Clara Wilkins
@clarawilkins.bsky.social
Social Psychologist and Associate Professor @ the University of Washington
http://depts.washington.edu/spia/
http://depts.washington.edu/spia/
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🧵1/4 New paper alert! psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Can you celebrate diversity while undermining it? Our new paper in American Psychologist discusses how people/organizations can appear committed to diversity while their conceptualizations of diversity actively undercut it.
Can you celebrate diversity while undermining it? Our new paper in American Psychologist discusses how people/organizations can appear committed to diversity while their conceptualizations of diversity actively undercut it.
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🧵1/4 New paper alert! psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Can you celebrate diversity while undermining it? Our new paper in American Psychologist discusses how people/organizations can appear committed to diversity while their conceptualizations of diversity actively undercut it.
Can you celebrate diversity while undermining it? Our new paper in American Psychologist discusses how people/organizations can appear committed to diversity while their conceptualizations of diversity actively undercut it.
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#PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PrejudiceResearch
Help me out with stereotype threat
I feel that some of field has moved on, saying it's not real
But multiple meta-analyses show effects. & there's failed replications but not that many?
What's the state of our literature on #StereotypeThreat?
Help me out with stereotype threat
I feel that some of field has moved on, saying it's not real
But multiple meta-analyses show effects. & there's failed replications but not that many?
What's the state of our literature on #StereotypeThreat?
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PrejudiceResearch
Help me out with stereotype threat
I feel that some of field has moved on, saying it's not real
But multiple meta-analyses show effects. & there's failed replications but not that many?
What's the state of our literature on #StereotypeThreat?
Help me out with stereotype threat
I feel that some of field has moved on, saying it's not real
But multiple meta-analyses show effects. & there's failed replications but not that many?
What's the state of our literature on #StereotypeThreat?
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I'm really proud of this paper I wrote with my grad student proposing that children's racial biases are driven in part by racial differences in social status. Part of making the world a better place for children of color is ending racial inequity.
The Role of Social Status in the Development of Racial Bias in Childhood
Racial bias emerges early in a fairly consistent manner in the U.S. and in other societies in which group-based inequality is prevalent. Specifically, White children often show in-group preferences w....
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I'm really proud of this paper I wrote with my grad student proposing that children's racial biases are driven in part by racial differences in social status. Part of making the world a better place for children of color is ending racial inequity.
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Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape.
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape.
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
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This SPSP #MemberMonday, explore research from @jinxungoh.bsky.social examining how racial groups perceive competition between Asian Americans and Black Americans. The study reveals complex patterns that may affect intergroup relations and coalition building.
📖: ow.ly/Gqa650WT8qr
📖: ow.ly/Gqa650WT8qr
September 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This SPSP #MemberMonday, explore research from @jinxungoh.bsky.social examining how racial groups perceive competition between Asian Americans and Black Americans. The study reveals complex patterns that may affect intergroup relations and coalition building.
📖: ow.ly/Gqa650WT8qr
📖: ow.ly/Gqa650WT8qr
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My lab is hiring a lab manager! Application deadline = 11/1, start date sometime between June & September 2026 (to be arranged with finalist). Please spread the word & apply here: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/a3f80f7....
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs
Research Staff Assistant - Morningside, New York, United States
Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Hours Per Week: 35
Salary Range: $41,000- $41,000
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of fa...
opportunities.columbia.edu
September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My lab is hiring a lab manager! Application deadline = 11/1, start date sometime between June & September 2026 (to be arranged with finalist). Please spread the word & apply here: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/a3f80f7....
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs
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Newly accepted in PSPB! We examined whether Asian and Black Americans perceived one another through a zero-sum lens. Inspired by the SCOTUS affirmative action decisions, I wanted to know if Asians thought they were losing to Black people and how this mindset affects coalition
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
July 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Newly accepted in PSPB! We examined whether Asian and Black Americans perceived one another through a zero-sum lens. Inspired by the SCOTUS affirmative action decisions, I wanted to know if Asians thought they were losing to Black people and how this mindset affects coalition
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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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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Heartening to see…its not dangerous if everyone acts bravely
March 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Heartening to see…its not dangerous if everyone acts bravely
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My academic department (at Wesleyan University, CT, US) is searching for a one-year Visiting Professor position in Developmental Psychology. Great place to teach for a year! Apply here: wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
Visiting Professor of Psychology
Visiting Professor in Developmental Psychology. The Department of Psychology at Wesleyan University invites applications for a one-year visiting professor in developmental psychology to begin Septembe...
wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My academic department (at Wesleyan University, CT, US) is searching for a one-year Visiting Professor position in Developmental Psychology. Great place to teach for a year! Apply here: wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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I'm so pumped to be hosting this conference and talk all things justice! All we ask for is an abstract!
