Stephanie Fryberg
James E. Johnson Professor
- fryberg@northwestern.edu
- Cresap 206A
Bio
Dr. Stephanie A. Fryberg, a member of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington State, is the Director of RISE. Dr. Fryberg is also the James E. Johnson Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University. As a social and cultural psychologist, her research focuses on how social representations of race, culture, and social class influence the development of self, psychological well-being, physical health, and educational attainment. In addition to publishing articles in leading academic journals, Dr. Fryberg provided testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, received the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Early Career Award, and was inducted into Stanford University’s Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame.
Selected Publications
Lopez, J. J., Munoz-Salgado, A., Ward-Griffin, E., Dai, J. D., Yellowtail, J. L., Santos, N., LeBlanc, J., Farero, A., Fryberg, S. A., & Eason, A. E. (2026). Indigenous, invisible: Sensitivity to misrepresentation and omission, perceptions of group discrimination and psychological well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, OnlineFirst. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672261423646
Morman, K. M., Brady, L. M., Wang, C., & Fryberg, S. A. (2026). Change in the air: How shifting federal guidance related to DEI influences teachers' use of culturally responsive practices. Behavioral Sciences, 16(3), 390. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16030390
Smutz, A. M., Lopez, J. J., Farero, A. M., Begay, J., Loften, K. R., Whyte, K. P., & Fryberg, S. A. (2026). Protecting the lands of our creation: Threats to ancestral homelands and the consequences for Indigenous culture and identity. Environmental Justice, 19(4), 329-342. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2023.0075
Brady, L. M., Morman, K. M., Wang, C., & Fryberg, S. A. (2025). ‘It’s Hard to Talk About’: Educators’ Experiences of Belonging and Engagement in Equity-Focused Professional Development. Education Sciences, 15(9), 1209. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15091209
Fryberg, S. A., Dai, J., & Eason, A. E. (2024). Omission as a modern form of bias against Native Peoples: Implications for policies and practices. Social Issues and Policy Review, 18(1), 148-170.
Brady, L. M., Eason, A. E., & Fryberg, S. A. (2023) Fixed Intelligence Mindsets Predict System Legitimization in Educational Contexts. Social Psychology of Education, 1-38.
Dai, J., Yellowtail, J., Lopez, J.J., Muñoz-Salgado, A., Ward-Griffin, E., Echo Hawk, C., Le Blanc, J., Pitre, N., Farero, A., Eason, A. E.**, & Fryberg, S. A.** (2023). We Are Still Here: Omission and Perceived Discrimination Galvanized Civic Engagement Among Native Americans. Psychological Science, 09567976231165271.
Lopez, J. J., Eason, A. E., & Fryberg, S. A. (2022). The Same, Yet Different: Understanding the Perceived Acceptability of Redface and Blackface. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 19485506211039906.
Dai, J. D., Lopez, J. J., Brady, L. M., Eason, A. E., & Fryberg, S. A. (2021). Erasing and dehumanizing Natives to protect positive national identity: The Native mascot example. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12632.
Murphy, M., Fryberg, S., Brady, L., Canning, E., & Hecht, C. (August 25, 2021). Global Mindset Initiative Paper 1: Growth Mindset Cultures and Teacher Practices. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3911594 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3911594
Dai, J., Eason, A.E., Brady, L. & Fryberg, S.A. (2021). #NotAllWhites: Liberal-leaning Whites Racially Disidentify in Response to Trump-Related Group-Image Threat. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. DOI: 10.1177/0146167220987988
Eason, A.E., Pope, T., Becenti, K., & Fryberg, S.A. (2020). Sanitizing History: How National Identification and Negative Stereotypes Reify the Celebration of Columbus Day. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000345
Fryberg, S.A., Eason, A.E., Brady, L.M., Jessop, N. & Lopez, J. (2020). Unpacking the mascot debate: Native American identification predicts opposition to Native mascots. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619898556
Brady, L. M., Fryberg, S. A. & Shoda, Y. (2019). Expanding the interpretive power of psychological science by attending to culture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(45), 11406-11413.