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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 6h

***NEW REPORT*** Using a large (23,000 people) national survey collected in 2026 by @kettering.org & @gallup.com, I wrote this expansive report on Christian nationalism and Americans' views of democracy. As we head toward Nov., this report shows us what is at stake. kettering.org/christian-na...

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Christian Nationalism and the State of American Democracy in 2026

What do Christian nationalists mean by "democracy"? New Democracy for All Project survey data reveals competing visions of power, citizenship, and democratic values.

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

*reads the White House post* *chuckles at folks questioning whether Christian nationalism exists*

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Pay attention to this. The purpose of these investigations is not just to manufacture evidence to support Trump’s 2020 “voter fraud” accusations, but also to set the stage for another round of efforts to suppress votes and delegitimize election results in 2026 (which the GOP is likely to lose).

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Kirsten Lesage @kirstenlesage.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

NEW @pewresearch.org report I led with my team on religion in Latin America! The study focuses on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, a group of countries that together make up roughly 75% of the region’s population. pewrsr.ch/3NofOy9 A few key takeaways in the:thread:below: 1/

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Catholicism Has Declined in Latin America Over the Past Decade

Growing numbers of Latin Americans are religiously unaffiliated, but belief in God remains high across the region.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Important new FREE study by Amy Brooke Grauley. Experiments show when Christian leaders warn Christians against Christian nationalism, they're less likely to identify with it, especially if they don't have strong views on it yet. Effects are weaker in the opposite direction. doi.org/10.1007/s111...

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

It's academic job market season. I’ve written a reflection with some potentially helpful tips: jaeyk.github.io/essays/job_m...

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What I Wish I Knew Before the Academic Job Market – Hello, I’m Jae.

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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

📣 We are hiring! 👇 This PhD position is part of a research project that examines how growing income inequality can reshape the way democracy functions by influencing both political discourse and public opinion. More info here: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3542...

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Way to go @marykatz.bsky.social, who successfully defended her master's thesis today: "A Social Psychological Window Into How Americans Think About First Amendment Religious Exemption Requests." She's doing such cool work at the nexus of social psych, political psych, and the psych of religion!!

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🧵 Just out in SRE. I dig into how Christian nationalism promotes white supremacy by focusing on racial stereotypes. CN is positively linked with viewing Whites as smarter & more hardworking than Blacks & Latinos. BUT the action is mostly on how CN shapes views re: Whites. 1/5 doi.org/10.1177/2332...

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Join us tomorrow for a data-driven conversation on Christian nationalism & patriotism in the wake of July 4th & the passing of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." Totally free. Time & zoom deets in the post below. @prri.org @shortle.bsky.social @melissadeckman.bsky.social @sssreligion.bsky.social

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Becka Alper @balper.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Come work with me!

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Juliana Horowitz @jmhorowitz.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Today we released a major @pewresearch.org survey of LGBTQ adults looking at: ▶️ Views of social acceptance for LGBTQ people ▶️ Personal experiences with acceptance, discrimination ▶️ Experiences with coming out ▶️ Identity ▶️ Community, friends and LGBTQ spaces Read on for findings from each section.

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The Experiences of LGBTQ Americans Today

How lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults view the impact of Obergefell and social acceptance for LGBTQ people more broadly 10 years after the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex...

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The GSS just dropped new data this week. Here's an interesting shift over the past 10 years. Among Americans as a whole, fewer say that being a Christian is "very/fairly important" to being truly American. But Republicans actually *increased* in that view, reflecting the hard ethno-nationalist turn.

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Dimitris Xygalatas @xygalatas.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Check out our new pre-print, reporting findings that the cost of attending Pope Francis's funeral predicts parochial altruism, supporting theories of self-signaling osf.io/preprints/os...

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I am hiring a new Lab Manager to help run the NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation. We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested! Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620 See more details below:

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Social science gives us the tools to understand the very forces that fear it. Kudos to @marahalkire.bsky.social for leading this piece, in which she, @clarawilkins.bsky.social, and I share how, to many people, recent pushes to root out “anti-Christian bias” serve to signal pro-White allegiance.

