Sydney Klein

Entered Program: 2021

Hometown: Rochester, NY

Current Program:

• PhD, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
• Area of Specialization: Diversity & Culture

Previous Education:

• M.A., Psychology, New York University, 2021
• B.A., Psychology, SUNY Geneseo, 2019

Research Interests

• White youths’ racial socialization & racial identity development
• Critical consciousness and critical literacies
• (Digital) socio-political and civic engagement in children, adolescents and adults
• Youth social and moral development and social information processing
• Bullying and victimization experiences
• Discrimination intervention/reduction
  • In family contexts
  • In school settings
  • In recreational environments 
  • Through media (both traditional and new)
• Development of essentialism and conceptualizing social groups

Major Advisor: Dr. Alaina Brenick