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Linda Tropp has been awarded a Chancellor’s Leadership Fellowship for 2019

Six faculty have been awarded Chancellor’s Leadership Fellowships for 2019, according to John McCarthy, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and Anna Branch, associate chancellor for equity and inclusion.

Linda Tropp, professor of social psychology, is working with associate chancellor Anna Branch in the office of equity and inclusion.

Fostering Intergroup Contact in Diverse Schools: Strategies for Educators Toolkit was created based largely on the research brief authored by Linda Tropp and Suchi Saxena

The Century Foundation has just developed a toolkit for educators called Fostering Intergroup Contact in Diverse Schools: Strategies for Educators. This is based largely on the research brief authored by Linda Tropp with Suchi Saxena on "How Intergroup Contact Prepares Youth to Thrive in a Multiracial Society"

Endowed Chair Stellan Vinthagen and Editor of the Journal of Resistance Studies announces the publication of Volume 4, Number 1. The Journal is an international, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed scientific journal that explores unarmed resistance.

Hema Preya Selvanathan published an article for Waging Nonviolence: "How the Bersih movement is laying the foundation for a new Malaysia"

Hema Preya Selvanathan's article was published on Waging Nonviolence, a news site featuring civil resistance efforts around the world. "How the Bersih movement is laying the foundation for a new Malaysia", was published on November 5, 2018.

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Dr. Özden Melis Uluğ and her colleagues received the Donald J. Brenner Early Career Award given by the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity (ISSSS)

Dr. Özden Melis Uluğ, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Psychology of Peace a Violence Program, and her colleagues Mehmet Karasu (project leader) and Prof. Melek Göregenli received the Donald J. Brenner Early Career Award given by the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity (ISSSS). They won this award for their project which focuses on the social representations of Armenians and Turks towards the disagreements between Armenia and Turkey.

Linda Tropp speaks at Less than Human? Perceptions of Immigrants, Refugees and Muslims

Critical Connections presents:

Less than Human? Perceptions of Immigrants, Refugees and Muslims

Wed. October 17, 7-9PM

Linda Tropp is recipient of the 2018 Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP)

Linda Tropp and her group of researchers spent over five years “trying to find every study on intergroup contact we could,” she says. Now Tropp has been selected as a recipient of the 2018 Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), which “honors the author(s) of a specific article or chapter offering a theoretical, empirical, and/or methodological contribution that has proven highly influential over the last 25 years.”

The award was presented at the 2018 SESP conference Oct. 4-6 in Seattle

Linda Tropp to lead post-film discussion on "Two Towns of Jasper" at Forbes Library

Film showing: October 10 Wed. 6:30 – 8:30 pm Forbes Library

“Two Towns of Jaspar” is perhaps the most revealing film about race relations ever made. Two filmmakers, one black and one white, who grew up together in one town, co—directed a film about a horrific murder of a black man in their home town. The fundamental difference in their reactions led them to conclude that making a film about the crime would provide an illuminating window on how race is lived in America.

Ervin Staub gave a talk at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh

Ervin Staub recently gave a talk at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh where he discussed how to be an active bystander and how this can make a difference in preventing violence and harmful behavior. (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, 9/21/18)

Özden Melis Uluğ wins grant from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

Dr. Özden Melis Uluğ, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Psychology of Peace a Violence Program, received a new grant from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology(SPSP). This new research project of Dr. Uluğ explores how conflict narratives may be helpful in achieving peace and justice in conflict contexts. Dr. Uluğ plans to conduct two studies in two different conflict contexts: (1) Israel and (2) Poland. In both studies, adaptation of materials to the Israeli and Polish context as well as translations will be facilitated by Dr. Gilad Hirschberger and Dr. Michał Bilewicz as collaborators.

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