Mary Katz
@marykatz.bsky.social
Social Psych PhD Student at University of Illinois Chicago | she/her 🇵🇭🇺🇸 | https://bigr.psch.uic.edu/profiles/katz-mary/
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📣 Excited to share new work led by @anneleh.bsky.social and Star Hartley in @spssi.bsky.social's Journal of Social issues! We report studies w/ indigenous iTaukei and Indo-Fijians (displaced under colonial rule) investigating how each reasons about equal rights and democratic governance in Fiji.
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
📣 Excited to share new work led by @anneleh.bsky.social and Star Hartley in @spssi.bsky.social's Journal of Social issues! We report studies w/ indigenous iTaukei and Indo-Fijians (displaced under colonial rule) investigating how each reasons about equal rights and democratic governance in Fiji.
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I didn’t expect my first interview with the @nytimes.com to be from my 4-day old child’s pediatrician’s appointment!
“Singular acts of violence, when they serve a particular narrative, are being spun into a tale of persecution,” Pasek said. “And that is where things feel dangerous to me.”
“Singular acts of violence, when they serve a particular narrative, are being spun into a tale of persecution,” Pasek said. “And that is where things feel dangerous to me.”
The Paradox of Violence
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I didn’t expect my first interview with the @nytimes.com to be from my 4-day old child’s pediatrician’s appointment!
“Singular acts of violence, when they serve a particular narrative, are being spun into a tale of persecution,” Pasek said. “And that is where things feel dangerous to me.”
“Singular acts of violence, when they serve a particular narrative, are being spun into a tale of persecution,” Pasek said. “And that is where things feel dangerous to me.”
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The @spspnews.bsky.social Religion & Spirituality Preconference is accepting applications for talks, data blitzes, & posters until 10/23! We're excited to hear from Kathleen Corriveau, @alexandraworm.bsky.social, @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social & @joshcjackson.bsky.social. More info: tinyurl.com/33x9za7r
September 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The @spspnews.bsky.social Religion & Spirituality Preconference is accepting applications for talks, data blitzes, & posters until 10/23! We're excited to hear from Kathleen Corriveau, @alexandraworm.bsky.social, @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social & @joshcjackson.bsky.social. More info: tinyurl.com/33x9za7r
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We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Clinical Psychology (Tenure Track)
Position SummaryTeach at the undergraduate and graduate level, advise students, conduct research in area of expertise, participate in the intellectual...
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August 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs
uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Couldn’t have done it without the support from my incredible advisor! Thanks, Mikey! :)
Way to go @marykatz.bsky.social, who successfully defended her master's thesis today: "A Social Psychological Window Into How Americans Think About First Amendment Religious Exemption Requests." She's doing such cool work at the nexus of social psych, political psych, and the psych of religion!!
August 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Couldn’t have done it without the support from my incredible advisor! Thanks, Mikey! :)
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Now out in JPSP! Behavioral economic experiments w/ Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Jews in the U.S., Israel and Fiji show that belief in God can facilitate cooperation, even across religious divides! More about our work (co-led with @jeremyginges.bsky.social) below! psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
July 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Now out in JPSP! Behavioral economic experiments w/ Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Jews in the U.S., Israel and Fiji show that belief in God can facilitate cooperation, even across religious divides! More about our work (co-led with @jeremyginges.bsky.social) below! psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
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Reactions to the new Pope are yet another good example of how our religious evaluations are (now, maybe always) downstream of partisan in-group concerns. Conservatives dismissing him with no other knowledge other than hearing he's like Francis. Progressives celebrating him cuz he criticized Vance.
May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reactions to the new Pope are yet another good example of how our religious evaluations are (now, maybe always) downstream of partisan in-group concerns. Conservatives dismissing him with no other knowledge other than hearing he's like Francis. Progressives celebrating him cuz he criticized Vance.
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I am hiring a new Lab Manager to help run the NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation.
We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620
See more details below:
We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620
See more details below:
April 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I am hiring a new Lab Manager to help run the NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation.
