New JSSR essay by Fenggang Yang outlines the case for rethinking how religiosity is measured: Learn more about the Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality & the phenomenon of multi-religiosity among Asians, Asian Americans, & non-Asian Americans. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Introduction: Measuring Religiosity and Multi‐Religiosity in East and West

The introduction to the spotlight set of research notes that are based on the Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality briefly explains why we believe it is necessary to develop new measures o...

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My department is hiring 2 (TWO!) Tenure Track faculty in Developmental Psych and Biological Psych, to start Fall 2027. Deadlines 9/1 (Developmental) and 10/1 (Biological). More info here: www.carleton.edu/psychology/i.... Reach out with questions! carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Carlet...

Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology

The Carleton Psychology Department is seeking candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Developmental Psychology (preferably with a focus on social, personality, and/or identity de...

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Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee defeated an effort by Democrats to block the Trump admin plan to shield Trump from IRS audits.

Finance Republicans kill bid to stop Trump IRS audit-immunity deal

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a vocal critic of the immunity plan, sided against a Democratic amendment to block it outright.

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Terry Gross interviews Bradley Onishi on Christian Nationalism, the Federalist Society, Project 2025 and Donald Trump. This explains SCOTUS. www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1...

Tracing the rise of Christian nationalism, from Trump to the Ala. Supreme Court

Bradley Onishi is a former Christian nationalist who's now a professor of religion and the author of Preparing for War, a critique of the movement and its impact on American democracy.

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Some days you accidentally run across an article that you realize you should have been citing for the past 9 years. The authors demonstrate the political utility of God-nation rhetoric to shore up confidence in a social system that people are starting to challenge. doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Surveys like this always alarm people Fortunately, recent research from cognitive psychology shows that the reason people are so wildly wrong when estimating the size of minority groups is largely NOT because of prejudice — but rather how humans think about unknown proportions of any kind

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · last wk.

This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.

Shame on us. Despicable.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · last wk.

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Most Americans don't want a Christian nation. That hasn't stopped a determined minority from acting like they already have one. #ChristianNationalism #ChurchStateSeparation #ReligiousFreedom

The last time the US produced income & wealth inequality at these levels was during the Gilded Age/Roaring 20s. Historians & social scientists identify two commonalities between a century ago & now: the overlapping influences of Christian nationalism & capitalism. kettering.org/economic-ine...

Economic Inequality: How Christian Nationalism Weakens Democracy

KF Research Fellow Andrew L. Whitehead traces the connection between Christian nationalism and growing economic inequality in the US. The implications are more than economic—they can lead to democrati...

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Academic hive: I'm helping to pull together resources for incoming grad students for potential use in a year-long orientation course. Beyond A Field Guide to Grad School, are there other resources you know of/like? Anything you think is a "must cover"? Happy to compile and share back!

New paper out today in Social and Personality Psychology Compass! What happens when our moral values come into conflict? Our new paper explores "metamorality": the second-order principles we use to navigate conflicting moral choices. W/ Jesse Graham

We need to change norms around sexual harassment Yesterday Tessa West spoke up about a sexual harassment complaint she filed against John Jost. Not only is he a senior colleague in the dept of psychology, but he is one of the most prominant figures in the field of social and political psychology.

"I develop and analyze a novel random sample of 450 U.S. sermons from throughout 2022. Relative to Catholic and mainline Protestant sermons, evangelical Protestant sermons consist of cultural and elite threats that more closely map to Republican rhetoric."

Political Behavior@polbehavior.bsky.social · 4w ago

Using a novel dataset of 450 U.S. sermons, Paul Lendway examines how local sermon rhetoric relates to political attitudes and behavior, highlighting the role of religious messaging in American politics. #ReligionAndPolitics #VotingBehavior Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The relationship between testosterone and grip strength, an index of physical formidability, in a representative sample of US adult men (point sizes are survey weights). 🧪

This is the link to the new article below. Open access. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Is Right Jesus a White Jesus? How Perceptions of Jesus’ Politics Shape Racial Solidarity

Abstract. Research on the social antecedents of racial consciousness and in-group solidarity suggests religious beliefs play a complicated and contingent r

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Samuel Perry@profsamperry.bsky.social · 3w ago

Excited to share our new study. Upshot: The more rightward White adults place Jesus on the ideological spectrum, the more solidarity they feel with other Whites. BUT it's the opposite for Black adults: the more conservative the Jesus, the less racial solidarity they feel. 1/6 doi.org/10.1093/socr...

