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Michael W. Kraus

@mwkraus.bsky.social
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Not the German handball player or the historian. The other one. Berkeley Psych alum and social psychologist. | he/him www.csinequality.org

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"For many Black scholars, academia is a burning house. If we cannot extinguish that fire, Black scholars will always bear a greater risk of being burned–& therefore have to insulate themselves against the risk more than others." @cydneydupree.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/blac...
timeshighereducation.com
Black academics face extra scrutiny. Our research shows its consequences
Scholars of colour told us they engage in strategies to make it harder for them to be dismissed as biased or lacking rigour, says Cydney Hurston Dupree
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Scholars of colour described overpreparing for presentations, ruthlessly analysing their own results before exposing them to scrutiny, softening their conclusions or avoiding research on race altogether." The level of checks I go through often astounds some colleagues
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you @cydneydupree.bsky.social for this article, and for your research on this, which I regret to say I missed when it came out. As a Guatemalan-American, it also drew to mind for me Aurora Chang's work on the pressure toward hyperdocumentation www.harvardeducationalreview.org/content/81/3...
harvardeducationalreview.org
Undocumented to Hyperdocumented: A Jornada of Protection, Papers, and PhD Status
In this personal essay, Aurora Chang describes her experience of hyperdocumentation—the effort to accrue awards, accolades, and eventually academic degrees to compensate for her undocumented status. I...
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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this passage from @cydneydupree.bsky.social @mwkraus.bsky.social & Brittany Torez's new study jumps off the page as such a clear distillation of one of intersectionality theory's most underappreciated insights: the ever-present baselining to whiteness. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One scholar recalled, "We had this norm that you need a White control condition like you need to compare… That is the norm. And it was frustrating because it’s like, ‘Do we need that to just talk about minority experiences?’” (RM_16). Scholars were asked by reviewers to explain how they can “generalize”, even though “When we have majority White samples, no one asks that question, it is just seen as a standard.” (RM_19).
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Scholars of colour often described having their objectivity and scientific rigour questioned, including suggestions that their work was below standard or ideologically motivated. White scholars, who also studied racial issues, rarely described receiving such intense scrutiny and doubt"
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Cydney Hurston Dupree @cydneydupree.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mixed feelings about this one. The Arday case is painful, and I get vulnerable in this piece. But the message is important, and it draws some of my favorite research, led by Brittany Torrez with @mwkraus.bsky.social . My latest, in Times Higher Ed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/blac...
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For @societyworkshop.bsky.social, we made a video explainer about the unequal scrutiny and interrogation that Black and other marginalized folks are subject to when they study race/racism. The research this video is based on is here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Society Workshop @societyworkshop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here is the Society Workshop report reviewing the science showing how and why scrutiny is not race neutral. drive.google.com/file/d/1GSMy...
drive.google.com
SW_EpistemicExclusion.pdf
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Society Workshop @societyworkshop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Over the summer, the intense public scrutiny of Professor Jason Arday was a painful reminder of the way that scrutiny is unequally applied in many domains, including science, to scrutinize and interrogate the competence and deservingness of, in particular, our Black colleagues and peers.
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The attack on DEI in academia isn’t just ... about grants, positions and policies. It’s also psychological. It’s about who enters the room expecting to be believed, and who enters the same room expecting to be attacked." by @cydneydupree.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/blac...
timeshighereducation.com
Black academics face extra scrutiny. Our research shows its consequences
Scholars of colour told us they engage in strategies to make it harder for them to be dismissed as biased or lacking rigour, says Cydney Hurston Dupree
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Katelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.* @katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
College athletes need unions to prevent this kind of horrendous abuse. This solidarity and push to remove this dangerous man from coaching them is very brave.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Exceptional solidarity from ASU hockey players who have demanded their coach be placed on leave for essentially overseeing the murder of their teammate and have disputed the university’s findings. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
Seven Arizona State men’s hockey players asked the university’s president to place the Sun Devils’ coaching staff on administrative leave pending further investigation into the workout that left sophomore transfer Matthew Mayich on life support.

In a 26-page letter sent to ASU president Michael Crow on Monday and obtained by The Athletic, the players disputed numerous findings from the university’s initial review of the Aug. 20 workout, writing that Mayich did not receive water and was provided inadequate medical care after his collapse.
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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All the news about the Cornell 7 has inspired some folks, like the fantastic @jessicavalenti.bsky.social, to re-up their calls for banning historically White fraternities. 10 years ago I reviewed the history of these orgs, arguing they were un-reformable. I stand by my argument. In my new book...
