If you have strong students considering OB/psych PhD programs, I’d be grateful if you would encourage them to apply (or if you are an applicant, consider applying yourself!). The deadline is December 15.

You can learn more about me + my research interests here: laura-e-wallace.com

The community of researchers I get to be a part of is one of my favorite parts of this career.

I'll be looking to build a community in Atlanta - please connect me if you know folks you think I'd be friends or collaborators with!

Big congrats and welcome (back) to Chicago!!!

This looks fun - how does it work? You tell your students to swing by a coffee shop rather than have office hours?

Thomas Vaughn-Johnston led work on people who are dogmatically committed to neutrality (rather than extremity). psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Haha yes! Love it

We also identify people who are committed to having nuanced understanding of issues, and show that they are quite different than these neutrality ideologues.

We discuss implications for politically polarized attitudes, persuasion, intellectual humility, and our ability to address pressing issues

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also have to relearn how to use social media. here's me connecting marketing principles with folks' sociopolitical ambivalence, and the social expectations versus reality about expressing that to others

Me!

Awesome - thanks! I applied :-)

In addition to research, I am passionate about mentoring and especially supporting mentees and colleagues from historically excluded groups. I’ve gotten to mentor some fabulous researchers through undergrad theses, and the SROP and Leadership Alliance summer programs.

Other work examines how we can get people to engage in difficult conversations and when, specifically, growth mindsets are beneficial.

How do perceptions of bias affect trust and persuasion? For example, my work finds that perceived bias can undermine trust and persuasion. However, perceived bias doesn’t always undermine persuasion – if biased sources switch positions, they can actually get a boost! psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-...

How do the ways that we talk about and understand history affect societal disadvantage and institutional trust? As one example, I explore how organizational history celebrations can undermine trust and belonging among Black Americans. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Here’s some more about the research questions I tackle. A thread:

Amazing! I’d love to be added as well!

Reminds me of some of Russ Fazio’s first work on how personal experience creates strong attitudes!