Adam H. Smiley
@asmiley.bsky.social
Social psychologist and assistant professor at Belmont University.
affective polarization, religion, judgment & decision making, metascience.
Washington PhD 🟣🟡
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https://adamhsmiley.owlstown.net/
affective polarization, religion, judgment & decision making, metascience.
Washington PhD 🟣🟡
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https://adamhsmiley.owlstown.net/
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Adam H. Smiley
@asmiley.bsky.social
· Jun 12
📊New research in #SPPS reports that Americans living in politically diverse communities show less animosity toward the opposing party. Cross-party contact appears to be the key mechanism at work.
Read more: ow.ly/JS1E50W8oEf
Authors: @asmiley.bsky.social and Cheryl R. Kaiser
Read more: ow.ly/JS1E50W8oEf
Authors: @asmiley.bsky.social and Cheryl R. Kaiser
Stoked that my paper with Cheryl Kaiser is now out in SPPS!!
Beautiful ride this weekend on the Natchez Trace Parkway SW of Nashville 🚴♂️ made it 50 miles, my longest ride yet!
(Not pictured, me dying the last 10 miles)
(Not pictured, me dying the last 10 miles)
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Beautiful ride this weekend on the Natchez Trace Parkway SW of Nashville 🚴♂️ made it 50 miles, my longest ride yet!
(Not pictured, me dying the last 10 miles)
(Not pictured, me dying the last 10 miles)
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Friends, if you have the means to donate to a local food pantry financially via online giving, I highly encourage you to do that. But I don’t want to discount the importance of actually showing up at the pantry, even if it is just to drop off food. (1/5)
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Friends, if you have the means to donate to a local food pantry financially via online giving, I highly encourage you to do that. But I don’t want to discount the importance of actually showing up at the pantry, even if it is just to drop off food. (1/5)
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“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
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PRL welcomes postdoc applications at Dartmouth for 2026-2027. Work with @seanjwestwood.bsky.social & @ylelkes.bsky.social on projects like www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and elite rhetoric analysis using americaspoliticalpulse.com/elites/
Pls apply by Jan 5 on Interfolio 🙏 apply.interfolio.com/175722
Pls apply by Jan 5 on Interfolio 🙏 apply.interfolio.com/175722
Elected Officials
americaspoliticalpulse.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
PRL welcomes postdoc applications at Dartmouth for 2026-2027. Work with @seanjwestwood.bsky.social & @ylelkes.bsky.social on projects like www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and elite rhetoric analysis using americaspoliticalpulse.com/elites/
Pls apply by Jan 5 on Interfolio 🙏 apply.interfolio.com/175722
Pls apply by Jan 5 on Interfolio 🙏 apply.interfolio.com/175722
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On election day, I wanna announce that I am recruiting social psych PhD students for my lab at UIC. My lab focuses on racial identities (esp Asian, Latino, MENA Americans) and intra-minority conflict/ coalition. So please tell your students to pick me! All details on my website: www.pbandjlab.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
On election day, I wanna announce that I am recruiting social psych PhD students for my lab at UIC. My lab focuses on racial identities (esp Asian, Latino, MENA Americans) and intra-minority conflict/ coalition. So please tell your students to pick me! All details on my website: www.pbandjlab.com
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ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
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Most Americans don't often talk politics with people who hold different political opinions
% of U.S. adult citizens who do this [online | in-person]
Very often 10% | 9%
Somewhat often 12% | 24%
Not very often 22% | 33%
Not at all often 54% | 32%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
% of U.S. adult citizens who do this [online | in-person]
Very often 10% | 9%
Somewhat often 12% | 24%
Not very often 22% | 33%
Not at all often 54% | 32%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Most Americans don't often talk politics with people who hold different political opinions
% of U.S. adult citizens who do this [online | in-person]
Very often 10% | 9%
Somewhat often 12% | 24%
Not very often 22% | 33%
Not at all often 54% | 32%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
% of U.S. adult citizens who do this [online | in-person]
Very often 10% | 9%
Somewhat often 12% | 24%
Not very often 22% | 33%
Not at all often 54% | 32%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
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The challenge in learning using AI is very similar to the same learning issue discovered about internet search
When we are given answers we think we learn, but we don’t. Learning is work. However, things like the “learning modes” from the AI providers help, as does using AI for tutoring not answers
When we are given answers we think we learn, but we don’t. Learning is work. However, things like the “learning modes” from the AI providers help, as does using AI for tutoring not answers
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The challenge in learning using AI is very similar to the same learning issue discovered about internet search
When we are given answers we think we learn, but we don’t. Learning is work. However, things like the “learning modes” from the AI providers help, as does using AI for tutoring not answers
When we are given answers we think we learn, but we don’t. Learning is work. However, things like the “learning modes” from the AI providers help, as does using AI for tutoring not answers
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Posting is correlated with affective polarization:
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Posting is correlated with affective polarization:
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
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NEW RESEARCH
Americans who embrace Christian nationalism more likely to agree situation f/ people with disabilities is good as it is, disabled people demand too much from rest of society, & there have been enough societal efforts in favor of people w/ disabilities.
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
Americans who embrace Christian nationalism more likely to agree situation f/ people with disabilities is good as it is, disabled people demand too much from rest of society, & there have been enough societal efforts in favor of people w/ disabilities.
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
NEW RESEARCH
Americans who embrace Christian nationalism more likely to agree situation f/ people with disabilities is good as it is, disabled people demand too much from rest of society, & there have been enough societal efforts in favor of people w/ disabilities.
