I see everyone is posting about their labs taking PhD students with pretty AI made posters. So here's mine made with Paint because I'm a luddite. See lab website for details www.pbandjlab.com
Shaun Wiley
@sw13ley.bsky.social
Psych Prof • Co-EIC ASAP @SPSSI • multiple identities, allyship, immigration • GSW • opinions my own
📣 I’m considering PhD students for Fall 2027! We study how our identities shape the way we see ourselves, how others see us, and how we interact across group boundaries. Our work spans race, gender, multiracial experiences, and intergroup contact with kids and adults. sites.duke.edu/dukeidlab/
I’ll be reviewing PhD apps for the 27-28 AY! My lab studies questions related to how people (1) talk and think about (their own/experiences with) racism, (2) have difficult conversations, (3) socialize their children about racism and identity. Learn more here: www.sciplab.com
Things I never thought I would type: look at how they greeted the Algerian team arriving back at the DoubleTree in Lawrence, Kansas
I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4
Feel like its bad that federal officials believe they can act with impunity in assaulting a United States Senator. Late stage empire shit. www.nj.com/news/2026/05...
ICE agents pepper spray protesters, N.J. senator in clash outside Delaney Hall in Newark
“It’s sad, it’s a sad day," says pepper-sprayed senator.
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A brilliant and useful piece you should read by @perrybaconjr.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social.
Perry Bacon@perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 5mo ago"This era demands a new framework for Black politics—fresh strategies, tactics, leaders, and goals. And we should be clear-eyed: even before Callais, the existing models of Black politics were growing stale." newrepublic.com/article/2106...
Adulthood is just cycling between "If I don't say yes to every opportunity, no new opportunities will ever be offered to me" and "Oh no, I have said yes to too many things" over and over until you die.
New, from me: This should be a clarifying moment about the relationship the Supreme Court's opposition to representative democracy in America. Lets look at some graphs that make this point. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/power-demo...
Power, democracy, and clarity
What does the end of the Voting Rights Act mean?
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🚨🚨 The Social Learning and Decisions Lab is hiring! 🚨🚨 We're looking for a postbacc project coordinator/research assistant to join our team this summer. More details about the position and how to apply here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ySeA... Please share widely and reach out with any questions!
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Advantaged group protestors can play an important role in social change, but what happens when their numbers dwindle or their participation is sporadic? We find that inconsistent participation raises doubts about protestors’ motives and trustworthiness. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Trust, But Verify: How (In)consistent Allyship Shapes Disadvantaged Group Members’ Perceptions - Patricia Ciordas, Charlotte E. Moser, Shaun Wiley, Anna Kende, Yasin Koc, 2026
Advantaged group members can play a significant role in advocating for social change on behalf of disadvantaged groups. Drawing on Kelley’s covariation model an...
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🚨 I'm hiring! 🚨 @dukeidlab.bsky.social is looking for a new lab manager at Duke! If you love research on social identity, working with kids & adults, & mentoring undergrads, this one’s for you. 💡✨ 🗓️ Priority deadline: March 31; Please share! 💙 Apply Here! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31826
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Consequences of Individual-, Organizational-, and Societal-Level Allyship: An Integrative Review and Recommendations for Policymakers and Practitioners New from @schreiber-julia.bsky.social spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
SPSSI Journals
Although allyship has the potential to foster inclusivity and bring about social change, its consequences have received too little attention in the literature. In the current contribution, we aim to ....
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Edward L. Deci, 83, Dies; Found Self-Determination as a Key to Happiness www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/s...
Edward L. Deci, 83, Dies; Found Self-Determination as a Key to Happiness
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Many are appropriately outraged by Altman’s comments here implying that raising a human child is akin to “training” an AI model. This is part of a broader pattern where AI industry leaders use language that collapses the boundary between human and machine. 🧵/
X2Y@handle.invalid · 8mo agoSAM ALTMAN: “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model … But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”
So NJ lawmakers wrote a bill to rein in ICE. And this is what they called it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...
In a time where so many of us need to see this modeled more than ever, Alysa's mindset of joy over all else and refusing to use shame to motivate herself has been so inspiring to watch.
Mark@tolecover.bsky.social · 8mo agoAlysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" 🗣️
Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
Many fabulous chapters in this book! Check out our chapter on Creating Allies between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups, with Nyla Branscombe and led by @charlottemoser.bsky.social
Edward Elgar Publishing@elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 9mo agoOut now! Handbook of Social Identity Research 🌟 📚 ✍ Edited by Nyla Branscombe and Katherine J. Reynolds 'Indispensable for those interested in the research methods and empirical results' – Naomi Ellemers Read first chapter 🆓: tinyurl.com/mpfkzvjz ℹ️ More information: tinyurl.com/38ctp2f8
Showing cross-racial solidarity is a potential death sentence. There are few things white supremacists hate more.
Franklin Leonard@franklinleonard.bsky.social · 9mo ago37 year old white male citizen with a lawful permit to carry a firearm, says the Minneapolis Police Department.
Just accepted at 'Analyses of Social Issues &Public Policy', the first research study of the 'new' disruptive audience behaviour at live events. Pre-print here, ahead of the final, peer-reviewed version. osf.io/preprints/ps...
At a deep theoretical level, Stephen Miller and JD Vance think their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity is widely shared. But what's now happening is MAGA is driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants. Now Miller is trying to break that up w/coercion and violence.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 9mo agoTerror is essential to Miller's project. It's designed to dissuade us from showing solidarity with the immigrants getting removed. Stand in the way of ethnic cleansing and you risk violence yourself. (h/t @whstancil.bsky.social and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com) newrepublic.com/article/2053...
🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
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There are only three possible outcomes for undocumented immigrants in this country: mass deportation, amnesty, or legal limbo (i.e., status quo for last 40 years). The first causes violence in communities and harassment of citizens. The third quietly ruins people's lives, as opportunities pass them.