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Shauna Bowes-Flores

@shaunambowes.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof at Furman | Former NSF SBE postdoc at Vanderbilt | PhD in clinical psych from Emory | studying intellectual humility, polarization, and misinformation sites.google.com/view/shaunambowes/…

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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Truly the best
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
10 more days!
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Cameron S. Kay @cskay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We’re excited to announce that the 2027 edition of the SPSP Misinformation & Belief Science Preconference will be held virtually on Tuesday, February 9th! 🧵 1/3
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🚨Hiring alert!🚨Super excited to share that Furman is hiring a social/social cognitive psychologist this cycle. If you want to be in an environment that values teaching, research, and community, please apply by 09/25! Details are in the job ad furman.wd115.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Furman...
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Tenure-Track Position in Social or Social Cognitive Psychology
Welcome to Furman University's Career Site! IMPORTANT: Load all documents in the My Experience area under Resume/CV. This may include your resume/C.V., cover letter, unofficial transcript, teaching ph...
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Super excited to see our work on interpersonal vs. metacognitive intellectual humility published in PSPB! See Michael’s thread 🧵 here!
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Another @lkfazio.bsky.social outfit this weekend! Presley loves her overalls! ☀️
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Really great to talk about the illusory truth effect (and our paper on how repetition affects belief in conspiracy statements @lkfazio.bsky.social) with Markham Heid at TIME Magazine! time.com/article/2026...
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Why False Claims Seem Truer the More You Hear Them
The more we hear a particular claim or piece of information, the more we tend to give it credence—regardless of whether it’s true.
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Come join the 2027 SPSP Misinformation & Belief Science Preconference Committee! You would serve for 3 years: 1 as Future Co-Chair, 1 as Co-Chair (Cameron Kay and Sze Yuh Nina Wang), and 1 as Past Co-Chair (me & @jgranadossamayoa.bsky.social). If you are interested, apply by 05/01/2026! Link below!
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Looking forward to reviewing submissions for the SESSR, which focuses on understanding religion, spirituality, and related concepts! You can field a FREE survey experiment on a probability sample of US adults through NORC! Submit by June 1st! www.sessr.org
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Survey Experiments for the Scientific Study of Religion (SESSR) aims to improve our understanding of the measurement, impacts, and causes of religion, spirituality, and related concepts. SESSR accepts proposals from social scientists at any career stage who want to field a survey experiment at no
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thrilled to serve as a Guest Editor for the Political Ideology and Religion collection for Scientific Reports! This Collection welcomes research examining the psychological determinants of political ideology and religion. Please submit by 12/17/26 and reshare! www.nature.com/collections/...
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Political ideology and religion
This Collection welcomes original research articles examining the psychological determinants of political ideology and religion.
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Out in the Identity & Politicization in Behavior Therapy issue of Current Opinion in Psychology! We review key political criticisms of CBT from the political left and right. We conclude with strategies for acknowledging these critiques while not undermining the efficacy of CBT. Paper & figure below!
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Not only is @lkfazio.bsky.social a great researcher and mentor but also add seamstress to her resume! My Presley girl looks too cute in this Lisa Fazio dress 👗💕
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Double feature announcement! Missed SPSP this year because my daughter, Presley, arrived at 5:55pm on 02/24! Also, thrilled to announce that I’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor at Furman University starting in August! Exciting times for our family 🎉❤️
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I’ll be teaching Social Psych and Personality Psych for UGs (small classes) in the Fall! Tips, tricks, assignments, exercises, syllabi, etc. are invited and welcomed!!
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Social conflict fosters cognitive distortions which, like those in clinical settings, lead to cycles of counterproductive behavior that feed into distorted thinking. A new paper uses insights from CBT to fix cognitive distortions that fuel intergroup conflict: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
What might contribute to "remarkable hospitality"? We used a mixed-methods approach in a sample of individuals who housed refugees from Ukraine to clarify their characteristics and the predictors of remarkable hospitality. Paper out now in JOPP! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Academic “Merry Christmas” emails (timestamp 4:59pm 12/25) 😂🎄
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Not only did I get to publish my first developmental study this year, but also it was recently featured in GGSC's "Top 10 Insights from the 'Science of a Meaningful Life' in 2025" feature! Links to the feature and manuscript are below!
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Want to know more about intellectual humility and trust? I have good news for you! We wrote a brief (but thorough) review on IH and trust in Current Opinion in Psychology! 10/10 experience publishing with some of my fave colleagues @michalehmann.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Intellectual Humility and Trust
The problem of mistrust cannot be solved by increasing trust indiscriminately; rather, we need tools that help people trust more in what is credible a…
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
My first registered replication report, study on the illusory truth effect, and study published in PB&R with @lkfazio.bsky.social ‼️Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps... Previous research found that the illusory truth effect was smaller for conspiracy statements than for trivia statements...
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
When you run a misinformation lab and still want to be festive
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Javier Granados Samayoa @jgranadossamayoa.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📢The 2026 edition of the SPSP Misinformation & Belief Science preconference will be held virtually on Tuesday, February 24.🎉 Submit an abstract for either a single presenter or data blitz presentation by October 23 (link below) and don’t forget to register to attend by February 13!
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
After years of teamwork, I am thrilled that our adversarial collaboration on political ideology and belief rigidity was accepted for publication at Political Psychology! Plus, it's my first Pol Psych pub, so it is doubly exciting! t.co/2TgscFm1J8
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https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4wmx2_v2
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Thanks to PsyPost for covering our recent work on the relations between intellectual humility and religious and political polarization! www.psypost.org/intellectual...
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Intellectual humility is linked to less political and religious polarization across the board
A large online study indicates that intellectual humility is linked to less hostility toward political and religious opponents. The effect was seen across political parties and belief systems, and per...
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
It was great to sit down with Jill Suttie at the @greatergoodmag.bsky.social and talk about our research on young children's preferences for intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance! Read here: greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
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Even Young Children Prefer People Who Act With Humility
A new study suggests that children as young as five favor adults who express doubt when unsure rather than those who are overly confident.
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Saddened by so many things that are happening in the country. “For young researchers, “there is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” says Emilya Ventriglia, a neuroscience Ph.D. student at Brown University…”
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Adam H. Smiley @asmiley.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Stoked that my paper with Cheryl Kaiser is now out in SPPS!!
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
@lkfazio.bsky.social and I had a great time meeting and collaborating with colleagues at Waikato and Auckland! We also managed to get several adventures in! Find yourself a colleague who both pushes you in your research and also to step outside of your comfort zone (aka caving and zip lining ‼️)
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Yesterday I got to complete my 80s kid dream of seeing real glowworms rather than just cuddling with the toy version. (Also, New Zealand is beautiful, @shaunambowes.bsky.social and I are having a great time with @drlambchop.bsky.social, Eryn Newman, Danny Osborne, @mehr.nz and all the kiwis)
Glowworm toy from the 80sCave ceiling with lots of blue glowing dots, each one a worm.Shauna Bowes and me in our helmets precave
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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Good reporting on this aspect of the attacks on science — how the Trump administration is cutting research on mis and disinformation. Shout out to @lkfazio.bsky.social for taking a public stand (and being the lead photo). 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...
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Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation
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Justin Ludwig @jmludwig.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Divine forgiveness (DF)—the belief that one has been forgiven by God—is a deeply meaningful part of many people’s lives and can positively impact their well-being, including the ability to self-forgive after wrongdoing.
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Dr. Katy Croff Bell @katycroffbell.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
📣🧪 $25k grants for those who: 1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and 2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF. Early-career scholars prioritized
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Excited to explore whether there is "too much" intellectual humility in the context of conspiracy belief with one of my favorite colleagues (turned research adversary🙃)! Thanks to UPenn's Adversarial Collaboration Project for the opportunity.
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Maddy Jalbert @maddyjalbert.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 19/04/2025
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨 We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely! airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.