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Claims of ‘anti-Christian bias’ sound to some voters like a message about race, not just religion

Some Americans hear claims of anti-Christian bias as a signal of white solidarity, according to a 2024 study.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

JOB! Please RT. Swarthmore is hiring for our Social Science Quantitative Lab Associate to support & do teaching quant methods to undergrads. Especially looking for people familiar with sociology and/or political science, and R. Apply by 4/18. apply.interfolio.com/165892 Happy to answer questions.

Responsibilities (continiued)
Providing statistical support to students during regular office hours and by appointment, including assisting students with the identification, manipulation, and analysis of data sets for their empirical research projects

Planning and hosting stand-alone workshops to train students to work with statistical software commonly used in the social sciences, such as R, Stata, Python, Matlab, and/or Geographic Information System (GIS)

Collaborating with social science faculty teaching quantitative courses on how best to support their courses and their students

Creating additional opportunities for students with less experience in quantitative and computational methods to develop skills and confidence

Offering supplementary workshops in quantitative social sciences to help students develop skills for success as research assistants and to prepare them for quantitative careers and job markets

Qualifications
A Master of Arts or Science (MA or MS), or equivalent, in Political Science, Sociology, Economics, Public Policy, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field is required; a PhD in one of these fields is preferred.

Familiarity with statistics/econometrics, causal inference methods, and preparing data for quantitative social science research is required. Familiarity with computational and simulation methods is a plus.

Programming expertise in R and Excel and ability to learn new technical skills are required. Expertise in Python, Matlab, GIS, and/or other related software is a plus.

Demonstrated excellence in inclusive and equitable teaching practices that support the success of students from diverse backgrounds and with varying levels of preparation in quantitative skills. We seek applicants who cultivate welcoming classroom environments and use pedagogical strategies that promote belonging, engagement, and academic growth for all students.

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Last call! If you're a PhD student in sociology or political science & you're interested in Religion & Public Life, apply to attend our **fully funded** seminar on Religion & Politics, June 16-21st. Details below! **Application deadline is tomorrow (March 31st).** wheatley.byu.edu/religionsemi...

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Wheatley Seminar on Religion and Politics

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Center for an Informed Public @cip.uw.edu · 25/03/2025

The @nytimes.com highlighted @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social's recent 2025 UW Faculty Lecture where she described how a “machinery of bullshit” has become "intertwined with digital media." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b... [1/3]

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Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term (Gift Article)

President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.

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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Religion data for reuse! Those stories about U.S. religion you're currently seeing in the news? They're from the Pew 2023-2024 Religious Landscape Study. While anyone can explore the data with their online tools, Pew has also shared the underlying dataset: doi.org/10.58094/3kw...

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2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Dataset Archives

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I'm giving a talk tonight at UW. Heads up that the subtitle here is a bit of a misnomer. I'm actually going to talk about what my team's decade of research on online rumors reveals about the right wing bullshit machine. If you can't come in person, there's a livestream.

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Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

📢 Calling all religion scholars! 📢Please consider this my personal invitation to submit a paper or organize a session at the upcoming @sssreligion.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this October! Reach out to me or @evanstewart.bsky.social with questions or ideas!

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Trump's planning to sign an executive order to combat anti-Christian bias. In a recent article in @psychscience.bsky.social, my colleagues (led by @marahalkire.bsky.social) & I show that such political appeals can serve as potent racial dog whistles. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Angie Ocampo-Roland @angieocampo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

My paper exploring the relationship between group prototypicality and how it impacts how boundaries are defined, is officially online! 🧵👇

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Since immigrants (and their children) are a frequent topic of discussion, I thought I'd remind folks that the U.S. National Academies studied the effects of immigration on the U.S. and published a free report. Here's one finding that stands out to me. 1/4 nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2355...

Beyond wage and employment considerations, policy makers and the
general public are interested in the impact that an expanding population, and immigration in particular, has on public finances and the sustainability of government programs. All population subgroups contribute to government finances by paying taxes and add to expenditures by consuming public services—but the levels differ. On average, individuals in the first generation are more costly to governments, mainly at the state and local levels, than are the native-born generations; however, immigrants’ children—the second
generation—are among the strongest economic and fiscal contributors in the population. Estimates of the long-run fiscal impact of immigrants and their descendants would likely be more positive if their role in sustaining labor force growth and contributing to innovation and entrepreneurial activity were taken into account.