We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620
See more details below:
We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620
See more details below:
So honored to have received this award! I couldn’t have done it without the support of the most incredible advisor :)
Proud advisor moment, getting to celebrate @marykatz.bsky.social winning a Graduate Student Paper Award at the Midwestern Psychological Association! Catch her talk (and my other student Zarnab’s talk) tomorrow morning!
April 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
So honored to have received this award! I couldn’t have done it without the support of the most incredible advisor :)
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Proud advisor moment, getting to celebrate @marykatz.bsky.social winning a Graduate Student Paper Award at the Midwestern Psychological Association! Catch her talk (and my other student Zarnab’s talk) tomorrow morning!
April 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Proud advisor moment, getting to celebrate @marykatz.bsky.social winning a Graduate Student Paper Award at the Midwestern Psychological Association! Catch her talk (and my other student Zarnab’s talk) tomorrow morning!
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Will Americans vote for an atheist? Across 4 survey experiments, authors find Democrats favorable, Republicans unfavorable. Importantly, for highly-religious Republicans, even describing the atheist as a patriotic war hero doesn't seem to matter (atheist = 👎).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Will Americans Vote for an Atheist?
Conventional wisdom holds and previous research confirms that for a political candidate, atheism is anathema. But the United States is becoming a more secular nation. Does secularization mean that at...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Will Americans vote for an atheist? Across 4 survey experiments, authors find Democrats favorable, Republicans unfavorable. Importantly, for highly-religious Republicans, even describing the atheist as a patriotic war hero doesn't seem to matter (atheist = 👎).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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After years of steady decline the share of US population who are Christians is stabilizing and perhaps a slight bounce back.
One wonders what “Christian” means now, however.
One wonders what “Christian” means now, however.
February 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
After years of steady decline the share of US population who are Christians is stabilizing and perhaps a slight bounce back.
One wonders what “Christian” means now, however.
One wonders what “Christian” means now, however.
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Officially a doctor, or PhDONE (I think is what they say). So grateful to @lindaskitka.bsky.social and all the help I've received these past few years!
February 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Officially a doctor, or PhDONE (I think is what they say). So grateful to @lindaskitka.bsky.social and all the help I've received these past few years!
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We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation.
We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Credit
@alli.gay
@erininthemorning.com
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
@miralazine.bsky.social
@lizsaila.bsky.social
We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Credit
@alli.gay
@erininthemorning.com
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
@miralazine.bsky.social
@lizsaila.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation.
We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Credit
@alli.gay
@erininthemorning.com
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
@miralazine.bsky.social
@lizsaila.bsky.social
We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Credit
@alli.gay
@erininthemorning.com
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
@miralazine.bsky.social
@lizsaila.bsky.social
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In happy news, our paper, "Thinking about God increases intergroup prosociality even when conflict is salient", is now out in GPIR! Particularly excited that this paper includes two amazing Fijian collaborators who played integral roles in leading fieldwork! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In happy news, our paper, "Thinking about God increases intergroup prosociality even when conflict is salient", is now out in GPIR! Particularly excited that this paper includes two amazing Fijian collaborators who played integral roles in leading fieldwork! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Seems like my old post is getting some traction with new followers. With just 10 days left, here's a reminder that I will be reviewing PhD applications in social-personality psych for my lab at UIC. Details & research priorities are on my lab website. Please let you students/ lab managers know!
The rumor is true. I *will* review PhD applications for my lab, newly located at the University of Illinois Chicago! Please apply if you're interested in social identity (with focus on Asian, MENA, Hispanic Americans) and intraminority coalition-conflict. Lab: www.pbandjlab.com
(jk there's no rumor)
(jk there's no rumor)
The PB&J Lab
Welcome to the Prejudice, Behavior, and Judgment (PB&J) Lab at the University of Illinois Chicago!!
www.pbandjlab.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Seems like my old post is getting some traction with new followers. With just 10 days left, here's a reminder that I will be reviewing PhD applications in social-personality psych for my lab at UIC. Details & research priorities are on my lab website. Please let you students/ lab managers know!
