down in the
gutter: the effect of name verticality on self-esteem. Poster presented at Society for
Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA.

Carey, R. M., McIntyre, K.P. (2011). High in the sky or down in the gutter: the effect of name
verticality on self-esteem. Poster presented at Meeting of the Mind Science
Foundation, San Antonio, TX.

Carey, R. M., McIntyre, K.P. (2011). High in the sky or down in the gutter: the effect of name
verticality on self-esteem. Poster presented at Trinity University Summer
Undergraduate Research Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Wallace, H., Carey, R.M, & Hitti, K. (2011). Social anxiety predicts and narcissism prevents
coming up short (literally) under pressure. Poster presented at Association for
Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.

McIntyre, K. P., Mattingly, B. A., Lewandowski, G. W., Carey, R.M, Nieman, L., Russak, D.
(Jan. 2011). Motivation and prospects of self-concept change affect desire to form
friendships. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Conference, San Antonio, TX.

McIntyre, K.P., Hicks, J.A., Carey, R.M, Nieman, L., & Russak, D. (Jan. 2011). The effects
of open vs. closed body postures on perceptions of truth. Informal paper presentation at
the Embodiment Preconference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology,
San Antonio, TX.

Awards and Fellowships

2016 - 2018 Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence Fellowship $120,000

Vice Provost of Graduate Education (VPGE), Stanford University
Two years of tuition, stipend, and professional development

2016 Stanford University Centennial Teaching Assistant Award $500

Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning (VPTL), Stanford
University

2013 - 2016 Graduate Research Fellowship $132,000

National Science Foundation
Three years of tuition and stipend

2012 - 2018 Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Doctoral Fellowship $7,300

Vice Provost of Graduate Education (VPGE), Stanford University
Financial support, research and travel funding
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2010 - 2012 Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program $8,000

Scholar
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX

2011 Undergraduate Diversity Award $500

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference

Grants and Funding

Winter 2018 Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity Award $4,000

Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Stanford University

Fall 2016 Computational Social Science Grant

Center for Computational Social Science, Stanford University $2,000

Spring 2011 Mind Science Foundation Grant, San Antonio, TX $500

Spring 2011 Mach Student Research Fellowship, Trinity University $1,200

Teaching and Mentorship

Courses
Spring 2016 Statistical Theory, Models, and Methodology (PSYCH 253)
Teaching Assistant

Winter 2016 Mind, Culture, and Society (PSYCH 215)

Teaching Assistant

Summer 2015 Introduction to Social Psychology (PSYCH 108S)

Teaching Instructor

Spring 2015 Intergroup Communication (PSYCH 103)

Teaching Assistant

Spring 2015 Introduction to Social Psychology (PSYCH 70)

Teaching Assistant


Winter 2015 Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (PSYCH 155)

Head Teaching Assistant
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Fall 2014 Statistical Methods for Behavioral and Social Sciences (PSYCH 252)
Teaching Assistant

Spring 2014 Introduction to Cultural Psychology (PSYCH 75)

Teaching Assistant

Lectures
Fall 2016 “Latino American Culture Cycles"
Introduction to Cultural Psychology (PSYCH 75)

Spring 2016 “Linear Mixed Models”

Statistical Theory, Models, and Methodology (PSYCH 253)

Winter 2016 “How Mind, Culture and Society Make Each Other Up”
Mind, Culture, and Society (PSYCH 215)

Spring 2014 “Mexican-American Cultural Models”

Introduction to Cultural Psychology (PSYCH 75)

Workshops
Fall 2014 “Introduction to R”
Fall 2015 Beginner and intermediate tutorial on using R software for statistical analyses
Fall 2016

Mentorship
Fall 2014 – EDGE-SBEH Student Mentor
Summer 2016 Stanford University, mentored diverse 1st- and 2nd-year PhD students

Fall 2013 – Mind, Culture, and Society Lab Mentor

Summer 2016 Stanford University, mentored undergraduate research assistants

Summer 2011 Summer Bridge Program Mentor

Trinity University, mentored first-generation high school junior and seniors

Professional Experience

May 2015 – Writing Assistant for Social Psychology (Eds. Kassin, Fein, Markus)
Aug 2015 -Assisted in updating Social Psychology textbook

Jan 2014 Hiram College Consultant – First in the World Grant

-Consult for statistics and methods 

-Write up statistics, methods and expected results section of grant