Michael J. Bernstein
@michaeljbernstein.bsky.social
Father; Professor of Social Psychology, Penn State Abington College; studies belonging, social cognition; Political Junkie; StarTrek Nerd; Bleeding Heart Democrat (he/him)
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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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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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Thanks to everyone who joined us on our @spspnews.bsky.social free form session! The recording will be up on SPSP soon.
@michaeljbernstein.bsky.social would love to hear from anyone interested in submitting an idea for a special issue! Hooray for science!
@michaeljbernstein.bsky.social would love to hear from anyone interested in submitting an idea for a special issue! Hooray for science!
a group of cartoon characters with hurrah for science whoo
ALT: a group of cartoon characters with hurrah for science whoo
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November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us on our @spspnews.bsky.social free form session! The recording will be up on SPSP soon.
@michaeljbernstein.bsky.social would love to hear from anyone interested in submitting an idea for a special issue! Hooray for science!
@michaeljbernstein.bsky.social would love to hear from anyone interested in submitting an idea for a special issue! Hooray for science!
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Join us!!!! We want your science!! 📝📝📝
🤔Ever wondered what goes into creating and submitting a successful special issue at the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology? Join a Free-Form Friday session with JESP editors to learn more!
📆November 7, 2-3 PM ET
✍️RSVP here: ow.ly/lhTL50XjMaX
📆November 7, 2-3 PM ET
✍️RSVP here: ow.ly/lhTL50XjMaX
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Join us!!!! We want your science!! 📝📝📝
Hi all! I could not be more excited to be part of the hosting for this. If you have ANY interest in potentially guiding a special issue one day, come to this to learn all about the process!
@spspnews.bsky.social
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #SocialPsychology
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social
@spspnews.bsky.social
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #SocialPsychology
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social
🤔Ever wondered what goes into creating and submitting a successful special issue at the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology? Join a Free-Form Friday session with JESP editors to learn more!
📆November 7, 2-3 PM ET
✍️RSVP here: ow.ly/lhTL50XjMaX
📆November 7, 2-3 PM ET
✍️RSVP here: ow.ly/lhTL50XjMaX
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hi all! I could not be more excited to be part of the hosting for this. If you have ANY interest in potentially guiding a special issue one day, come to this to learn all about the process!
@spspnews.bsky.social
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #SocialPsychology
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social
@spspnews.bsky.social
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #SocialPsychology
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social
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Please apply to postdoc with us at Northwestern/Kellogg. This position in the Dispute Resolution Research Center is a terrific opportunity.
Apply for the @drrc-kellogg.bsky.social Dispute Resolution Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship at @kelloggschoolnu.bsky.social Northwestern Kellogg! Advance research on conflict & cooperation with top scholars and join a powerful alumni network. Deadline soon: Nov 1
🔗 tinyurl.com/drrcpostdoc2...
🔗 tinyurl.com/drrcpostdoc2...
Postdoctoral fellow information
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October 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Please apply to postdoc with us at Northwestern/Kellogg. This position in the Dispute Resolution Research Center is a terrific opportunity.
I am on my first ever sabbatical (I kept pushing my first back for service related reasons & I have no regrets but it got pushed back so far that I'm now one year past when I could have taken my second sabbatical).
I have written more in the past 6 weeks than I have in the prior two years. 😁
I have written more in the past 6 weeks than I have in the prior two years. 😁
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I am on my first ever sabbatical (I kept pushing my first back for service related reasons & I have no regrets but it got pushed back so far that I'm now one year past when I could have taken my second sabbatical).
I have written more in the past 6 weeks than I have in the prior two years. 😁
I have written more in the past 6 weeks than I have in the prior two years. 😁
Reposted by Michael J. Bernstein
Should you text or meet face-to-face to have a conversation? Our research shows greater benefits when talking in-person. If it is necessary to text, have more intimate conversation when possible.
New paper lead by @cmleckfor.bsky.social is out in @josoperrel.bsky.social now: doi.org/10.1177/0265...
New paper lead by @cmleckfor.bsky.social is out in @josoperrel.bsky.social now: doi.org/10.1177/0265...
August 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Should you text or meet face-to-face to have a conversation? Our research shows greater benefits when talking in-person. If it is necessary to text, have more intimate conversation when possible.
New paper lead by @cmleckfor.bsky.social is out in @josoperrel.bsky.social now: doi.org/10.1177/0265...
New paper lead by @cmleckfor.bsky.social is out in @josoperrel.bsky.social now: doi.org/10.1177/0265...
