James H. Sidanius

Former Professor of Psychology and African American Studies. His Social Dominance Theory of intergroup discrimination took into account the importance of the maintenance of an established status hierarchy as a potent determinant of the nature of intergroup relations, attitudes and behavior. The social dominance perspective effectively links social structural variables with psychological mechanisms at the individual level. He was the author of several books including The Diversity Challenge: Social Identity and Intergroup Relations on the College Campus (2010), Key Readings in Political Psychology (2004), and Racialized Politics: Values, Ideology, and Prejudice in American Public Opinion (2000).