New Directions in Identity Theory and Research has twenty-three chapters that address new theoretical, methodological, and substantive work in identity theory in sociological social psychology. The work emerged out of a 2014 national conference that brought together researchers who were working in different but interrelated strands of identity theory: the perceptual control and social structural programs. One goal of the conference was to more fully integrate these research programs, thus creating a more unified theory moving forward. A second goal of the conference was to honor and continue to develop the scholarly contributions of Peter J. Burke upon his retirement. His significant contributions to social psychology and his development of identity theory leave a rich set of ideas for the next generation of scholars. The work in this volume from over thirty-five scholars presents a wide array of research on such issues as the neurological processing of identities, identity change, racial/ethnic identities, stigmatized identities, identities and emotions, and identities in our digital age.