11 Facts About Stephanie Fryberg

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Stephanie Fryberg is a Tulalip psychologist who received her Master's and Doctorate degrees from Stanford University, where in 2011 she was inducted into the Multicultural Hall of Fame.

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Stephanie Fryberg's previously taught psychology at the University of Arizona, and at the Tulalip Community at Marysville School.

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Stephanie Fryberg's currently teaches American Indian Studies and Psychology at the University of Michigan, and is a member of the Tulalip Tribe.

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Stephanie Fryberg's translated Carol Dweck's growth mindset; taking a communal-oriented approach.

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In 2013, Stephanie Fryberg did a study on survivors of the 2010 Chile earthquake and Hurricane Katrina to find out how survivors deal with the trauma, specifically by attributing the disasters to religious factors.

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Year, another study was published in which Stephanie Fryberg investigated how academic underperformance among Native American students can be attributed to the standardized model of education more fit for white students that emphasizes assertive and independence, in opposition to the Native American culture of interdependency and intergroup connections.

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In 2012, Stephanie Fryberg investigated the connection between anthropology and cognitive science through the lens of cultural psychology.

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In 2008, through a series of four studies Stephanie Fryberg aimed to investigate the impact of the stereotypes portrayed by Native American mascots on Native American children's self-identity and self-conception.

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Stephanie Fryberg's study concluded that Native American mascot imagery is harmful to Native American students because it portrays them in limited and simplistic ways, resulting in Native American students seeing themselves more simplistically.

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In 2011, Stephanie Fryberg testified before the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on the effects of stereotypical mascots on Native American students.

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Stephanie Fryberg's spoke about how the data for the recent study is kept public, and why the data she collected is more reliable than the poll data.

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