Group of students in a lecture hall with a banner urging action against proposed NSF funding cuts by SPSP.
The proposed FY2027 budget calls for eliminating NSF's SBE Directorate, which funds 63% of U.S. academic research in social + psychological sciences.
SPSP has put together a member action guide with three steps you can take to help advocate for our field.
Start here: https://ow.ly/WIgx50YJU5e
WOW!! Congrats you two!
New paper out in Science Advances! I'm really (really) proud of this one. Let's get into it. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Austin Zeng will present work on the effects of broadening definitions of diversity (Fri 4:40). And Max Miller will present work examining how sexual minorities process spectrum framings of sexual orientation (Sat 12:45).
Come see our lab’s work at SPSP @spspnews.bsky.social! @junmingzhang.bsky.social will present a poster on the effects of dei removal (Fri 4:40).
Congrats @calvinklai.bsky.social!!
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Anyone still trying to make the case for the importance of keeping cultural centers and other DEI initiatives on their campus? Sapna Cheryan and I wrote a piece on this for the Purdue Exponent - please share it with others if helpful: www.purdueexponent.org/opinion/lett...
thanks jin! we wrote it before the current chaos, but still some food for thought in there i think...
🧵4/4 But understanding the subtle dynamics remains crucial for anyone working toward genuine inclusion.
Written with the wonderful Seval Gündemir. You can find a pre-print here if you don't have access: kirbylab.wixsite.com/diplab/publi...
🧵3/4 Why does this matter? Clear definitions reduce misunderstandings, help organizations set meaningful goals, and can help us better understand dominant group threat responses to DEI initiatives. Of course, given current attacks on DEI, these covert processes are also happening more blatantly.
🧵 2/4 We discuss the importance of considering WHO counts as diverse, WHY diversity matters, and HOW to approach difference. We also propose a typology that explicitly accounts for societal hierarchy and disadvantage in how people define diversity. @purduepsych.bsky.social #SciComm
🧵1/4 New paper alert! psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Can you celebrate diversity while undermining it? Our new paper in American Psychologist discusses how people/organizations can appear committed to diversity while their conceptualizations of diversity actively undercut it.
I’m so sorry @lxyzxy.bsky.social. Your work is so important - I hope Maryland is supporting you and you can sort everything out for staff and continuing the work.
NEW: A federal judge blocked Trump’s effort to stop funding grants and contracts that have DEI components, saying it is likely viewpoint discrimination and worded so vaguely that it will chill free speech.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
so nice to see you!!
DEI initiatives are still legal.
Universities need to stand their ground.
A Friday gift to your university's General Counsel Office - courtesy of an all star lineup of civil rights lawyers and scholars. You're going to want to read this.
Y'all, I am SO freakin excited to share this paper! Rejected by 4 different journals but now finally out in Sex Roles: "Sex Wars and TERF Wars: The Divisiveness of Who is Included in Feminism" with @teriak.bsky.social, Miriam Zehnter & @shellkryan.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧵
Our lab is looking for a lab manager to work on research on racial and gender disparities, stereotypes, and prejudice (start date flexible). Application deadline 4/8; go to hr.uw.edu/jobs and search for req 232181. Come work with us!
Come see our lab’s work at spsp!!Nicole Pascual is giving a talk on the negative consequences of lean in messages, @junmingzhang.bsky.social _ is giving TWO posters (one on intersectional diversity initiatives), Abi Click on cultural appropriation, Austin Zeng on broadening diversity initiatives!