She is currently the Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology at Yale University where she heads the Social Perception and Communication Lab.

[10] She joined the faculty at Yale University in 2016, where she is the Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology and Director of the Social Perception and Communication Lab.

[14] She also serves as an executive committee member on the Societal Experts Action Network,[15] which is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

[23] Recently The Atlantic published an essay of hers about the “enduring narrative” of the “mythology of racial progress” in the United States that she argues would distort to way we perceive reality.

[25] In 2006, Richeson was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, also known as a "genius grant," for her work in "highlighting and analyzing major challenges facing all races in America and in the continuing role played by prejudice and stereotyping in our lives.

SAGE Publishing and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University honored Richeson with the 2020 SAGE-CASBS Award in 2020.

Richeson is recognized for her work examining the psychological phenomena of cultural diversity, social group memberships, dynamics of race and racism, and the course of interracial interactions.

[12] In the prevailing notion about the states marching towards a “majority-minority” nation, Richeson and the lab have explored the anticipated threat that may bring to the current status of White individuals.

[37] Several of her most influential papers describe fMRI-based findings related to increased cognitive control exerted during interracial interactions by white people whose implicit association test results indicate racial bias.

[38][39][40] Although self-regulatory effort in avoiding the expression of prejudice is cognitively demanding, it is found effective in creating a positive environment for interracial interactions.

Richeson and her lab discovered ways to bridge the cross-identity dimensions by recognizing the similarities of the discrimination encountered by different stigmatized groups.