Linda Tropp on the WWLP-TV Mass Appeal show examining race relations

Linda Tropp appeared on on the WWLP-TV Mass Appeal show examining race relations on September 4, 2020

Race relations in the U.S. have been very tense this summer and the most recent police shooting of a black man in Wisconsin continues to keep the subject top of mind. With all that has happened it is very difficult for people to fully understand what is at stake. Dr. Tropp was interviewed to help put it all in perspective.

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Johanna Vollhardt & Rezarta Bilali received Honorable Mention for the Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

The article titled "Victim and perpetrator groups’ divergent perspectives on collective violence: Implications for attitudes toward political issues and intergroup relations" by Johanna Ray Vollhardt & Rezarta Bilali received Honorable Mention for the Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

Rezarta Bilali named Associate Professor with Tenure at NYU

Rezarta Bilali was named Associate Professor with Tenure at NYU in the Department of Applied Psychology.

Ervin Staub profiled in NBC News on hi sactive bystander training for police.

Ervin Staub is profiled in an NBC News piece. A Holocaust survivor, Staub has pioneered active bystander training to limit violence between police and the public. (NBC News, 7/19/20)

Ervin Staub interviewed on WBUR Boston radio show on how it is possible to change police behavior

Ervin Staub was interviewed on WBUR Boston radio show on June 24, 2020 on how it is possible to change police behavior

He developed "active bystander" police training, so officers can stop their colleagues from doing unnecessary harm. This training has been implemented in New Orleans.

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Linda Tropp appeared on WWLP's Mass Appeal discussing the state of race relations

Linda Tropp was invited to speak for a segment on WWLP's TV show Mass Appeal on understanding the state of race relations where they discussed the motivation behind recent protests calling for racial justice and an end to police violence against Black Americans. June 30, 2020

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Ervin Staub cited in an article examining ways to teach police offers to become active bystanders to prevent instances of brutality or injustice.

Ervin Staub, Emeritus Professor of psychology and founding director of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program, is cited in an article examining ways to teach police offers to become active bystanders to prevent instances of brutality or injustice. Staub’s research on bystanders led to his co-creation of New Orleans’ Ethical Policing is Courageous (EPIC) program. (Pew Stateline, 6/5/20)

Hanne Watkins and Bernie Leidner post The Psychological Effects of Memorial Day and Other Military Commemorations

Peace program former post-doctoral researcher Hanne Watkins and Professor Berni Leidner have published a post on Character & Context, the blog from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.

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Johanna Ray Vollhardt published an edited volume “The Social Psychology of Collective Victimhood,”

Peace Program Graduate Johanna Ray Vollhardt, PhD published an edited volume with Oxford University Press on “The Social Psychology of Collective Victimhood,” with 20 contributions from authors in different parts of the world.

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Quinnehtukqut McLamore was awarded the 2020 Keith Rayner Memorial Graduate Student Research Award.

Quinnehtukqut McLamore working with Dr. Bernhard Leidner was awarded the fifth annual Keith Rayner Memorial Graduate Student Research Award. Their project, Challenge and Threat Framings of COVID-19 Messaging and Downstream Consequences, will investigate how messaging about the coronavirus affects how the stressor of the pandemic is processed, and downstream effects on both compliance with precautionary measures (e.g., social distancing) and xenophobia toward Asians and Asian Americans.

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