Ben Valen, M.S. (they/he)
@benmvalen.bsky.social
NSF Graduate Research Fellow and PhD Candidate @ Syracuse University researching LGBTQ+ prejudice, intersectionality, and health 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | First-gen
https://sburke08.expressions.syr.edu
https://sburke08.expressions.syr.edu
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hey y’all! my name is Ben and i’m a PhD Candidate broadly interested in researching LGBTQ+ #prejudice and #health from a #DEIA perspective. i’m also very interested in examining #politics and #intersectionality in my work. feel free to connect with me and reach out! 🙂
Check out our review paper published at PSPR! 🙂
Forms of Psychological Bias Against Transgender Women and Men and People with Nonbinary Gender Identities -- now online at Personality and Social Psychology Review.
Main article: doi.org/10.1177/1088...
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#SocialPsychology #IntergroupBias #Transgender #Nonbinary
Main article: doi.org/10.1177/1088...
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#SocialPsychology #IntergroupBias #Transgender #Nonbinary
Forms of Psychological Bias Against Transgender Women and Men and People With Nonbinary Gender Identities - Sara Emily Burke, Alexandria Jaurique, Benjamin M. Valen, Natalie M. Wittlin, Mackenzie L. M...
Academic The present review examines bias against transgender women and men and bias against people with nonbinary gender identities. A central contention is th...
doi.org
September 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Check out our review paper published at PSPR! 🙂
Reposted by Ben Valen, M.S. (they/he)
My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!
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By pawpular request, I've migrated over to this other side! Please help me find my furriends on here and tell them to follow me. Woof!
February 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
everyone go follow Jimmy!! 💜
🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨
hi folks! I just published some of my newest research at PSOGD in which Destiny Orantes, @saraburke.bsky.social, Dr. Kevin Antshel, and I examined health disparities among transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender undergraduates.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
hi folks! I just published some of my newest research at PSOGD in which Destiny Orantes, @saraburke.bsky.social, Dr. Kevin Antshel, and I examined health disparities among transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender undergraduates.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
January 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨
hi folks! I just published some of my newest research at PSOGD in which Destiny Orantes, @saraburke.bsky.social, Dr. Kevin Antshel, and I examined health disparities among transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender undergraduates.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
hi folks! I just published some of my newest research at PSOGD in which Destiny Orantes, @saraburke.bsky.social, Dr. Kevin Antshel, and I examined health disparities among transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender undergraduates.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Reposted by Ben Valen, M.S. (they/he)
Psychology attaches too much prestige and credibility to formalized theories. We need more patience for incremental advances in reasoning about phenomena.
doi.org/10.1111/jasp...
doi.org/10.1111/jasp...
Playing the long game: Carrying out principled tests of psychological phenomena before developing formal theories
Some participants in the conversation about changing scientific norms have recommended that researchers articulate detailed, formalized theories from the outset. Also, leading psychology journals hav....
doi.org
November 30, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Psychology attaches too much prestige and credibility to formalized theories. We need more patience for incremental advances in reasoning about phenomena.
doi.org/10.1111/jasp...
doi.org/10.1111/jasp...
Reposted by Ben Valen, M.S. (they/he)
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We have witnessed another year of violence, harassment, and policing of trans people. As we mourn, we must continue to challenge politics that ritually subjects trans folk to debates about their existence and degrades trans lives as an “ideology” or “agenda.”
November 20, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We have witnessed another year of violence, harassment, and policing of trans people. As we mourn, we must continue to challenge politics that ritually subjects trans folk to debates about their existence and degrades trans lives as an “ideology” or “agenda.”
hey y’all! my name is Ben and i’m a PhD Candidate broadly interested in researching LGBTQ+ #prejudice and #health from a #DEIA perspective. i’m also very interested in examining #politics and #intersectionality in my work. feel free to connect with me and reach out! 🙂
November 19, 2024 at 4:23 AM
hey y’all! my name is Ben and i’m a PhD Candidate broadly interested in researching LGBTQ+ #prejudice and #health from a #DEIA perspective. i’m also very interested in examining #politics and #intersectionality in my work. feel free to connect with me and reach out! 🙂