Nicole M. Stephens

Unseen disadvantage: How American universities' focus on independence undermines the academic performance of first-generation college students.

Nicole M. Stephens, Stephanie A. Fryberg, Hazel Rose Markus et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2012 · 1.2K citations

Postsecondary Education, Educational Psychology, Education +22

Closing the Social-Class Achievement Gap

Nicole M. Stephens, MarYam G. Hamedani, Mesmin Destin · Psychological Science · 2014 · 578 citations

Choice as an act of meaning: The case of social class.

Nicole M. Stephens, Hazel Rose Markus, Sarah S. M. Townsend · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2007 · 526 citations

Behavioral Decision Making, Choice Theory, Social Theory +26

A cultural mismatch: Independent cultural norms produce greater increases in cortisol and more negative emotions among first-generation college students

Nicole M. Stephens, Sarah S. M. Townsend, Hazel Rose Markus et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 2012 · 322 citations

Culture, First-generation College Students, Social Psychology +12

A Road Map for an Emerging Psychology of Social Class

Michael W. Kraus, Nicole M. Stephens · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · 2012 · 283 citations

Social Class –, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology +21