The Report of Stereotype Threat's Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated And why I'm feeling a certain way about it

Today Dominic Packer & @jayvanbavel.bsky.social republished @minzlicht.bsky.social's post about "The Downfall of Stereotype Threat" in their widely-read The Power Of Us newsletter. I felt a certain way about that & the evidence presented there & thought I'd respond:

How do you measure a threat in the air? Testing the universal, dynamic, and multifaceted nature of social identity threat Using the SITC Inventory, social identity threat is shown to be dynamic, multifaceted, and nearly universal.

New paper out in Science Advances! I'm really (really) proud of this one. Let's get into it. doi.org/10.1126/scia...

book is pictured with a mocha latte!

picture of me reading the book, enjoying!

me pictured again reading the book, enjoying!

I'm currently reading 'Was that racist?' by Evelyn Carter and have really enjoyed both how relatable it is, as a fellow social psychologist in this space, and how insightful it is about some of the ways that people can begin to confront everyday racism.

Pictures of me enjoying the book! 😅 ☕

Congrats!!!

A field-initiated vision of research infrastructure for STEM education - International Journal of STEM Education STEM education research has historically been under-equipped, relying on standardized tests and questionnaires while other fields deploy space telescopes and particle accelerators. What would happen i...

Open-access publication alert!! This is a special one; it represents two years of work with an amazing team of researchers, teachers, educational stakeholders, and technology experts to identify infrastructure that would advance equity in STEM education: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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🧠 Highlighting @drdorainnegreen.bsky.social's research on emotion regulation & discrimination at #APA2025 - exactly the kind of important work our field needs! August 8, 1 PM MT. (Advance rates end July 1 if you're planning to join us!)

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Group diversity The editors at Nature Communications, Communications Psychology and Scientific Reports invite submissions to a Collection on the topic of group diversity.

I was lucky to be a Guest Editor for this Nature Collection on Group Diversity. Thank you to all who submitted work and reviewed!

Check out the collection here: www.nature.com/collections/...

Such a huge loss. My thoughts are with all his colleagues, friends, and loved ones!

Truly hard to stay motivated but these words were so needed! Thanks for articulating these points!!

I’ll be there! Let’s definitely connect 😊

Congrats Sylvia! Also such a great write-up!!