Lora Park
@lorapark.bsky.social
Professor, social psychology, University at Buffalo; self/identity, motivation, well-being, STEM
https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/selfandmotivationlab
https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/selfandmotivationlab
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University at Buffalo’s Psychology Department will be hosting a graduate program virtual open house on Nov 5th- Come hear from faculty and graduate students about our department - and ask questions about our upcoming admissions cycle for PhD and MA programs. Please share with prospective students!
October 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
University at Buffalo’s Psychology Department will be hosting a graduate program virtual open house on Nov 5th- Come hear from faculty and graduate students about our department - and ask questions about our upcoming admissions cycle for PhD and MA programs. Please share with prospective students!
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ISCON now seeking nominations for the 2024 Best Social Cognition Paper Award!
This award recognizes an outstanding article (theoretical or empirical) in the field of social cognition. Papers eligible if published in 2024.
More info here: www.socialcognition.net/best-paper-a...
This award recognizes an outstanding article (theoretical or empirical) in the field of social cognition. Papers eligible if published in 2024.
More info here: www.socialcognition.net/best-paper-a...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
ISCON now seeking nominations for the 2024 Best Social Cognition Paper Award!
This award recognizes an outstanding article (theoretical or empirical) in the field of social cognition. Papers eligible if published in 2024.
More info here: www.socialcognition.net/best-paper-a...
This award recognizes an outstanding article (theoretical or empirical) in the field of social cognition. Papers eligible if published in 2024.
More info here: www.socialcognition.net/best-paper-a...
The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) seeks nominations for the Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Award to honor distinguished researchers & mentors. Nominees can be at any career stage, deadline Sept 12. Apply here: fabbs.org/about/idea-a...
September 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) seeks nominations for the Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Award to honor distinguished researchers & mentors. Nominees can be at any career stage, deadline Sept 12. Apply here: fabbs.org/about/idea-a...
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We are hiring!
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
August 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We are hiring!
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
New paper in Social Personality Psychology Compass: How to Thrive in Times of Threat and Uncertainty.
We offer recs on responding to the current sociopolitical climate at individual, relational, & collective levels to continue our work & support others
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
We offer recs on responding to the current sociopolitical climate at individual, relational, & collective levels to continue our work & support others
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
How to Thrive in Times of Threat and Uncertainty
President Donald Trump's Executive Orders in January 2025, subsequent grant terminations, and attacks on science elicited widespread concern and uncertainty regarding the future of science and the vi....
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
New paper in Social Personality Psychology Compass: How to Thrive in Times of Threat and Uncertainty.
We offer recs on responding to the current sociopolitical climate at individual, relational, & collective levels to continue our work & support others
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
We offer recs on responding to the current sociopolitical climate at individual, relational, & collective levels to continue our work & support others
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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📊 New #PSPB research highlights the impact of the STEP scale - a tool that measures how safe or threatening people perceive different environments to be. Researchers report that environmental cues significantly impact engagement and belonging.
Read more: ow.ly/6mAE50WyCwi
Read more: ow.ly/6mAE50WyCwi
August 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📊 New #PSPB research highlights the impact of the STEP scale - a tool that measures how safe or threatening people perceive different environments to be. Researchers report that environmental cues significantly impact engagement and belonging.
Read more: ow.ly/6mAE50WyCwi
Read more: ow.ly/6mAE50WyCwi
New paper out from the Self & Motivation Lab on Safety and Threat in the Environment Perceptions (STEP). The STEP scale assesses people's overall, gut-level impressions of any given space and uniquely predicts engagement, interest, & desire to recruit others
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Perceptions of Safety and Threat in the Environment: The STEP Scale - Lora E. Park, Deborah E. Ward, Kristin Naragon-Gainey, Elizabeth A. Canning, Nicole Koefler, Zaviera A. Panlilio, Valerie Vessels,...
The Safety and Threat in Environment Perceptions (STEP) scale assesses perceptions of environments as safe (welcoming, inclusive) or threatening (critical, inti...
journals.sagepub.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New paper out from the Self & Motivation Lab on Safety and Threat in the Environment Perceptions (STEP). The STEP scale assesses people's overall, gut-level impressions of any given space and uniquely predicts engagement, interest, & desire to recruit others
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The June 2025 special issue of Social Cognition -- Tutorials on Novel Methods and Analyses in Social Cognition, Part 1 -- was guest edited by Jimmy Calanchini, Juliane Degner, and Colin Smith, with support from Bertram Gawronski.
