Miriam Matthews

Miriam Matthews is a behavioral and social scientist at the RAND Corporation. She conducts research in the areas of political psychology and diversity and multiculturalism. Matthews has published research on multiple topics, including the factors that contribute to negative intergroup attitudes among Americans and Arabs, the influence of acculturation ideologies on intergroup attitudes, the effects of threats on political attitudes, and the situations that influence support for anti-Western jihad. In addition, she has examined employment barriers for civilians with disabilities and Hispanics in the Department of Defense (DoD), measurement and prevention of hazing in the US Armed Forces, measurement of racial/ethnic harassment and discrimination, sexual assault prevention and response, and various international data collection efforts. She was granted a transdisciplinary grant and national fellowship in support of her research. Matthews earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University, and she was a postdoctoral research fellow with the University of Oxford.