Nyla R. Branscombe
- University Distinguished Professor
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Biography —
Dr. Branscombe joined KU's Department of Psychology in 1987. During her career at KU, she also has been a Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Visiting Professor at University of Amsterdam, a Social & Behavioral Sciences Distinguished Fellow at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, and Senior Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
Dr. Branscombe's academic and research interests include social psychology, inter-group relations, prejudice and discrimination, gender and ethnicity. Her research has been funded by the Australian Research Council, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and other organizations. She is the author or co-author of four books, and written or co-written hundreds of book chapters and articles.
She is a senior fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. She received the Byron A. Alexander Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award in 2015 and was recipient of the Kansas Women’s Hall of Fame Teaching Award in 2024.
Learn more about Nyla Branscombe on the Department of Psychology website.