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Straka, B.C., Martinez, M., Gaither, S.E. (R&R). Enumeration or Exclusion? Demographic
Forms and Latine Identity Threat and Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Straka B.C., Jordan, A., Pauker, K., Olson, K., Halim, M., Dunham, Y., & Gaither, S.E., (2025).
Testing Generalizability of Minimal Group Bias Across Racial Minority and Majority Children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106133
+Straka, B.C., Stanaland, A., Gaither, S.E. (2024). Intentionality and Congruence Cues Shape Young Children’s Perceptions of Essentialized Group Membership. Developmental Science. https://doi-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/10.1111/desc.13607
Graves, A. J., Danoff, J. S., Kim, M., Brindley, S. R., Skyberg, A. M., Giamberardino, S. N.,
Lynch, M. E., Straka, B. C., Lillard, T. S., Gregory, S. G., Connelly, J. J., & Morris, J. P. (2024).
Accelerated epigenetic age is associated with whole-brain functional connectivity and impaired cognitive performance in older adults. Scientific reports, 14(1), 9646. https://doi-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/10.1038/s41598-024-60311-3
Straka, B. C., Albuja, A., Leer, J., Brauher, K., & Gaither, S. E. (2023). The rich get richer?
Children’s reasoning about socioeconomic status predicts inclusion and resource
bias. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001655
Straka, B.C. & Gaither, S. (2023). Considering Multiracial Youth: Identity Challenges and
Health Outcomes. In M. Trent, D. Dooley, & J. Douge (Eds.), Untangling the Thread of Racism: A Primer for Pediatric Health Professionals (1st ed.). American Academy of Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1542/9781610027113-6
Tsai, A., and Straka, B.C., Kimura, D. (2022). Mixed-heritage Individuals and Systemic Risk
During Negotiation of Identity. Journal of Language, Identity, & Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2022.2065277
Straka, B.C., Stanaland, A., Tomasello, M., & Gaither, S.E. (2021). Who can be in a group? 3-to 5-year-old children construe realistic social groups through mutual intentionality. Cognitive Development, 60, 101097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101097
Herrmann, S.D., Varnum, M.E.W., Straka, B.C. & Gaither, S.E. (2021). Social Class Identity
Integration and Success for First-Generation College Students: Antecedents, Mechanisms, and Generalizability. Self and Identity, 0 (0), 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2021.1924251
+Straka, B.C., +Albuja, A.F., *Desjardins, M., Gaither, S.E., & Swartzwelder, H.S. (2021).
Alcohol Use and Related Consequences for Monoracial and Multiracial Native
American/American Indian College Students. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Special Issue: Minority Health, Health Disparities, and Social Determinants of Health with Psychopharmacology and Substance Use. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/10.1037/pha0000475
Tsai, A., Straka, B.C., Gaither, S.E. (2021). Mixed-heritage Individuals’ Encounters with
Raciolinguistic Ideologies. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2021.1904964
Straka, J.W., & Straka, B.C. (2020). Reframe Policymaking Dysfunction Through Bipartisan-Inclusion Leadership. Policy Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-020-09383-2
Straka, B.C., Gaither, S.E., Acheson, S.K., & Swartzwelder, H.S. (2019). “Mixed” Drinking
Motivations: A Comparison of Majority, Multiracial, and Minority College Students. Social
Psychological and Personality Science, 11(5), 676–687. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619883294
Albuja, A.F., Gaither, S.E., Sanchez, D.T., Straka, B.C., & Cipollina, R. (2019).
Psychophysiological Stress Responses to Bicultural and Biracial Identity Denial. Journal of Social Issues, 75(4), 1165–1191. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12347