Professor Victoria Plaut’s landmark 2010 paper “Diversity Science: Why and How Difference Makes a Difference” is the focus of a special issue of the American Psychological Association journal Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. In the volume, researchers reflect on the pathbreaking article — which lays out some of the central elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion sciences — and consider where the field should go in the future.
“The 11 articles in this special issue answer the call to advance innovative theory and methods for the next generation of diversity and inclusion science, building on Plaut’s seminal work,” a group of scholars write in the volume’s introduction.
Plaut, a social and cultural psychologist, joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 2009 and is currently serving as UC Berkeley’s vice provost for the faculty.