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Why Colleges Should Get Rid of Fraternities for Good
'Reform is simply not possible'
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This weekend, we saw (and loved) Forgotten Island. It's wild, hilarious, heartfelt, and for my spouse and kids who are Filipino (and me by association), deeply familiar/relatable! In case u need a movie suggestion! chicagocrusader.com/forgotten-is...
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‘Forgotten Island’ reminds us that memories are important
The film “Forgotten Island” is a story of friendship and the things that remind us of what makes life worthwhile, our memories.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...
John Anzalone &
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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
From nytimes.com
6:47 AM • 9/26/26 • 274K Views
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you use AI to do your research, you really cannot complain when reviewers use AI to review your papers, imo. The processes you use to expedite your workflow create more work for the rest of us, who are under the same constraints to maximize our own output. Plus, peer review is invisible labor.
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The first week of classes was this week. 😎 Here we are marking the occasion with our annual csi lab photo: 🥳🤓
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reminder: updated covid and flu shots are now available and waiting for you. I just got mine. I know that messaging from DC has been confusing. Here is what the experts say: www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggest the vaccines for most people, including healthy adults ages 18 to 64 and healthy children ages 2 to 18, if their parents want them to get one.
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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 ‼️ new paper ‼️ 🚨 With political scientist Nathan Chan, we used the latest 2024 and 2020 CMPS to look at why Asians and Latinos (the 2 largest immigrant groups in US) might support deportation policies. Out now in Political Psychology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Working hard to belong: Meritocratic ideology and deportation sentiments among Latino and Asian Americans
Why do some Latino and Asian Americans support conservative policies that may discriminate against them? Elaborating on system justification theory, we argue that ideologies such as meritocracy perpe...
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The first week of classes was this week. 😎 Here we are marking the occasion with our annual csi lab photo: 🥳🤓
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
✊🏻 news.wttw.com/2026/09/23/n...
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Northwestern’s Non-Tenure, Adjunct Faculty Launch New Unionization Bid
Wednesday marked the launch of a new union organizing drive by non-tenure eligible and adjunct faculty at the Evanston-based university after two years of organizing conversations.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
sitting down to write a column about how too many minorities are getting nominated for prizes these days is real loser shit like scraping the bottom of the racism barrel loser shit
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Assign AE = 0 Please clap, it happens once every two years or so... 😤
this is a picture of my editor dashboard showing I have 0 manuscripts that need assignment to AEs (associate editors).
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We woke up thinking about the long shadow of all the workers’ wins and even their losses. We made it free to watch the short documentary that dominated my life this year. Happy Labor Day. vimeo.com/1224659811/7...
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Power to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]
Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther...
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Cost of Borders is finally under contract! Thank you to my incredible agent @sarahburnes.bsky.social to @naomischneid.bsky.social & @ucpress.bsky.social for believing in this project & to all the people from Palestine to Haiti to Cameroon to Iran who shared their stories with me!
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Category: Non-fiction: Politics/Current Affairs
THE COST OF BORDERS By Heba Gowayed
Imprint: University of California Press
Deal Report
August 31, 2026
Carnegie Fellow and CUNY sociologist Heba Gowayed's THE COST OF BORDERS, revealing the nature of global frontiers through the stories of people who journey across them, challenging lay and legal conceptions of borders, showing them as for-profit enterprises of state and private industry, whose costs are borne by everyone, not just in smugglers' fees and tax dollars, but also in lives, freedoms, and the very safety they are alleged to protect, to Naomi Schneider at University of California Press, at auction, by Sarah Burnes at The Gernert Company (world).
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Read this instead. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...
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Racism and labor at Bates: the other side of the story
Andrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026
i don’t want “accelerated”, “increased-speed” or “fast-paced” research. in fact, am not interested in any shortcuts to mindful, intentional, and slow science
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
When I first went on the job market, I got offers from the best places & chose Stanford. The joy of that moment was tempered by the vitriol of those convinced I was unworthy of such opportunities. I learned long ago I’ll never convince them I am worthy. What great freedom came from that awareness.
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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I’ve gone on at length about this, and am working with the many, many others behind the scenes, but if you are alumnae (yes I fempluralized) or simply an admirer of the program, and you care about the future of the program, you might send your notes to the provost’s office. The general idea is that
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John Aerni-Flessner @lesothojohn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is an absolute travesty. Northwestern has, probably, the 2nd best library collection for African History/Studies in the USA (behind Yale and ahead of MSU, UCLA, etc). A self-inflicted wound that is absolutely, 100% unnecessary given the massive wealth of Northwestern--north of $15 billion.