The introduction is linked here: doi.org/10.1521/soco....
The introduction is linked here: doi.org/10.1521/soco....
July 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The June 2025 special issue of Social Cognition -- Tutorials on Novel Methods and Analyses in Social Cognition, Part 1 -- was guest edited by Jimmy Calanchini, Juliane Degner, and Colin Smith, with support from Bertram Gawronski.
The introduction is linked here: doi.org/10.1521/soco....
The introduction is linked here: doi.org/10.1521/soco....
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Social Psychologists: SESP is in Lisbon this year (Oct 16-18)!
*The symposium submission deadline is May 16*
More info & the submission portal here: www.sesp.org/annualconfer...
*The symposium submission deadline is May 16*
More info & the submission portal here: www.sesp.org/annualconfer...
May 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Social Psychologists: SESP is in Lisbon this year (Oct 16-18)!
*The symposium submission deadline is May 16*
More info & the submission portal here: www.sesp.org/annualconfer...
*The symposium submission deadline is May 16*
More info & the submission portal here: www.sesp.org/annualconfer...
Important update: Due to the high number of registrations, the Federation of Brain & Behavioral Sciences (FABBS) has changed the format of the “Responding to NSF Grant Terminations” event this Fri from a mtg to a webinar.
May 9, 2pm EST
Re-register using new link:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 9, 2pm EST
Re-register using new link:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the r...
us02web.zoom.us
May 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Important update: Due to the high number of registrations, the Federation of Brain & Behavioral Sciences (FABBS) has changed the format of the “Responding to NSF Grant Terminations” event this Fri from a mtg to a webinar.
May 9, 2pm EST
Re-register using new link:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 9, 2pm EST
Re-register using new link:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) seeks nominations for its 2025 Outstanding Early Career Award.
Nominations due by June 13, 2025. Selection committee (Kim Rios, Lora Park, Erin Cooley) will make a decision by mid-July. Send materials to kmrios@illinois.edu
www.issiweb.org/awards
Nominations due by June 13, 2025. Selection committee (Kim Rios, Lora Park, Erin Cooley) will make a decision by mid-July. Send materials to kmrios@illinois.edu
www.issiweb.org/awards
May 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) seeks nominations for its 2025 Outstanding Early Career Award.
Nominations due by June 13, 2025. Selection committee (Kim Rios, Lora Park, Erin Cooley) will make a decision by mid-July. Send materials to kmrios@illinois.edu
www.issiweb.org/awards
Nominations due by June 13, 2025. Selection committee (Kim Rios, Lora Park, Erin Cooley) will make a decision by mid-July. Send materials to kmrios@illinois.edu
www.issiweb.org/awards
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Social psychology lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend and collaborator. Still processing the loss of Sam Sommers, and probably will be for some time. Cherish the time you have with your people, folks.
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
Remembering Psychology Professor Sam Sommers
Sam Sommers, longtime professor at Tufts, studied the psychological causes and consequences of racism
now.tufts.edu
March 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Social psychology lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend and collaborator. Still processing the loss of Sam Sommers, and probably will be for some time. Cherish the time you have with your people, folks.
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
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Have a soon-to-submit paper or R&R you want developmental feedback on? Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in PSY or related fields?
If so, @reviewerzero.bsky.social's pre-review program, FAIR, is here for YOU! 🎉
Apply below or sign up for an office hour. We are here to help!
If so, @reviewerzero.bsky.social's pre-review program, FAIR, is here for YOU! 🎉
Apply below or sign up for an office hour. We are here to help!
March 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Have a soon-to-submit paper or R&R you want developmental feedback on? Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in PSY or related fields?
If so, @reviewerzero.bsky.social's pre-review program, FAIR, is here for YOU! 🎉
Apply below or sign up for an office hour. We are here to help!
If so, @reviewerzero.bsky.social's pre-review program, FAIR, is here for YOU! 🎉
Apply below or sign up for an office hour. We are here to help!
Apply to University at Buffalo’s Visiting Future Faculty program which brings outstanding URM doctoral candidates to UB Sept 14-19, 2025 to engage with UB faculty & students, meet other scholars in the program, and tour the region.
