Stephanie Fryberg

Stephanie Fryberg
Fryberg at Native American Student Advocacy Institute
Occupation	Psychologist
Academic background
Education	Stanford University
Thesis	Really? You don't look like an American Indian: Social representations and social group identities (2003)
Doctoral advisor	Hazel Rose Markus
Academic work
Institutions	University of Arizona University of Michigan

Stephanie Fryberg is a Tulalip psychologist who received her Master's and Doctorate degrees from Stanford University, where in 2011 she was inducted into the Multicultural Hall of Fame. In the same year, she testified before Senate on Stolen Identities: The impact of racist stereotypes on Indigenous people. She previously taught psychology at the University of Arizona, at the Tulalip Community at Marysville School, and at the University of Washington.^[1] She currently teaches American Indian Studies and Psychology at the Northwestern University in Chicago,^[2] and is a member of the Tulalip Tribes. Her research focuses on race, class, and culture in relation to ones psychological development and mental health. She translated Carol Dweck's growth mindset; taking a communal-oriented approach. The students on her tribe's reservation who received her translation had significant improvement compared to the original version.^[3]