Stigma, Identity, and Intersectionality Research Lab

Near the northern edge of Morningside Heights, 525 W 120th St fits into a stretch of Columbia’s upper campus where labs carrying make-or-break questions occasionally open their doors to outsiders. Stigma, Identity, and Intersectionality Research Lab sits here, carving out a niche devoted to the overlapping forces that shape daily experience.

The building itself wears the usual institutional beige, but inside are clusters focused on stigma—its triggers, its circuitry in policy and media, identity—how it’s policed, rewritten, or weaponized, and intersectionality—the knotted criteria that decide whose stories get heard. Across its rooms you’ll find feasibility tests for new survey instruments, early-stage clinical trial recruitment, and methodology comparisons that shuffle through dozens of datasets in a single quarter.

For the fastest way to reach them, dial (212) 678-3000. You’ll be routed to an answering service that can connect research assistants during published briefing windows.

A quick map with the listed address drops you at the building’s north gate. Inside, the elevators are locked to cardholders; visitors should text the extension posted on the directory when they arrive.