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
Americans who embrace Christian nationalism more likely to agree situation f/ people with disabilities is good as it is, disabled people demand too much from rest of society, & there have been enough societal efforts in favor of people w/ disabilities.
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
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I often hear from jr faculty in SLAC and postdocs that they want more reviewing experience. This is a great idea to connect editors to potential reviewers, so sign up to review for our top social-personality journals!!
💡Peer review keeps our field moving forward. Add your profile to SPSP's Reviewer and Editor Network to ensure that a wide array of voices shape what gets published in personality and social psychology.
Learn more + add your profile: ow.ly/5otF50XjmGo
Learn more + add your profile: ow.ly/5otF50XjmGo
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I often hear from jr faculty in SLAC and postdocs that they want more reviewing experience. This is a great idea to connect editors to potential reviewers, so sign up to review for our top social-personality journals!!
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Cognitive psychologist, here.
Trump is not describing IQ tests. He is describing taking measures of cognitive decline from dementia.
Those aren’t hard. All the questions should be easy. I hope he passes, but worry he isn’t.
I’ve written about these issues (links in 🧵). 1/
Trump is not describing IQ tests. He is describing taking measures of cognitive decline from dementia.
Those aren’t hard. All the questions should be easy. I hope he passes, but worry he isn’t.
I’ve written about these issues (links in 🧵). 1/
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Cognitive psychologist, here.
Trump is not describing IQ tests. He is describing taking measures of cognitive decline from dementia.
Those aren’t hard. All the questions should be easy. I hope he passes, but worry he isn’t.
I’ve written about these issues (links in 🧵). 1/
Trump is not describing IQ tests. He is describing taking measures of cognitive decline from dementia.
Those aren’t hard. All the questions should be easy. I hope he passes, but worry he isn’t.
I’ve written about these issues (links in 🧵). 1/
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Are men and women different?
Most Americans say yes in many ways, but there’s little agreement on what’s driving these differences. Republicans tend to point to biology, while Democrats are more likely to point to societal expectations.
Read more: pewrsr.ch/3Nx6tkh
Most Americans say yes in many ways, but there’s little agreement on what’s driving these differences. Republicans tend to point to biology, while Democrats are more likely to point to societal expectations.
Read more: pewrsr.ch/3Nx6tkh
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Are men and women different?
Most Americans say yes in many ways, but there’s little agreement on what’s driving these differences. Republicans tend to point to biology, while Democrats are more likely to point to societal expectations.
Read more: pewrsr.ch/3Nx6tkh
Most Americans say yes in many ways, but there’s little agreement on what’s driving these differences. Republicans tend to point to biology, while Democrats are more likely to point to societal expectations.
Read more: pewrsr.ch/3Nx6tkh
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"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed 'compact' is not enough | Opinion
With the deadline looming for colleges to sign Trump's "compact," Vanderbilt must resist, says one university professor.
www.tennessean.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
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Here are two "I can't believe these are free" online stats texts books that cover both underlying principles and practical applications in R that I regularly refer to.
Learning Statistics with R
learningstatisticswithr.com
Doing Meta-Analysis with R bookdown.org/MathiasHarre...
Learning Statistics with R
learningstatisticswithr.com
Doing Meta-Analysis with R bookdown.org/MathiasHarre...
October 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Here are two "I can't believe these are free" online stats texts books that cover both underlying principles and practical applications in R that I regularly refer to.
Learning Statistics with R
learningstatisticswithr.com
Doing Meta-Analysis with R bookdown.org/MathiasHarre...
Learning Statistics with R
learningstatisticswithr.com
Doing Meta-Analysis with R bookdown.org/MathiasHarre...
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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Job 🚨! PRL is looking for a postdoc based at Dartmouth College for next year. Candidates should bring advanced data skills and enjoy writing. Read more about our work at polarizationresearchlab.org and apply through Interfolio by February 15, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/175722
Polarization Research Lab
Research on the origins, effects, limits and solutions to polarization
polarizationresearchlab.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Job 🚨! PRL is looking for a postdoc based at Dartmouth College for next year. Candidates should bring advanced data skills and enjoy writing. Read more about our work at polarizationresearchlab.org and apply through Interfolio by February 15, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/175722
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
Stoked to see our paper, lead by the fantastic Belmont undergrad student, Brielle Croke, now out in the Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research! Extending findings from self-determination theory, we find higher job autonomy predicts less parental burnout!
www.psichi.org/page/304JNWi...
www.psichi.org/page/304JNWi...
Empowered to Choose
job autonomy, parental burnout, self-determination theory, spillover theory
www.psichi.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Stoked to see our paper, lead by the fantastic Belmont undergrad student, Brielle Croke, now out in the Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research! Extending findings from self-determination theory, we find higher job autonomy predicts less parental burnout!
www.psichi.org/page/304JNWi...
www.psichi.org/page/304JNWi...
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Many people lack a coherent system of political beliefs (Converse, 1964). Yet, studies in social and political psychology often measure political ideology using a single-item "liberal-conservative" or "left-right" scale that assumes a coherent ideology.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
October 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Many people lack a coherent system of political beliefs (Converse, 1964). Yet, studies in social and political psychology often measure political ideology using a single-item "liberal-conservative" or "left-right" scale that assumes a coherent ideology.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
doi.org/10.1007/s112...