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Tawa, J. (2017). The beliefs about race scale (BARS): Dimensions of racial essentialism and their psychometric properties. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Tawa, J. (2017). Asymmetric peer selections among Blacks, Asians, and Whites in a virtual environment: Preliminary evidence for triangulated threat theory. The Journal of Social Psychology


Tawa, J. (2017). 鈥淲alk a mile in my shoes:鈥 A virtual world exercise in fostering students鈥 subjective understandings of the experiences of People of Color. In M.E. Ma & A. Oikonomou (Eds.). Serious Games and Edutainment Applications, Vol 2. New York: Springer


Tawa, J. & Tauriac, J.J. (2017). Teaching power beyond Black and White: Recognizing and working with student resistance in diverse classrooms. In E. Pinderhughes, P. Romney, & V. Jackson (Eds.). Understanding Power: A Human Service Imperative. Washington D.C.: National Association of Social Work Press.


Tawa, J., Ma, R., & Katsumoto, S. (2016). 鈥淎ll lives matter:鈥 The cost of colorblind racial attitudes in diverse social networks. Race and Social Problems, 8 (2), 196 - 208.


Tawa, J., Negr贸n, R., Suyemoto, K.L. & Carter, A.S. (2015). The effects of resource competition on Blacks鈥, Asians鈥, and Whites鈥 social distances: A virtual world method. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 18 (6), 761 鈥 777.


Packard, B. W., Marciano, V., Payne, J.M., Bledzki, L. A., Woodard, C.T. (2014). Negotiating Peer Mentoring Roles in Undergraduate Research Lab Settings. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. doi: 10.1080/13611267.2014.983327