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Ashwini Ashokkumar

@ashwinia.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof of Psychology. Studies the social psychology of groups, identity, politics, & language. www.ashwinia.com

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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
📣 Excited to announce the Computational Psychology preconference at @spspnews.bsky.social in Philly! We have a great lineup of speakers! Submissions open for data blitz talks and posters! Submit by Oct 8. More info: 🧵
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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New paper powered by not one but two dissertations, led by @small-schulz.bsky.social and @crobertson500.bsky.social!
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Claire E. Robertson, PhD @crobertson500.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Is social media truly making us more politically polarized, or does it simply over-represent our most extreme opinions? In our new preprint, @small-schulz.bsky.social and I present *punishing evidence* that social media systematically overrepresents users’ most extreme political opinions. 1/n
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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New paper in @nature.com with @lukebeehewitt.bsky.social, @isaiasghezae.bsky.social, & @robbwiller.bsky.social: Can LLMs predict results of social science experiments? Across 70 experiments, we find a strong correspondence (r=.85) between predicted and observed effects. doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🧵
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Isaias Ghezae @isaiasghezae.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
🚨New Working Paper!🚨 How do Americans mentally map political coalitions? We often talk as if U.S. politics is just two sorted camps. But when people think about which groups go with which, the picture is more complicated. 🧵👇
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Danica Dillion @danicajdillion.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It was a huge honor to welcome everyone to the Mind & Machine Alignment Summit to discuss how to make the future of AI go well. Computer scientists, social scientists, and policy experts offered unique perspectives on steering AI toward human flourishing. 🧵
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Sakshi Ghai @sakshighai.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Honoured to share our new paper in @nature.com today. Across 12 countries in eastern and southern Africa and Southeast Asia, 1 in 6 internet-using children had experienced technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse. A thread 🧵
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Marcel Roman @mfroman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 in Science Advances. We meta-reanalyze 100 conjoint experiments to assess which immigrants citizens prefer around the world. Our evidence reinforces existing findings, identifies novel insights, and provides a basis for future research 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Which immigrants do citizens prefer? A meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments
Meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments reveals patterns of similarity and variation in public immigration preferences worldwide.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
3/4. If you do those things, it will not necessarily make the world less chaotic...but, it will provide you with the community needed to get you through whatever life may throw your way...having that strong sense of community will be one of the greatest sources of satisfaction in your life."
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
2/4. "In a world that glorifies the artificial, I encourage you to cherish real intelligence. Nurture it as if your health and well-being depend on it—because it does. Invest in the people around you, and allow them to invest in you...
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Robb Willer @robbwiller.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
...and this video of @nmalhotra.bsky.social and me discussing the study! www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2E3...
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Political economist + sociologist's tourney tests climate change messages | Uncommon Collaborators
YouTube video by Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
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Robb Willer @robbwiller.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For a short, public-facing overview of implications for talking about climate change across political divides, @woods.stanford.edu has a helpful explainer here: woods.stanford.edu/news/how-talk-about-climate-change-across-political-divides
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How to talk about climate change across political divides
As climate impacts intensify while political progress remains stalled, new Stanford research examines which messages can shift public beliefs across partisan divides and strengthen climate communicati...
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Robb Willer @robbwiller.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Climate change impacts are here, but public support for action remains polarized. Which climate messages move people? In a ~13,500-person megastudy, we tested 10 of the most-cited messages. Six increased pro-environmental attitudes in the U.S.—but only by 1–4 percentage points. 🧵
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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
TWO social psychologists got it!!!! Congrats to Mina Cikara and @olsonista.bsky.social !!!!
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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.theindiaforum.in/caste/algori...
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Algorithms Don't Need Your Surname to Guess Your Caste. That's a Problem
A Dalit student graduating in the mid-2020s will encounter screening systems built on decades of unequal hiring, skewed promotion data, and biased public records. Unless institutions change how algori...
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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
🚨🚨 My lab is hiring a Pre-doc Researcher/Lab Manager! 🚨🚨 Full-time pre-doc research opening in my lab at Harvard Psych (start: Summer/Fall 2026). Review begins April 10 Apply: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/HarvardUnive... Please repost + tag folks who might be a good fit! 👇
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Research Assistant II
Company Description: By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds...
