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Provider implicit and explicit bias in person-centered maternity care: a cross-sectional study with maternity providers in Northern Ghana by Afulani, Patience A, Okiring, Jaffer, Aborigo, Raymond A, Nutor, Jerry John, Kuwolamo, Irene, Dorzie, John Baptist K, Semko, Sierra, Okonofua, Jason A, Mendes, Wendy Berry

“…Person-centered maternity care (PCMC) has become a priority in the global health discourse on quality of care due to the high prevalence of disrespectful and…”
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Two Strikes: Race and the Disciplining of Young Students by Okonofua, Jason A., Eberhardt, Jennifer L.

“…There are large racial disparities in school discipline in the United States, which, for Black students, not only contribute to school failure but also can lay…”
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Brief intervention to encourage empathic discipline cuts suspension rates in half among adolescents by Okonofua, Jason A., Paunesku, David, Walton, Gregory M.

“…Growing suspension rates predict major negative life outcomes, including adult incarceration and unemployment. Experiment 1 tested whether teachers (n = 39)…”
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Controlled lab experiments are one of many useful scientific methods to investigate bias by Okonofua, Jason A

“…Ecological validity is key in science and laboratory experiments alone cannot fully explain complex real-world phenomena. Yet the three flaws Cesario proposes…”
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A Vicious Cycle: A Social–Psychological Account of Extreme Racial Disparities in School Discipline by Okonofua, Jason A., Walton, Gregory M., Eberhardt, Jennifer L.

“…Can social–psychological theory provide insight into the extreme racial disparities in school disciplinary action in the United States? Disciplinary problems…”
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A scalable empathic supervision intervention to mitigate recidivism from probation and parole by Okonofua, Jason A., Saadatian, Kimia, Ocampo, Joseph, Ruiz, Michael, Oxholm, Perfecta Delgado

“…Incarceration is a pervasive issue in the United States that is enormously costly to families, communities, and society at large. The path from prison back to…”
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Sidelining Bias: A Situationist Approach to Reduce the Consequences of Bias in Real-World Contexts by Okonofua, Jason A., Harris, Lasana T., Walton, Gregory M.

“…It has become common practice to conceptualize bias as an automatic response, cultivated through exposure to bias in society. From this perspective, combating…”
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The dynamic nature of student discipline and discipline disparities by Darling-Hammond, Sean, Ruiz, Michael, Eberhardt, Jennifer L, Okonofua, Jason A

“…Researchers have long used end-of-year discipline rates to identify punitive schools, explore sources of inequitable treatment, and evaluate interventions…”
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School Deferred: When Bias Affects School Leaders by Jarvis, Shoshana N., Okonofua, Jason A.

“…In the classroom, Black students are disciplined more frequently and more severely for the same misbehaviors as White students. Though teachers have influence…”
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When policy and psychology meet: Mitigating the consequences of bias in schools by Okonofua, Jason A, Perez, Amanda D, Darling-Hammond, Sean

“…Harsh exclusionary discipline predicts major negative life outcomes, including adult incarceration and unemployment. This breeds racial inequality because…”
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Targeted Identity-Safety Interventions Cause Lasting Reductions in Discipline Citations Among Negatively Stereotyped Boys by Goyer, J. Parker, Cohen, Geoffrey L., Cook, Jonathan E., Master, Allison, Apfel, Nancy, Lee, Wonhee, Henderson, Amelia G., Reeves, Stephanie L., Okonofua, Jason A., Walton, Gregory M.

“…High rates of discipline citations predict adverse life outcomes, a harm disproportionately borne by Black and Latino boys. We hypothesized that these…”
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Principal Beliefs Predict Responses to Individual Students’ Misbehavior by Ferguson, Z. E., Jarvis, Shoshana N., Antonoplis, Stephen, Okonofua, Jason A.

“…National policies have targeted widespread exclusionary discipline in schools which is associated with negative academic outcomes. Principals play an important…”
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Lifting the Bar: A Relationship-Orienting Intervention Reduces Recidivism Among Children Reentering School From Juvenile Detention by Walton, Gregory M., Okonofua, Jason A., Remington Cunningham, Kathleen, Hurst, Daniel, Pinedo, Andres, Weitz, Elizabeth, Ospina, Juan P., Tate, Hattie, Eberhardt, Jennifer L.

“…When children return to school from juvenile detention, they face a severe stigma. We developed a procedure to orient educators and students toward each other…”
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A scalable empathic-mindset intervention reduces group disparities in school suspensions by Okonofua, Jason A, Goyer, J Parker, Lindsay, Constance A, Haugabrook, Johnetta, Walton, Gregory M

“…Suspensions remove students from the learning environment at high rates throughout the United States. Policy and theory highlight social groups that face…”
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A Test of Racial Disparities in Principals’ Disciplinary Decisions in a National Sample by Jarvis, Shoshana N, Ferguson, Z. E, Okonofua, Jason A

“…Access to education is important for success as an adult. Exclusionary discipline (e.g., suspensions) reduces opportunities for students to complete their…”
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Context Matters for Preschool Discipline: Effects of Distance Learning and Pandemic Fears by Bookser, Brita A., Ruiz, Michael, Olu-Odumosu, Ayomide, Kim, Moonhawk, Jarvis, Shoshana N., Okonofua, Jason A.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the context and delivery of early childhood education, yet little is known about its impact on exclusionary discipline (e.g.,…”
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The good and bad of a reputation: Race and punishment in K-12 schools by Perez, Amanda D., Okonofua, Jason A.

“…Large racial disparities plague discipline in schools across the United States which contributes to racial disparities in life outcomes such as education…”
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