Amber Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Advising:
Accepting new graduate students in 2025-2026.
Areas:
Developmental, Social and Personality
Interests: Racial socialization; Children's racial attitudes, racial inequality explanations, and cross-race friendships
Research
I study how children think about racial and ethnic categories, stereotypes, and inequality. I also examine how children's beliefs and attitudes about racial/ethnic groups impact their behaviors, including their friendship choices. Finally, I am interested in better understanding the direct and indirect messages parents and other socializers send children about race and ethnicity and how these messages impact children's own attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2015)
- PSYCH 456: Social and Moral Development