{"id":40,"date":"2022-09-23T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:59:35","slug":"childrens-understanding-of-economic-and-social-inequality-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Understanding of Economic and Social Inequality Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center\">Dr. Rashmita Mistry<br>Human Development &amp; Psychology<br>School of Education &amp; Information Studies<br>University of California, Los Angeles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#2774ae\"><strong><strong>Dr. Mistry and her students study children&#8217;s experiences of social inequality and its influences on their academic and social outcomes.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>Our research has three principal foci:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-subtle-background-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-90e8f6275ff9c25a5680a97fcec93698 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong><strong>Investigating the development, consequences, and malleability of children&#8217;s beliefs about social inequality.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-subtle-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-87b5879e1227e3aa18fca93ec5c1708b is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#000000;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Examining the extent to which contextual factors such as poverty, immigration, and social policies, influence family dynamics and, in turn, children&#8217;s developmental outcomes.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background has-link-color wp-elements-06e18e95fde0c61e2ce259d59dcd6d93 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#2774ae;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><strong><strong>Understanding children&#8217;s racial-ethnic and social class identity development, consequences, and intergroup attitudes. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color\">2023-2024 Cohort<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RAC23-24-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RAC23-24-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RAC23-24-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RAC23-24-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RAC23-24-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RAC23-24-1536x1065.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RAC23-24-2048x1420.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RAC23-24-1200x832.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RAC23-24-1980x1373.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Back Row (L-R): Anna Kimura, Asil Yassine, Jeffrey Yo, Melanie Seyarto<br>Front Row (L-R): Stephanie Nguyen, Amaesha Durazi, Dr. Rashmita Mistry, Lauren Kinnard<br>Not Pictured: Qiana Duru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#2774ae\">In the News<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-subtle-background-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-db17f2547b9dc7575374270df216da3d is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\">Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Dr. Rashmita Mistry was nominated for the 2025 UCLA Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Rashmita Mistry was awarded the 2024 CSES Award for Distinguished Leadership in Psychology. 2023 from the American Psychological Association&#8217;s Committee on Socioeconomic Status.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Rashmita Mistry was recently appointed to serve on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdrc.org\/about\/people\/board\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mdrc.org\/about\/people\/board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Board of Directors<\/a> for MDRC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-subtle-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-13931cc055d3cabb2f3b5a9a4faa9830 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#000000;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:40px\">Milestones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Nguyen for successfully defending her dissertation, &#8220;Perceived Closeness and Connectedness Between Vietnamese American Parents and their Adolescent Children&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Congratulations to Dr. Melanie Seyarto for successfully defending her dissertation, &#8220;Centering Early Educators\u2019 Wellbeing: Understanding the Role of Compensation and Implications for Children\u2019s Development&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-subtle-background-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e3d0d66c4fe10309b2d2bca32fb9738d is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/?page_id=190\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"190\">Recent Publications<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/dev0001958\">Engaging or waiting: Variations in Asian American parents\u2019 motivations and approaches to racial socialization during middle childhood and early adolescence<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/asap.12431\">Social class group identity, intergroup attitudes, and views on social mobility and inequality in the U.K. and the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embracerace.org\/resources\/asian-american-toolkit\">Toolkit on raising Asian American children: Resources designed for parents, educators, and other caregivers who play meaningful roles in the lives of young Asian American children<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-accent-background-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d0eb2ee85400a624435cc2b623c7bd11 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background-color has-text-color\" id=\"patron\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuesi.seis.ucla.edu\/?page_id=429\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"429\">Recent Presentations<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-background-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Lauren Kinnard presented at the 2025 Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality at the Institute of Applied Economic Research in Brasilia, Brazil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Rashmita Mistry served as a discussant for the Presidential Symposium on \u201c<em>Wealth Inequality, Asset Building, and Child Development: Implications for Policy and Practice<\/em>\u201d at the SRCD Biennial Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amaesha Durazi, Lauren Kinnard, Stephanie Nguyen, and Melanie Seyarto presented at the SRCD Biennial Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rashmita MistryHuman Development &amp; PsychologySchool of Education &amp; Information StudiesUniversity of California, Los Angeles Dr. Mistry and her students study children&#8217;s experiences of social inequality and its influences on their academic and social outcomes. 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