Hazel Rose Markus

Hazel Rose Markus is the Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. 

A social and cultural psychologist, Markus' research focuses on the role of self in regulating behavior and on how people are shaped by—and can shape—their many cultures, including those of nation or region of origin, gender, social class, race, ethnicity, religion, occupation, and more.  Recent work investigates how culture matters for public health, economic development, sustainability, and education. It includes theoretical and empirical research on what culture is, how it works, and how to change it.

Markus received her B.A. from California State University at San Diego and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. 

She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the British Academy, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has received the American Psychological Association's award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Donald T. Campbell award for contributions to social psychology, the American Psychological Society William James Award for lifetime achievement for basic research, and the SPSP Outstanding Contribution to Cultural Psychology award. 

Markus is faculty co-director of Stanford SPARQ, and former Director of the Research Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE). She is a trustee of the Russell Sage Foundation, an advisor to the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR) and also a member of the CIFAR Boundaries, Membership, and Belonging Program, and the former President of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.