We’re thrilled to have such a wonderful lineup this year! Please consider submitting your work, we’ll have open slots for full length and blitz talks, as well as posters! We’re also working to organize a session on translational science, so if you care about bridging theory and impact, stay tuned!

Conrad Hackett@conradhackett.bsky.social · 3w ago

I look forward to giving the keynote address at the 2027 SPSP Religion & Spirituality Preconference on February 11 in Philadelphia. Submissions open. Propose a research talk, data blitz, or poster by October 8. spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2027-p... Graduate-student registration fees will be waived.

Who gets to claim a religious exemption? In the eyes of Americans, the answer depends heavily on political ideology, not just the belief itself. My first first-author paper is out in @spspnews.bsky.social’s Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin! New paper 🧵1/10

I'm thrilled to share that I have defended my dissertation, "Falling Short? Testing the Causal Relationship Between Downward Mobility and Populist Support." A lot of existing work (including some of my own pre-testing) links downward mobility to support for populist politics. 1/4

Way to go, @abbycassario.bsky.social! So excited (and lucky) to have you joining our lab as a postdoc this summer!!!

Abby Cassario@abbycassario.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm thrilled to share that I have defended my dissertation, "Falling Short? Testing the Causal Relationship Between Downward Mobility and Populist Support." A lot of existing work (including some of my own pre-testing) links downward mobility to support for populist politics. 1/4

Attending @spspnews.bsky.social ews.bsky.social in our home city of Chicago this coming week? Be sure to check out the cool work being done by members of our lab, including postdoc @ncaluori.bsky.social, grad students @marykatz.bsky.social & Zarnab Zahoor, and undergrad Yahel Tirosh!

I had such a great time chatting about belief, belonging, and intergroup relations on #ThisisUIC — the official podcast of the University of Illinois Chicago! You can Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at today.uic.edu/podcast/beli...

📣 Excited to share new work led by @anneleh.bsky.social and Star Hartley in @spssi.bsky.social's Journal of Social issues! We report studies w/ indigenous iTaukei and Indo-Fijians (displaced under colonial rule) investigating how each reasons about equal rights and democratic governance in Fiji.

I didn’t expect my first interview with the @nytimes.com to be from my 4-day old child’s pediatrician’s appointment! “Singular acts of violence, when they serve a particular narrative, are being spun into a tale of persecution,” Pasek said. “And that is where things feel dangerous to me.”

The Paradox of Violence

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The @spspnews.bsky.social Religion & Spirituality Preconference is accepting applications for talks, data blitzes, & posters until 10/23! We're excited to hear from Kathleen Corriveau, @alexandraworm.bsky.social, @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social & @joshcjackson.bsky.social. More info: tinyurl.com/33x9za7r

We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Couldn’t have done it without the support from my incredible advisor! Thanks, Mikey! :)

Mikey Pasek@mikeypasek.bsky.social · last yr.

Way to go @marykatz.bsky.social, who successfully defended her master's thesis today: "A Social Psychological Window Into How Americans Think About First Amendment Religious Exemption Requests." She's doing such cool work at the nexus of social psych, political psych, and the psych of religion!!

Now out in JPSP! Behavioral economic experiments w/ Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Jews in the U.S., Israel and Fiji show that belief in God can facilitate cooperation, even across religious divides! More about our work (co-led with @jeremyginges.bsky.social) below! psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Reactions to the new Pope are yet another good example of how our religious evaluations are (now, maybe always) downstream of partisan in-group concerns. Conservatives dismissing him with no other knowledge other than hearing he's like Francis. Progressives celebrating him cuz he criticized Vance.

I am hiring a new Lab Manager to help run the NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation. We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested! Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620 See more details below:

So honored to have received this award! I couldn’t have done it without the support of the most incredible advisor :)

Mikey Pasek@mikeypasek.bsky.social · last yr.

