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lauraewallace.bsky.social
Incoming Assistant Prof of Organization & Management @ Emory University, Currently Principal Researcher at UChicago Booth. I study how to change minds, build trust, and address societal disadvantage.
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New work led by Thomas Vaughn-Johnston: 'The Preference for Neutrality.' Extremity is often seen as problematic, but some issues—like climate change—suffer from excessive neutrality. We created a scale to identify people dogmatically committed to neutrality, like others pursue extremity.

Excited to share that I am officially on the academic job market! I’m currently a postdoc at UChicago Booth and did my graduate training in social psychology at Ohio State. If you know of any opportunities or have advice, I’d love to connect!

Now out in @PNASNews - We identify organizational celebrations of history as a social identity threat for Black Americans tinyurl.com/historythreat

It’s publication day! My dissertation research came on in PNAS today. So grateful for my amazing colleague @lauraewallace.bsky.social for getting this one across the finish line. Check it out here www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We're looking for a Senior Cognitive Research Scientist, which involves leading proposal writing & project execution. We're especially looking for someone with experience with eyetracking or wearables data. Please share with your networks! kairosresearch.com/careers/

Help us answer important questions about how relationship researchers conduct our science! (And some fun bonus questions on the relationships of relationship scientists)

Join us @APPCPenn as a Civic Science Fellow! Develop research w/ community partners focused on the science of climate communication, action, and resilience w/ @falklab @PennCSSM @MichaelEMann @dalbarra @TheNetterCenter @danicosme & more (detail ). Apply: bit.ly/3TB8zUy

A goal for 2024 is to get a better handle on inputs to my energy level and mood. I’d like to use my nerd skills to track types of foods, exercise, sleep, caffeine, etc. I could do this in excel, but do folks have apps they’d recommend that would let me ⬇️ data to analyze?

New work with @rolandimhoff.bsky.social! ✨Victim groups have every right to reject an apology. However, if they do, it may impact their morality & power in the eyes of third parties, which is related to the support they receive. Now accepted at JPSP: IRGP. osf.io/preprints/ps...

Applications for the 2024 Northwestern Kellogg Dispute Resolution Research Center (DRRC) Postdoc are due in a little over 2 weeks (Dec 15th). Apply here: facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/MTkwMQ...

Crowdsourcing literature - Are folks aware of papers showing that biases can enhance performance on certain tasks? Like if I self-enhance about my math abilities, I actually perform better on math tasks? Or if I have inflated views of my mentee or an issue, I am a better advocate for them/it?

Please be sure to check you kid's candy this year. I just found another project I have no time for in a Reese's cup