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Excited to share a new preprint (accepted for publication in Group Processes and Intergroup Relations)! In prior work, we've found that thinking about God increase cross-religious prosociality. Here we ask: But what about when intergroup conflict is salient? osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
November 18, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Excited to share a new preprint (accepted for publication in Group Processes and Intergroup Relations)! In prior work, we've found that thinking about God increase cross-religious prosociality. Here we ask: But what about when intergroup conflict is salient? osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Had such a fun time last night with our Belief, Identity, and Group Relations lab enjoying the late summer weather in beautiful Chicago! With @ncaluori.bsky.social @marykatz.bsky.social and Zarnab Zahoor.
September 17, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Had such a fun time last night with our Belief, Identity, and Group Relations lab enjoying the late summer weather in beautiful Chicago! With @ncaluori.bsky.social @marykatz.bsky.social and Zarnab Zahoor.
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"Asian-White multiracial people stand in solidarity more strongly with Asian people than White people", but "Asian monoracial people incorrectly believe that physically White-looking Asian-White" people "stand in solidarity more strongly with White people"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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August 29, 2024 at 2:33 PM
"Asian-White multiracial people stand in solidarity more strongly with Asian people than White people", but "Asian monoracial people incorrectly believe that physically White-looking Asian-White" people "stand in solidarity more strongly with White people"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Found some weird/interesting things about how Americans view 40 social movements in a survey I conducted recently with YouGov (1/11)
June 11, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Found some weird/interesting things about how Americans view 40 social movements in a survey I conducted recently with YouGov (1/11)
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One of the things we’re very excited for at UIC!!!
I just taught my last class at Colby today. I’m thrilled to announce that this Fall, I’ll be joining the University of Illinois Chicago as an assistant professor of psychology!! Bittersweet to leave Colby after 5 incredible years, but I love Chicago too much after an amazing sabbatical there!
May 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM
One of the things we’re very excited for at UIC!!!
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I just taught my last class at Colby today. I’m thrilled to announce that this Fall, I’ll be joining the University of Illinois Chicago as an assistant professor of psychology!! Bittersweet to leave Colby after 5 incredible years, but I love Chicago too much after an amazing sabbatical there!
May 10, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I just taught my last class at Colby today. I’m thrilled to announce that this Fall, I’ll be joining the University of Illinois Chicago as an assistant professor of psychology!! Bittersweet to leave Colby after 5 incredible years, but I love Chicago too much after an amazing sabbatical there!
Fun fact: having the most supportive & incredible advisor really helps you have a successful 1st year of grad school! So TY.
But seriously - I’m so grateful I get to do research w/ Mikey and in the social psych area at UIC. This 1st year has been lovely & I’m excited for the years to come :)
But seriously - I’m so grateful I get to do research w/ Mikey and in the social psych area at UIC. This 1st year has been lovely & I’m excited for the years to come :)
One thing I'm super excited about is how amazingly @marykatz.bsky.social did in her 1st year in graduate school! She earned an honorable mention in the NSF GRFP program and is conducting really exciting work at the intersection of intergroup relations, politics, and religion. Keep your eyes peeled!
May 8, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Fun fact: having the most supportive & incredible advisor really helps you have a successful 1st year of grad school! So TY.
But seriously - I’m so grateful I get to do research w/ Mikey and in the social psych area at UIC. This 1st year has been lovely & I’m excited for the years to come :)
But seriously - I’m so grateful I get to do research w/ Mikey and in the social psych area at UIC. This 1st year has been lovely & I’m excited for the years to come :)
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I understand the intuitive appeal of attempting to appear 'fair and balanced.' But if the underlying reality is unequal, failing to point that out is just misinforming readers.
At NPR... "I and a couple of other editorial leaders were encouraged to make sure that any coverage of a Trump lie was matched with a story about a lie from Hillary Clinton. Another colleague asked what to do if one candidate just lied more than the other."
Silence. slate.com/business/202...
Silence. slate.com/business/202...
NPR Is a Mess. But “Wokeness” Isn’t the Problem.
The real story behind the public broadcaster’s woes.
slate.com
April 16, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I understand the intuitive appeal of attempting to appear 'fair and balanced.' But if the underlying reality is unequal, failing to point that out is just misinforming readers.