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Vanessa Bohns

@profbohns.bsky.social
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Braunstein Family Professor and Chair of Organizational Behavior at Cornell. Social psychologist studying social influence, compliance & consent. New book “Should I Say Something?" coming Fall 2026! Cat, dog & human mom. www.vanessabohns.com

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
★ Vanessa Bohns aims to help readers navigate the dilemma of “desperately wanting to connect with others... while at the same time being terrified of putting your proverbial foot in your mouth.” Readers will find this both entertaining and deeply informative. @gcpbalance buff.ly/v9zS8HQ
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Somebody pinch me. "Should I Say Something?" got a STARRED review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social!: A "breezy and smart pop science treatise...entertaining and deeply informative." I can't wait for this book to come out next month so I can share it with you all! www.publishersweekly.com/9780306835704
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Should I Say Something? The Science of What to Share—and What to Keep to Yourself by Vanessa Bohns
With this breezy and smart pop science treatise, Cornell social psychologist Bohns (You Have More Influence Than You Think) aims...
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 19/07/2026
A caved-in roof. A crumbling porch. A memorial water wall in need of restoration. These are just a few areas of the $10 million of deferred maintenance needed at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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Saving Seneca Falls: The U.S. Birthplace of ‘All Men and Women Are Created Equal’ Must Be Preserved
A caved-in roof. A crumbling porch. A memorial water wall in need of restoration. These are just a few areas of the $10 million of deferred maintenance needed at the Women’s Rights National…
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I have to admit I was kind of heartbroken that Nolan cut so many of my favorite parts of The Odyssey. It was still decent, but I felt a real missed opportunity for magic, and those moments could have helped.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It's official, my new book, "Should I Say Something?," is out October 6th! PRE-ORDER NOW AND GET... ...MY HUGEST THANKS!!! (Because pre-orders are a really big deal & let bookstores know if a book is worth ordering 🙂.) hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vanes... Excited to share more soon!
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Should I Say Something?
A social psychologist and Cornell professor of organizational behavior reveals the business and life benefits of knowing when to say something—and when to ...
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
We celebrated the fourth by watching National Treasure and, friends, what a perfect movie for this moment. Oh how I miss the days when we would learn the meaning of America from Nic Cage, including that the founders believed the president of the US shouldn’t have billions of dollars of treasure.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Hello, galleys!!
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I got to be an expert in more ways than one on how hard it is to break off a wedding engagement when I appeared on one of my favorite podcasts to discuss “The Wedding Singer”. 😉 lovefactually.substack.com/p/episode-47...
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Episode 47: The Wedding Singer (1998) with Vanessa Bohns
What do people do when they get cold feet?
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
There is this idea that if we make consent more formal by writing up a consent form, people will be able to make a more mindful choice. What we actually find is that people feel more locked into a choice, even if the form explicitly says they can change their minds: news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
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Mindful choice or locked in? Study probes feelings about written consent | Cornell Chronicle
People who sign consent forms feel more trapped, not more empowered, than those who give consent verbally, according to new research by Vanessa Bohns, the Braunstein Family Professor in the ILR School...
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Please take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling to read our new paper about how written consent forms can backfire as a means of protecting vulnerable individuals by activating a more formal "contract schema". We were initially surprised too! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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Cornell ILR School @cornellilr.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Shifting from numerical to narrative-based performance reviews can significantly impact employees’ perceptions of fairness and their likelihood of improving performance based on the feedback, according to research led by Emily Zitek, associate professor of organizational behavior at #CornellILR.
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Narrative-based performance reviews deemed fairest by employees | Cornell Chronicle
Shifting from numerical to narrative-based performance reviews can significantly impact employees’ perceptions of fairness and their likelihood of improving performance based on the feedback, accordin...
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The Menu: S’mores scene
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I was truly inspired by the insights and connections made by the students I spoke with yesterday as the @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Dyson Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer. These students are ready to lead and lead responsibly. Thanks to @sarahwolfolds.bsky.social & everyone at Dyson for the honor!
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Well look at that. Maybe I was too optimistic, more like every month? www.wsj.com/business/nes...
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Nestlé Fires CEO Following Probe of Romantic Relationship With Subordinate
Laurent Freixe is out after just one year on the job at the food giant, which is trying to sell a number of underperforming businesses.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Funny (not funny?) how of all the articles I’ve written, this one is the most perennially relevant. I could repost it every few months just with [insert CEO name here]. “Why even consensual office romances can be a problem…” theconversation.com/mcdonalds-fi...
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McDonald’s fired its CEO for sleeping with an employee – research shows why even consensual office romances can be a problem
Bosses tend to be oblivious to the power dynamics at play in such romantic entanglements.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Some good news that the NSF indirect cost reduction is “invalid, arbitrary and capricious, and contrary to law.” cases.justia.com/federal/dist...
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Super cool interactive article in the NYT to boost your creativity featuring my colleague, Brian Lucas! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Welcome to the 5-Day Creativity Challenge
Today, a fun way to feel less stuck.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I got to be the ultimate fangirl by appearing on one of my favorite podcasts with one of my favorite authors! I joined Dan Pink on the Love Factually podcast to do a deep dive on grand romantic gestures that are creepy (Lloyd Dobler) vs romantic (Heath Ledger).
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Deep Dive: Grand Romantic Gestures
Love Factually · Episode
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
It us! www.wsj.com/sports/corne...
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The Ivy League School That Just Toppled a Lacrosse Powerhouse
Cornell’s Big Red finished a dream season by beating Maryland to win its first national title since 1977.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Is pitying people eating alone really still a thing? Eating at a restaurant or bar by myself with a book is my *favorite*. It makes me feel like I’m on vacation! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/o...
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Opinion | Why Are People Weird About Women Dining Alone?
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Another beloved children’s museum facing federal cuts 😢 www.rochesterfirst.com/rochester/st...
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Strong Museum of Play faces $500K shortfall from funding cuts
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Strong National Museum of Play said two federal grants were terminated by Executive Orders “associated with shifting federal spending priorities.” In a news…
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
It’s because they let you submit your reference letters after you pass the first round.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Want to hear an alternative ending of "The Giving Tree"? Or maybe you want to hear me tell @adamgrant.bsky.social how mean he is to his face? If so, you should really tune in to this truly fantastic episode of Adam's Work Life Podcast, "How to Say No"! open.spotify.com/episode/4sDT...
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How to say no
Worklife with Adam Grant · Episode
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Today is her birthday 🎵 They’re smoking cigar-ars. 🎵
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Now in French, if you please.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This book should be airdropped all over the country.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This administration could push the whole country off a cliff and as they were falling my MAGA family would be yelling “I’m sure they have a plan!”
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
In my inbox today: “Cornell has received a cancellation (termination) notice for your NSF-funded project award... We understand that this change is due to shifting priorities of the federal agency and is not reflective of your performance on this award or the merit of the project…”
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
A screengrab from Twitter.

