Woohoo!!! I have 2 back to back Thurs but will try and make it!!!

We believe these findings support what much psychological research has already found, which is that environmental supports matter. Acculturation is a two way street, and successful acculturation depends on host cultures, their attitudes, and available support systems for immigrants.

It is also important to note that we look at narcissism as a personality trait, which is distributed normally in the population, and which every single individual has. We do NOT look at narcissism in the clinical sense.

“That is not the purpose or prescription of this investigation, and such a view would be both untrue and unscholarly.”

“The lay person may see narcissism as a wholly negative trait, and many may fall prey to, or for political or ideological purposes choose to, misinterpret findings that suggest that new migrants are higher in narcissism as an indication that immigrants are narcissists...”

I want to be perfectly clear that we are not saying immigrants are narcissists, but rather the stress from migrating triggers the need to protect the self. We see this as a narcissism story, not an immigration one.

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New research just dropped - here we explore narcissism as an adaptive trait for pops experiencing stress + upheaval, + use immig gen status as a naturally occurring experiment, finding immigs + and 1st gen are higher in narc, which dec across subsequent gens journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

When are you presenting? I’ll try and make it!

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Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries - Consortium on Moral Decision-Making This event through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making will bring together several scholars in the social sciences and humanities to talk about different disciplinary approaches to the study of “f...

As a reminder, the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making's Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries conference is coming up. The website for the conference has launched. It has the schedule, along with bios, abstracts, and quotes from speakers about "Fragmentations"

moralconsortium.psu.edu/events/moral...

Two months ago today we lost little baby Maggie to cancer - only aged 6 - miss you dearly, Mags!

Can we as political scientists please start studying the issues that really matter

Research article entitled "Hostile Sexism, Social Dominance Orientation, Political Illiberalism, and Support for Political Violence in the United States" by James A. Piazza, Lauren O’Rourke. Previous research has found that individuals harboring hostile sexist attitudes are more likely to support the use of political violence. In this study, we examine this relationship further. We theorize that the impact of hostile sexism on support for political violence is mediated through two mutually reinforcing factors: social dominance orientation and political illiberalism. We test this argument using an original survey we administered to over 1,400 subjects in the United States. We employ two operationalizations of individuals’ support for political violence: support in the abstract and support for specific acts of political violence. We find that individuals who exhibit hostile sexism are substantially more likely to support political violence, both abstract and specific.

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James A. Piazza & Lauren O’Rourke test the link between hostile sexism and support for political violence in "Hostile Sexism, Social Dominance Orientation, Political Illiberalism, and Support for Political Violence in the United States."

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Our first EMP Lab dinner! At @spspnews.bsky.social #SPSP2026
I brought together current grad students, affiliates, postdoc, and recent undergrad alumni now doing grad work. It was meaningful to bring together our community and celebrate team science. Thanks to guest @kyleflaw.com for the photos!