We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks. 


We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA


WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential.


These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84).


THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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Megan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Here's a copy of an NSF grant termination notice that went out today. "NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant...on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities." Not subject to appeal. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Text of email: Dear [redacted],

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 priorities. Effective immediately, the following are terminated: [redacted]

NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant to NSF Grant General Conditions (GC-1) term and condition entitled Termination and Enforcement; on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities. This is the final agency decision and not subject to appeal. Costs incurred as a result of this termination may be reimbursed, provided such costs would otherwise be allowable under the terms of the award and the governing cost principles. In accordance with your award terms and conditions, you have 30 days from the termination date to furnish a summary of progress under the award and an itemized accounting of allowable costs incurred prior to the termination date. 

Sincerely, [redacted] Division Director 
Office of Budget Finance and Award Management (BFA) 
Division of Grants and Agreements (DGA)
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
🧪 DOGE is reporting cancelling 402 NSF grants today. And let's recap: this is for awards that NSF has **ALREADY** judged as aligned with its mission in law, which includes broadening participation in STEM. It bears repeating: the law supersedes exec orders. For more: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
Great work by 
@NSF
 canceling 402 wasteful DEI grants ($233M in savings), including $1M for “Antiracist Teacher Leadership for Statewide Transformation”.  

See the NSF update below.  Grant awards will be based on merit, competition, equal opportunity, and excellence.
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Thanks to @lkfazio.bsky.social for treating the lab to the Chicago architecture tour!!
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
So proud of our stellar undergraduate RAs for presenting our new research at MidwesternPsych! My talk (with @senteio.bsky.social and @lkfazio.bsky.social) on predictors of health-related conspiracy belief across racial identities will be at 9:15am this Saturday!
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
First (but certainly not last) developmental paper now accepted at Developmental Psychology! We asked: Do children value intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance? The answer is YES! Preprint available here! osf.io/preprints/os...
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I will be teaching two courses in the fall, both for upper-level undergraduates! One will be on Theories of Counseling and one will be a small seminar on the Psychology of Misinformation. If anyone has taught these classes, I would love ideas, input, and tips!!
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This is the White House website. Unbelievable.
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
👀👀
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Waited until I passed the EPPP (as of yesterday)… Thrilled to announce that I accepted a tenure-track offer in the Psychology Department of The University of Alabama in Huntsville!! I am so excited to build my lab (stay tuned!) and join the welcoming department.
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Sean Bogart @seanbogart.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Thank you @lkfazio.bsky.social for covering this and a huge thanks to @shaunambowes.bsky.social for inviting me to be a part of such an amazing symposium this year! #SPSP2025
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Not only did she send the kind message but she showed up to the 8am talk y’all!!
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Conflict preconference this morning. It's cool research on the connection between conspiracy belief and prejudice (but you'll also get to hear @shaunambowes.bsky.social talk this afternoon on who conspiracy theorists are and Sat on predictors of conspiracy belief).
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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Not going to let Nashville snow get in the way of chairing my first SPSP symposium on conspiracy belief this Saturday! Come see our talks on conspiracy belief strength, conspiracy theorists, and more!
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