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Sonny Burton is set to be executed by the state of Alabama on Thursday. There is a direct line between a government that murders its own citizens and the devaluing of life abroad. The sin has always started at home.
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Alabama set to execute man who did not kill anyone
Unless Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey intervenes, Charles “Sonny” Burton, 75, will be executed Thursday. He is among thousands in America convicted under a controversial felony murder law.
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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
New work from @drsanaz.bsky.social : using smart phone sensing data, one of the biggest predictors of people higher on authoritarian measure was Facebook and social media use #spsp
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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🚨🚨 My lab is hiring a Postdoc! 🚨🚨 Postdoc opening in my lab at Harvard Psych (start: Summer/Fall 2026). We study identity, group dynamics, language, & politics. Rolling review begins 3/14 Apply: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15806 Please repost + tag folks who might be a good fit! 👇
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Ashwini Ashokkumar’s lab at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to start in Summer 2026. The lab conducts research on social ...
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Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Shawls, pastel (one of my old May Week theme drawings) #Cambridge #mayball #pastel
Pastel sketch of ladies assembling to attend a May Ball
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Feyaad Allie @feyaadallie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Call for Papers: Workshop on Contention Under Repression We invite scholars in the Greater Boston area to submit proposals for a one-day workshop on 4/17 on collective action, civil society, contentious politics, etc. across global contexts Details: tinyurl.com/wrkshp417 Submission Deadline: 3/15
Conference Details
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Eric Shuman @ericmshuman.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I am looking to recruit a postdoc to join my lab next fall, & work on projects focused on online mobilization with social media datasets - see more details here: bit.ly/4r49x9b . If anyone knows of someone with relevant skills who is looking for a postdoc- please pass this on!
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Research Associate in Psychology
Dr. Eric Shuman at the University of Virginia invites applications for a post-doctoral research associate with expertise in the social psychology of social protest, social change, and/or in big data, ...
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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Mohamed A. Hussein @mhusseinlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🚨New Paper🚨 Elected officials are increasingly extreme. E.g., a recent analysis of 84,000 state-level candidates found that extreme candidates are now winning at the highest rates in 30 years. Why are people increasingly drawn to extreme candidates?
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Joel Le Forestier @joelleforestier.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
📣📣We're going for round two!!!📣📣 I'll be reviewing graduate applicants again this year. Come join my growing lab! Info about the lab: joelleforestier.com Info about the social program: www.psychology.pitt.edu/graduate/soc...
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Identity & Intergroup Relations Lab
Identity & Intergroup Relations Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, directed by Dr. Joel Le Forestier, studying intergroup experiences, prejudice, and interventions.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
If you knew Mike (well first you’d be laughing because he was just so funny) you’d know he would be so pissed at these cuts to scientific research and the peddling of magic & mysticism to good people yearning for control. I hope he knows his story continues to matter: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...
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Opinion | Holy Water Couldn’t Save My Husband. MAHA Wouldn’t Have Either.
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Robb Willer @robbwiller.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Read our @nytimes.com op-ed to see some of the history and research behind this strategy → www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
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Opinion | This Is What Makes Protests Successful
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 09/05/2025
missed this last month: data science informing psych, sociology, polisci in Lyft data (222K drivers), Black or minority drivers get speeding tickets 1/3 more often **when they are known to be going the same speed** beautiful work, it's racial profiling, case closed www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science abstract: POLICING
High-frequency location data show that race affects citations and fines for speeding
Pradhi Aggarwal1, Alec Brandon2*, Ariel Goldszmidt3, Justin Holz4, John A. List3, Ian Muir5, Gregory Sun6, Thomas Yu7
Prior research on racial profiling has found that in encounters with law enforcement, minorities are punished more severely than white civilians. Less is known about the causes of these encounters and their implications for our understanding of racial profiling. Using high-frequency location data of rideshare drivers in Florida (N = 222,838 individuals), we estimate the effect of driver race on citations and fines for speeding using 19.3 million location pings. Compared with a white driver traveling the same speed, we find that racial or ethnic minority drivers are 24 to 33% more likely to be cited for speeding and pay 23 to 34% more money in fines. We find no evidence that accident and reoffense rates explain these estimates, which suggests that an animus against minorities underlies our results.
