Jennifer Eberhardt is an Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Law and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. Professor Eberhardt’s primary research interests include stereotyping, prejudice, and stigma. Her most recent research examines the nature of racial categories. She focuses on the social psychological implications of viewing race as a natural category (rather than as a socially created category) and the link between racial stereotyping and racial categorization.  She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University in 1993.