Public Talks

• Social belonging: Where science meets practice. SXSW EDU, March 5, 2024
• Psychologically “wise” interventions: How they can help us understand and solve persistent social problems. Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, May 13, 2022.
• Accelerating public impact; Scholarship & partnership help Oakland students thrive. Discover Stanford, January 26, 2022.
• A question of belonging, Character Lab Educator Summit, July 2017.
• ​Stereotype threat: A Close Encounter - See it, Feel it, Fix it. The 2012 Stanford University School of Education and Cubberley Lecture with Claude Steele and Geoff Cohen. May 10, 2012. On iTunes U and YouTube.
• Questions of Belonging. Palo Alto University. April 19, 2012. Password: GregWalton

Podcasts and Webinars

• What new research says about fostering a 'sense of belonging' in classrooms. With Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge. ​March 19, 2024.
• Reducing inequality by increasing belonging with Dr. Greg Walton. A Bit More Complicated.  On Spotify and Google Play. May 5, 2023.
• Building the capacity for belonging. With Adrienne Lu, Jillian Kinzie, and Gregory D. Williams. The Chronicle of Higher Education. April 27, 2023.
• The Puck: Venture Capital & Beyond.  On iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Soundcloud. ​August 25, 2022.
• Applying wise interventions around the world. With Kate Orkin. The Centre for the Study of African Economies: Research Podcasts. May 12, 2022.
• ​​The big impact of small interventions with Stanford's Greg Walton. The Knowledge Project, Ep. #64, August 2019.
• Building college student resilience - simple, effective interventions that support retention. Webinar with Bette Bottoms and Mary Murphy. February 28, 2014.

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Writing for Popular Media

• How social norms can free us from temptation. With David Kalkstein, Cayce Hook, and Bridgette Hard. Character & Context, April 12, 2023.
• How to cut disparities in school suspension rates. With Jason Okonofua. Psychology Today, April 26, 2022.
• Are cross-race friendships really a panacea for interracial relations? With Kiara Sanchez. Character & Context, January 28, 2022.
• When a “small” change mitigates bias. With Jason Okonofua. Character & Context, January 26, 2022. 
• The one-page letter that keeps kids out of jail. With Hattie Tate. In The Power of Wise Interventions, Psychology Today, January 10, 2022.
  How the coronavirus crisis is opening the door to universal social policies. With Catherine Thomas and Dave Kalkstein. Time, June 17, 2020.
• Why social change is contagious. With Gregg Sparkman. Character & Context, June 3, 2019.
• Having a growth mindset makes it easier to develop new interests. With Paul O'Keefe and Carol Dweck. Harvard Business Review, September 10, 2018.
• Willpower: It's in your head. With Carol Dweck. The New York Times, November 26, 2011.

Writing for Educators

• How to decrease suspensions: Here's what new research shows. With Jason Okonofua, Education Week, May 18, 2022.
• Stop telling students, “You Belong!” Education Week, November 9, 2021
• How to break the juvenile detention cycle: New research shows a way. With Jason Okonofua and Katie Remington Cunningham. Education Week, October 13, 2021.
• Supporting students’ sense of belonging. Mindset Scholars Network, August 22, 2017.
• Psychological insights for improved physics teaching. With Lauren Aguilar and Carl Weiman. Physics Today, May 2014.
• Addressing achievement gaps with psychological interventions. With David Yeager and Geoff Cohen. Phi Delta Kappan, February, 2013.

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Writing for Policy Audiences

Interviews and Videos

• Is believing in yourself enough? Growth mindset and social belonging interventions for postsecondary students. NCEE Blog: What Works Clearinghouse, January 3, 2022.
• 15 hacks for improving diversity in tech. With Mary Murphy. Mindset Scholars Network, 2015.
• How can we instill productive mindsets at scale? A review of the evidence and an initial R&D agenda. With David Yeager, Dave Paunesku, and Carol Dweck, 2013. White paper prepared for the White House meeting on Excellence in Education: The importance of academic mindsets, May 10, 2013.
• 1-page guide on ways to reduce stereotype threat. With Geoff Cohen and Claude Steele. May 2012
• Academic tenacity. With Carol Dweck and Geoff Cohen, 2011. White paper prepared for the Gates Foundation.
• Stereotype threat and anti-discrimination law: Affirmative steps to promote meritocracy and racial equality. With Sam Erman. Southern California Law Review, 2015.
• Affirmative meritocracy. With Steve Spencer and Sam Erman. Social Issues and Policy Review, 2013.​
  • Click here for the Policy Summary.
  • Following this work, Steve Spencer and I led a group of a group of social psychologists to prepare an amicus brief for the Supreme Court in Fisher v. Texas on the implications of stereotype threat for affirmative action. Click here for the amicus brief in Fisher v. Texas (2013) by Rachel Godsil (Seton Hall), Stuart Banner (UCLA), and Jerry Kang (UCLA). Click here for the amicus brief in Fisher v. Texas (2016) by Jerry Kang (UCLA), John Wintermute (Loweenstein Sandler), and Rachel Godsil (Seton Hall).

• Watch a 2-minute video. When helping, remember: It's not about you. The Agency Fund, June 4, 2024.
• ​​Watch a 3-minute video. How Stanford researchers developed an intervention that cut recidivism among children reentering school from the justice system. Stanford News, October 5, 2021.
• Read an interview on wise interventions (in Dutch) at ProgressFocused.com, February 16, 2021.
• Read an interview on how simple cues can make people feel connected, even while being physically apart, says Stanford psychologist. Stanford News, April 16, 2020.

• Watch a 6-minute interview. The social-belonging intervention. Stanford Graduate School of Business, March 30, 2012​.
• Watch a 2-minute interview. The social-belonging intervention. Stanford News, March 17, 2011.