✨New preprint! Why do people express outrage online? In 4 studies we develop a taxonomy of online outrage motives, test what motives people report, what they infer for in- vs. out-partisans, and how motive inferences shape downstream intergroup consequences. Led by @felix-chenwei.bsky.social 🧵👇

Thrilled to share that my first first-authored publication is officially out (soon to be in press at Social Cognition)! 🚀

"From Data to Discovery: Unsupervised Machine Learning in Social Cognition"
📄 OSF preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...

Despite all the upheavals, some bright spots!

Yesterday, @shreevallabha.bsky.social successfully defended her dissertation; approved with no revisions! 🎉

Dr. Vallabha’s dissertation work is the most comprehensive study of moral humility to date 👀

NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

It’s been a devastating 24 hours with 3 NIH grants terminated…all focused on the health and wellbeing of trans or intersex youth. If folks have any ideas of foundations that may be interested in supporting the completion of these projects so years of work aren’t wasted, please let me know. 🙏

I would like to share that the family requests donations be made to the Innocence Project (innocenceproject.org/donate/) or the American Civil Liberties Union (action.aclu.org/give/now) in lieu of flowers. 💖💐

I’m giving a talk at the Society for Affective Science on Friday—my first time attending. If you’re around, come say “hi”! @affectscience.bsky.social

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.

I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!

Join us for our SPSP symposium! We present research on responses to personal, blatant, systemic, and historical racial prejudice. Featuring 3 in-person talks & a recorded session from Keith on Whova.
#SPSP2025

Excited to share my first ever publication recently accepted at JPSP!

This work was led by the wonderful @shreevallabha.bsky.social, see her thread below, to get a brief summary of this paper. Thanks to both Shree and @mjbsp.bsky.social for teaching me so much during this project!