Joan Kim (she/her)
@joankim052.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Northeastern University, CORE Lab | environmental cognition/psychology, human exceptionalism, and how belief in hierarchy impacts environmental disparity
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🏝️New in Geo!🏝️
'"Operation Hurricane": Narrating climate change as imperial mess' by Charlotte Weatherill
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Political Ecologies of Islands: Environmental & Climate (In)Justices'.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
'"Operation Hurricane": Narrating climate change as imperial mess' by Charlotte Weatherill
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Political Ecologies of Islands: Environmental & Climate (In)Justices'.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🏝️New in Geo!🏝️
'"Operation Hurricane": Narrating climate change as imperial mess' by Charlotte Weatherill
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Political Ecologies of Islands: Environmental & Climate (In)Justices'.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
'"Operation Hurricane": Narrating climate change as imperial mess' by Charlotte Weatherill
This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Political Ecologies of Islands: Environmental & Climate (In)Justices'.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
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Exactly. A lot of the time, a call for empathy for the dominant group is actually a call for sacrifice from the oppressed.
They use the word “empathy” to make the injustice feel like a moral imperative.
They use the word “empathy” to make the injustice feel like a moral imperative.
I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
September 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Exactly. A lot of the time, a call for empathy for the dominant group is actually a call for sacrifice from the oppressed.
They use the word “empathy” to make the injustice feel like a moral imperative.
They use the word “empathy” to make the injustice feel like a moral imperative.
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Hot off the press!
Want a current compendium of major psychological challenges and solutions to environmental sustainability?
Elke Weber & I break down this multifaceted issue in the new, FREE, chapter of The Handbook of Social Psychology, 6th ed:
openpublishing.princeton.edu/read/environ...
Want a current compendium of major psychological challenges and solutions to environmental sustainability?
Elke Weber & I break down this multifaceted issue in the new, FREE, chapter of The Handbook of Social Psychology, 6th ed:
openpublishing.princeton.edu/read/environ...
May 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hot off the press!
Want a current compendium of major psychological challenges and solutions to environmental sustainability?
Elke Weber & I break down this multifaceted issue in the new, FREE, chapter of The Handbook of Social Psychology, 6th ed:
openpublishing.princeton.edu/read/environ...
Want a current compendium of major psychological challenges and solutions to environmental sustainability?
Elke Weber & I break down this multifaceted issue in the new, FREE, chapter of The Handbook of Social Psychology, 6th ed:
openpublishing.princeton.edu/read/environ...
Our paper is finally out! 🎉🎉🎉
Mental Models Matter: Conceptualizations of the Human–Nature Relationship Predict Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions (www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...)
Mental Models Matter: Conceptualizations of the Human–Nature Relationship Predict Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions (www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...)
www.mdpi.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Our paper is finally out! 🎉🎉🎉
Mental Models Matter: Conceptualizations of the Human–Nature Relationship Predict Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions (www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...)
Mental Models Matter: Conceptualizations of the Human–Nature Relationship Predict Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions (www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...)
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“We find that two-thirds of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10%, meaning that individual contributions are 6.5 times the average per capita contribution.”
[Reminder that 10% wealthiest includes 810 million people, who earn more than $125k annually]
[Reminder that 10% wealthiest includes 810 million people, who earn more than $125k annually]
May 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“We find that two-thirds of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10%, meaning that individual contributions are 6.5 times the average per capita contribution.”
[Reminder that 10% wealthiest includes 810 million people, who earn more than $125k annually]
[Reminder that 10% wealthiest includes 810 million people, who earn more than $125k annually]
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My dear health equity peers, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is doubling down on their DEI efforts. 💪🏽 Here’s a grant opportunity tinyurl.com/3pnxhy2d with a rapid response option those whose “health equity research projects have lost federal funding.”
