Dylan Selterman
@seltermosby.bsky.social
Social-personality psychologist and Associate Teaching Professor at JHU.
https://linktr.ee/selterman
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Great ideas here!
What is Viewpoint Diversity?
YouTube video by Heterodox Academy
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October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Great ideas here!
Second new publication of the summer! In this paper, Keith Welker, Mylien Duong and I ran 2 studies to gauge the effectiveness of Perspectives (an online program that teaches people about psychology) in getting participants to correctly identify morally re-framed messages.
August 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Second new publication of the summer! In this paper, Keith Welker, Mylien Duong and I ran 2 studies to gauge the effectiveness of Perspectives (an online program that teaches people about psychology) in getting participants to correctly identify morally re-framed messages.
Happy to share this newly published paper co-authored with Jeff Bowen, Amy Moors, and my former undergraduate student Ria Datwani. We ran some experiments to test the role of moral foundations in people's perceptions of consensually non-monogamous relationships.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Moral Judgment Toward Individuals in Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships as a Function of Moral Foundations and Disgust Sensitivity - Archives of Sexual Behavior
In two experiments we demonstrate how participants perceive individuals in consensually non-monogamous relationships (e.g., polyamory) more negatively compared to those in monogamous relationships, as...
link.springer.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Happy to share this newly published paper co-authored with Jeff Bowen, Amy Moors, and my former undergraduate student Ria Datwani. We ran some experiments to test the role of moral foundations in people's perceptions of consensually non-monogamous relationships.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. May their memory be a blessing.
May 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. May their memory be a blessing.
This podcast very well captures professors' concerns (including mine) about student course evaluations www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...
Why Faculty Hate Teaching Evaluations
On paper, student teaching evaluations make a lot of sense. Who is better positioned to say whether a professor did a good job than the students who took the course? But dig a little deeper, and there...
www.chronicle.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This podcast very well captures professors' concerns (including mine) about student course evaluations www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...
Thinking about this quote a lot lately for some reason...
youtu.be/qMDvSOyODnQ?...
youtu.be/qMDvSOyODnQ?...
Gladiator He will bring them death and they will love him for it
YouTube video by Yet Another Old White Guy
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April 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thinking about this quote a lot lately for some reason...
youtu.be/qMDvSOyODnQ?...
youtu.be/qMDvSOyODnQ?...
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The cartoon of this admin:
March 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The cartoon of this admin:
Statement from FIRE: "Demonstrations occurring on Columbia's campus since October 7, 2023, have included both constitutionally protected speech and unlawful conduct, but the government has not made clear the factual or legal basis for Mr Khalil's arrest.
March 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Statement from FIRE: "Demonstrations occurring on Columbia's campus since October 7, 2023, have included both constitutionally protected speech and unlawful conduct, but the government has not made clear the factual or legal basis for Mr Khalil's arrest.
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Please join #HopkinsDSAI and @jhuartssciences.bsky.social tomorrow (3/6) from 4-6:30 p.m. for the Is AI Good or Bad for the Humanities? symposium.
Details and registration information: ai.jhu.edu/event/data-s...
Details and registration information: ai.jhu.edu/event/data-s...
Data Science and AI Institute and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Symposium Series: Is AI Good or Bad for the Humanities? - Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute
The Data Science and AI Institute, in collaboration with the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS), continues its series of symposia exploring the intersection of AI with the humanities,…
ai.jhu.edu
March 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Please join #HopkinsDSAI and @jhuartssciences.bsky.social tomorrow (3/6) from 4-6:30 p.m. for the Is AI Good or Bad for the Humanities? symposium.
Details and registration information: ai.jhu.edu/event/data-s...
Details and registration information: ai.jhu.edu/event/data-s...
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The top 20% of political science departments produced 75% of all tenure track research university faculty & the bottom 50% accounted for less than 5%
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The top 20% of political science departments produced 75% of all tenure track research university faculty & the bottom 50% accounted for less than 5%
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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For anyone doing democracy-relevant work in any domain, the SNF Agora Institute is accepting applications for our Visiting Fellows program for next academic year: snfagora.jhu.edu/visiting-fel...
Visiting Fellows Program : Stavros Niarchos Foundation SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins
Strengthening global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue
snfagora.jhu.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
For anyone doing democracy-relevant work in any domain, the SNF Agora Institute is accepting applications for our Visiting Fellows program for next academic year: snfagora.jhu.edu/visiting-fel...