HeatherLhaney @heather_l... asks:
“Why do you think we have so many more kids with Autism”

David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS quotetweets this reply:
“Probably for the same reason there are so many more planets in outer space now than there were before the telescope was invented”
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Our small local science center had $500k of federal funding revoked. Just constant awfulness from this administration. www.weny.com/story/526987...
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Federal cuts hit Ithaca Science Center for roughly $500,000
The Ithaca Science Center announced on Tuesday, April 15th that roughly $500,000 in already federally approved grants has been clawed back.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I hate that the WSJ is playing the game that this is somehow actually about “stopping antisemitism”.
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The Ithaca Voice @ithacavoice.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Amid reports of a $1 billion federal funding freeze, Cornell confirmed it received 75 federal stop work orders for research "profoundly significant to American national defense, cybersecurity and health."
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Breaking: Trump administration sends Cornell stop work orders amid reports of $1 billion funding freeze
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Trump administration intends to freeze $1 billion in federal funding to Cornell University, according to two unnamed officials in a report from The New York Times Tuesday evening.  Cornell University leaders responded to the report Tuesday night, saying they have “not received information that would confirm this figure.” But the school’s leaders said that earlier Tuesday, they were sent “more than 75 stop work orders from the Department of Defense related to research that is profoundly significant to American national defense, cybersecurity, and health.” …
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
So is it true that DOGE is upset about [checks notes] ORPHANS receiving social security? They are so horrible.
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Carri Weatherwax @carriweatherwax.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Are we still doing legal? I thought the fuhrer tweeted things into existence
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Oh yeah, well our tariff is infinity plus one!
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two little girls are dancing together on a stage while wearing tutus .
ALT: two little girls are dancing together on a stage while wearing tutus .
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
0/10 don't recommend.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
These are literally the headlines and ledes on Fox News today: “Economist says Trump's tariffs are a 'win-win strategy” “Trump is 'just phenomenal at negotiating'” “Trump has a spine of steel and he will not break” We all live in North Korea now.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Well there it is. Both my alma maters, and now Cornell. 😔https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-freezes-funding-cornell-northwestern-university-latest-crackdown-2025-04-09/
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US freezes funding for Cornell, Northwestern University in latest crackdown
The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University while it investigates both schools over civil rights violations, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
We’re fully in mad man territory.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We need a triage system for this administration’s actions. There are so many bad things coming at us all the time. Which are the most critical to focus on first? Like, is worldwide economic collapse more or less critical than dismantling the rule of law?
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
“If you failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it being cruelly denied a “turn to prosper”, then congratulations: you have a firmer grip on reality than the president of the United States.”
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
My alma mater 😔 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
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Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University
The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
But she still held my hand today. ❤️
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This made me cry and it really should not have. It is a document of basic decency. Good for Tufts, may the other institutions grow a spine too. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...
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Vanessa Bohns @profbohns.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Of course literally every news site is covering the stock market drop on their front page except…you got it, Fox News.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Absolutely tired of the psychodrama of one country being the problem of the entire planet.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/04/2025
Trump: "An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."
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