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SPSP is now offering five types of stipends to help cover registration fees related to the SPSP 2026 Annual Convention!
Learn more about each registration below and be sure to submit your application before September 18 at 11:59 PM PT!
More info: ow.ly/Pl6L50WMa2Z
Learn more about each registration below and be sure to submit your application before September 18 at 11:59 PM PT!
More info: ow.ly/Pl6L50WMa2Z
August 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
SPSP is now offering five types of stipends to help cover registration fees related to the SPSP 2026 Annual Convention!
Learn more about each registration below and be sure to submit your application before September 18 at 11:59 PM PT!
More info: ow.ly/Pl6L50WMa2Z
Learn more about each registration below and be sure to submit your application before September 18 at 11:59 PM PT!
More info: ow.ly/Pl6L50WMa2Z
I have the vaguest of memories that someone (perhaps associated with SPSP) gathered a collection of job materials from people on the job market which could be shared with people going on the market? Am I crazy? Any ideas on where these might be?
@spspnews.bsky.social, #SocialPsych
@spspnews.bsky.social, #SocialPsych
July 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I have the vaguest of memories that someone (perhaps associated with SPSP) gathered a collection of job materials from people on the job market which could be shared with people going on the market? Am I crazy? Any ideas on where these might be?
@spspnews.bsky.social, #SocialPsych
@spspnews.bsky.social, #SocialPsych
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#ICYMI: Jim Sidanius, widely regarded as one of the foremost social and political psychologists of his generation, is the newest addition to SPSP's Heritage Wall. Please join us in celebrating his contributions to our field.
Learn more: ow.ly/Zeo850WpSvX
Learn more: ow.ly/Zeo850WpSvX
July 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#ICYMI: Jim Sidanius, widely regarded as one of the foremost social and political psychologists of his generation, is the newest addition to SPSP's Heritage Wall. Please join us in celebrating his contributions to our field.
Learn more: ow.ly/Zeo850WpSvX
Learn more: ow.ly/Zeo850WpSvX
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✨ SPSP Member Spotlight time! Meet Alison Jane Martingano, who's doing fascinating work on empathy and creating VR measures to move beyond self-reports. She also hosts a great podcast (Psychology and Stuff) and has the coolest temperature-tracking knitting project.
🔗: ow.ly/Ei4050Wa3M5
🔗: ow.ly/Ei4050Wa3M5
June 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
✨ SPSP Member Spotlight time! Meet Alison Jane Martingano, who's doing fascinating work on empathy and creating VR measures to move beyond self-reports. She also hosts a great podcast (Psychology and Stuff) and has the coolest temperature-tracking knitting project.
🔗: ow.ly/Ei4050Wa3M5
🔗: ow.ly/Ei4050Wa3M5
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Ever wonder if people can change? New work by Jinseok Chun & Michael North show moral fixedness (beliefs that moral traits change less than competence or warmth) really is fixed! We assume morality reflects a person's core more than other traits!
a man in a suit is sitting in a chair reading a book and says i 'd prefer to see a change
ALT: a man in a suit is sitting in a chair reading a book and says i 'd prefer to see a change
media.tenor.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Ever wonder if people can change? New work by Jinseok Chun & Michael North show moral fixedness (beliefs that moral traits change less than competence or warmth) really is fixed! We assume morality reflects a person's core more than other traits!
Reposted by Michael J. Bernstein
I don't know how many times this needs to be said: there is no winning with these people. If you're willing to sell your soul to try and appease them, then I'm sorry but you deserve whatever they do to you.
June 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I don't know how many times this needs to be said: there is no winning with these people. If you're willing to sell your soul to try and appease them, then I'm sorry but you deserve whatever they do to you.
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It's #NationalVolunteerWeek! Today, we're spotlighting @michaeljbernstein.bsky.social of Penn State - Abingdon. For Michael, helping to plan the SPSP Annual Convention means fostering a sense of community and belonging in our field.
Learn how to get involved with SPSP today: ow.ly/A2lr50VGhWu
Learn how to get involved with SPSP today: ow.ly/A2lr50VGhWu
April 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's #NationalVolunteerWeek! Today, we're spotlighting @michaeljbernstein.bsky.social of Penn State - Abingdon. For Michael, helping to plan the SPSP Annual Convention means fostering a sense of community and belonging in our field.
