Reposted by Mikaela SpruillApoorva Sarmal @apoorvasarmal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We’re back with another edition of the Critical Perspectives in Psychology! This year’s theme is Grasping the Root: Bridging Academic & Community Approaches in Psychological Science. We are accepting abstracts for posters, data blitzes & podium talks. Apply by October 8. Link below! 131
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillStanford SPARQ @stanfordsparq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026New paper from Postdoc Fellow @spruill.bsky.social on "legal enculturation" - a framework for how laws shape people’s beliefs and perceptions. From redlining to jury exclusion, structural inequity gets written into law, which influences our psychology. tinyurl.com/23jtmxjt 031
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillStanford SPARQ @stanfordsparq.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Jennifer Eberhardt, @spruill.bsky.social, and Julia Proshan attended the APS 2026 convention!🌟 Eberhardt received the James S. Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award, and Proshan presented on the relationship between historical redlining and current disparities in police officers' treatment of drivers. 063
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillStanford SPARQ @stanfordsparq.bsky.social · 24/06/2026SPARQ is officially on Bluesky! We're excited to connect with the community and share updates and news about our work here!💫 073
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 25/06/2026💡New Publication💡 I am excited to share my latest publication and first solo-authored piece “The Law Shapes the Mind: Structural‐Level Influence on Individual‐Level Psychology.” Out now in Social & Personality Psychology Compass dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3... 192
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillM.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/sciencedirect.comAI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive scienceRecent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know… 9288119
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillTaya D. Henry, PhD @tayadhenry.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Our lab’s first study is published in @pppl-journal.bsky.social! We review definitions used in psych & law to describe those wrongly involved in the legal system. doi.org/10.1037/law0000468 @gblancovelasco.com @carinacardoso.bsky.social @karlihamilton.bsky.social @kimberleyclow.bsky.social 1117
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 20/10/2025*We are 3 days away from the SPSP Preconference submission deadline!* If your research breaks boundaries in social psychology or you are applying exciting methods to your research, apply today!! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... 1103
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillPhia Salter @doctaphia.bsky.social · 30/09/2025We're accepting abstract submissions for the Critical Psychology Preconference until Oct 23rd. Join us! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... 0102
Reposted by Mikaela Spruillketurahragland.bsky.social @keturahragland.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Come join us!! 021
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 29/09/2025The Critical Perspectives in Psychology Preconference is back again for year two!! If your research breaks boundaries in mainstream social psych or you are applying exciting methods to your experimental research, our submissions are open! #SPSP2026 195
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 26/09/2025Join us on September 30 at 3 p.m. ET for a virtual discussion with legal experts and longtime Supreme Court watchers. They’ll break down some of the major cases on the Court's upcoming docket and explain what the outcomes could mean for the future of American democracy. RSVP: bit.ly/4nKeDFPbrennancenter.orgDemocracy’s Day in CourtSupreme Court watchers preview pivotal cases on voting rights, fair representation, and presidential power. 13117
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Supreme Court unanimously rejects the "moment-of-threat rule," which required courts to examine only the exact moment in which a police officer alleged that their safety had been threatened in determining whether they acted reasonably. Kagan's opinion makes clear that this idea is clearly absurd. 330784
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025The Supreme Court's first and only decision today is Barnes v. Felix. Per Kagan, the court unanimously rejects the 5th Circuit's narrow approach to deadly force claims against police, holding that a proper analysis looks to the "totality of the circumstances." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... 7430113
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/04/2025The Supreme Court’s emergency ruling blocked the Trump administration from removing supposed Venezuelan gang members without any legal process, @qjurecic.bsky.social writes. But it “also narrowed the path by which those detainees can contest their removal”:bit.lyWhat, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?The justices exhibit a disturbing willingness to ignore the human costs of Trump’s actions, preferring instead to remain within the more comfortable zone of high-minded legal theory. 1013648
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Thank you all so much for having me!! It was a joy to share more about my research in psychology and law. If you want to learn more about legal judgment & decision making, intriguing Supreme Court cases and what “objectively reasonable” actually means to people, listen to this episode! 0197
