Denise Sekaquaptewa

Dr. Denise Sekaquaptewa


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Academic Career Length

25Years (2002-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2002 in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
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MTMischa Thompson
Mischa Thompson
DSDenise Sekaquaptewa
Denise Sekaquaptewa

14 September 2020 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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MMMary C. Murphy
Mary C. Murphy
AMAmanda F. Mejia
Amanda F. Mejia
JMJorge Mejia
Jorge Mejia
XYXiaoran Yan
Xiaoran Yan
SCSapna Cheryan
Sapna Cheryan
FPFranco Pestilli
Franco Pestilli
Science is undergoing rapid change with the movement to improve science focused largely on reproducibility/replicability and open science practices. This moment of change—in which science turns inward to examine its methods and practices—provides an opportunity to address its historic lack of diversity and noninclusive culture. Through network modeling and semantic analysis, we provide an initial exploration of the structure, cultural frames, and women’s participation in the open science and reproducibility literatures (n = 2,926 articles and conference proceedings). Network analyses suggest that the open science and reproducibility literatures are emerging relatively independently of each other, sharing few common papers or authors. We next examine whether the literatures differentially incorporate collaborative, prosocial ideals that are known to engage members of underrepresented groups more than independent, winner-takes-all approaches. We find that open science has a more connected, collaborative structure than does reproducibility. Semantic analyses of paper abstracts reveal that these literatures have adopted different cultural frames: open science includes more explicitly communal and prosocial language than does reproducibility. Finally, consistent with literature suggesting the diversity benefits of communal and prosocial purposes, we find that women publish more frequently in high-status author positions (first or last) within open science (vs. reproducibility). Furthermore, this finding is further patterned by team size and time. Women are more represented in larger teams within reproducibility, and women’s participation is increasing in open science over time and decreasing in reproducibility. We conclude with actionable suggestions for cultivating a more prosocial and diverse culture of science. Significance Science is rapidly changing with the current movement to improve science focused largely on reproducibility/replicability and open science practices. Through network modeling and semantic analysis, this article provides an initial exploration of the structure, cultural frames of collaboration and prosociality, and representation of women in the open science and reproducibility literatures. Network analyses reveal that the open science and reproducibility literatures are emerging relatively independently with few common papers or authors. Open science has a more collaborative structure and includes more explicit language reflecting communality and prosociality than does reproducibility. Finally, women publish more frequently in high-status author positions within open science compared with reproducibility. Implications for cultivating a diverse, collaborative culture of science are discussed.

1 October 2007 in Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
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DSDenise Sekaquaptewa
Denise Sekaquaptewa
AWAndrew Waldman
Andrew Waldman
MTMischa Thompson
Mischa Thompson
A preliminary study and main experiment tested the hypothesis that racial solo status (being the only member of one's race in a group) increases racial self-construal among African Americans. The preliminary study showed that African American men and women reported greater collectivist (i.e., group-based) over individualist self-construal under solo compared to nonsolo status, whereas Whites did not. The main experiment showed that the increased collectivism among African American solo women appears to be strongly reflected in racial identity becoming a salient aspect of self-construal. African American participants were also more likely than Whites to perceive that their anticipated performance would be generalized to their race, to feel like representatives of their race, and to show greater performance apprehension (indirectly evidenced by increased self-handicapping) when in racial solo status. The implications of solo status for African Americans in evaluative situations (such as academic testing sessions) are discussed.

31 January 2006 in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
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AKAmy Kiefer
Amy Kiefer
DSDenise Sekaquaptewa
Denise Sekaquaptewa
ABAmanda Barczyk
Amanda Barczyk

31 January 2004 in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
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DSDenise Sekaquaptewa
Denise Sekaquaptewa
PEPenelope Espinoza
Penelope Espinoza