Dr. White was born in Langston, OK (home of Langston University) and spent most of his adolescence in southeastern KY (Appalachian Mountains). He received a Bachelor’s at Berea College (Berea, KY) in 1989 and his Ph.D. at Northeastern University (Boston, MA) in 1993. Dr. White spent two years as a postdoc at The Ohio State University before joining the University of Utah in 1995. Dr. White's research and teaching interests are in attitudes and persuasion, prejudice and stereotyping, group processes, motivation, and diversity issues. His work attempts to understand the underlying motivations that connect stigma and identity issues within these larger areas of study.