The Int'l Society for Justice Research (ISJR)
@isjr2025.bsky.social conference is taking place this summer at Seattle U! The website is live: www.seattleu.edu/arts-science...
If you have any paper/panel/roundtable idea in the social sciences & humanities, pls send an abstract by March 15.
@isjr2025.bsky.social conference is taking place this summer at Seattle U! The website is live: www.seattleu.edu/arts-science...
If you have any paper/panel/roundtable idea in the social sciences & humanities, pls send an abstract by March 15.
2025 International Society for Justice Research Conference
At Seattle University
www.seattleu.edu
March 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I'm so pumped to be hosting this conference and talk all things justice! All we ask for is an abstract!
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I’ve been a green card holder since 2005. I am a social scientist researching racism + DEI, and my entire research is listed in this list. I go to protests. Tho I’m afraid of speaking up, I’m much more privileged than most at this moment so I can’t be silent. If you can, speak up for those who can’t
March 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I’ve been a green card holder since 2005. I am a social scientist researching racism + DEI, and my entire research is listed in this list. I go to protests. Tho I’m afraid of speaking up, I’m much more privileged than most at this moment so I can’t be silent. If you can, speak up for those who can’t
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Here’s the reality: This government—despite what they’d have us believe—cannot simply do whatever it wants. The moment we accept that bullshit, we become complicit in this blatantly authoritarian move by the president and his administration.
With a loud, collective voice, we must say: fuck this!
With a loud, collective voice, we must say: fuck this!
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Here’s the reality: This government—despite what they’d have us believe—cannot simply do whatever it wants. The moment we accept that bullshit, we become complicit in this blatantly authoritarian move by the president and his administration.
With a loud, collective voice, we must say: fuck this!
With a loud, collective voice, we must say: fuck this!
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Our paper "The strategic use of harm-based moral arguments in the context of women’s bodily autonomy" is now out in JPSP! 🥳with @shellkryan.bsky.social, @abiclick29.bsky.social, and @nadirafaber.bsky.social. 🧵
March 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Our paper "The strategic use of harm-based moral arguments in the context of women’s bodily autonomy" is now out in JPSP! 🥳with @shellkryan.bsky.social, @abiclick29.bsky.social, and @nadirafaber.bsky.social. 🧵
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NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
The NAACP wants Black Americans to take their purchasing power, which some studies value at over a trillion dollars, to businesses that align with the civil rights group's values.
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February 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
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And people like to pretend that we can create systemic change without directly disrupting current systems, but we absolutely cannot. These systems have to be torn down, and how we care for each other will show what we can build in their place.
February 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And people like to pretend that we can create systemic change without directly disrupting current systems, but we absolutely cannot. These systems have to be torn down, and how we care for each other will show what we can build in their place.
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Get in dorks, we're going protesting!
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Get in dorks, we're going protesting!
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL
Because science is for everyone!
Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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8/8. So, if you’re feeling down about these attacks, I understand—I feel that way too. But just remember that they’re not attacking because your work doesn’t matter; they’re attacking *precisely* because it does. So, get some rest, connect with your people, and keep doing it.
February 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
8/8. So, if you’re feeling down about these attacks, I understand—I feel that way too. But just remember that they’re not attacking because your work doesn’t matter; they’re attacking *precisely* because it does. So, get some rest, connect with your people, and keep doing it.
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1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
February 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
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saw this circulating on Instagram the other day and I can’t stop thinking about it. “Who cares anymore what particular knot they used in the binding?” is such a perfectly expressed repudiation of the “economic anxiety” framing
February 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
saw this circulating on Instagram the other day and I can’t stop thinking about it. “Who cares anymore what particular knot they used in the binding?” is such a perfectly expressed repudiation of the “economic anxiety” framing
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Trump's planning to sign an executive order to combat anti-Christian bias. In a recent article in @psychscience.bsky.social, my colleagues (led by @marahalkire.bsky.social) & I show that such political appeals can serve as potent racial dog whistles.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
February 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump's planning to sign an executive order to combat anti-Christian bias. In a recent article in @psychscience.bsky.social, my colleagues (led by @marahalkire.bsky.social) & I show that such political appeals can serve as potent racial dog whistles.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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What the NSF is doing this week is damaging *generations* of scientific researchers and American investments in science. Billions of US tax payer dollars in investment, being thrown away, because of a fucking fishing expedition that is intended to terrorize and set the stage for a real witch hunt.
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
scim.ag
January 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What the NSF is doing this week is damaging *generations* of scientific researchers and American investments in science. Billions of US tax payer dollars in investment, being thrown away, because of a fucking fishing expedition that is intended to terrorize and set the stage for a real witch hunt.
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Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
January 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
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NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."