Hazel Rose Markus

Hazel Markus has become a prominent figure as a Social Psychologist. In 1975, Markus received her PhD from the University of Michigan, and later became one of the university’s faculty members. During her time at the University of Michigan, she was a research scientist at the Institute for Social Research. Her research interests include culture, ethnicity, emotion, gender, motivation and goal setting, to name a few.

She has become a prominent figure in Cultural psychology through studies of variations across cultures, looking at the significant differences in things like morality. (Kim & Marcus, 1999) Therefore, she is not primarily concerned with the evolutionary perceptive on culture which looks more at how human culture has evolved with respect to the human EEA (environment of evolutionary adaptation).

After her time at the University of Michigan, Markus moved to Stanford University in 1994, and can currently be found on the Stanford campus. As co-director of the Stanford Research Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Dr. Markus continues her research on the influence of culture on the self. Other leadership roles Markus has attained include her former presidency of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and service on numerous editorial boards. Dr. Markus has contributed as an author to various textbooks including the 7th edition of the textbook, Social Psychology. Also, she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition, Markus has earned the prestigious Donald T. Campbell award for her numerous contributions to the Social Psychology field, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.

References

* [1] Kim, H., & Markus, H. R. (1999). Deviance or uniqueness, harmony or conformity? A cultural analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(4), 785-800.