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Stereotype Threat Paradigm in Search of a Phenomenon: A Comment on Kellow and Jones’s (2008) Study

University of Michigan, whaleyal{at}umich.edu

In a recent study, Kellow and Jones apply the stereotype threat paradigm to a sample of African American students attending an urban high school. The purpose of this commentary is to provide a conceptual and methodological critique of Kellow and Jones’s study. Implications for the role of Black psychologists in evaluating research on African American populations are discussed.

Key Words: a chievement gap • African American • high school students • racial identity • stereotype threat

This version was published on November 1, 2009

Journal of Black Psychology, Vol. 35, No. 4, 485-494 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0095798408329986


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