Dr. Rashmita Mistry
Human Development & Psychology
School of Education & Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Mistry and her students study children’s experiences of social inequality and its influences on their academic and social outcomes.
Our research has three principal foci:
Investigating the development, consequences, and malleability of children’s beliefs about social inequality.
Examining the extent to which contextual factors such as poverty, immigration, and social policies, influence family dynamics and, in turn, children’s developmental outcomes.
Understanding children’s racial-ethnic and social class identity development, consequences, and intergroup attitudes.
2023-2024 Cohort
Front Row (L-R): Stephanie Nguyen, Amaesha Durazi, Dr. Rashmita Mistry, Lauren Kinnard
Not Pictured: Qiana Duru
In the News
Awards
- Dr. Rashmita Mistry was recently appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for MDRC
- Congratulations to Melanie Seyarto for receiving the AERA-NSF Dissertation Grant and the National Early Care and Education Workforce Center Integrated Research & Policy Fellowship
Milestones
- Congratulations to Melanie Seyarto for passing her Doctoral Preliminary Oral Exam
- Congratulations to Amaesha Durazi for completing her second-year research project
Recent Publications
Racial–ethnic socialization among Asian American families with preadolescent children
Recent Presentations
- Anna Kimura, Lauren Kinnard, and Asil Yassine presented at the SRCD Anti-Racist Developmental Science Summit in Panama City, Panama.
- Amaesha Durazi, Anna Kimura, and Lauren Kinnard presented at the SRA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
- Jeffrey Yo presented at the AERA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
- Melanie Seyarto presented at the AEFP Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD.