
Assistant Prof @NYUAppliedPsychology | Interested in intergroup conflict, power, social change, & displaced populations.
New York City, NY
Joined July 2016
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Join us in the Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting series next Monday, March 3, for a session with Dr. Azadeh Akbari (and discussants Joshua Uyheng & Ali Teymoori) on "Resistance Within and Against Digital Surveillance Regimes". Registration link and more info in🧵
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🧿New Preprint🧿
We argue for diversifying conceptual diversity, i.e., studying topics that are not well represented in our knowledge base. Topical diversity is related to, but distinguishable from, participant and researcher diversity. Some examples:
Psychologists often draw their 'theories' from their intuitions, schooled by their personal experiences. In this new manuscript, led by @MohammadAtari90, we argue that this reliance has led to a field built around WEIRD Questions.
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Psychologists often draw their 'theories' from their intuitions, schooled by their personal experiences. In this new manuscript, led by @MohammadAtari90, we argue that this reliance has led to a field built around WEIRD Questions.
The deadline for the Joint SPSSI-EASP conference linking collective memory & collective action is Friday,March 21! Come connect with scholars conducting research in this area. There is no participation fee & accommodation + food will be included. easp.eu/getmedia.php/_media/…
Call for Papers: Joint SPSSI-EASP Small Conference on Linking Collective Memory and Collective Action easp.eu/news/itm/?id=2000
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Delighted to share our new article. We argue for #fieldwork researchers to embrace the liminal space where researchers & participants renegotiate power & identities. It's #openaccess so feel free to use it in your classes & please share your thoughts! 🔗tinyurl.com/Reflextivepracti…
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Berta Bartoli (PSI) co-authored "Development and validation of a measure for father involvement during early childhood in a resource-limited context," in BMC Public Health.
Read more ⬇️
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Dr. @TamisLeMondaNYU's (DEV) paper "Infants’ home auditory environment: Background sounds shape language interactions," has been chosen as an @APA_Journals Developmental Psychology Editor's Choice selection!
Read the paper here:
bit.ly/40ZtFPR
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.@DrLaurenMims (DEV) co-authored a new article titled, "Addressing Anti-Blackness in Education Through Psychological Approaches to Racial and Radical Healing."
This article discusses the psychological framework of radical healing for communities of color to highlight how educational systems can be reenvisioned to support Black students’ identities, well-being, and humanity.
bit.ly/4g2Pp2j
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Dr. @MichellesTwali (PSI) published an article titled, "Acknowledgment of collective victimization: Findings from four contexts of historical victimization," in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. Read more below⬇️
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Are you researching the relationship between collective memory & collective action? Join us for a SPSSI-EASP Small Conference on July 9-11, 2025 in Bielefeld, Germany. It will be a great collaboration and discussion. Deadline for abstracts Feb 21 2025.
Call for Papers: Joint SPSSI-EASP Small Conference on Linking Collective Memory and Collective Action easp.eu/news/itm/?id=2000
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Hi all, @Sakiera_Hudson, @gd_higginbotham & I are hiring a part-time project coordinator to help us manage the operations of the Black Social/Personality Psychology Network. Please send to interested applicants. Review begins 12/18
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New paper led by @sandra_penic shows that the relation between knowledge of diverse conflict experiences (beyond simplistic collective victimhood narratives) and sense of social cohesion is moderated by communication norms onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Excited to share our new paper with @JoRayVo
and Sherief Eldeeb: "Acknowledgment of Collective Victimization: Findings from Four Contexts of Historical Victimization".
Now published, led by Michelle Twali @michellestwali: "Acknowledgment of Collective Victimization: Findings from Four Contexts of Historical Victimization". Brief summary and link to ungated full text in🧵spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.co… 1/6
Here is the link to the paper:
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
The ungated version:
researchgate.net/publication…
Check out a great new blog post by @sakhan31 presenting findings from a field experiment in Kenya examining the promise and pitfalls of perspective-taking to improve relations between citizens & refugees: blogs.worldbank.org/en/impac…
In today's post at the Dev Impact blog, @sakhan31 discuss her JMP which provides evidence on the promises and limits of perspective taking interventions through an experiment implemented in Kenya
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impac…
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Hard copies of the new book arrived! global.oup.com/academic/prod… (brief summaries and several full texts of the chapters in thread)
Classic case study of denial of collective violence: sanitizing history to maintain perpetrators' comfort.
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A Special Issue of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology easp.eu/news/itm/?id=1967
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🚨 Job alert: @NYUAppliedPsych @nyusteinhardt has an open search for a Tenure-track Assistant Professor to become part of the NYU research hub - "Bridging Systems toward Equitable Solutions for Youth: Education, Mental Health, and Child Welfare." apply.interfolio.com/157099
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Psychology and Social Intervention PhD Program Online Information Session
📅 Monday, October 21st
⏰ 5:00 – 6:00 PM ET
🔗 Register to Attend: bit.ly/3YaeTCX






















