Dover, T. L., Kaiser, C. R., & Major, B. 2020.
"Mixed signals: The unintended effects of diversity initiatives. "
Social Issues and Policy Review, 14. (1), 152-181. doi: 10.1111/sipr.12059.
Dover, T. L., Major, B., & Kaiser, C. R. 2020.
"Cardiovascular, behavioral and psychological responses to organizational prodiversity messages among racial/ethnic minorities. "
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1-21. doi: 10.1177/1368430220944222.
Major, B., Rathbone, J. A., Blodorn, A., & Hunger, J. M. 2020.
"The countervailing effects of weight stigma on weight-loss motivation and perceived capacity for weight control. "
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1-13. doi: 10.1177/0146167220903184.
Gordon, A. M., Prather, A. A., Dover, T., Espino-Perez, K., Small, P., & Major, B. 2020.
"Anticipated and experienced ethnic/racial discrimination and sleep: A longitudinal study. "
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1-12. doi: 10.1177/014616722C928859.
Small, P. A. & Major, B. 2019.
"Crossing the racial line: The fluidity vs. fixedness of racial identity. "
Self and Identity, 1-26. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2019.1662839.
Dover, T. L., Hunger, J. M. & Major, B. 2019.
"Health consequences of prejudice and discrimination. "
In K. Sweeny & M. Robins (Eds.), The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology.
McCleary-Gaddy, A. T., Miller, C. T., Grover, K. W., Hodge, J. J., & Major, B. 2019.
"Weight stigma and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis reactivity in individuals who are overweight. "
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53. (4), 392-398. doi: 10.1093/abm/kay042.
Dover, T. L., Major, B., & Glace, A. M. 2019.
"Discrimination, health, and the costs and benefits of believing in system fairness. "
Health Psychology, Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/hea0000841.
Dover, T., Major, B., & Kaiser, C.R. 2016.
"Members of high-status groups are threatened by pro-diversity organizational messages."
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 62,58-67. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2015.10.006.
Spencer-Rodgers, J., Major, B. Forster, D. , & Peng, K. 2016.
"The Power of Affirming Group Values: Group Affirmation Buffers the Self-Esteem of Women Exposed to Blatant Sexism."
Self and Identity. DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2016.1145593.
Richman, L., Blodorn, A. & Major, B. In press.
"An identity-based model of discrimination and health behaviors: Implications for Health Disparities."
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Dover, T., Major, B. & Kaiser, C. R. (in press).
"Diversity Structures, Status, and System-Justifying Beliefs: When Diversity Initiatives Backfire."
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Dover, T., Kaiser, C.R. & Major, B. 2016.
"Diversity policies don't make organizations fairer and they threaten white men."
Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2016/01/diversity-policies-dont-help-women-or-minorities...
Blodorn, A., Major, B. & Kaiser, C. In press.
"Perceived discrimination and poor health: Accounting for self-blame complicates a well-established relationship."
Social Science and Medicine.
Hoyt, C.H, Burnette, J.L, Auster-Gussman, L., Blodorn, A, & Major, B. In press.
"The obesity stigma asymmetry model: The indirect and divergent effects of blame and changeability beliefs on anti-fat prejudice."
Stigma and Health.
Major, B., Kunstman, J., Sawyer, P., Townsend, S. & Mendes, W. B. 2016.
"Suspicion of motives predicts minorities' responses to positive feedback in interracial interactions."
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,62, 75-88. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2015.10.007.
Blodorn, A., Major, B., Hunger, J.M. & Miller, C.T. 2016.
"Unpacking the psychological weight of weight stigma: A rejection-expectation pathway."
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 63,69-76. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2015.12.003.
Ryan, W., Hunger, J. & Major, B. In press.
"Understanding LGB Mental and Physical Health Disparities Through the Lens of Stigma and Social Identity Threat."
Journal of Social Issues.
Blodorn, A. & Major, B. (in press) Stigma. In H. Miller (Ed.),
"Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology"
Brady, L.M., Kaiser, C., Major, B. & Kirby, T. (2015)
"It's fair for us: Diversity structures cause women to legitimize discrimination."
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.57, 100-110.
LaCosse, J., Tuscherer, T., Kunstman, J., Plant, A., Trawalter, S. & Major, B. 2015.
