Claude Steele Presenting His Research Along with writing up their research for publication, psychologists also often discuss their research at psychology conferences. Here, Stanford University professor Claude Steele presents his research at the annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science (APS). Steele’s research centers on stereotype threat, which refers to the ways that negative stereotypes can affect the performance of people who belong to stigmatized groups. We discuss Steele’s influential research in Chapter 7.