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SCOOP: Northwestern moves to close Program of African Studies
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Here's some coverage in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived
Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New working paper w/ Hanna Folsz In Jan 2025 Trump issued an executive order targeting corporate DEI programs. Many companies ended DEI fearing financial risk We find that firms that kept DEI performed just as well in financial markets, revenue, etc democracypolicylab.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
The Trump administration has used executive authority to influence the behavior of civil society organizations such as law firms, universities, and corporations.
Do corporations that resist executive orders perform worse financially? In January 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order directing federal
agencies to investigate and compel firms to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Some firms complied with the order, whereas other firms
resisted by reaffirming their DEI programs. We find that S&P 500 firms that
maintained their DEI programs performed just as well as compliant firms, both
in terms of stock market returns and revenue. The results are robust across various measures of maintaining DEI, including measures based on executives’ public
statements about DEI programs, interest group ratings, firm financial statements,
and shareholder rejections of anti-DEI resolutions. The results suggest that, at
least in some areas, firms can resist pressure from the executive branch with
minimal costs to financial performance.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
So, these firms did racism for free, just for fun.
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Society Workshop @societyworkshop.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Congratulations to all the interns and mentors for their work helping to expand psychology this year!
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This week was the end of our summer psychology internship (www.summerpsych.com) program. We held a capstone conference to celebrate all the amazing work completed by the interns with poster presentations and a mini conference.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ruby (the wonder puppy) also encourages folks to let trans kids play sports — and oppose I-638. This initiative will be on the ballot in WA state this fall. Please help educate your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, acquaintances. And vote.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My essay on why I am suing Northwestern, originally published by Literary Hub, has been re-printed by the @aaup.org ‘s Academe Blog, where it is getting a wider readership and generating many personal responses from professors 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 academeblog.org/2026/07/24/w...
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Why I am Suing Northwestern University—and the United States House of Representatives, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Secretary of Health and Human Services R...
BY STEVEN W. THRASHER On July 20, I filed a lawsuit against Northwestern University and—in his official capacity as Chairman of the US House of Representatives House Committee on Education and the …
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Co-signing here and I wish just *one* of these articles would point out the history of authoritarian regimes attacking sociology specifically because it makes authoritarians uncomfortable.
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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sociology is amazing. Our biggest problem is bad-faith actors who maliciously spurn the field because we teach people how societies work and they'd rather we all stay in the dark. Not today, Satan!
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Mikhail Zinshteyn @mzinshteyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California admitted that they used keywords related to diversity to screen for projects. It’s an admission that lawyers for the researchers say is proof the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2b in grants.
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DEI keyword search led to billions in cancelled California university grants
The Trump administration cancelled $2 billion of research grants to UC professors. Their legal team says it has proof that was unconstitutional.
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Three years ago today we announced the decision II. It included breaking news from Shams Charania (PhD) and a video reveal. It was a different time on the internet!
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 14/04/2026
New publication alert! After four years of analysis, synthesis, and careful writing, I am pleased to announce a brand-new article, “Desistance”: A Multimethod Review of the Literature on Gender Identity Variability in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth (1) 🧵 psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...
An image of the article "Desistance": A Multimethod Review of the Literature on Gender Identity Variability in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 12/07/2026
So trans kids just "grow out of it"? Our work,highlighted here by Society Workshop, suggests that the previous claims about desistance that have been normalized for years are incredibly unreliable
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
As part of Society Workshop, we've been summarizing key insights from social science research for the public. Here is one we completed a few months ago on youth gender diversity, the importance of rigorous evidence in policy, and its implications for gender-affirming care.
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Society Workshop @societyworkshop.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
To read more about this research his our summary report: drive.google.com/file/d/1MMa0... If you would like to learn more about the research behind the report by Wall, McLamore, & Sakaluk go here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...
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SW_GenderDiversity2026.pdf
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
As part of Society Workshop, we've been summarizing key insights from social science research for the public. Here is one we completed a few months ago on youth gender diversity, the importance of rigorous evidence in policy, and its implications for gender-affirming care.
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In case you didn't get the chance to attend, here are my slides and notes from the #SPSSICON2026 keynote address titled a PUBLIC framework for the political psychology of inequality. mwkraus.medium.com/a-future-psy...
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A future psychology for the people
**Below are notes for my remarks delivered as part of a keynote address at SPSSI 2026. The slides that accompany these remarks appear here…
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In case you didn't get the chance to attend, here are my slides and notes from the #SPSSICON2026 keynote address titled a PUBLIC framework for the political psychology of inequality. mwkraus.medium.com/a-future-psy...
mwkraus.medium.com
A future psychology for the people
**Below are notes for my remarks delivered as part of a keynote address at SPSSI 2026. The slides that accompany these remarks appear here…
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