"Suspicion of White people's motives relates to relative accuracy in detecting external motivation to respond without prejudice."
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Major, B, & Dover, T. 2015.
"Attributions to discrimination: Antecedents and Consequences."
In T.D. Nelson (Ed.). Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Hunger, J.M., Major, B., Blodorn, A. & Miller, C. (2015)
"Weighed down by stigma: How weight-based social identity threat contributes to weight gain and health."
Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 9, 255-268. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12172
Dover, T. L., Major, B., Kunstman, J. W., & Sawyer, P. J. (2015)
"Does unfairness feel different if it can be linked to group membership? Cognitive, affective, behavioral and physiological implications of discrimination and unfairness."
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 56, 96-103.
Kirby, T., Kaiser, C. & Major, B. (2015)
"Insidious procedures: Diversity awards legitimize unfair organizational procedures."
Social Justice Research, 28, 169-186. doi: 10.1007/s11211-015-0240-z
Hunger, J.M. & Major, B. 2014.
"Weight Stigma Mediates the Association between BMI and Psychological and Physical Health."
Health Psychology.
Major, B., Hunger, J., Bunyan, D & Miller, C.T. 2014.
"The ironic effects of weight stigma."
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 51, 74-80.
Dover, T., Major, B. & Kaiser, C. R. 2014.
"Diversity initiatives, status, and system-justifying beliefs: When and how diversity efforts de-legitimize discrimination claims."
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 17(4), 485-493.
Proulx, T. & Major, B. (2013).
"A Raw Deal: Heightened Liberalism Following Exposure to Anomalous Playing Cards."
Journal of Social Issues,69(3) 455-472.
Eliezer, D. & Major, B.
"It's not your fault: The social costs of claiming discrimination on behalf of someone else"
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Vol 15, no 4. 487-502. 2013.
Kaiser, C. R., Major, B., Jurcevic, I., Dover, T., Brady, L. M., & Shapiro, J. R. (2013).
"Presumed fair: Ironic effects of organizational diversity structures."
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 104 (3) 504-519.
Townsend, S.S.M., Eliezer, D., Major, B., Mendes, W.B. (2013).
"Influencing the world versus adjusting to constraints: Social class moderates responses to discrimination."
Social Psychological and Personality Science.5(2), 226-234.
Major, B., Eliezer, D. & Rieck, H.
"The psychological weight of weight stigma"
Social Psychological and Personality Science. 2013.
Major, B., Mendes, W.B. & Dovidio, J. (2013).
"Intergroup relations and health disparities: A social psychological perspective."
Health Psychology, 32, 514-524.
Simon, S., Kinias, Z., O'Brien, L.T., Major, B., Bivolaru, E. (2013).
"Prototypes of discrimination: How status asymmetry and stereotype asymmetry affect judgments of racial discrimination."
Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35(6), 525-533.
Major, B., Sawyer, P.J. & Kunstman, J.W. (2013).
"Minority perceptions of Whites' motives for responding without prejudice: The perceived internal and external motivation to avoid prejudice scales."
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 39(3), 401-414.
Major, B. & Kunstsman, J. W. (2013).
"Suspicion in Interracial Interactions: Using Measures of Cardiovascular Reactivity to Index Threat."
In B. Derks, D. Scheepers & N. Ellemers (Eds.) The Neuroscience of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Sawyer, P.J., Major, B., Casad, B., Townsend, SSM, & Mendes, WB.
"Discrimination and the stress response: Psychological and physiological consequences of anticipating prejudice in interracial interactions"
American Journal of Public Health.102.5, 1020-1026. 2012.
Major, B., S.S.M. Townsend, P.J. Sawyer & W.B. Mendes
"From "in the air" to "under the skin": Cortisol responses to social identity threat"
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2012
O'Brien, L. T., Major, B. N., & Gilbert, P. N.
"Gender differences in entitlement: The role of system-justifying beliefs"
Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 34(2), 136-145. 2012.
Eliezer, D., Townsend, S. S. M., Sawyer, P. J., Major, B. & Mendes, W. B.
"System justifying beliefs moderate the relationship between perceived discrimination and resting blood pressure"
Social Cognition.29, 303-321.