Friendship at the museum: How science helps kids make friends through play Shutts uses what she learns in her research as a social scientist to influence how kids in the community learn through play at the museum. Her area of expertise is how children make sense of their soc...

IDS affiliate Kristin Shutts is an expert on how kids develop socially. Read about how her work with the Madison Children's Museum is helping with the development of exhibits that encourage social play. www.waisman.wisc.edu/2026/04/01/f...

Proud advisor moment after watching @abbie-clapp.bsky.social’s great presentation on our new BOP Scale!! We found that aspects of the BOP scale predicted things like lower desire & more sexual coercion experiences four months later in women partnered with men!

A new pilot study by IDS grad fellow Louis Lindley and affiliate Stephanie Budge finds initial evidence that a web app version of their Trans Care intervention decreased distress and symptoms for people experiencing gender dysphoria. psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...

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The Rise and Recent Decline of Diversity in Higher Ed

Berkeley law professor David Oppenheimer discusses why diversity still matters on campus and what colleges can do to preserve it in the face of the Trump administration’s attacks. https://bit.ly/4rJzED1

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I had a great time at #SPSP2026! Here are some photos from my presentation, as well as posters from one of my research assistants and my lab manager. Thanks to all who made this conference happen!

New paper from IDS affiliates Sang Qin, @kyeshaisadore.bsky.social, and colleagues on exploring disability disclosure and how factors including visibility, stigma, and severity impact people's decisions to disclose: rcej.scholasticahq.com/article/1561...

Culturally aware mentoring interventions create enduring changes among graduate biomedical faculty - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Culturally aware mentoring interventions create enduring changes among graduate biomedical faculty

Check out the new article from IDS Chair Angela Byars-Winston and colleagues on an intervention their team developed to build culturally aware mentoring capacity among faculty in the biomedical sciences in @nature.com's Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How end of affirmative action is affecting Black and Hispanic enrollment at Wisconsin colleges A cascade effect appears to be pushing more students of color to Wisconsin’s four-year public universities.

In case you missed it, IDS affiliate @taylorodle.bsky.social talked with Wisconsin Public Radio earlier this month about what the end of affirmative action means for enrollment of students of color in Wisconsin and what the state's schools should focus on moving forward. www.wpr.org/news/end-aff...

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New work from IDS affiliate @kaipingchen.bsky.social and Sheng Zou looks at case studies of women of color who are STEM content creators on social media: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Congratulations to IDS affiliate @kaipingchen.bsky.social on being named to the National Academies' New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine program cohort for 2026-2028! ecals.cals.wisc.edu/2026/02/11/k...

Thanks to everyone who attended the 2026 Mini Conference today! ids.wisc.edu/events/ids-m...

IDS Mini Conference Thursday, January 22, 2026, 9:00 – 11:00 am Location: Grainger Hall, Room 4151 In this fast-paced mini conference, IDS Seed Grant recipients will present research related to their funded projects. Ple...

Join us this week for our 2026 Mini Conference, highlighting the work of IDS affiliates. We'll have 10 quick talks, plus refreshments, from 9:00-11:00 am on Thursday morning at Grainger Hall. Registration and info at ids.wisc.edu/events/ids-m...

Twin brothers make "Money Magic:" UW professor & his financial adviser twin brother drop children's book Twin brothers Quentin Riser and Quinlan Riser have spent their adult lives working in different worlds. One studies child development and poverty as a university researcher. The other works in finance...

Money Magic! IDS affiliate Quentin Riser and his twin brother, Quinlan (a financial advisor), recently wrote a children's book that aims to help kids (and their families) become more familiar with financial concepts. Learn more at madison365.com/twin-brother...

Who Are the Nation's Top Education Scholars? (Opinion) The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings recognize researchers who shape practice and policy.

Congrats to IDS affiliate @taylorodle.bsky.social on making EdWeek's list of the top 200 education scholars in the U.S.!

www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

I recently gave a talk entitled “Inclusive Teaching Methods: Best Practices to Help Students from All Backgrounds Succeed in Your Class” at the general session of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP) 2026 annual conference! Read more here: nitop.org/page-18171

A Brief Pro-Diversity Social Marketing Intervention Improves Grades and Well-Being of Students From Marginalized Groups - Mitchell R. Campbell, Kevin R. Kennedy, Andrea L. Miller, Markus Brauer, 2026 Despite much research on improving intergroup relations, the evidence for long-term effects in real-world settings is mixed. We used the social marketing approa...