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillJ. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Scholarship is an expression of deep hope in the future — by writing things down, we hope that future generations can make some use of what we do. Writing today about the science of AI policy, I am citing a 1950s book on the role of scientists in labor unions. Thank you Milton Nadworny <3 04710
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Some good news: "The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will increase its giving over the next two years in response to what it calls a 'crisis' prompted by the Trump administration’s freeze..." www.philanthropy.com/article/maca...philanthropy.comMacArthur Foundation to Increase Giving for Two Years in Response to ‘Crisis’The move was prompted by the Trump administration’s freeze on federal foreign aid and the now-suspended freeze on federal grants. 210916
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillAssociation for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Congratulations to the newest class of APS Rising Stars ⭐! www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awar... 1629
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillMorteza Dehghani @mdehghani.bsky.social · 25/02/2025At @spspnews.bsky.social, many asked for guidelines on using LLMs in the social sciences. Our new paper in AMPPS addresses exactly that! We provide a primer for evaluating LLMs in social science research, focusing on methodological rigor, replicability, and validity: osf.io/preprints/ps... 1229
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillIsha Smith-Ramakrishnan @ishasr.bsky.social · 25/02/2025First @spspnews.bsky.social symposium complete! I presented my work on differing gendered perceptions of East and South Asians. Really excited to continue this line of work as I wrap up my master’s thesis. Thank you to everyone who came to support! #SPSP2025 0102
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 20/02/2025✨Starting in 30 minutes!✨ See you all there! @jadacopelandhayes.bsky.social @keturahragland.bsky.social 020
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Happy SPSP Day to those who celebrate! I’m looking forward to starting this conference off sharing new research, “Right, Wrong or Reasonable? Morality in Legal Decision Making” in the Moral Pre conference!! #SPSP2025 0142
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillEqual Justice Initiative @eji.org · 19/02/2025Where the death penalty remains active, increasing jury diversity can increase reliability and help reduce the risk of wrongful convictions.eji.orgDiverse Juries More Reliable, Less Likely in Alabama Death PenaltyAccurate representation among juries can reduce wrongful convictions. 26217
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillRonda F. Lo @rondalo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I'll be presenting 3 posters at SPSP2025 this weekend! ‼️Thursday Pre-Conferences: Social Psychology in Legal Contexts - 12:15-1pm 🚔 Psychology of Police Shows Advances in Cultural Psychology -3:30-4:45pm 🧬 Gene-Culture Studies ‼️Friday Poster Session B (9-10am) 😷 Asian Health Hazard Stereotype 4183
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Check out the amazing line up of speakers for the inaugural Critical Perspectives in Psychology Preconference! If you are going to #SPSP2025 you don’t want to miss this!! 16220
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillNick Camp @ncamp.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Going to #spsp2025? Interested in what psychology can tell us about what works (or doesn't) to change policing? Join me @andreadittmann.bsky.social @calvinklai.bsky.social @spruill.bsky.social & Kyle Dobson very early next Saturday to find out. 164
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillPolitics and Social Change Lab @pascl-stanford.bsky.social · 13/02/2025A huge thank you to @spruill.bsky.social for sharing her research exploring the influence of legal language on Black and White Americans’ perceptions of police officers and police use-of-force. Truly thought-provoking work! 022
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 20/01/2025“To treat the symptoms of creative maladjustment would be to dull a necessary and noble pain that is an authentic moral response to injustice. For King, maladjustment to injustice is an illness with only one cure—justice.” Today’s very timely read.🤔 spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com 030
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 10/12/2024 115534
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillKiana C. @kianacoxphd.myatproto.social · 10/12/2024You get introduced to some ppl so young & thru the lens of history. To you, they are a legend, an idea, a symbol of excellence, a commitment to Blackness and its humanity. And when they die, you are in profound disbelief. Both surprisingly and predictably, I forgot she was human. 0243
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 10/12/2024“If you don’t understand yourself, you don’t understand anyone else.” -Nikki Giovanni 🤍🕊️✨ 0155
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillMarginalia Science @marginaliascience.bsky.social · 30/11/2024ICYMI: check out our october newsletter featuring @spruill.bsky.social ✨ the second marginalia science x boston college symposium is coming up; apply to be a speaker by oct 25 (more details and application link in the newsletter) t.co/CsK7PA9g9Qt.cohttps://open.substack.com/pub/marginaliascience/p/newsletter-october-2024?r=ud0ov&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true 012
