Publications
Preprints
Bauer, C.A., & Walton, G. (under revision at Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences). Liberal Paternalism: Weak-victim narratives are common, especially among liberals, and facilitate the disempowering treatment of disadvantaged individuals. Available at: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/yaqsg
Bauer, C.A., & Job, V. (under revision). Social class differences in the value of talent: First-
but not continuing-generation students prefer being seen as diligent by their parents. https://osf.io/preprints/osf/5rbcn_v1
Bauer, C.A., Reiter, J., & Job, V. (under review). Losing connection - First-Generation
Students’ Cultural Mismatch Experiences Strain Their Relationships to Their Parents. Preprint available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5158128
Zhang, X., Sibia, N., Job, V., Peterson, A., & Bauer, C.A. (under review). Turning
Failures into Opportunities? Unexpected Outcomes of a Failure-Reframing Intervention. Available at: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5660898/v1
Tekeli, M. R., Polat, H., Arıkan, Z., & Bauer, C. (under revision). Understanding The
Challenges in Finding and Maintaining Employment When Dealing with Substance Use Disorder in Türkiye. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/e29hp_v1
Papers
Bauer, C. A., Walton, G. M., Hoyer, J., & Job, V. (2026). Depression-Reframing: Recognizing
the Strength in Mental Illness Improves Goal Pursuit Among People Who Have Faced Depression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672251412492
Zhang, X., Job, V., & Bauer, C.A. (2026). Not so Different, and not
Deficient: First-and Continuing-generation Students’ Selves and Self-discrepancies. British Journal of Psychology, 117(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70009
Roth, J., Poyil, A. K., Maher, P., & Bauer, C. A. (2026). Balancing identities during
acculturation: Migrant’s identification with their host country and their home country depend on their perceived differences. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 111, 102376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2026.102376
Bauer, C.A., Poddar, A., Brummelman, E., & Cimpian, A. (2025). The Brilliance-
Belonging Model: How Cultural Beliefs about Intellectual Ability Undermine Educational Equity. Educational Psychology Review, 37(3), 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10034-2
Job, V., Mlynski, C. & Bauer, C.A. (2025). How difficulty beliefs shape important life
outcomes. Trends in Cognitive Science, 29(11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.018
Bauer, C., Miller, D., Silverman, D., & Frankenhuis, W. (2025). Recognizing Individuals’
Agency Amidst Disadvantage. How to Study Inequality Using a Holistic Approach That is Accurate and Non‐Stigmatizing. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 19(2), e70035. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/d6jxh
Selvanathan, H., Leidner, B., Syropoulos, S., Louis, W., Adelman, L., Baka, A., Bauer, C.,
Blikmans, M., Becker, M., Beran, E., Bilewicz, M., Chekroun, P., Greitemeyer, T., Hannover, B., Jasinkaja, I., Kardos, P., Li, M., Lindholm, T., Loughnan, S., Mros, T., Paladino, M., Papadopoulou, M., Rovenpor, D., Sadus, K., Vaes, J., van Hiel, A., van Zomeren, M. (2025). Far-right movements in the Western world: How media exposure relates to normative beliefs and attitudes toward the far-right. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241309554
Bauer, C.A., Walton, G., Job, V., & Stephens, N. (2025). The Strengths of People in
Low-SES Positions: An Identity-Reframing Intervention Improves Low-SES Students’ Achievement Over One Semester, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16(1), 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241284806
Bauer, C., & Job, V. (2024). Double disadvantage: Female first-generation students think
of themselves as least talented, contributing to disproportionate disadvantage.
Learning and Instruction, 90, 101865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2023.101865
Duden, G.S., Reiter, J., Bauer, C., Haslinger, C., Mroz, C., & Rohmann, A. (2024). “Knowing
My Way around” – The Role of Urban Spaces for Migrant Identity Content and Sense of Belonging in Germany, Identity, 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2024.2330909
Sibia, N., Bui, G., Wang, B., Tan, Y., Zavaleta Bernuy, A., Bauer, C., ... & Petersen, A.
(2024). Examining Intention to Major in Computer Science: Perceived Potential and Challenges. In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 (pp. 1237-1243).
Bauer, C. A., Job, V., & Hannover, B. (2023). Who gets to see themselves as talented?
Biased self-concepts contribute to first-generation students' disadvantage in talent-focused environments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 108, 104501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104501
Bauer, C. A., & Walton, G. (2023). Identity‐reframing interventions: How to effectively
highlight individuals' background‐specific strengths. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(1), e12830. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12830
Bauer, C.A., Boemelburg, R., & Walton, G. (2021). From weak victims to resourceful actors:
Reframing refugees’ stigmatized identity enhances long-term academic engagement. Psychological Science, 32(12), 1896-1906. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211028978
Bauer, C.A., & Hannover, B. (2021). Do Only White or Asian Males Belong in Genius
Organizations? How Academic Organizations’ Fixed Theories of Excellence Help or Hinder Different Student Groups’ Sense of Belonging. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 631142. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631142
Bauer, C.A., & Hannover, B. (2020). Avoiding those who may reject you -
How perceived discrimination and a sense of inauthenticity predict homophile friendship patterns among refugees in Germany. Social Psychology, 51(6), 396-407. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000423
Data & Material
Bauer, C. A., & Hannover, B. (2020). Changing “us” and hostility towards “them”— Implicit
theories of national identity determine prejudice and participation rates in an anti‐immigrant petition. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(4), 810-826. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2666