Why do societies rely on rigid moral rules? Don't lie. Keep your promises. Don't steal. We all recognize there are good reasons to make exceptions. So why are moral rules so often categorical? Our new paper proposes an answer. 🧵

Researchers used voter registration data in Florida and other Southern states – where race is included to comply with the VRA — to assess how peoples' racial identities change. They found that people who went from Hispanic to White identity were more likely to be Republican.

New research shows politics can shape racial identity

Philip Bump examines new research on racial reidentification and what it means for projections of America’s demographic future.

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The number of students admitted to top Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15% from the previous year, after dropping 11% the previous year. The current administration is creating complete chaos for grant funding that is damaging a generation of new scientific talent. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...

Decline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’

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Interested in doing a postdoc with me in Auckland, New Zealand? 🇳🇿 See info below on a competitive award opportunity, and please spread the word!

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 · last mo.

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

Do you conduct social/political psych research with non-probablity online samples (e.g., prolific, connect)? This new paper by Michael Stagnaro and colleagues is a must read! Will be adding this to my grad methods syllabus. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Representativeness and response validity across nine opt-in online samples - Nature Human Behaviour

Stagnaro et al. compare nine opt-in participant samples on measures of response validity, representativeness and professionalism. They find substantial variation across samples and offer guidance for ...

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📢 Call for editor! 👀 We are inviting applications for editorship of the PAC Journal! #PeacePsychology #APA #NewEditor #SocialPsych @apajournals.bsky.social @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social 👇See below for more information: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The NYU department of psychology is also reinstating the GRE as a requirement for PHD admissions. I heard Yale and Harvard are as well. Now Penn too. If you are applying to psych PHD programs this year be sure to take the exam.

Daniel P. Moriarity@dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨University of Pennsylvania will be re-instating the GRE as a requirement for Psychology PhD admissions for the coming cycle 🚨

Trump wants you to pay $80 BILLION for his failed Iran war. Republicans in Congress made health care more expensive for millions of Americans, but somehow there is always money for war halfway around the world. It’s outrageous.

One of our colleagues needs our help! Please join me (& many others!) in signing this open letter in support of Professor Vladimir Mihić from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, whose position is under serious threat—in retaliation for his supporting a student-led protest movement. Sign and share!

Letter of solidarity with Prof. Vladimir Mihić

An Open Letter in Defence of Professor Vladimir Mihić and Academic Freedom in Serbia To the members of the Extended Senate of the University of Novi Sad NOTE: You can sign this letter following this ...

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I am so thrilled to share that my next book, "Fill the Earth and Subdue It: Religion, Power, and American Pronatalism" is under contract with Princeton University Press. My goal is to have it in your hands by early 2028. @princetonupress.bsky.social @sssreligion.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

Remember that recent paper claiming to show that "ideological bias" determined the results obtained by immigration policy research teams? A careful, open-code reanalysis by @kauspurg.bsky.social & Josef Brüderl finds that the result arises from a coding error. —> doi.org/10.31222/osf...

Greg Bovino will speak at a white nationalist conference in Portugal tomorrow. He will share the stage with no fewer than five people who idolize Hitler, including one who joined a group created by two Nazi SS members. Another guy is a self-described racist who refers to women as "cockroaches."🧵

Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Disgraced former-CBP officer Greg Bovino sat for an interview this week with a blog in Europe that promotes white supremacy and he provided insights on how he came up his claim that 100 million "illegal" migrants are in the U.S. It's vibes. It's a number Bovino created based on his feelings. 1/4

Gift link to the human cost of science chaos: babies will die. How a Funding Pause Derailed an Artificial Heart for Babies www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...

How a Funding Pause Derailed an Artificial Heart for Babies

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No money for pediatric cancer research but there's $1.7 billion for people who beat cops and smeared feces on the walls of the US Capitol.