Apply here: www.buffalo.edu/inclusion/st...
Deadline March 28, 2025
Apply here: www.buffalo.edu/inclusion/st...
Deadline March 28, 2025
Visiting Future Faculty Program
The Visiting Future Faculty Program (VITAL) is an exciting and rewarding four-day program that brings promising doctoral scholars from all disciplines to UB.
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March 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Apply to University at Buffalo’s Visiting Future Faculty program which brings outstanding URM doctoral candidates to UB Sept 14-19, 2025 to engage with UB faculty & students, meet other scholars in the program, and tour the region.
Apply here: www.buffalo.edu/inclusion/st...
Deadline March 28, 2025
Apply here: www.buffalo.edu/inclusion/st...
Deadline March 28, 2025
Summaries of what’s been going on at NSF and NIH from FABBS (Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences):
fabbs.org/news/2025/02...
fabbs.org/news/2025/02...
fabbs.org/news/2025/02...
fabbs.org/news/2025/02...
What is Happening at NSF? – FABBS
When the Trump administration took office on January 20, the science advocacy community was not entirely sure what to expect for the National Science Foundation
fabbs.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Summaries of what’s been going on at NSF and NIH from FABBS (Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences):
fabbs.org/news/2025/02...
fabbs.org/news/2025/02...
fabbs.org/news/2025/02...
fabbs.org/news/2025/02...
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🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
I am the new Associate Editor for Special Issues at @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social and I could not be more excited to be in the role!
We're looking for Guest Editors to propose potential special issues! Read all about what that means at the link below!
#SocialPsych #PsychSky
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I am the new Associate Editor for Special Issues at @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social and I could not be more excited to be in the role!
We're looking for Guest Editors to propose potential special issues! Read all about what that means at the link below!
#SocialPsych #PsychSky
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January 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
I am the new Associate Editor for Special Issues at @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social and I could not be more excited to be in the role!
We're looking for Guest Editors to propose potential special issues! Read all about what that means at the link below!
#SocialPsych #PsychSky
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I am the new Associate Editor for Special Issues at @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social and I could not be more excited to be in the role!
We're looking for Guest Editors to propose potential special issues! Read all about what that means at the link below!
#SocialPsych #PsychSky
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ISCON is excited to announce that the 2023 Best Social Cognition Paper Award goes to Hester, N., & Hehman, E. (2023). Dress is a fundamental component of person perception. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 27(4), 414-433! Congrats @neilrhester.bsky.social and @erichehman.bsky.social!
November 21, 2024 at 8:25 PM
ISCON is excited to announce that the 2023 Best Social Cognition Paper Award goes to Hester, N., & Hehman, E. (2023). Dress is a fundamental component of person perception. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 27(4), 414-433! Congrats @neilrhester.bsky.social and @erichehman.bsky.social!
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Writing reviews of colleagues' work is one way to contribute and learn. But doing it well - giving critical *and* kind feedback - often requires intentionality, skills, & knowledge of the hidden curriculum of peer review!
This @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop is here to help! Join us on Dec 1 🎉
This @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop is here to help! Join us on Dec 1 🎉
What strategies can you use to provide effective peer reviews?
Join us for a virtual workshop with @blackinneuro.bsky.social! We'll discuss the structure & content of peer reviews & provide advice about how to write your first review.
Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989
Join us for a virtual workshop with @blackinneuro.bsky.social! We'll discuss the structure & content of peer reviews & provide advice about how to write your first review.
Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989
November 21, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Writing reviews of colleagues' work is one way to contribute and learn. But doing it well - giving critical *and* kind feedback - often requires intentionality, skills, & knowledge of the hidden curriculum of peer review!
This @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop is here to help! Join us on Dec 1 🎉
This @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop is here to help! Join us on Dec 1 🎉
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Researching identity safety cues? Submit to our Special Issue call at Journal of Social Issues, "Identity Safety Cues in Context: Advancing the Role of Group Status, Interpersonal Dynamics, and Systemic Events in Identity Safety Cues" - due Dec. 31st! spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
SPSSI Journals
University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Researching identity safety cues? Submit to our Special Issue call at Journal of Social Issues, "Identity Safety Cues in Context: Advancing the Role of Group Status, Interpersonal Dynamics, and Systemic Events in Identity Safety Cues" - due Dec. 31st! spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
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ISCON Early Career Award Call- please share widely
2024 Early Career Award in Social Cognition nominees must have received their PhDs no earlier than 2018.
-Please send cover letter, CV, and no more than 3 papers to eric.hehman@mcgill.ca. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
August 29, 2024 at 4:04 PM
ISCON Early Career Award Call- please share widely
2024 Early Career Award in Social Cognition nominees must have received their PhDs no earlier than 2018.
-Please send cover letter, CV, and no more than 3 papers to eric.hehman@mcgill.ca. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
Seeking social psych faculty/grad students for 15min online study of perceptions of grant proposals, $20!
