News & Publications
Reports
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California Bar Exam Strategies & Stories Program
Evaluating a Productive Mindset and Structural Intervention that Promotes Achievement on California's Bar Exam
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The Student Experience Project
Increasing Equity in College Student Experience: Findings From a National Collaborative (2022)
Early findings and lessons learned from the Student Experience Project and future directions for university leaders seeking to systematically measure and improve student experience.
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California Community Colleges: Student & Faculty Mindsets
Student Impacts of Faculty Mindsets in California Community Colleges (2022)
Brief overview from project examining how mindsets of faculty and counselors from participating California Community Colleges influence their attitudes about policies, practices they adopt, and their students’ experiences.
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California Community Colleges: Faculty Growth Culture Practices
Fostering Faculty Growth Culture Practices in California Community Colleges: Summary Report 2023
Findings from a project with professional development opportunities to support California community college faculty in creating equitable classroom environments.
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Accelerating Equity And Access To Justice In Courts
Accessing Justice with Zoom: Experiences and Outcomes in Online Civil Courts (2023)
Final report comparing the experiences and outcomes of unrepresented persons attending civil proceedings in person with those accessing court remotely.
In the News
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How to Overcome the Fixed Mindset and Create Cultures of Growth
How To Be Awesome At Your Job
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Groundbreaking New Study Examining the California Bar Cut Score
AccessLex Institute
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Cultures of Growth With Mary C. Murphy
You Are Not So Smart With David McRainey
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How a Culture of Growth Can Transform Your Team
Lead from the Heart with Mark C. Crowley
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Four Triggers That Can Move You Into a Growth Mindset
LinkedIn's Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel
Publications
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Safeguard or Barrier: An Empirical Examination of Bar Exam Cut Scores
Journal of Legal Education
Michael B. Frisby, Sam C. Erman, and Victor D. Quintanilla
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Where and With Whom Does a Brief Social-Belonging Intervention Promote Progress in College?
Science
Walton, G.M., Murphy, M.C., Logel, C., Yeager D.S., Parker-Goyer, J., Brady, S.T., ... Krol, N. (2023)
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A Customized Belonging Intervention Improves Retention of Socially Disadvantaged Students at a Broad-access University
Science Advances
Murphy, M.C., Gopalan, M., Carter, E.R., Emerson, K.T.U., Bottoms, B.L., & Walton, G.M. (2020)
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Does My Professor Think My Ability Can Change?
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Muenks, K., Canning, E.A., LaCosse, J., Green, D.J., Zirkel, S. Garcia, J.A., & Murphy, M.C. (2020)
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Professors Who Signal a Fixed Mindset About Ability Undermine Women’s Performance in STEM
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Canning, E. A., Ozier, E., Williams, H. E., AlRasheed, R., & Murphy, M. C. (2021)