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Eliane Roy @elianeroy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

New JPSP article is out, with @jordanaxt.bsky.social, @calvinklai.bsky.social, and many collaborators! We organised a contest study with an open call for interested researchers to submit their discrimination-reduction intervention ideas. doi.org/10.1037/pspa...

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Johanna Ray Vollhardt @jrvollhardt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

New volume on "Resistance to Repression and Violence: Global Psychological Perspectives", co-edited with Fouad Bou Zeineddine. Link to book here academic.oup.com/book/57643 or global.oup.com/academic/pro... and brief summary of chapters with links to abstracts and some full texts in 🧵. 1/17

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A brilliant and much needed pack. Please share far and wide! go.bsky.app/MHfnaeh

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

REP Starter Pack go.bsky.app/GxR7Bkf

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 15/11/2024

Finally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.com

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JESP @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hello, to all of the #socialpsychology and #psychology friends over here in this new place! I'm excited to share all of the amazing science that JESP has to offer! We are always looking for new submissions too, so please send us your newest findings! Happy Friday!

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a penguin with a broken egg shell on its head is saying hello

ALT: a penguin with a broken egg shell on its head is saying hello

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

Social Psychology II by me!

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

Social Psychology I by me!

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

And the very incomplete part 2: go.bsky.app/43FXWwj If you aren’t part of either and you are political psychology or adjacent let me know and I’ll add

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

For the wave of new people, if you are interested in political psychology checkout the political psych starter pack Part 1: go.bsky.app/T2Uc2Bx

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Nils Reimer @reimtime.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I am hoping to recruit a Ph.D. student to join our Social Injustice and Social Change research group at UC Santa Barbara in Fall 2025! You can more information about the position, about our team, and about our research on our website. sisc.psych.ucsb.edu/posts/recrui...

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Social Injustice and Social Change (UCSB) - Recruiting Ph.D. Students

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 31/07/2024

The rumor is true. I *will* review PhD applications for my lab, newly located at the University of Illinois Chicago! Please apply if you're interested in social identity (with focus on Asian, MENA, Hispanic Americans) and intraminority coalition-conflict. Lab: www.pbandjlab.com (jk there's no rumor)

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The PB&J Lab

Welcome to the Prejudice, Behavior, and Judgment (PB&J) Lab at the University of Illinois Chicago!!

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

As someone who often uses self-reports and has found that they work pretty well for what we want, this is a refreshing perspective pointing out that they work and they work better than the oft-cited alternatives.

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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Nominate a psych grad student to give a talk at Princeton, expenses paid! Nominate yourself or a colleague here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Priority given to non-ivy schools and students from diverse backgrounds

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Emerging Scholars in Psychological Science Speaker Nominations

Nominate yourself or another late-stage PhD student to speak at Princeton's Psychology Department this academic year (2024-2025). The Emerging Scholars in Psychological Science (ESPS) talk series in...

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Good news -- the Pew Research Center starter pack is here! You can follow my smart & witty colleagues here - bsky.app/starter-pack... Please share this Starter Pack with anyone who might want more Pew Research in their feed. 🌐 🧪

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Political Psychology startpack expanded from 50 to 150 follows go.bsky.app/T2Uc2Bx

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

I made a Bluesky "starter pack" for political psychology. Suggests 50 people to follow and 3 feeds go.bsky.app/T2Uc2Bx

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political psych starter park

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

In our new Psych Science article (led by @marahalkire.bsky.social & Chad MIller w/ Sam Perry & Clara Wilkins), we show that this type of rhetoric, which highlights the perception of Christians being under threat, can serve as an effective racial dog whistle. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sage Journals: Your gateway to world-class research journals

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Marah Al-Kire @marahalkire.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

🧵 Excited to share our recent work published in Psych Science! We show that talk of anti-Christian bias leads White Christians to perceive anti-White bias & this can be leveraged as a dog whistle by politicians to signal allegiance to Whites. 1/ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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