Duke Identity and Diversity Lab
@dukeidlab.bsky.social
We study social and developmental psychology under @sarahegaither.bsky.social Email dukeidlab at gmail.com for info or to sign up for studies!
Some coverage of some of our most recently published work!!!
Do your hands talk when you do? 🗣️✋
Check out this @duke-university.bsky.social write up about my new work with my postdoc Esha Naidu (she is on the job market!) showing gestures reflect culture & identity—our nonverbal “accents” can shape interracial communication.
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Check out this @duke-university.bsky.social write up about my new work with my postdoc Esha Naidu (she is on the job market!) showing gestures reflect culture & identity—our nonverbal “accents” can shape interracial communication.
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Talking with Our Hands: Duke Study Reveals How Culture Shapes Our Gestures
You are having dinner with friends, and the conversation is lively. Do your hands join the chat, or do they stay focused on your knife and fork?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Some coverage of some of our most recently published work!!!
Happy Diner = Happy Science! Hooray for brunch and all of the work that we do! Almost at the end of the semester, so nothing like French toast, eggs, and bacon to keep us fueled!
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Happy Diner = Happy Science! Hooray for brunch and all of the work that we do! Almost at the end of the semester, so nothing like French toast, eggs, and bacon to keep us fueled!
More @spspnews.bsky.social happiness for the lab! Congrats to @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social Tose, Mercedes, Hannah, Mariam and our undergrads Julia and Jalen for all having posters accepted!! We hope chilly Chicago is ready for our science!!
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ALT: a penguin is standing in the snow with the words happyfeet behind it
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November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
More @spspnews.bsky.social happiness for the lab! Congrats to @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social Tose, Mercedes, Hannah, Mariam and our undergrads Julia and Jalen for all having posters accepted!! We hope chilly Chicago is ready for our science!!
Happy howlaween from the Duke ID Lab! We had a great time seeing the Duke Canine Cognition lab’s puppy fashion show! It was “wicked”!!!
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Happy howlaween from the Duke ID Lab! We had a great time seeing the Duke Canine Cognition lab’s puppy fashion show! It was “wicked”!!!
More lab alumni news! A big congrats to Dr. Alexandria West, a former postdoc in our lab, who is officially a tenure track professor in management at Dalhousie University!
October 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
More lab alumni news! A big congrats to Dr. Alexandria West, a former postdoc in our lab, who is officially a tenure track professor in management at Dalhousie University!
Woo hoo! Amazing news for our PI!!!
So incredibly honored to be named a @spspnews.bsky.social Fellow this year!! Hooray for science!! 🎉🥳
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Announcing 2025 SPSP and Division 8 Fellows | SPSP
Please join us in congratulating the newest cohort of SPSP and APA Division 8 Fellows!
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October 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Woo hoo! Amazing news for our PI!!!
The lab is headed to Chicago officially @spspnews.bsky.social Congrats to Esha and @kirbylam.bsky.social for having their symposia accepted focusing on social intervention outcomes and gender norms! Hopefully good news on posters soon too!
October 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The lab is headed to Chicago officially @spspnews.bsky.social Congrats to Esha and @kirbylam.bsky.social for having their symposia accepted focusing on social intervention outcomes and gender norms! Hopefully good news on posters soon too!
Check out some coverage of our postdoc Esha Naidu's work highlighting the connections and sense of belonging we all feel uniquely at events like concerts! #psychology
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‘I was mesmerized’: From Kiss to The Monkees, Manitobans relive their first concerts
Be it Chantal Kreviazuk or the mayor, everyone remembers their first concert. Manitobans past and present share their musical memories with CTV News.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Check out some coverage of our postdoc Esha Naidu's work highlighting the connections and sense of belonging we all feel uniquely at events like concerts! #psychology
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Congrats to Kelly on her first conference poster yesterday at Duke’s Global Mental Health conference! She presented work looking at gender differences in microaggressions and identity denial for Multiracial Asian people she did with @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social and Hannah!
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Congrats to Kelly on her first conference poster yesterday at Duke’s Global Mental Health conference! She presented work looking at gender differences in microaggressions and identity denial for Multiracial Asian people she did with @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social and Hannah!
Happy fall y’all! We are clearly the pick of the patch since our data is looking gourd-geous!
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy fall y’all! We are clearly the pick of the patch since our data is looking gourd-geous!
A double congrats to Jalen, our honors student, for receiving TWO research grants from Duke’s URS office and The Lafitte Foundation! Jalen is testing how multiple identities, especially for biracial and bicultural children, in addition to contact with diversity can shape flexible thinking!
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ALT: a man with a mustache is smiling in front of a framed picture that says science is cool .
