Our research is two-pronged. First, we have concentrated on how potential victims of discrimination respond to unequal treatment. Our specific focus is on issues arising from the personal/group discrimination discrepancy and the conditions under which disadvantaged group members may, or may not, acknowledge being a victim of discrimination. Beyond this we address the question of the conditions that are associated with members of a disadvantaged group engaging in collective action. In terms of perpetrators of prejudice and discrimination, we have applied the concept of "stereotype threat" that has been applied to disadvantaged groups, and explored its application for members of disadvantaged groups. We are also exploring the concept of collective guilt to understand possible mechanisms for the reduction of prejudice. 

Selected work:

 
Taylor, D. M., Wright, S. C., Moghaddam, F. M., & Lalonde, R. N. (1990). The personal/group discrimination discrepancy: Perceiving my group, but not myself, to be a target for discrimination. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 16, 254-262.
 
Taylor, D. M., & Moghaddam, F. M. (1994). Theories of intergroup relations: International, social psychological perspectives. New York: Praeger Publications.
 
Taylor, D. M., Wright, S. C., & Ruggiero, K. M. (2000). Discrimination: An invisible evil. In L. Driedger & S. Hali (Eds.) Visible minorities: Race and racism in Canada (pp.186-202). Ottawa: Carleton University Press.
 
Dambrun, M., Taylor, D. M., McDonald, D. A., Crush, J., & Méot, A. (2006). The relative deprivation-gratification continuum and the attitudes of South Africans toward immigrants: A test of the V-Curve hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 1032-1044.