The Mind, Culture, and Society Lab is a sociocultural psychology research lab located in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University, directed by Professors Hazel Markus and Jennifer Eberhardt.

The lab explores the ways in which culture and its products shape individuals, and the ways in which individuals in turn shape their culture. We also have several lines of research focusing on how race, stigma, and stereotyping affect attitudes, perception, and behavior.

Our lab includes a variety of undergraduates, graduate students, and research staff who are interested in how social identities (race, culture, gender, class) affect psychological experiences across a wide variety of domains including education, law, business, and health.

Some undergraduates in our lab also complete the (unaffiliated, but highly relevant) Mind, Culture, and Society specialization track in Psychology, while others join us from different fields: comparative studies in race and ethnicity, sociology, history, human biology, international relations, economics, and many more.

Our lab has a twofold mission. We strive to conduct and publish excellent, innovative sociocultural psychology research that has the potential to advance both scientific and lay understandings of race and culture. We also aim to make our lab a strong supportive, collaborative environment that helps undergraduates and co-terminal students develop extensive research skills and meaningful research relationships with faculty.