Kengthsagn Louis
@kengthsagnl.bsky.social
Assistant prof @BostonCollege | Studies the self, health, and culture | @Stanfordpsych alum | @SkidmoreCollege alum | @UWCSEA_Dover alum | First-Gen | She/Her/Hers
Lab website: https://tinyurl.com/2t8zx6st
Lab website: https://tinyurl.com/2t8zx6st
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Call for submissions: Boston College and Marginalia Science will be hosting a one-day conference highlighting diverse perspectives in psychology and social science research. Apply for a featured talk (with travel award), data blitz, or poster presentation! More info: forms.gle/TdB2esuePVN3...
August 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Call for submissions: Boston College and Marginalia Science will be hosting a one-day conference highlighting diverse perspectives in psychology and social science research. Apply for a featured talk (with travel award), data blitz, or poster presentation! More info: forms.gle/TdB2esuePVN3...
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SID Lab's first joint meeting with SHIC Lab! Was nice to take a lil field trip into Boston for the day to share some food, laughs, and research. Thanks for hosting us, @kengthsagnl.bsky.social and team!
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
SID Lab's first joint meeting with SHIC Lab! Was nice to take a lil field trip into Boston for the day to share some food, laughs, and research. Thanks for hosting us, @kengthsagnl.bsky.social and team!
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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....
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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...
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Excited that our paper, led by @rrrianabrown.bsky.social & Pia Dietze, is out! We find that racial health disparities violate concerns of moral sacredness moreso than economic disparities, which sparks a sense of injustice and support for action. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Highlighting health consequences of racial disparities sparks support for action
Racial health and physical harm disparities violate morality concerns, motivating action.
www.science.org
December 22, 2023 at 7:11 PM
Excited that our paper, led by @rrrianabrown.bsky.social & Pia Dietze, is out! We find that racial health disparities violate concerns of moral sacredness moreso than economic disparities, which sparks a sense of injustice and support for action. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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📢Postdoc alert!📢
Come work with me as a Guarini Dean’s Postdoc Fellow at Dartmouth! This 2-year fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses questions about intergroup dynamics in social interactions and relationships. Apply by Feb 1! Position begins this summer apply.interfolio.com/137922
Come work with me as a Guarini Dean’s Postdoc Fellow at Dartmouth! This 2-year fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses questions about intergroup dynamics in social interactions and relationships. Apply by Feb 1! Position begins this summer apply.interfolio.com/137922
December 15, 2023 at 9:58 PM
📢Postdoc alert!📢
Come work with me as a Guarini Dean’s Postdoc Fellow at Dartmouth! This 2-year fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses questions about intergroup dynamics in social interactions and relationships. Apply by Feb 1! Position begins this summer apply.interfolio.com/137922
Come work with me as a Guarini Dean’s Postdoc Fellow at Dartmouth! This 2-year fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses questions about intergroup dynamics in social interactions and relationships. Apply by Feb 1! Position begins this summer apply.interfolio.com/137922
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children rationalize social inequities as internal in nature (eg women underrepresented in sci bc women have less sci talent), according to decades of cool yet depressing research. in a new paper, we review recent work on children's structural thinking as a hopeful alternative... (1/3)
Children's structural thinking about social inequities
Across development, young children reason about why social inequities exist. However, when left to their own devices, young children might engage in internal thinking, reasoning that the inequity is ....
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December 14, 2023 at 8:41 PM
children rationalize social inequities as internal in nature (eg women underrepresented in sci bc women have less sci talent), according to decades of cool yet depressing research. in a new paper, we review recent work on children's structural thinking as a hopeful alternative... (1/3)
Grateful to announce that I will be joining the faculty at Boston College as an assistant professor starting Fall 2024 in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) Program!!
December 10, 2023 at 1:56 AM
Grateful to announce that I will be joining the faculty at Boston College as an assistant professor starting Fall 2024 in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) Program!!