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drmorganalw.bsky.social
Lecturer in Social, Political, & Feminist Psychology at the University of Exeter. Studies social change, collective action, feminism, gender equality, violence against women, and reactionary social movements. Book worm & Halloween enthusiast✊🏻🍉🟰📚🎃
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People in social networks made up of others with similar views were more resistant to attitude change than people in heterogeneous social networks pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15598106/

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

“Gatekeeping Science – How Methodological Critiques Police Feminist Research” tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/...

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

10 pointers for creating healthy lab culture. These seem like low-bar suggestions that we can all strive toward. These don't require money or resources. Just kindness & perspective-taking. And *genuinely* adopting a mentorship role. universityaffairs.ca/career-advic... #AcademicSky

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Had a great day at the University of Exeter presenting some findings on social class and body image, followed by a lovely chat with folks at the Gender & Sexuality Research Collective. Even the sun made an appearance! ☀️ Thanks for organising @metesefauysal.bsky.social and @drmorganalw.bsky.social!

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

New paper in Men and Masculinities! It analyzes how race and class inform how boys respond to #streetharassment awareness programs and how boys may fail to see harassment as ‘their’ problem (thus deflecting responsibility) #GenderSky #masculinities journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

Cool study #PrejudiceResearch Drafted into Vietnam service? White men expressed less anti-Black racism. Authors attribute to #IntergroupContact www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

Social Movements as Parsimonious Explanations for Implicit and Explicit Attitude Change journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Was a pleasure to present my new post-doctoral work at #ASPO2024. I have been attending ASPO (Dutch social psych conference) since I was an eager Masters student, so grateful for this community. And thanks to my collaborator on this project, @dsquared.bsky.social, more to come!

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Now published in the current issue of EJSP: "Never again: Lessons of genocide in survivor testimonies from the Holocaust, Nanjing massacre and Rwandan genocide" and available open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

New study suggests that perspective-taking reduces affective polarization & ingroup bias. Empathic concern does not (& can make things worse)

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Social identity complexity is positively related to universal cooperation (& negatively related to parochialism) Diverse identities allow people to assess situations from different perspectives, reducing bias & enhancing intergroup understanding + communication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Excited that this work was just accepted at the European Journal of Social Psychology! "The Moralization of Women's Bodies." With the magical @shellkryan.bsky.social , Madisyn Arnold, and @nadirafaber.bsky.social.

submitted 83 days ago • 2 comments

Researchers, this is super-useful. And if you set up an alert you'll get an email whenever the system finds new policy documents that mention your work

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

🍃Research: Doing more to protect the environment appears to increase a person's well-being. Reframing green actions as a path to happiness might help policymakers and environmental activists encourage environmental action. #EverydayPsych 🔗: ow.ly/9rUu50UlO9U

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Super happy to host @yasemingacar.bsky.social @metesefauysal.bsky.social for a research talk today on climate activism and leadership

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

🤖 Ever wondered what determines #trust in #AI? We investigated the foundations of trust in an AI chatbot, testing an integrative model of trust from interpersonal trust research ➡️ Key results summarised below! #socialpsyc #trustresearch Hot off the press JEP:General, with Anna-Marie Bertram ✨

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments

This is nice! Well nice to me, if not nice to despair.

submitted 86 days ago • 13 comments

Mansplaining "What is clear is that instead of immediately responding with prescriptive and generic advice, asking a question or giving tailored, solicited advice can confer respect and reduce women’s stereotype threat." Santoro & Markus (2024): doi.org/10.1177/0956... #Psychology #SocialPsyc 🧪

submitted 89 days ago • 4 comments

Heroization promotes worse treatment of the very groups that it is meant to venerate Attaching the "Hero" label to groups (like teachers, nurses, and military personnel) strengthens expectations that they will volunteer for their own exploitation psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...

submitted 325 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 New Pub Alert 🚨 We surface how PhD Candidates of Color understood and responded to the commodification of their racial identities through both their socialization for the job market and their experiences applying for tenure track faculty jobs at HWIs. Check it out! muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

submitted 90 days ago • 2 comments

Next in my (re)introduction research drip-feed is my first ever publication (back in 2022 - how time flies!) on how appearance-related ethnic teasing is associated with skin colour dissatisfaction and body dissatisfaction for South Asian women in the UK. doi.org/10.1016/j.bo... (it's open access!)

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

Just in time for US Thanksgiving! It's not worth arguing with your belligerent uncle. He's likely enjoying the argument and chaos, not in having a discussion that advances the dialogue or bonds with you. (study below: people rejecting their OWN arguments when presented as belonging to others!)

submitted 94 days ago • 3 comments