Steph McKee

Steph McKee serves as a Research Fellow in Leadership and Organizational Behavior, focusing on social class, economic inequality, race, and political action through interdisciplinary psychological and sociological frameworks.

Her academic background includes:

• B.A. from Sonoma State University
• M.A. from Wake Forest University
• M.S. from University of Kentucky
• Ph.D. from University of Virginia

McKee's research centers on how socioeconomic status and racial identity shape welfare policy attitudes, economic redistribution views, and political engagement. She examines compassion stereotypes across political ideologies, health impacts of racial wealth beliefs among White Americans, and implicit race-wealth associations, revealing mechanisms of social stratification and policy preference formation.

Her publication trends show consistent experimental and survey-based analysis of inequality dynamics, with recurring themes of stereotyping, economic mobility beliefs, and political behavior. Methodological rigor is evident through preregistered replications addressing religious priming effects, physician-patient cooperation, and sexual assault perceptions, emphasizing scientific integrity in social dynamics research.