The dynamics of interracial interactions – the ways in which social anxieties, both general and particular to these interactions, shape the course of events and the inferences participants draw from them – are central to my primary line of work. Using a variety of methodologies, including experimental laboratory and diary assessments, I examine how Whites’ and ethnic minorities’ interpersonal concerns about issues of prejudice (i.e., concerns with appearing prejudiced and concerns with being rejected) influence the dynamics of intergroup interactions and ultimately the development and maintenance of cross-racial friendships are also important to me. I also concentrate on the factors that incline ethnic minorities and women to make or refrain from making attributions to discrimination and confront perpetrators of prejudice as well as the personal and social costs of confronting and or avoiding them.