Adam Stanaland
@adamstanaland.bsky.social
Assistant prof at the University of Richmond. Social + developmental psychology, masculinity, identity, power, status, etc.
Join us on Oct. 30 for the next PUI Invited Research Talk, highlighting outstanding research at teaching-focused institutions! Ally Martinez and Adam Stanaland will explore whether there is a link between ego threat and aggression. Sign up: https://ow.ly/wzAN50ZYzPe
Always love to see friends and colleagues quoted in the news! Here's @adamstanaland.bsky.social (former NYU postdoc, current University of Richmond professor) dissecting Ken Paxton's masculinity-centered attacks on James Talarico in Texas. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
'Low-T': MAGA insults Talarico's masculinity, but it isn't working
Republicans have made James Talarico, mounting an unusually strong Senate bid in ruby-red Texas, a top target in the midterms. Will it work?
usatoday.com
Pete Hegseth’s new military plan is misguided at best and harmful at worst. My piece for @us.theconversation.com 👇
The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com · 3mo agoDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requiring service members to screen for low testosterone levels. Ironically, the military lifestyle itself is more likely to lower T levels. theconversation.com/more-testost...
More testosterone won’t make a better soldier or a tougher man: Decades of research undercut Defense Sec. Hegseth’s core claim that more testosterone means a more aggressive, dominant, masculine man. Analysis by Prof. @adamstanaland.bsky.social theconversation.com/more-testost...
More testosterone won’t make a better soldier or a tougher man – aggression and strength drive T levels, not the other way around
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requiring service members to screen for low testosterone levels. Ironically, the military lifestyle itself is more likely to lower T levels.
theconversation.com
Please repost — great opportunity for someone considering graduate school or a research career! Full-time Cognitive Science Lab Manager across multiple awesome labs here at @urichmond.bsky.social. Happy to answer questions or direct them! richmond.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff_...
Cognitive Science Lab Manager
Job Description *A resume and cover letter are required in order to be considered for this position. Finalists may be asked to provide the names and contact information for two professional references...
richmond.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
Great article from @avial.bsky.social and @adamstanaland.bsky.social about how boys are motivated to avoid femininity by age 5. Their results show that the problematic trend that "masculine" things are cool for everyone but "feminine" things are only for girls/women starts early.
Gender conformity starts young – and boys and girls fall in line in different ways
Children learn what it means to be a woman or a man early on. How they respond to threats to how well they conform to gender stereotypes changes with age.
theconversation.com
Joint first authors by @adamstanaland.bsky.social and @avial.bsky.social also wrote a lovely companion piece in The Conversation: theconversation.com/gender-confo...
Gender conformity starts young – and boys and girls fall in line in different ways
Children learn what it means to be a woman or a man early on. How they respond to threats to how well they conform to gender stereotypes changes with age.
theconversation.com
So proud of my honors students presenting their thesis work! Can’t wait to continue this important experimental work on different behavioral forms of aggression + individual differences in men’s romantic conflict responses @spspnews.bsky.social #spsp2025
Day 1 @spspnews.bsky.social was a big success! Esha gave a great talk on gesturing in interracial interactions, @kirbylam.bsky.social presented a poster on masculine norm violations, and we had a fun lab social hour with one our alums @adamstanaland.bsky.social! #SPSP2025
