Hyesung Grace Hwang
@hghwang.bsky.social
Dev psychologist interested in social bias, marginalization, dev cog neuro | Assistant prof at UCSC | she/her | @H_G_Hwang | hghwang.com
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Hyesung Grace Hwang
@hghwang.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Excited to announce DID lab's first paper!
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
We find that children as young as 6 show political ingroup preference!
First paper of very talented @annie-schw.bsky.social!
In JEP: General's special issue on political development (1/3)
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
We find that children as young as 6 show political ingroup preference!
First paper of very talented @annie-schw.bsky.social!
In JEP: General's special issue on political development (1/3)
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You ever call a senator's office and ask the staffer who picks up what it's like to work for someone without a spine?
10/10 recommend.
10/10 recommend.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
You ever call a senator's office and ask the staffer who picks up what it's like to work for someone without a spine?
10/10 recommend.
10/10 recommend.
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More broadly, heavily-Latino counties moved far to the right in NJ last year, and back to the left this year:
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
More broadly, heavily-Latino counties moved far to the right in NJ last year, and back to the left this year:
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Yes yes yes.
So many low-income and working class people I've interviewed talked about how disconnected politics feels from their lives. That's both because so many who do politics are socially distant from regular people, and about the way politics is too often done - one-way, transactional.
So many low-income and working class people I've interviewed talked about how disconnected politics feels from their lives. That's both because so many who do politics are socially distant from regular people, and about the way politics is too often done - one-way, transactional.
Effective politics requires relationships & community. Today’s parties only think about harvesting individual votes, not recognizing that the social investment will actually get them more votes & build long-term support. Good parties go even further by integrating into community life year round.
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Yes yes yes.
So many low-income and working class people I've interviewed talked about how disconnected politics feels from their lives. That's both because so many who do politics are socially distant from regular people, and about the way politics is too often done - one-way, transactional.
So many low-income and working class people I've interviewed talked about how disconnected politics feels from their lives. That's both because so many who do politics are socially distant from regular people, and about the way politics is too often done - one-way, transactional.
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Brand new data:
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Brand new data:
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
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This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
Like....
Like....
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
Like....
Like....
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Generally, when a party is trying to appeal to a new cohort of voters, they don’t send masked men to publicly kidnap and disappear thousands of members of that cohort.
Latinos in VA also moved hard back to the left from last year
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Generally, when a party is trying to appeal to a new cohort of voters, they don’t send masked men to publicly kidnap and disappear thousands of members of that cohort.
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Literally just resubmitted a paper on this exact topic, but the interactive graph here is super interesting!! Also highly recommend Melissa Nobles' Shades of Citizenship
I love this data essay by some of my @pewresearch.org colleagues looking at how the ways that the U.S. Census has measured race and ethnicity have changed over the country's history and how they're poised to change again in 2030.
Counting Race: How the Census Measures Identity and What Americans Think About It
How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.
www.pewresearch.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Literally just resubmitted a paper on this exact topic, but the interactive graph here is super interesting!! Also highly recommend Melissa Nobles' Shades of Citizenship
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Researchers are often advised to "reveal the person behind the science" in #scicomm to appear more approachable and trustworthy to their audiences. But does this really work? 🤔 In this short piece for Current Opinion in Psych, I review the recent literature... 👇 1/3
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Researchers are often advised to "reveal the person behind the science" in #scicomm to appear more approachable and trustworthy to their audiences. But does this really work? 🤔 In this short piece for Current Opinion in Psych, I review the recent literature... 👇 1/3
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
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bring back shame
I wrote about Nazism in a small Michigan town, and in a large North American country; about the uses of and limits of shame; and on the importance of holding shared standards. www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...
The Death of Shame
Modern Nazis, careless people, and the offensive necessity of caring in a shameful age.
www.the-reframe.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
bring back shame
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I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!
"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" | National Museum of African American History & Culture.
<p>“Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaigns of the 1930s used effective direct-action tactics, such as boycotts and picketing. </p>
www.searchablemuseum.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!
