Important response to University of Toronto admin from UTFA.
The 'ban on encampments and building occupations constitutes an unreasonable, disproportionate, and entirely premature attempt to inhibit the lawful and peaceful exercise of freedom of expression...'
utfa.org/sites/default/…

striking graphic from @protectpalestineorg — of the 30 universities with the largest endowments in the US, there are active encampments at 26 and an active process for divestment at dartmouth

Social and Personality Psychology Faculty Statement on Student Protests for Justice in Palestine (a 🧵with my thoughts)

S-P Faculty can add your name here: docs.google.com/document/d/1wq…

Cornell students and faculty can sign a petition in solidarity with me and my comrades here: cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2r…

Cornell students raise tents, joining other campus Gaza protests nationwide ithacavoice.org/2024/04/cornel…

Respectfully, I don’t know how we can be shocked at this point, especially as historians.

But directly witnessing police violence, at your workplace, against people you care about, under conditions of peaceful protest should radicalize you.

BREAKING: A group of students are organizing a “liberated zone” inside the Cathedral of Learning in support of Palestinians and demanding Pitt disclose its investments in Israeli organizations.

Social psychology: Dispassionate objectivity during a genocide of Palestinians will not save us from, or prepare us for, the agents of oppression that are resurgent in this moment.

I would hope that Columbia Faculty see their admin arresting their own students for peaceful protest as a red line. These students are in our care. Our primary responsibility as academics is to nurture their minds and protect them from oppression. Faculty must walk out now.

Does anyone know of a good way to experimentally manipulate how connected someone feels to an ingroup?

78% of White people who would benefit from PrEP are on PrEP, compared to 11% of Black and just over 20% of Hispanic/Latinx folks. We can get to 78% for all, but why aren’t we? Systemic racism? Poor messaging? Lack of community engagement? Mistrust? The answer is yes.

I'm hiring a full-time lab manager to join me at Pitt starting late summer 2024. Come study intergroup relations, stigma, and interventions with me!

Please circulate widely and feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…

Does anyone know of a good, undergraduate-friendly 'how to read a research article'-type piece that's relevant to (quantitative) research in psychology?

Re-sharing this database of BIPOC-authored papers from across psychology. This is a wonderful resource, esp. for those aiming to diversify their syllabi, journal clubs, citation networks, and general awareness. Please add your or others' papers!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

7.3% reduction to funding for neurological diseases and a 6.6% reduction for mental health research. This is absolutely bonkers. The House Republicans is literally taking the promise of future life-saving treatments away from sick Americans. aaas.org/news/fy-2024-r…

Some news that you might miss given this busy Friday...

🚨🚨🚨The US House Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be dissolved as part of the government spending bill that passed today, the office’s director said in a statement.