2023
Darling-Hammond, S, Ruiz, M., Eberhardt, J. L., & Okonofua, J. A. (2023). The dynamic nature of student discipline and discipline disparities. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [In Press].
2022
Okonofua, J. A., Goyer, J. P., Lindsay, C. A., Haugabrook, J., & Walton, G. M. (2022). A scalable empathic-mindset intervention reduces group disparities in school suspensions. Science advances, 8(12), eabj0691. [PDF]
Okonofua, J. A., Harris, L. T., & Walton, G. M. (2022). Sidelining Bias: A Situationist Approach to Reduce the Consequences of Bias in Real-World Contexts. Current Directions in Psychological Science. [PDF]
Perez, A. D. & Okonofua, J. A. (2022). The good and bad of a reputation: Race and punishment in K-12 schools. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 100(2022), 104287. [PDF]
Okonofua J. A. (2022). Controlled lab experiments are one of many useful scientific methods to investigate bias. The Behavioral and brain sciences, 45, e85. [Link]
2021
Okonofua, J. A., Saadatian, K., Ocampo, J., Ruiz, M., & Oxholm, P. D. (2021). A scalable empathic supervision intervention to mitigate recidivism from probation and parole. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(14), Article e2018036118. [PDF]
Bookser, B. A., Ruiz, M., Olu-Odumosu, A., Kim, M., Jarvis, S. N., & Okonofua, J. A. (2021). Context matters for preschool discipline: Effects of distance learning and pandemic fears. School Psychology, 36(5), 325–334. [PDF]
Walton, G. M., Okonofua, J. A., Remington Cunningham, K., Hurst, D., Pinedo, A., Weitz, E., Ospina, J. P., Tate, H., & Eberhardt, J. L. (2021). Lifting the Bar: A Relationship-Orienting Intervention Reduces Recidivism Among Children Reentering School From Juvenile Detention. Psychological Science, 32(11), 1747–1767. [PDF]
2020
Jarvis, S. N., & Okonofua, J. A. (2020). School deferred: When bias affects school leaders. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(4), 492–498. [PDF]
Okonofua, J. A., Perez, A. D., & Darling-Hammond, S. (2020). When policy and psychology meet: Mitigating the consequences of bias in schools. Science advances, 6(42), eaba9479. [PDF]
Okonofua, J. A. & Ruiz, M. (2020). The Empathic-discipline intervention. In G. M. Walton & A. J. Crum (Eds.), Handbook of Wise Interventions: How Social Psychology Can Help People Change (pp. 324-345). Guilford Press: New York. [PDF]
2019
Goyer, J. P., Cohen, G. L., Cook, J. E., Master, A., Apfel, N., Lee, W., Henderson, A. G., Reeves, S. L., Okonofua, J. A., & Walton, G. M. (2019). Targeted identity-safety interventions cause lasting reductions in discipline citations among negatively stereotyped boys. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(2), 229–259. [PDF]
2017
Quereshi, A. & Okonofua, J. A. (2017). Locked out of the classroom: How implicit bias contributes to disparities in school discipline. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Retrieved August 30th, 2022 from [https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/LDF_Bias_Report_WEB-2.pdf]
2016
Okonofua, J. A., Walton, G. M., & Eberhardt, J. L. (2016). A vicious cycle: A social–psychological account of extreme racial disparities in school discipline. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(3), 381-398. [PDF]
Okonofua, J. A., Paunesku, D., & Walton, G. M. (2016). Brief intervention to encourage empathic discipline cuts suspension rates in half among adolescents. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(19), 5221–5226. [PDF]
2015
Okonofua, J. A. & Eberhardt, J. A. (2015) Two-strikes: Race and disciplinary action in K-12 schooling. Psychological Science, 26(5), 617–624. [PDF]
In Preparation
Myeong, H., Jo, H., Cho, H., & Okonofua, J. (In preparation). Not Despite But Because of Who I Am: Strength-based Mindset Intervention for North Korean Refugee College Students.
Jarvis, S. N., Ngo, C., Eberhardt, J. L., & Okonofua, J. A. (Under review). Bias in the air: How regional bias predicts teachers' disciplinary disparities. .
Okonofua, J. A., & Walton, G. M. (In preparation). Unfair treatment for the stigmatized: How potential bias reduces students’ respect for authority figures.
Okonofua, J. A. (Invited Resubmission). Students’ beliefs about teacher respect: An interaction of race and socioeconomic status. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Okonofua, J. A., Jarvis, S. N., & Eberhardt, J. L. (In preparation) When one-strike spills over: The stickiness of stereotyping in school discipline.
Jarvis, S. N., Ferguson, Z. E., & Okonofua, J. A. (In preparation) Principals’ discipline in a nationally representative sample.
Ferguson, Z. E., Jarvis, S. N., Antonoplis, S. & Okonofua, J. A. (In preparation) Prevention and exclusion orientations’ impact on school discipline. Manuscript in preparation.