Diane Hughes is a professor of applied psychology and the director of the Center for Research on Culture, Development, and Education within the Steinhardt School at New York University. Dr. Hughes has written extensively about ethnic-racial dynamics across various settings including families, schools, workplaces, and peer groups, especially in relation to parenting and adolescents' well-being. Topics include experienced discrimination, racial stereotypes, racial socialization, and ethnic identity. Hughes also conducts local and national workshops for parents and community members on having conversations about race with children. She also studies various factors that shape academic engagement and achievement during early adolescence. Hughes received her BA in psychology and African American studies from Williams College and her PhD in community and developmental psychology from the University of Michigan. She is former chair of the MacArthur Midlife Network's subcommittee on Ethnic Diversity in Urban Contexts and is former chair of the Cross-university Study Group on Race, Culture, and Ethnicity. Her research has been funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development.