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And now the paper has finally been accepted, I just wanna say to all the editors: PLEASE stop sending papers back out to reviewers after 1 (at most 2) round! It’s a burden on the system when a decision could be made without reviewers’ approvals. It’s not the reviewers’ job to have a final say!
October 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
And now the paper has finally been accepted, I just wanna say to all the editors: PLEASE stop sending papers back out to reviewers after 1 (at most 2) round! It’s a burden on the system when a decision could be made without reviewers’ approvals. It’s not the reviewers’ job to have a final say!
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And here's the paper, led by the incredible Silvia Mari, in which we find that stronger beliefs in traditional gender roles is associated with less voting intention across 18 countries.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And here's the paper, led by the incredible Silvia Mari, in which we find that stronger beliefs in traditional gender roles is associated with less voting intention across 18 countries.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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my high school teacher mom is individually raising money to help cover the expense for the kids who are losing SNAP coverage at her school and members of Congress make roughly 2-4 times the income of the average high school teacher in America
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
my high school teacher mom is individually raising money to help cover the expense for the kids who are losing SNAP coverage at her school and members of Congress make roughly 2-4 times the income of the average high school teacher in America
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Evidence that academics have been complaining about service roles for about 3000 years...
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Evidence that academics have been complaining about service roles for about 3000 years...
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Some links to support people in Jamaica (from someone in JA). please boost
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
Food For The Poor Jamaica
Food for the Poor Jamaica
www.foodforthepoorja.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Some links to support people in Jamaica (from someone in JA). please boost
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
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Such a common slur against the poor. I’ve heard it often in my reporting: “But look, they have big flat screen TVs!” But as a hospital social worker said, “If you are never taking a vacation, can’t go to a movie, can’t eat out, this is your only pleasure.“ (Also TVs are often rented.)
Everyone deserves joy. And it's pretty ironic for the capitalist class to complain that Gen-Z is finding what joy they can afford--given how little they're paid and how much debt they've been forced to carry--in a store-bought pastry or coffee cup.
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Such a common slur against the poor. I’ve heard it often in my reporting: “But look, they have big flat screen TVs!” But as a hospital social worker said, “If you are never taking a vacation, can’t go to a movie, can’t eat out, this is your only pleasure.“ (Also TVs are often rented.)
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations.
I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.
I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations.
I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.
I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.
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The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.
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Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street
This week I had someone tell me they're not worried about SNAP being cut off because "that's illegal, so it's impossible Trump could do that, so obviously it's just media sensationalism." Another person told me they weren't worried about ICE because "they can't detain you if you're legally here."
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street
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As I wrote about for Newsweek a while back, Vance's Ivy League education likely played a role in his willingness to embrace this kind of meritocracy myth and his willingness to weaponize that myth against others, even those closest to him.
www.newsweek.com/time-america...
www.newsweek.com/time-america...
Time for America To Get Over Our Ivy League Obsession | Opinion
Schools like Harvard, Yale, and UPenn have long served as finishing schools for the wealthiest and the whitest of the old-money American elite.
www.newsweek.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As I wrote about for Newsweek a while back, Vance's Ivy League education likely played a role in his willingness to embrace this kind of meritocracy myth and his willingness to weaponize that myth against others, even those closest to him.
www.newsweek.com/time-america...
www.newsweek.com/time-america...
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“Replication is an ethnography of science, a reflection by the scientists themselves on the scientific process and the challenges of producing results, while being engaged in that very process.”
New ethnographic work by Brenninkmeijer et al.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
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New ethnographic work by Brenninkmeijer et al.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Replication is an ethnography of science, a reflection by the scientists themselves on the scientific process and the challenges of producing results, while being engaged in that very process.”
New ethnographic work by Brenninkmeijer et al.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
🧵
New ethnographic work by Brenninkmeijer et al.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
🧵
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For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 41
October 25-31 - a seasonal shift
buttondown.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...