⭐️ Please share ⭐️
⭐️ Please share ⭐️
Research to Advance Racial and Indigenous Health Equity
We seek to build an actionable body of evidence to construct fair systems that determine resource distribution and support health equity. Deadlines: Rapid Response brief proposal 5/28/25; New Research...
tinyurl.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
My dear health equity peers, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is doubling down on their DEI efforts. 💪🏽 Here’s a grant opportunity tinyurl.com/3pnxhy2d with a rapid response option those whose “health equity research projects have lost federal funding.”
⭐️ Please share ⭐️
⭐️ Please share ⭐️
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I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
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Palestinian, Turkish, Indian, Iranian, Gambian-British, Korean — they’re coming after all in a real way. Black, brown, Asian, Muslim or not, this is a story of rounding up, kidnapping, people of color. If you are a member of these groups or an ally, and you’re a citizen, you need to fight back.
March 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Palestinian, Turkish, Indian, Iranian, Gambian-British, Korean — they’re coming after all in a real way. Black, brown, Asian, Muslim or not, this is a story of rounding up, kidnapping, people of color. If you are a member of these groups or an ally, and you’re a citizen, you need to fight back.
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We have found the first documented case of an immigrant being imported to the US by politicians and then committing a bunch of heinous sex crimes
Choking, strangulation victims 750% more likely to be killed by abuser
Took Andrew Tate two weeks back in the US to commit a violent crime against a woman
www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/26/a...
Took Andrew Tate two weeks back in the US to commit a violent crime against a woman
www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/26/a...
Andrew Tate accused of violently attacking girlfriend during sex
Bri Stern has reportedly filed a sexual assault report linked to the alleged incident, in which she claims Tate violently choked her while they were having sex.
www.nydailynews.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We have found the first documented case of an immigrant being imported to the US by politicians and then committing a bunch of heinous sex crimes
4 interdisciplinary huskies at the Boston #standupforscience protest! Representing @northeasternu.bsky.social's Marine and Env Sciences, Psychology, and Public Health. @megansouza17.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
4 interdisciplinary huskies at the Boston #standupforscience protest! Representing @northeasternu.bsky.social's Marine and Env Sciences, Psychology, and Public Health. @megansouza17.bsky.social
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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Names and faces of the people wrecking our government in the cause of DOGE
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE (Gift Article)
The Times identified 50 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Names and faces of the people wrecking our government in the cause of DOGE
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up.
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
Free virtual boot camp seeks to recruit and educate civil rights advocates
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
www.abajournal.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up.
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Religion data for reuse! Those stories about U.S. religion you're currently seeing in the news? They're from the Pew 2023-2024 Religious Landscape Study. While anyone can explore the data with their online tools, Pew has also shared the underlying dataset: doi.org/10.58094/3kw...
2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Dataset Archives
doi.org
February 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Religion data for reuse! Those stories about U.S. religion you're currently seeing in the news? They're from the Pew 2023-2024 Religious Landscape Study. While anyone can explore the data with their online tools, Pew has also shared the underlying dataset: doi.org/10.58094/3kw...
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Researchers find that groups like Farmers for Climate Action and the Investor Group on Climate Change have a more sympathetic reception than typical left-leaning groups. Can these "unconventional advocates" play a role in expanding the climate movement? See below👇 theconversation.com/farmers-inve...
Farmers, investors, miners and parents: how unconventional climate advocates can reach new audiences
About 40% of Australians don’t believe humans are a major cause of climate change. Reaching these sceptic holdout groups may require unconventional approaches.
theconversation.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Researchers find that groups like Farmers for Climate Action and the Investor Group on Climate Change have a more sympathetic reception than typical left-leaning groups. Can these "unconventional advocates" play a role in expanding the climate movement? See below👇 theconversation.com/farmers-inve...
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To My Fellow Lab Rats: A Letter From a Postdoc Who Survived the Bolsonaro Years
www.reddit.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Academics have been perfecting our skills at flighting fascism during faculty meetings.
January 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Academics have been perfecting our skills at flighting fascism during faculty meetings.
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Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
My friend said that her NIH funding came in 30 minutes before the ban was supposed to go in effect and was approved at 1 in the morning.
People aren't giving up.
