She has three primary lines of research:

1. Developing prejudice, bias, and social cognition in multigroup contexts.

Individuals are members of many different social groups simultaneously, including race, ethnicity, gender, and wealth. This line of research explores how these multiple group memberships, and the differing levels of associated status, impact children’s and adolescent’s social perceptions and decisions. 

2. Conceptions and evaluations of social inequalities.

In addition to research investigating how to mitigate existing social inequalities, it is important to understand how individuals’ cognition about inequality influences their support for or rejection of unequal and equitable policies and institutions. This line of research investigates children’s, adolescents’, and adults’ developing conceptions about social inequalities based on status and group membership.

3. Fairness and Morality in Intergroup and Ambiguous Contexts.

Children develop conceptions of fairness and morality alongside awareness of group norms, biases, and prejudice. While in straightforward contexts, children often promote inclusion and acceptance of diverse peers, complex situations that include biases, unfair norms, or ambiguous concerns may sway children to justify exclusion or endorse prejudice and social inequalities. This line of research thus investigates the contextual influences on children’s developing conceptions of fairness and morality.