Joe Vandello
@jvandello.bsky.social
Social Psychologist studying manhood, masculinity, gender, lgbtq+ prejudice, underdogs. Amateur artist. Decent guitar player/bad singer. Aspiring optimist. Transgender ally.
I haven't seen conservatives get this upset about a Superbowl halftime show since, I don't know...last year with Kendrick Lamar? Or 2023 with Rihanna? Or the 2022 rap medley? Or maybe Beyonce?
February 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I haven't seen conservatives get this upset about a Superbowl halftime show since, I don't know...last year with Kendrick Lamar? Or 2023 with Rihanna? Or the 2022 rap medley? Or maybe Beyonce?
The U.S. anti-trans backlash has not let up. But the good news is that these bills are increasingly unpopular with the public. Polling shows that people think anti-trans Republicans have gone too far and by a large margin (+22, according to a Fox News poll) trust Democrats more on trans issues.
February 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The U.S. anti-trans backlash has not let up. But the good news is that these bills are increasingly unpopular with the public. Polling shows that people think anti-trans Republicans have gone too far and by a large margin (+22, according to a Fox News poll) trust Democrats more on trans issues.
My new favorite hobby is watching videos of restaurants refuse service to ICE agents.
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
My new favorite hobby is watching videos of restaurants refuse service to ICE agents.
To state the obvious...
Scientists reject a binary view of human sex at NIH symposium
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January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
To state the obvious...
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"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"
- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
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- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)
Susie Wiles discusses the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth’s war tactics, and “retribution” against Letitia James.
www.vanityfair.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"
- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Grading essays from a grad seminar in 2025 now means first having a reaction, "wow, this is really good; they seemed to have really grasped the material at a deep level" followed by a second reaction, "this feels like AI."
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Grading essays from a grad seminar in 2025 now means first having a reaction, "wow, this is really good; they seemed to have really grasped the material at a deep level" followed by a second reaction, "this feels like AI."
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"Replication rates are higher than experts predicted and p-hacking is much less common than we expected!"
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December 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"Replication rates are higher than experts predicted and p-hacking is much less common than we expected!"
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New paper by my student, Becky Upton:
Across 60 countries, those countries with higher beliefs that manhood is a precarious social status tened to have more violence against women, attitudes more condoning of violence, and weaker legal protections for violence against women.
Across 60 countries, those countries with higher beliefs that manhood is a precarious social status tened to have more violence against women, attitudes more condoning of violence, and weaker legal protections for violence against women.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
New paper by my student, Becky Upton:
Across 60 countries, those countries with higher beliefs that manhood is a precarious social status tened to have more violence against women, attitudes more condoning of violence, and weaker legal protections for violence against women.
Across 60 countries, those countries with higher beliefs that manhood is a precarious social status tened to have more violence against women, attitudes more condoning of violence, and weaker legal protections for violence against women.
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It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
Concur.
"the Replacements’ 1984 masterpiece Let It Be might be the greatest rock ’n’ roll album ever made about growing up, if not exactly getting old."
"the Replacements’ 1984 masterpiece Let It Be might be the greatest rock ’n’ roll album ever made about growing up, if not exactly getting old."
The Rock Masterpiece That’s One of the Great Quantum Leaps Forward by Any Band
One of the best albums of the 1980s is also one of the great albums about coming of age.
slate.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Concur.
"the Replacements’ 1984 masterpiece Let It Be might be the greatest rock ’n’ roll album ever made about growing up, if not exactly getting old."
"the Replacements’ 1984 masterpiece Let It Be might be the greatest rock ’n’ roll album ever made about growing up, if not exactly getting old."
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Chimpanzees use 22 types of tools in the wild but they are capable of doomscrolling like the rest of us.
This video of Sugriva using Instagram is shocking because it's so similar to how humans use social media--engaging with content that triggers our emotions, like images of our friends and foes.
This video of Sugriva using Instagram is shocking because it's so similar to how humans use social media--engaging with content that triggers our emotions, like images of our friends and foes.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Chimpanzees use 22 types of tools in the wild but they are capable of doomscrolling like the rest of us.
This video of Sugriva using Instagram is shocking because it's so similar to how humans use social media--engaging with content that triggers our emotions, like images of our friends and foes.
This video of Sugriva using Instagram is shocking because it's so similar to how humans use social media--engaging with content that triggers our emotions, like images of our friends and foes.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Other trans journalists have also covered Mamdani’s incredible ad. It was so meaningful to so many.