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 26/11/2024A new analysis shows that the average U.S. Supreme Court justice serves more than twice as long as their counterparts in other major democracies. These longer terms don’t earn the United States better judicial performance, but they do come with costs.brennancenter.orgLife Tenure for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Is a Global Oddity with Clear CostsCompared to other democracies, the United States is an outlier in granting life tenure to justices, producing diminishing returns and mounting costs. 28930
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillHakan Çakmak @hakancakmak.bsky.social · 22/11/2024 Finally, something like this is out in PSPR! Identities, ideologies, status quos... Exactly where these variables and their antecedents operate in predicting individual responses to political realities hadn't been starkly addressed in mainstream psychology until now. See: doi.org/10.1177/1088... 23614
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 22/11/2024My people have arrived!! Welcome to these brilliant scholars & wonderful humans!✨ @keturahragland.bsky.social @marc-alessi.bsky.social @snsmith.bsky.social @jwroberson.bsky.social @callmedanny-7.bsky.social @chadedarby.bsky.social @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social 183
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillMatthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Want to make your research more rigorous and robust? Check out this great set of exercises by @juliafstrand.bsky.social designed to help prevent research mistakes in the lab — perfect for your next lab meeting! carleton-wp-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site... 0134
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillAnthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Tuesdays (1pmET/11amMT) I host a webinar w/ other experts in behavioral health & law on various #PsychLaw issues. It's free & providers get free CEUs! This week, Terrill Taylor discusses ways stigma for those w/ criminal legal involvement impacts wellness. Register: hsc-unm.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 0126
Reposted by Mikaela Spruillrytah! ✍🏾 @iamdcarrington.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Nikki Giovanni: Why do we as black writers seem to be so hung up on the truth? James Baldwin: Because the responsibility of a writer is to excavate, because the act of writing is the intention of it, the root of it is liberation. “A Conversation.” [1971] 074
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillRoseanna Sommers @rosesomm.bsky.social · 14/11/2024 Kate Weisburd and I have a new empirical paper out in the Northwestern University Law Review! We ask: what do ordinary Americans believe about how Miranda rights are invoked? t.co/fjpjlJ4vUY 1/4 78335
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillJess Salerno @jesssalerno.bsky.social · 14/11/2024@spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social come join @kurtjgray.bsky.social @jackiemchen.bsky.social @erichehman.bsky.social and others to learn about Social Psychology in Legal Contexts at our preconference...we have a killer line up! 0123
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 15/11/2024“Whereas the law seeks to provide fair process in a timely fashion, science seeks to discover truth over time. This means that what was once fair may become unfair; the justice of yesteryear may be unjust today.” 050
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillNils Reimer @reimtime.bsky.social · 13/11/2024I 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...sisc.psych.ucsb.eduSocial Injustice and Social Change (UCSB) - Recruiting Ph.D. Students 13935
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillAndy Luttrell @andyluttrell.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Whoa, this place is exploding! With everything going on last week, I forgot to share the latest episode of my social science podcast, "Opinion Science." Ep 101 featured an interview w/ Dr. Rich Petty, co-developer of the Elaboration Likelihood Model & all-around persuasion expert Links below... 1249
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillJoel Le Forestier @joelleforestier.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Now that everyone is back on 🦋, it seems as good a time as any to remind people: I'm recruiting my first PhD student(s) this cycle! Deadline is December 1! Apply! We have lots of exciting and important work to do! Lab info: joelleforestier.com Program info: www.psychology.pitt.edu/social-programjoelleforestier.comIdentity & Intergroup Relations LabIdentity & Intergroup Relations Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, directed by Dr. Joel Le Forestier, studying intergroup experiences, prejudice, and interventions. 04628
Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social · 12/11/2024This. This failure is the one I find myself returning to this past week. In the most progressive state in the U.S., we saw a distinct regression regarding the criminal legal system (see Prop. 36, as well). This should concern us all. 281
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillJoel Le Forestier @joelleforestier.bsky.social · 11/11/2024The starter pack I was looking for but couldn't find: Social psychologists who study diversity, equity, inclusivity, and related topics, broadly construed. DM me if you want to be added (or removed)! #PsychSci #socialpsyc go.bsky.app/MAoGLF4 2313958
Reposted by Mikaela SpruillMary C. Murphy @marycmurphy.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Now more than ever community and support is needed. That’s why @sylviapperry.bsky.social and I are happy to solicit applications for the 3rd annual CASBS Summer Institute on Diversity. If you're a pre-tenure prof studying diversity, apply & repost! Apps due: Dec 11 casbs.stanford.edu/call-applica... 05843