New postdoc position at Cornell! This is a bit of a unique one: It's a teaching postdoc focused on integrating active learning strategies into psychology courses (including one of my own). Should be a lot of fun!
Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31738
Our new short piece in TiCS on intuitive theories of truth: how people judge whether statements could be true, whether statements are true, and whether to assert them as true. A great collab with @keremoktar.bsky.social
@ihandleyminer.bsky.social @kevinzollman.com @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
If you're at #SPSP2026, come check out what folks in my lab are up to!
The northeast blizzard ain't stopping us!
You won't want to miss the Moral Psychology Pre-conference at @spspnews.bsky.social in Chicago this week! It should be an incredible day of sharing research and networking. Hope to see you there.
If you’ll be at @spspnews.bsky.social this week, consider joining the symposium my advisor Peter Mende-Siedlecki & I are co-chairing on Friday (3:30-4:40 pm; @Room E350), featuring talks from @ahbailey.bsky.social, @jowylie.bsky.social, Cy Butler, and me! #SPSP2026
Next substack post is up: Is the Garden of Eden really a parable about the evolution of monogamy? A post mostly about Cat Bohannon's awesome book Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.
introducing my substack PSYOP! both psychology and art & culture can help us understand better what it's like to be a person in the world. i think they don't interact enough and this newsletter is a place for me to try to pull those two worlds together
anagantman.substack.com/p/introducin...
Early-bird registration for our Moral Psychology pre-conference at SPSP ends Jan 22! Register here: spsp.org/events/annua...
Don't miss this incredible lineup of speakers (plus some terrific data blitz talks and posters) and networking with this fantastic community! See you in Chicago next month!
POSTDOC POSITION in social psychology at Cornell
@cornellpsych.bsky.social! We will begin reviewing apps Dec 1st. Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31185
@spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social @aplssc.bsky.social @spssi.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social
new paper!!
We're excited to announce that Cognitive Science at Dartmouth is recruiting PhD students to work collaboratively with me, Steven Frankland, and Fred Callaway. Come study the principles and mechanisms that enable us to understand, plan, and act in the world! Info: sites.dartmouth.edu/cogscigrad/
Only one day left to apply for the Moral Psychology Preconference at SPSP!
We have an outstanding line-up of invited speakers, will have blitz contributed talks, a best poster award, and more.
Don’t miss it!
Only 9 days left to submit!! Come join us in Chicago in Feb!
Very excited to share that my first paper, with Peter Mende-Siedlecki and @leorhackel.bsky.social, is out now in @commspsychol.nature.com! ☺️
Can getting more rewards make you feel more skilled, even if your performance doesn't change?
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
check out our october newsletter featuring @kirstanbrodie.bsky.social 🎃
open.substack.com/pub/marginal...
In their recent book, Brownstein, Madva, and Kelly argue that people don’t necessarily join causes because they think they’re going to win in the short term … yet their decision to participate during a seemingly hopeless period creates the conditions for ultimate victory
www.vox.com/politics/463...
We propose that the everyday psychology of rules and 3rd party punishment is at the core of authoritarianism
Our view posits no new constructs, is ideology-agnostic, & considers relevant only interactions w the state
See our new working paper "Authoritarianism in Action" osf.io/preprints/ps...
We are hiring - come work with us! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
So excited to share that my first first-author paper is out in
@commspsychol.nature.com
🎉
In a mini-meta analysis of seven studies, we looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Looking for a postdoc? Apply for Cornell’s Klarman Fellowship with me! I’m interested in rules, rule-breakers, and curiosity, broadly construed.
Link for more info here: as.cornell.edu/research/kla... (3 years, $80K/yr; Oct 15th deadline)
Email me directly if you’re interested!
@anagantman.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully gotten back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
Share your revenge stories with us!!
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
with @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social & @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
Punishment, even when intended to teach norms and change minds for the good, may backfire.
Our computational cognitive model explains why!
Paper: tinyurl.com/yc7fs4x7
News: tinyurl.com/3h3446wu
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@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social, and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully got back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
I'm reviewing PhD applications this cycle to join my lab at
@uwpsych.bsky.social in Fall ‘26. Ideal for those interested in dev, decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. We have cool stuff in the works and want more brilliant ppl in the fold!
psych.wisc.edu/joao-guassi-...
What wonderful news! Congratulations!!
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!!
The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children.
Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads.
Start: Fall 2025 or later.
Details: jessica.sommerville@utoronto.ca
RTs appreciated 💫
🥳🥳 New paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com: “When development constricts our moral circle." Contrary to popular belief, younger kids may start out with broader moral circles than older ones. Check it out here 👉 rdcu.be/eoaSe
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola
The idea that pursuing moral excellence leads to the most authentic life contains an annoying conflict—how can we be authentic if constrained by morals?
Research by @jowylie.bsky.social et al finds pursuing aesthetic excellence has the edge in finding one’s true self: buff.ly/OJczpSc