Learn how to get involved with SPSP today: ow.ly/A2lr50VGhWu
Learn how to get involved with SPSP today: ow.ly/A2lr50VGhWu
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U of Michigan @umich.edu set aside funds from central to support researchers with unexpected disruption in federal funding for up to 6 months.
Are any other institutions doing this? Seems like a good move.
#Medsky #NIH #federalfunding #researchfunding 🧪
record.umich.edu/articles/uni...
Are any other institutions doing this? Seems like a good move.
#Medsky #NIH #federalfunding #researchfunding 🧪
record.umich.edu/articles/uni...
University launches new research support program | The University Record
record.umich.edu
March 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
U of Michigan @umich.edu set aside funds from central to support researchers with unexpected disruption in federal funding for up to 6 months.
Are any other institutions doing this? Seems like a good move.
#Medsky #NIH #federalfunding #researchfunding 🧪
record.umich.edu/articles/uni...
Are any other institutions doing this? Seems like a good move.
#Medsky #NIH #federalfunding #researchfunding 🧪
record.umich.edu/articles/uni...
#SocialPsych #PsychSky (cause I forgot to include these on the initial post).
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social is happy to announce its first Call for Papers for the Special Issue entitled, "Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research!" You can read all about it at the link below. Submissions are due Nov 30th. Please share with your networks!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Read the latest articles of Journal of Experimental Social Psychology at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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March 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#SocialPsych #PsychSky (cause I forgot to include these on the initial post).
Reposted by Michael J. Bernstein
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social is happy to announce its first Call for Papers for the Special Issue entitled, "Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research!" You can read all about it at the link below. Submissions are due Nov 30th. Please share with your networks!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Read the latest articles of Journal of Experimental Social Psychology at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social is happy to announce its first Call for Papers for the Special Issue entitled, "Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research!" You can read all about it at the link below. Submissions are due Nov 30th. Please share with your networks!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social is happy to announce its first Call for Papers for the Special Issue entitled, "Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research!" You can read all about it at the link below. Submissions are due Nov 30th. Please share with your networks!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Read the latest articles of Journal of Experimental Social Psychology at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social is happy to announce its first Call for Papers for the Special Issue entitled, "Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research!" You can read all about it at the link below. Submissions are due Nov 30th. Please share with your networks!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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Join us for our SPSP symposium! We present research on responses to personal, blatant, systemic, and historical racial prejudice. Featuring 3 in-person talks & a recorded session from Keith on Whova.
#SPSP2025
#SPSP2025
February 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Join us for our SPSP symposium! We present research on responses to personal, blatant, systemic, and historical racial prejudice. Featuring 3 in-person talks & a recorded session from Keith on Whova.
#SPSP2025
#SPSP2025
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Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use?
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
February 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use?
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
Reposted by Michael J. Bernstein
If you attend @spspnews.bsky.social annual convention next week, check out this panel organised by Drs. @jessiesun.bsky.social & Dale Shaffer-Morrison.
The panel consists of academics who have worked in at least 2 countries. I'll be there to represent US to UK perspective. Will be candid as usual.
The panel consists of academics who have worked in at least 2 countries. I'll be there to represent US to UK perspective. Will be candid as usual.
February 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
If you attend @spspnews.bsky.social annual convention next week, check out this panel organised by Drs. @jessiesun.bsky.social & Dale Shaffer-Morrison.
The panel consists of academics who have worked in at least 2 countries. I'll be there to represent US to UK perspective. Will be candid as usual.
The panel consists of academics who have worked in at least 2 countries. I'll be there to represent US to UK perspective. Will be candid as usual.
Pssst.... @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social just accepted its first proposal in 2025 for a Special Issue. I cannot wait to share more details!
If YOU are interested in talking about what goes into guest editing a special issue, email me any time!
#socialpsyc
If YOU are interested in talking about what goes into guest editing a special issue, email me any time!
#socialpsyc
February 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Pssst.... @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social just accepted its first proposal in 2025 for a Special Issue. I cannot wait to share more details!
If YOU are interested in talking about what goes into guest editing a special issue, email me any time!
#socialpsyc
If YOU are interested in talking about what goes into guest editing a special issue, email me any time!
#socialpsyc
Just found out we can buy a camel through our procurement website and I have so many questions including why, what department needs this, what does a camel eat for regular meals, what kind of treats do they like, and what is the weight capacity for riding a camel cause I don't want to hurt it.
February 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just found out we can buy a camel through our procurement website and I have so many questions including why, what department needs this, what does a camel eat for regular meals, what kind of treats do they like, and what is the weight capacity for riding a camel cause I don't want to hurt it.