Reposted by Melissa VegaBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I am sad to share that Project Implicit, my first non-profit and foundation of my career, is closing. The IAT website will continue, managed by the next generation of leaders in implicit bias research. Here's the statement I posted to LinkedIn. It didn't vibe right as a bsky thread. 55426
Reposted by Melissa VegaGordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch New research by @mv1691.bsky.social @ericdknowles.bsky.social & Napier ... finds that Latinos told Whites will accept them within "White" then show higher racism & conservatism. Essentially pulling ladder up after themselves. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... 096
Reposted by Melissa VegaEric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Out in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations: The Future of Latines’ Racial Categorization and Sociopolitical Attitudes Amid Rising US Diversity tinyurl.com/4hateszc This work—led by @mv1691.bsky.social—examines how (re)racialization could shape the politics of U.S. Latines in the coming decades. 1104
Melissa Vega @mv1691.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Ultimately, we sought to show that the Latine vote “no es nada del otro mundo”— is nothing mysterious, earth shattering, or unexpected. In doing so, we hope to encourage more interdisciplinary investigations into the social psychological mechanisms underlying Latine politics! 011
Melissa Vega @mv1691.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Across two studies, we integrated social scientific literatures on U.S. Latine ID and politics to consider how (1) the Latine community’s racial & motivational heterogeneity and (2) the sociopolitical connotations & historical fluidity of whiteness might have shaped Latine voting in 2020 and 2024. 100
Melissa Vega @mv1691.bsky.social · 18/03/2026First Bluesky post is also a belated post for my first, first-author publication with @ericdknowles.bsky.social and Jaime Napier! 🙂 See mini summary below: doi.org/10.1111/asap...doi.orgSPSSI JournalsThe 2024 U.S. Presidential election highlighted Latine voters’ increasingly pivotal role in American politics, as their record-high support for Republican candidates helped Donald Trump clinch the pr... 140