Researcher ORCID Identifier

0009-0009-0926-9675

Graduation Year

2024

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science

Department

Psychology

Reader 1

Jennifer Ma

Reader 2

Jennifer Groscup

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Abstract

There is a large gap in research on whether students of different races are reprimanded equally for academic dishonesty. Past research shows that ethnic minority students are often punished more severely and frequently than ethnic majority students (Fix et al., 2023; Girvan et al., 2021; Quinn, 2020; Skiba et al., 2011). This proposed study will examine how student race and teacher race influence the severity of punishment a student experiences for academic dishonesty. A 5 (teacher race: Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, other) x 4 (target student race: Black, White, Hispanic, Asian) between groups factorial design was used. Participants will read a created scenario and then be asked to judge the student objectively and subjectively on severity of punishment. There will be a main effect of student race such that participants are expected to punish Hispanic and Black students more severely than Asian and White students in the context of academic dishonesty. Additionally, if the teacher’s race matches the student race, then they are expected to punish the student less severely. Lastly, it was hypothesized that severity of punishment will be higher with subjective ratings than objective ratings. The findings may be beneficial to educational institutions when developing better policies to deal with punitive disciplinary consequences and for developing a stronger understanding of the effect of teacher’s perceptions on their decisions.

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