I am a social psychologist interested in stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. My scholarship focuses on how stereotypes guide judgments of, memory for, and behavior directed at members of marginalized groups. In my primary line of research, I investigate experiences of intersectional invisibility, a form of oppression, including not being remembered, differentiated from others, or given recognition for contributions (in the workplace, school, and everyday life) that is experienced by people with multiple stigmatized identities. In my research I have sought to document 1) invisibility effects from the perceiver’s perspective (Sesko & Biernat, 2010), 2) factors that lead to and reduce invisibility (Sesko & Biernat, 2018; Sternberg et al., 2024), 3) downstream consequences of invisibility (e.g., in the workplace, Biernat & Sesko, 2013), and 4) experiences of invisibility (for health, well-being, academic success, and belonging Sesko & Biernat, 2025; Sesko et al., under review; and in a scale validation project, Sesko et al., under review).

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I have also conducted equity focused research in applied and community settings. For example, I am a Co-PI on two National Science Foundation funded programs that promote access in STEM for low-income students at UWT. 

For more information about my research, get up-to-date access to a list of publications on orcid.org.