Amy R. Krosch

Amy R. Krosch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences. She directs the Social Perception and Intergroup (In)equality Lab, which investigates psychological mechanisms underlying discrimination and socioeconomic disparities using interdisciplinary approaches integrating social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and behavioral economics.

Her research examines how economic scarcity amplifies racial bias, how threat perceptions distort racial categorization, and how implicit biases toward oppressed groups form. Current work focuses on neural correlates of discrimination, interventions to reduce inequality, and political polarization dynamics.

Krosch has received significant recognition including the 2023 Morgan Chia-Wen Sze Teaching Prize, election as Fellow to the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (2022), and APS Rising Star designation (2019). She secured a Cornell MRI Facility Pilot Award (2022) for research on 'Reward Learning as a Mechanism of Stereotype Persistence'.

• Graduate Advisees: Celia Guillard (political violence), Kirstan Brodie (social learning biases), Mikaela Spruill (reparations psychology)
• Undergraduate Researchers: Anya English (Black perinatal health), Isabella Crame (multiracial identity)

Her lab actively promotes diversity, prioritizing underrepresented groups in psychology through inclusive research training and outreach initiatives.