To participate, must have a PhD in social psych or related field or be a second year or higher grad student in social psych/related field and be in the US
tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
To participate, must have a PhD in social psych or related field or be a second year or higher grad student in social psych/related field and be in the US
tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
May 13, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Seeking social psych faculty/grad students for 15min online study of perceptions of grant proposals, $20!
To participate, must have a PhD in social psych or related field or be a second year or higher grad student in social psych/related field and be in the US
tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
To participate, must have a PhD in social psych or related field or be a second year or higher grad student in social psych/related field and be in the US
tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Final call for nominations for the 2024 International Society for Self and Identity Distinguished Lifetime Career Award. Send brief nomination letter, nominee's CV, and up to 3 representative pubs (self-nominations acceptable) to Lora Park, Chair (lorapark@buffalo.edu) by Fri May 24. www.issiweb.org
Society of Self and Identity - Home
Society of Self and Identity, Fort Worth
www.issiweb.org
May 9, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Final call for nominations for the 2024 International Society for Self and Identity Distinguished Lifetime Career Award. Send brief nomination letter, nominee's CV, and up to 3 representative pubs (self-nominations acceptable) to Lora Park, Chair (lorapark@buffalo.edu) by Fri May 24. www.issiweb.org
Complete online study on perceptions of research for $20 gift card!
Jessica Remedios (Tufts Univ) & Lora Park (Univ at Buffalo) are examining how social psychologists evaluate grant proposals
Must have PhD or be PhD student (4th yr+) in Social/Personality Psych
tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Jessica Remedios (Tufts Univ) & Lora Park (Univ at Buffalo) are examining how social psychologists evaluate grant proposals
Must have PhD or be PhD student (4th yr+) in Social/Personality Psych
tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
April 26, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Complete online study on perceptions of research for $20 gift card!
Jessica Remedios (Tufts Univ) & Lora Park (Univ at Buffalo) are examining how social psychologists evaluate grant proposals
Must have PhD or be PhD student (4th yr+) in Social/Personality Psych
tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Jessica Remedios (Tufts Univ) & Lora Park (Univ at Buffalo) are examining how social psychologists evaluate grant proposals
Must have PhD or be PhD student (4th yr+) in Social/Personality Psych
tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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In honor of Danny Kahneman's legacy, Psychological Inquiry invites scholars to share their favorite quotes from his work & reflect on their impact. 300-word limit. Due May 1st. Submit: bit.ly/kahneman_tri... #KahnemanTribute plz share
April 2, 2024 at 1:40 AM
In honor of Danny Kahneman's legacy, Psychological Inquiry invites scholars to share their favorite quotes from his work & reflect on their impact. 300-word limit. Due May 1st. Submit: bit.ly/kahneman_tri... #KahnemanTribute plz share
New paper out in Social and Personality Psychology Compass starting and sustaining fruitful collaborations in psych.
Thanks to Lara Aknin, Sarah Gaither, Emily Impett & Ashley Whillans for their valuable contributions.
Feel free to share with students, mentees, faculty:
dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
Thanks to Lara Aknin, Sarah Gaither, Emily Impett & Ashley Whillans for their valuable contributions.
Feel free to share with students, mentees, faculty:
dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
March 28, 2024 at 1:41 PM
New paper out in Social and Personality Psychology Compass starting and sustaining fruitful collaborations in psych.
Thanks to Lara Aknin, Sarah Gaither, Emily Impett & Ashley Whillans for their valuable contributions.
Feel free to share with students, mentees, faculty:
dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
Thanks to Lara Aknin, Sarah Gaither, Emily Impett & Ashley Whillans for their valuable contributions.
Feel free to share with students, mentees, faculty:
dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3...