Proud advisor moment, getting to celebrate @marykatz.bsky.social winning a Graduate Student Paper Award at the Midwestern Psychological Association! Catch her talk (and my other student Zarnab’s talk) tomorrow morning!

Proud advisor moment, getting to celebrate @marykatz.bsky.social winning a Graduate Student Paper Award at the Midwestern Psychological Association! Catch her talk (and my other student Zarnab’s talk) tomorrow morning!

Will Americans vote for an atheist? Across 4 survey experiments, authors find Democrats favorable, Republicans unfavorable. Importantly, for highly-religious Republicans, even describing the atheist as a patriotic war hero doesn't seem to matter (atheist = 👎). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Will Americans Vote for an Atheist?

Conventional wisdom holds and previous research confirms that for a political candidate, atheism is anathema. But the United States is becoming a more secular nation. Does secularization mean that at...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

After years of steady decline the share of US population who are Christians is stabilizing and perhaps a slight bounce back. One wonders what “Christian” means now, however.

Officially a doctor, or PhDONE (I think is what they say). So grateful to @lindaskitka.bsky.social and all the help I've received these past few years!

We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation. We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Credit @alli.gay @erininthemorning.com @evanurquhart.bsky.social @miralazine.bsky.social @lizsaila.bsky.social

In happy news, our paper, "Thinking about God increases intergroup prosociality even when conflict is salient", is now out in GPIR! Particularly excited that this paper includes two amazing Fijian collaborators who played integral roles in leading fieldwork! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Seems like my old post is getting some traction with new followers. With just 10 days left, here's a reminder that I will be reviewing PhD applications in social-personality psych for my lab at UIC. Details & research priorities are on my lab website. Please let you students/ lab managers know!

Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋@jinxungoh.bsky.social · 2y ago

The rumor is true. I *will* review PhD applications for my lab, newly located at the University of Illinois Chicago! Please apply if you're interested in social identity (with focus on Asian, MENA, Hispanic Americans) and intraminority coalition-conflict. Lab: www.pbandjlab.com (jk there's no rumor)

Excited to share a new preprint (accepted for publication in Group Processes and Intergroup Relations)! In prior work, we've found that thinking about God increase cross-religious prosociality. Here we ask: But what about when intergroup conflict is salient? osf.io/preprints/ps...

Had such a fun time last night with our Belief, Identity, and Group Relations lab enjoying the late summer weather in beautiful Chicago! With @ncaluori.bsky.social @marykatz.bsky.social and Zarnab Zahoor.

"Asian-White multiracial people stand in solidarity more strongly with Asian people than White people", but "Asian monoracial people incorrectly believe that physically White-looking Asian-White" people "stand in solidarity more strongly with White people" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Found some weird/interesting things about how Americans view 40 social movements in a survey I conducted recently with YouGov (1/11)

One of the things we’re very excited for at UIC!!!

Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋@jinxungoh.bsky.social · 2y ago

I just taught my last class at Colby today. I’m thrilled to announce that this Fall, I’ll be joining the University of Illinois Chicago as an assistant professor of psychology!! Bittersweet to leave Colby after 5 incredible years, but I love Chicago too much after an amazing sabbatical there!

I just taught my last class at Colby today. I’m thrilled to announce that this Fall, I’ll be joining the University of Illinois Chicago as an assistant professor of psychology!! Bittersweet to leave Colby after 5 incredible years, but I love Chicago too much after an amazing sabbatical there!

Fun fact: having the most supportive & incredible advisor really helps you have a successful 1st year of grad school! So TY. But seriously - I’m so grateful I get to do research w/ Mikey and in the social psych area at UIC. This 1st year has been lovely & I’m excited for the years to come :)

Mikey Pasek@mikeypasek.bsky.social · 2y ago

One thing I'm super excited about is how amazingly @marykatz.bsky.social did in her 1st year in graduate school! She earned an honorable mention in the NSF GRFP program and is conducting really exciting work at the intersection of intergroup relations, politics, and religion. Keep your eyes peeled!