Andrea Dittmann
@andreadittmann.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Management & Organization at USC Marshall | Studying inequality, social class, policing, & interventions | PhD Kellogg | she/her
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A simple statement that can help cops win people’s trust - The Boston Globe
Many people are on edge when they encounter an officer, but there’s an easy way for law enforcement to set the right tone.
www.bostonglobe.com
We’ve been looking into ways police officers can reduce tension in interactions with their communities from the start. We find adding just one sentence—what we call a “transparency statement”—can help build trust. Read about our work now in The Boston Globe! 👇🏻
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/o...
Loved working with this team & so excited about our findings! 🙌🏻🎉 See more below👇🏻
Extremely proud of this new paper with Nick Fendinger & @andreadittmann.bsky.social.
We show that when math and logic tests are framed to engage social reasoning (Theory of Mind), class gaps in performance largely disappear.
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
We show that when math and logic tests are framed to engage social reasoning (Theory of Mind), class gaps in performance largely disappear.
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Loved working with this team & so excited about our findings! 🙌🏻🎉 See more below👇🏻
We’ve been looking into ways police officers can reduce tension in interactions with their communities from the start. We find adding just one sentence—what we call a “transparency statement”—can help build trust. Read about our work now in The Boston Globe! 👇🏻
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/o...
A simple statement that can help cops win people’s trust - The Boston Globe
Many people are on edge when they encounter an officer, but there’s an easy way for law enforcement to set the right tone.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We’ve been looking into ways police officers can reduce tension in interactions with their communities from the start. We find adding just one sentence—what we call a “transparency statement”—can help build trust. Read about our work now in The Boston Globe! 👇🏻
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/o...
💭 Ever wondered whether you're in a class bubble?
Take the 10-question New Class Bubble Quiz I helped Joan C. Williams @eacentersf.bsky.social design for her new book to find out where you stand!:
🔗 www.classbubblequiz.com
Take the 10-question New Class Bubble Quiz I helped Joan C. Williams @eacentersf.bsky.social design for her new book to find out where you stand!:
🔗 www.classbubblequiz.com
‘We shouldn’t blow this one’: why Democrats have a chance to retake the working class
Joan C Williams explains how to win over voters – and shares a quiz that tells you whether you’re elite or not
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
💭 Ever wondered whether you're in a class bubble?
Take the 10-question New Class Bubble Quiz I helped Joan C. Williams @eacentersf.bsky.social design for her new book to find out where you stand!:
🔗 www.classbubblequiz.com
Take the 10-question New Class Bubble Quiz I helped Joan C. Williams @eacentersf.bsky.social design for her new book to find out where you stand!:
🔗 www.classbubblequiz.com
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Going to #spsp2025? Interested in what psychology can tell us about what works (or doesn't) to change policing? Join me @andreadittmann.bsky.social @calvinklai.bsky.social @spruill.bsky.social & Kyle Dobson very early next Saturday to find out.
February 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Going to #spsp2025? Interested in what psychology can tell us about what works (or doesn't) to change policing? Join me @andreadittmann.bsky.social @calvinklai.bsky.social @spruill.bsky.social & Kyle Dobson very early next Saturday to find out.
🚨 Now out at JEPG! 🚨
After college students graduate & head off the workforce, there are many opportunities to collaborate at work. Do these opportunities reduce cultural mismatch for college grads from working-class backgrounds?
After college students graduate & head off the workforce, there are many opportunities to collaborate at work. Do these opportunities reduce cultural mismatch for college grads from working-class backgrounds?
February 6, 2024 at 3:37 PM
🚨 Now out at JEPG! 🚨
After college students graduate & head off the workforce, there are many opportunities to collaborate at work. Do these opportunities reduce cultural mismatch for college grads from working-class backgrounds?
After college students graduate & head off the workforce, there are many opportunities to collaborate at work. Do these opportunities reduce cultural mismatch for college grads from working-class backgrounds?
first day of, oh, i don’t know, eleventy seventh grade? 😅
January 19, 2024 at 6:07 PM
first day of, oh, i don’t know, eleventy seventh grade? 😅