People aren't giving up.
Y’all, have to have more faith in federal employees. They aren’t dumb and a lot are highly-successful, incredulous Black folks.
January 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My friend said that her NIH funding came in 30 minutes before the ban was supposed to go in effect and was approved at 1 in the morning.
People aren't giving up.
People aren't giving up.
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What is structural racism, and how do we measure it?
@tyson-brown.bsky.social, @pahoman.bsky.social, and I have a forthcoming Annual Review article on @socarxiv.bsky.social. Check it before studying structural racism is banned (and follow Tyson and Trish, new to Bluesky). osf.io/6zbgh/
@tyson-brown.bsky.social, @pahoman.bsky.social, and I have a forthcoming Annual Review article on @socarxiv.bsky.social. Check it before studying structural racism is banned (and follow Tyson and Trish, new to Bluesky). osf.io/6zbgh/
Advancing the Scientific Study of Structural Racism: Concepts, Measures, and Methods
This review provides ten actionable recommendations for advancing the scientific study of structural racism through theoretically grounded and empirically robust measures and methods. By offering conc...
osf.io
January 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What is structural racism, and how do we measure it?
@tyson-brown.bsky.social, @pahoman.bsky.social, and I have a forthcoming Annual Review article on @socarxiv.bsky.social. Check it before studying structural racism is banned (and follow Tyson and Trish, new to Bluesky). osf.io/6zbgh/
@tyson-brown.bsky.social, @pahoman.bsky.social, and I have a forthcoming Annual Review article on @socarxiv.bsky.social. Check it before studying structural racism is banned (and follow Tyson and Trish, new to Bluesky). osf.io/6zbgh/
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ok tenured faculty. what advice do you have for pre-tenure professors who are expected to write/ get grants for tenure? is it too early to panic? delay clock? hoard startup? cry?
This looks like part of a massive multi-faceted attack on scientists and universities from the Trump admin.
They have cancelled funded federal grants, frozen NIH panels, promoted anti-scientific figures and conspiracy theorists like RFK Jr in positions of oversight.
This is just beginning…
They have cancelled funded federal grants, frozen NIH panels, promoted anti-scientific figures and conspiracy theorists like RFK Jr in positions of oversight.
This is just beginning…
This is only the beginning.
January 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
ok tenured faculty. what advice do you have for pre-tenure professors who are expected to write/ get grants for tenure? is it too early to panic? delay clock? hoard startup? cry?
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This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
January 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
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I should have made clearer in my original post (to explain this closing remark)
We found that specific prejudices (anti-Black, anti-gay, anti-feminist, anti-illegal immigrant) are becoming more correlated over time (2004-2020).
#PrejudiceResearch
January 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I should have made clearer in my original post (to explain this closing remark)
We found that specific prejudices (anti-Black, anti-gay, anti-feminist, anti-illegal immigrant) are becoming more correlated over time (2004-2020).
#PrejudiceResearch
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First time on Bluesky 👋☁️
🟠 Delighted to share that my book The Ideological Brain will be out in March (and in >10 languages later this year)! 🔵
📘 It’s about what makes some brains susceptible to rigid worldviews, how ideologies infiltrate our minds and bodies, and what it means to break free 📙
🟠 Delighted to share that my book The Ideological Brain will be out in March (and in >10 languages later this year)! 🔵
📘 It’s about what makes some brains susceptible to rigid worldviews, how ideologies infiltrate our minds and bodies, and what it means to break free 📙
January 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
First time on Bluesky 👋☁️
🟠 Delighted to share that my book The Ideological Brain will be out in March (and in >10 languages later this year)! 🔵
📘 It’s about what makes some brains susceptible to rigid worldviews, how ideologies infiltrate our minds and bodies, and what it means to break free 📙
🟠 Delighted to share that my book The Ideological Brain will be out in March (and in >10 languages later this year)! 🔵
📘 It’s about what makes some brains susceptible to rigid worldviews, how ideologies infiltrate our minds and bodies, and what it means to break free 📙