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Explicit antisemitic attitudes are now much more common among young voters - 18 year old registered voters are now ~5x more likely to say that they have an unfavorable view of the Jewish people than 65 year olds.
February 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Explicit antisemitic attitudes are now much more common among young voters - 18 year old registered voters are now ~5x more likely to say that they have an unfavorable view of the Jewish people than 65 year olds.
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NEW PAPER: What do teenage girls think is causing the rise in depression & anxiety in their demographic?
I was struck, during the analysis, about how often 'pressure' came up. Girls are under so much pressure to look and behave in certain ways 😔
Well done to Ola on her thoughtful leadership here
I was struck, during the analysis, about how often 'pressure' came up. Girls are under so much pressure to look and behave in certain ways 😔
Well done to Ola on her thoughtful leadership here
We talk a lot about why adolescent girls report more low mood and anxiety, and why this might be getting worse.
But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
1/8
Adolescent girls’ explanations of high rates of low mood and anxiety in their population: a co-produced qualitative study - BMC Women's Health
Background From early adolescence, girls face greater risk of experiencing low mood and anxiety relative to boys, with recent evidence that this may be worsening. There is a paucity of mental health r...
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
NEW PAPER: What do teenage girls think is causing the rise in depression & anxiety in their demographic?
I was struck, during the analysis, about how often 'pressure' came up. Girls are under so much pressure to look and behave in certain ways 😔
Well done to Ola on her thoughtful leadership here
I was struck, during the analysis, about how often 'pressure' came up. Girls are under so much pressure to look and behave in certain ways 😔
Well done to Ola on her thoughtful leadership here
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If you live in #Baltimore or the #WashingtonDC metro area, come join me this evening at Johns Hopkins!
Steve Teles and I will be discussing #WeHaveNeverBeenWoke, with opening remarks by @seltermosby.bsky.social, in an event co-sponsored by @snfagora.bsky.social and the JHU HxA campus community.
Steve Teles and I will be discussing #WeHaveNeverBeenWoke, with opening remarks by @seltermosby.bsky.social, in an event co-sponsored by @snfagora.bsky.social and the JHU HxA campus community.
February 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you live in #Baltimore or the #WashingtonDC metro area, come join me this evening at Johns Hopkins!
Steve Teles and I will be discussing #WeHaveNeverBeenWoke, with opening remarks by @seltermosby.bsky.social, in an event co-sponsored by @snfagora.bsky.social and the JHU HxA campus community.
Steve Teles and I will be discussing #WeHaveNeverBeenWoke, with opening remarks by @seltermosby.bsky.social, in an event co-sponsored by @snfagora.bsky.social and the JHU HxA campus community.
Very excited for this!
On Tuesday, February 4, political scientist Steve Teles and I will have a moderated discussion at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social about the book, it's arguments, and its themes, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
You can sign up via EventBrite here: eventbrite.com/e/we-have-ne...
You can sign up via EventBrite here: eventbrite.com/e/we-have-ne...
January 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Very excited for this!
😂
January 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Despite relentless media portrayals of division, Americans might not be as polarized as they seem. Surveys reveal significant agreement on core values and political priorities. #AmericanPolitics #PoliticalUnity #PartisanDivide #CoreValues #PublicOpinion
Americans agree on key issues despite partisan narratives
Despite relentless media portrayals of division, Americans might not be as polarized as they seem. Surveys reveal significant agreement on core values and political priorities.
www.psypost.org
January 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Despite relentless media portrayals of division, Americans might not be as polarized as they seem. Surveys reveal significant agreement on core values and political priorities. #AmericanPolitics #PoliticalUnity #PartisanDivide #CoreValues #PublicOpinion
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Recent research found that heavy social media use has little impact on mental health, with no strong links to depression, anxiety, or stress. Social media’s effects might even be slightly positive in some cases. #MentalHealth #SocialMedia #Research #Depression #Anxiety
New study challenges assumptions about social media’s harm to mental health
Recent research found that heavy social media use has little impact on mental health, with no strong links to depression, anxiety, or stress. Social media’s effects might even be slightly positive in some cases.
www.psypost.org
January 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Recent research found that heavy social media use has little impact on mental health, with no strong links to depression, anxiety, or stress. Social media’s effects might even be slightly positive in some cases. #MentalHealth #SocialMedia #Research #Depression #Anxiety