New study from Campbell, Kennedy, Miller, and @markusbrauer.bsky.social used a large RCT and found that incorporating an "Inclusivity Page" in college syllabi led to improved grades and measures of belonging among students from underrepresented groups: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.....

Associate Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

Our department is seeking an Associate Professor in Social Psychology. We’re a supportive, research-active community and would love to connect with prospective candidates. For information, you can email me at markus.brauer@wisc.edu. Details here: shorturl.at/nnvv8

Redefining How to Communicate Treatment Options May Facilitate Equitable Clinical Trial Enrollment | OncLive To ensure the generalizability of clinical trial results and equitable treatment access, enrollment must reflect the diversity of the patient population.

New article from IDS affiliate Monica Patel and Samantha Vuong finds that better communication around treatment options can improve equitable enrollment in clinical trials. www.onclive.com/view/redefin...

Associate Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

We're hiring at the Associate Professor level in Social Psychology! Join us in our vibrant and wonderful department and area. Contact Markus Brauer, search committee chair, for details (markus.brauer@wisc.edu). Job ad here: shorturl.at/nnvv8

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Excited to share a new paper by my grad student and myself, highlighting how classroom experiences such as positive classroom climate relate to changes in STEM motivational beliefs across the semester 🤸‍♀️🎉https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1m8Px,8E16MF-A

I gave a talk at the Society for Experimental Social Psychology's annual meeting this past week in Lisbon, Portugal! My talk was entitled "Behavior Change to Promote Equity and Inclusion."

If you missed it last week, IDS Executive Director @markusbrauer.bsky.social was on WTMJ's "Point Taken" for a segment called "DEI is dead, but should it be?"

Listen at open.spotify.com/episode/5TC9...

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On Friday, IDS hosted a workshop on AI-Assisted Coding of Textual Data, presented by Ananya Ganesh (IDS postdoc). Thanks to everyone who attended!

🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.

Our IDS postdocs! (L to R): Bonnie Siegler, Srishti Goel, Bucky, Ananya Ganesh.

Read about their work at ids.wisc.edu/2025/08/21/i...

Study Broadens Our Understanding of Workplace Sexual Harassment Faced by Gender Minorities A University of Wisconsin–Madison study has shown high rates of workplace sexual harassment experienced by transgender and nonbinary people and uncovered forms of harassment not previously documented ...

A study by Mariana Nozela Prado and IDS Affiliate Chloe Grace Hart is broadening our understanding of the sorts of sexual harassment faced by gender minorities in the workplace.

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Taylor Odle on UW's direct admission programs for students Editor's note: PBS Wisconsin is a service of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

IDS affiliate @taylorodle.bsky.social talked with @pbswisconsin.bsky.social about Direct Admit programs at the Universities of WI, and how they're making college more accessible to qualified low-income students, students of color, and those from rural backgrounds. pbswisconsin.org/news-item/ta...

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IDS Executive Director @markusbrauer.bsky.social spoke with a UW-Extension audience in Whitewater yesterday about how social marketing can be used for good. Thanks to everyone who attended!

UW-Madison researchers: Partisan news sours consumers on political compromise Right-leaning media users are less likely to support political compromise, a new study suggests. And in general, partisan media consumers tend to see political disagreements as right or wrong.

Consumption of partisan news reduces Americans' ability to compromise politically -- coverage of IDS grad fellow Yoo Ji Suh, @dvshah.bsky.social, and @prowag.bsky.social's recent paper in the Badger Project.

thebadgerproject.org/2025/09/09/u...

Surveys show we trust each other less. Is Wisconsin less ‘Midwest nice’? New data from Pew shows that people don’t trust each other as much as they used to, and Wisconsin is falling behind trust levels compared to other parts of the country.

Wisconsin isn’t as trusting as it used to be—and political polarization is a reason why. I spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio about why social trust matters and how we can rebuild it through real connection and respect. Read more: www.wpr.org/news/surveys...