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
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October 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Other trans journalists have also covered Mamdani’s incredible ad. It was so meaningful to so many.
This is social psychology at its best. Great study.
Change is hard.
Change is hard.
I'm excited to share the news that our climate change project won the @spspnews.bsky.social Robert Cialdini Prize for a "paper that uses field methods and demonstrates the relevance of social psychology to outside groups and communities"!
You can read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
You can read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is social psychology at its best. Great study.
Change is hard.
Change is hard.
"Conversion therapy" is abuse.
SCOTUS erases the role of parents in conversion therapy case
Conservative justices seem to believe queer kids are born hating themselves
www.salon.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Conversion therapy" is abuse.
"We were breaking our own rules by providing access to an employer that thinks, in the words of Trump’s executive order, identifying as transgender violates “a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle.”"
When military recruiters visit, colleges must support trans students
The trans ban violates the missions of universities — and their silence is dishonorable
www.salon.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"We were breaking our own rules by providing access to an employer that thinks, in the words of Trump’s executive order, identifying as transgender violates “a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle.”"
This is an absurd and offensive overreach of non-experts telling experts what to teach. What's next, climate scientists can't talk about global warming? Biologists can't talk about evolution?
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is an absurd and offensive overreach of non-experts telling experts what to teach. What's next, climate scientists can't talk about global warming? Biologists can't talk about evolution?
Besides being another example of how Republicans try to blame everything on trans people, this is a reflection of how little Trump understands about trans identity. What does "want to have transgender for everybody" even mean? I want transgender folks to be happy, safe and free from govt intrusion.
Trump: "They want to have transgender for everybody. These people are crazy -- the Democrats. So if it has to shut down, it'll have to shut down. But they're the ones that are shutting down the government."
September 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Besides being another example of how Republicans try to blame everything on trans people, this is a reflection of how little Trump understands about trans identity. What does "want to have transgender for everybody" even mean? I want transgender folks to be happy, safe and free from govt intrusion.
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This 2022 article by Mernyk and colleagues seems especially timely right now.
"exaggerated perceptions of rival partisans’ support for violence are a major cause of partisans’ own support for partisan violence."
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
"exaggerated perceptions of rival partisans’ support for violence are a major cause of partisans’ own support for partisan violence."
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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September 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This 2022 article by Mernyk and colleagues seems especially timely right now.
"exaggerated perceptions of rival partisans’ support for violence are a major cause of partisans’ own support for partisan violence."
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
"exaggerated perceptions of rival partisans’ support for violence are a major cause of partisans’ own support for partisan violence."
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Spread the word: We're hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of South Florida Department of Psychology in Tampa. We will begin reviewing applications October 17th.
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Assistant Professor - Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of South Florida seeks to fill a 9-month, full-time and tenure-earning, Assistant Professor position, with a start date of August 7, 2026. Salary is nego...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Spread the word: We're hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of South Florida Department of Psychology in Tampa. We will begin reviewing applications October 17th.
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Longitudinal study in New Zealand (N = 61,750) finds gender is becoming more central to women’s identity across the lifespan and young men are starting to increasingly distance themselves from their gender.
#SocialPsyc
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Gender Identity is Becoming More Central to Women of All Ages, but Less Central to Young Men
Although traditional gender roles are being challenged in many Western societies, few studies have examined how gender identity centrality has changed…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Longitudinal study in New Zealand (N = 61,750) finds gender is becoming more central to women’s identity across the lifespan and young men are starting to increasingly distance themselves from their gender.
#SocialPsyc
#SocialPsyc
As a professor who researches and teaches about the psychology of gender in a red state, I'm surprised I haven't had a knock on my door yet.
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
As a professor who researches and teaches about the psychology of gender in a red state, I'm surprised I haven't had a knock on my door yet.
A story in the NY Times today featuring my work with Jennifer Bosson on precarious manhood and its implications for men's health.
What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/m... by @helenouyang.bsky.social via @nytimes.com CC: @drdmgriffith.bsky.social @lponsky.bsky.social @jvandello.bsky.social @robcaliff.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social @whitneyphillips.bsky.social
What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor?
Men in the United States live around five years less than women. One clinic is trying to persuade men that getting checked out could save their life.
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A story in the NY Times today featuring my work with Jennifer Bosson on precarious manhood and its implications for men's health.