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Posts by Michelle Twali

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

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Changing the Face of Medicine | Patricia E. Bath

STEM Black History Fact 2/28

Dr. Patricia Bath invented laser cataract surgery, restoring sight to people who had been blind for decades.

cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/b...

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Alice Ball An Americ

STEM Black History Fact 1/28

Dr. Alice Ball developed the first effective treatment for leprosy in 1915, well before antibiotics were known. Her work went uncredited for years.

Dr. Ball - "I work and work and still it seems that I have done nothing."
www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – EASP 2026 PRECONFERENCES Social Psychology News Articles

Join us for the EASP 2026 Preconference:
"Social Psychological Processes of Collective Memory"
@easp2026.bsky.social ✨

With @olivierklein.bsky.social @jrvollhardt.bsky.social @michelletwali.bsky.social @elifsandal.bsky.social @laurentlicata.bsky.social

Submit here: www.easp.eu/news/itm/cal...

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How do authoritarian regimes keep power over people who have left their countries?

@fulyafelicity.bsky.social's job market paper “Remote Control: Authoritarian Diaspora Engagement Policies and Emigrant Political Behavior” (and the dissertation from which it draws) answers that question! 🧵

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A response by former ISPP leadership to this statement below on Gaza and Israel published last week by current ISPP leadership: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Screenshot from the IPA Knowledge Hub home page. Headers are "Research Design", "Research Ethics", "Data Quality", "Data Collection", "Data Cleaning", and "Software Guides"

Screenshot from the IPA Knowledge Hub home page. Headers are "Research Design", "Research Ethics", "Data Quality", "Data Collection", "Data Cleaning", and "Software Guides"

Really useful resource for RAs and others interested in doing field work in international settings, or any rigorous empirical work in social sciences
@poverty-action.bsky.social just launched the IPA Knowledge Hub
data.poverty-action.org

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When opportunity structures matter for unfolding the sociopolitical development of adolescents and young adults Recognizing the significant roles of youth in social change efforts, research has increasingly aimed to clarify the processes that promote critical action among young people. Studies on sociopolitica....

Do you want to know more about factors associated with civic engagement and collective action? Check out our (@natekruger.bsky.social) latest article on the topic: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Our EASP-SPSSI Joint Conference 'Linking Collective Memory and Collective Action' is taking start today with the opening speech by @azick.bsky.social and two great keynote speeches by Prof. William Hirst and @rezartabilali.bsky.social
Stay tuned and follow #memoryaction2025 hashtag for the updates.

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Just read this 🗞️, thanks to a post from @michelletwali.bsky.social

@rezartabilali.bsky.social tells is straight:

Without context, we can be exacerbating conflict

@helpingkidslab.bsky.social folks, a great read

@pacjournal.bsky.social welcomes articles with this context embedded!

9 months ago 4 3 0 0
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The need for context in intergroup conflict research Nature Reviews Psychology - Research into intergroup conflict often overlooks the sociopolitical and historical contexts that shape psychological processes. This lack of attention to context can...

Very relevant review paper by my colleague & friend @rezartabilali.bsky.social on why it's crucial that
research on intergroup conflict incorporates sociopolitical and historical contexts when studying psychological processes.

9 months ago 11 2 1 1

In this commentary in Nat. Rev. Psych, I reflect on the need to bring sociopolitical/historical contexts more centrally into soc. psych research on conflict. Reflections draw on tensions I've faced in my work, and critical feedback from participants, practitioners, and colleagues: rdcu.be/etk1f

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Join us next week for a discussion on a paper on power & resistance among Kurdish diaspora together with @canancoskan.bsky.social and Hu Young Jeong: tinyurl.com/Kurdish-Power

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Excited that our new paper on how Black Americans’ perceptions of ingroup power relate to engagement in resistance is finally out!

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'Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal': Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault 'War Crimes' "What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.

"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."

www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

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Discussions on inclusivity, representation, and researchers’ responsibility are more important than ever in today’s sociocultural context.

A heartfelt thank you to the 80+ participants and our amazing panelists for joining the roundtable and contributing to this vital conversation. 🙌🌐

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NSF Halts New Funding and Caps Indirect Rate Costs The National Science Foundation won’t award any new funding “until further notice.” The agency also moved to cap indirect research rates at 15 percent. Meanwhile, President Trump proposed cutting the ...

NSF Halts New Funding and Caps Indirect Rate Costs

The National Science Foundation won’t award any new funding “until further notice.” The agency also moved to cap indirect research rates at 15 percent. Meanwhile, President Trump proposed cutting... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4335aRx

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Disappeared In America A mother and her three children were seized by ICE in a pre-dawn raid near Trump’s border czar Tom Homan’s home, despite following the legal process. After ten days in a Texas detention center and a w...

The Immigration Hub launched a new site called Disappeared in America. It's a living archive of people caught in Trump’s deportation dragnet.

The homie Claudia Hernandez put a lot of work into this.

Check it out.

“Everyone targeted deserves to be seen, remembered, and defended.”

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New paper alert by my incredible colleague @jorgecuartas.bsky.social! In a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from 92 LMIC, they show that physical punishment is consistently linked to detrimental outcomes for children.

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Advancing the Scientific Study of Structural Racism: Concepts, Measures, and Methods | Annual Reviews This review provides 10 actionable recommendations for advancing the scientific study of structural racism through theoretically grounded and empirically robust measures and methods. By offering conce...

Our Annual Review of Sociology article on conceptualizing and measuring structural racism is now available.

Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social

(also, lots of great articles are in this volume).

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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The Power of Resistance: Fighting Book Bans Before It’s Too Late

Our Florida study with @micapollock.bsky.social and colleagues - still the only study to examine educators’ and parents’ experiences of the full set of K12 education policies in Florida -is described in Freedom to Read’s call: www.freedomtoreadproject.org/the_power_of...

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Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention On the evening of March 8, 2025, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s ann...

A letter to demand Mahmoud’s release — be careful if you’re a non citizen signing onto documents like this

actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...

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This is not about fighting antisemitism. This is all about silencing opposing views. Today it’s pro-Palestine, tomorrow it’s pro-Ukraine, and then it’s just deporting whomever they don’t like. And then everyone is silent.

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This is a very important story. It is also important to understand that this is how ICE operates. They disappear people. Family members and lawyers often cannot get information from ICE about where inmates are located and they cannot contact them. It has been this way for a long time.

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Sudan Solidarity Collective

Want to support civilian-led mutual aid networks in Sudan AND learn from and with amazing organizers, poets, scholars and artists? Sign up for our Workshops4Sudan at
sudansolidarity.com. The line up includes Ruthie Gilmore, @williamcson.bsky.social @raniawrites.bsky.social, Safia El Hillo…(1/2)

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I'm hiring a new lab manager!

Deadline to apply is April 1st. More details here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu...

I formed some of my deepest and most impactful partnerships as a lab manager, and it's a position that I highly value.

If you are a PI, please circulate to possible applicants!

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Climate Change, Families, and Human Development: Review of the Evidence Climate change comprises acute shocks and protracted hazards that threaten societies, communities, and families worldwide. Still, little work has investigated the potential impacts of climate chang...

New open-access study in the Journal of Cognition and Development exploring the potential impact of climate change on families and human development: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Important thread on how lessons of the Holocaust has guided contemporary violence prevention.

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Join us in the Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting series next Monday, March 3, for a session with Dr. Azadeh Akbari (and discussants Joshua Uyheng & Ali Teymoori) on "Resistance Within and Against Digital Surveillance Regimes". Registration link and more info on the series in 🧵

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