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September 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A double congrats to Jalen, our honors student, for receiving TWO research grants from Duke’s URS office and The Lafitte Foundation! Jalen is testing how multiple identities, especially for biracial and bicultural children, in addition to contact with diversity can shape flexible thinking!
Congrats to Kelly, one of our amazing undergrads working with @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social and Hannah, on her poster looking at Multiracial Asian identity denial bwing accepted to the Duke Global Mental Health Conference!
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2025 Duke Global Mental Health Conference – Now More than Ever: Addressing the Global Imperative for Mental Health Equity
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September 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Congrats to Kelly, one of our amazing undergrads working with @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social and Hannah, on her poster looking at Multiracial Asian identity denial bwing accepted to the Duke Global Mental Health Conference!
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Check out some coverage of one of my past papers highlighting multiple identities and flexible thinking in kids! @dukeidlab.bsky.social is running some follow up studies now for anyone with 8-10 year olds out there, the study is on zoom! Let me know! #psychology
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Remind kids that there's more to life than simply being someone's child
This practice of introducing kids to their various roles also broadens their horizon.
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September 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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A brand new paper from the lab!!! Check it out! 📖📖
Check out the newest pub from @dukeidlab.bsky.social Led by Mercedes Munoz (my amazing grad student on the job market this year!!), we argue for the need to consider all of our various identities when thinking about racial/ethnic socialization messages!
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Considering Multiplicity in Racial Ethnic Socialization | Annual Reviews
An often-underacknowledged component of racial ethnic identity development concerns youth's multiple social identities, which affect how and when youth receive racial ethnic socialization (RES) f...
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September 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A brand new paper from the lab!!! Check it out! 📖📖
More alumni news! Nick is starting a Masters of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy at USC this fall!!
August 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
More alumni news! Nick is starting a Masters of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy at USC this fall!!
More lab alumni news! Joan just got her white coat as one of the newest class members at @dukemedschool.bsky.social!! 🥼
August 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
More lab alumni news! Joan just got her white coat as one of the newest class members at @dukemedschool.bsky.social!! 🥼
Happy end of summer to our amazing lab!! So much writing and science, a celebration and planning lunch was needed!! ☀️ Fall semeter here we come!!
August 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy end of summer to our amazing lab!! So much writing and science, a celebration and planning lunch was needed!! ☀️ Fall semeter here we come!!
Congrats to Tose on receiving a Clara Mayo Award from @spssi.bsky.social to fund her work looking at immigrant socialization practices!!
August 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Congrats to Tose on receiving a Clara Mayo Award from @spssi.bsky.social to fund her work looking at immigrant socialization practices!!
Congrats to Mercedes on being accepted into the next cohort of Preparing Future Faculty here @duke-university.bsky.social She will be on the job market this fall so keep an eye out!! 🎉
August 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Congrats to Mercedes on being accepted into the next cohort of Preparing Future Faculty here @duke-university.bsky.social She will be on the job market this fall so keep an eye out!! 🎉
SISSP (Summer Institute for Social and Personality Psychology) @spspnews.bsky.social was a big success! @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social met so many wonderful people in the field and learned a ton too!
August 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
SISSP (Summer Institute for Social and Personality Psychology) @spspnews.bsky.social was a big success! @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social met so many wonderful people in the field and learned a ton too!
A belated post to show proof we have moved officially into our new lab space at @duke-university.bsky.social while our building on campus is renovated the next two years!! Come visit us!!
July 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A belated post to show proof we have moved officially into our new lab space at @duke-university.bsky.social while our building on campus is renovated the next two years!! Come visit us!!
Last week we got to celebrate our high school intern Avani with her final summer program presentation at NCSSM! She helped so much in the lab, and is off to start college applications! So look out colleges for Avani!!
July 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Last week we got to celebrate our high school intern Avani with her final summer program presentation at NCSSM! She helped so much in the lab, and is off to start college applications! So look out colleges for Avani!!
The lab took a break from our science to learn all about lemur science at the Duke Lemur Center!!! Happy summer, everyone!
July 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The lab took a break from our science to learn all about lemur science at the Duke Lemur Center!!! Happy summer, everyone!
And our summer VIP program is complete! Jalen and Olivia presented their final posters yesterday and got great feedback! We can’t wait to see data collection finish up!
July 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
And our summer VIP program is complete! Jalen and Olivia presented their final posters yesterday and got great feedback! We can’t wait to see data collection finish up!
Congrats to Jalen and Olivia on amazing VIP presentations! Jalen discussed kid’s multiple identities and Olivia talked about gesture and social interactions! And of course we had to get ice cream to celebrate after! 🍦🎉
July 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Congrats to Jalen and Olivia on amazing VIP presentations! Jalen discussed kid’s multiple identities and Olivia talked about gesture and social interactions! And of course we had to get ice cream to celebrate after! 🍦🎉