Johanna Ray Vollhardt elected Vice President of the International Society of Political Psychology (2017-2020) and co-edited a special issue of the European Journal of Social Psychology on The Social Psychology of Collective Victimhood

Johanna Ray Vollhardt was elected as Vice President of the International Society of Political Psychology (2017-2020) and recently co-edited a special issue of the European Journal of Social Psychology on The Social Psychology of Collective Victimhood, now available.

Linda Tropp quoted in "A Safe Space for Hate", a report for U.S. News & World Report

Linda Tropp contributed to a report for U.S. News & World Report entitled "a Safe Space for Hate". President Trump's rhetoric is not the only factor in the nation's growing tolerance for intolerance.

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Review of talk on intergroup contact by Linda Tropp

Linda Tropp presented her years of research on the relationship between intergroup contact and its effect on racial tensions Monday April 3 in Thompson Hall. Community members and faculty from the psychology, sociology, public policy and economics departments attended the talk titled, “Are We Stronger Together? How Contact Between Groups Transforms Attitudes and Social Relations.”

Linda Tropp quoted in article for Science of Us

Linda Tropp was quoted in an article for Science of Us entitled "The Contact Hypothesis Offers Hope for the World".

Linda Tropp co-wrote a blog for the APA

Linda Tropp co-wrote a blog for the Psychology Benefits Society of the American Psychological Association titled "Crossing Boundaries: How Intergroup Contact Can Reduce Racial Anxiety and Improve Race Relations"

Ervin Staub authored a piece offering advice to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on how she can win the November election. (Huffington Post, 10/20/16)

Linda Tropp co-authors article entitled Donald Trump and the rise of white identity in politic

Linda Tropp co-authored a piece examining an increase in white racial identity in America and how this is affecting white Americans’ support of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy.

Dr. Bernhard Leidner wins NSF-BSF grant

Program faculty Dr. Berni Leidner received a new grant to study how past collective trauma of suffering and perpetrating intergroup violence can facilitate or prevent intergroup violence in the present.Together with Co-PI Dr. Gilad Hirschberger from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, Dr. Jiyoung Park (UMass), and students Mengyao Li and
Quinnehtukqut McLamore (both UMass) and Mabelle Kretchner (IDC), Dr. Leidner will test a comprehensive theoretical approach that links collective trauma and future intergroup violence. The project will be funded by the U.S National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) for the next three years.

Ervin Staub helped the New Orleans police develop a program for officers

Ervin Staub has helped the New Orleans police develop a program to teach officers how to intervene when they see fellow officers on the verge of unethical behavior. The program builds on Staub’s research into bystander behavior and how people respond to violence and intimidation.

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Mengyao Li and Hemapreya Selvanathan co-authored article in SPSSI newsletter

Forward: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Graduate students Mengyao Li and Hemapreya Selvanathan co-authored an article in Forward, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) newsletter on how to respond to the Orlando Shooting. The piece was a result of a meeting at the SPSSI conference with other scholars in the field, including Winnifred Louis, a recent speaker here for our program.

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