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Nick Valentino @nickvalentino.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We are extremely pleased to announce the preliminary release of the combined pre-election and post-election dataset for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study! The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/... Best, The ANES Team
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2024 Time Series Study - ANES | American National Election Studies
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Jennifer Richeson @jaricheson.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Congratulations to psychologists Rich Petty, Phoebe Ellsworth, BJ Casey, Jamie Pennebaker, & Alison Gopnik on their election to the National Academy of Sciences today!!
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Marianna Zhang @mariannazhang.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
yesterday, my postdoc funding (salary and research funds) was cancelled by the National Science Foundation, effective immediately. I received the same generic, vaguely threatening, typo-ridden email as many of my colleagues who have had their awards terminated recently. (1/n)
email starting, "The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a review of its award portfolio. Each award was carefully and individually reviewed, and the agency has determined that termination of certain awards is necessary because they are not in alignment with current NSF priorites."
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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🚨🚨 I’m looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join my lab at Harvard's Psychology Department starting Fall 2025 🚨📣 Please share widely and spread the word to interested candidates! 🧵 🗓 Application review begins April 30 Apply here: rb.gy/k7q9kf (1/2)
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology
Dr. Ashwini Ashokkumar’s lab at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to start in Fall 2025. The lab conducts research related to i...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Congratulations to the newest class of APS Rising Stars ⭐! www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awar...
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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Grateful for the chance to share my thoughts on responsible use of LLMs in psychology research @spspnews.bsky.social #spsp2025. Here's a summary of my presentation for those who missed it. Thanks to @ashwinia.bsky.social for organizing this panel! How should LLMs be used in psychology research? 🧵
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Steven Mesquiti @smesquiti.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Link to shiny app where you can explore all the LIWC Dimensions around this time period: smesquiti.shinyapps.io/blm-shiny-ap...
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Social Upheavals LIWC Explorer
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Steven Mesquiti @smesquiti.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🚨 Excited to share work in collaboration with Sarah Seraj, Andreas Weyland, @ryanboyd.io , @radamihalcea.bsky.social, @ashwinia.bsky.social, and Jamie Pennebaker out now in Scientific Reports! 🚨 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Analysis of social media language reveals the psychological interaction of three successive upheavals - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Analysis of social media language reveals the psychological interaction of three successive upheavals
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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I'm hiring a lab manager to start this summer/fall, to work on transformative experience, identity change, and empathy in the digital age. Details here: www.crockettlab.org/research-spe... Please share!
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Research Specialist 2025 — Crockett Lab
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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
📢 The Historical Psychology Pre-conference at @spspnews.bsky.social is accepting submissions. 📢 Check out our fantastic lineup of speakers ⬇️ Please submit posters/talks, and please share widely!
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Robb Willer @robbwiller.bsky.social · 07/08/2024
🚨New WP: Can LLMs predict results of social science experiments?🚨 Prior work uses LLMs to simulate survey responses, but can they predict results of social science experiments? Across 70 studies, we find striking alignment (r = .85) between simulated and observed effects 🧵👇
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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
📣 Come work with us!! Excited to announce that I will be recruiting a PhD student this cycle at NYU. Interested in the psychology of identity, group dynamics, politics, and language...? in exploring new methods? Check out our website: ashwinia.com & please share widely & with interested students
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Geoff MacDonald 🇨🇦 @gmacdonalduoft.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
The University of Toronto Department of Psychology (downtown campus) is searching for an Assistant Professor in Personality or Social Psychology. The position is a Tier II Canada Research Chair. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Hey Bluesky 👋 Columbia is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in social psychology. Emphasis on multi-method expertise, e.g., computational approaches to studying social behavior, psychophysiology, big data, & other novel methods. Review begins October 1. Come join us! apply.interfolio.com/131473
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