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"One way to combat that lack of empathy for stigmatized groups of people is to get to know them. This is where media comes in, which has been used by psychologists for a long time as an intervention" ow.ly/gcR450U6ZZ8 via Greater Good

New work from Co-Director Hazel Markus, Ellen Reinhart, Ph.D., & Rebecca Carey shows that U.S. Americans in lower (vs. higher) social class contexts are less likely to believe they contribute to society, due to a cultural bias about what it means to contribute. tinyurl.com/y8dd2a96

Check out Scientific American’s new article! It highlights the past decade of SPARQ’s work analyzing police body-camera footage at scale, led by Co-director Eberhardt with contributions from our collaborators in computer science, linguistics, and psychology. tinyurl.com/4ds9sbvr

The SPARQ 2024 Year End Newsletter is Out! Check it out here: mailchi.mp/67874b06bfd2/s…

How does “mansplaining” affect women? New research from Erik Santoro and Co-Director Markus shows that unsolicited, prescriptive advice can make women feel less respected, powerful, and trusting. tinyurl.com/yrpcxakh

Why did the U.S. suffer so many more deaths per 100,000 people during the COVID-19 pandemic than East Asian countries? Co-Director Markus and colleagues discuss how “cultural defaults” can impact responses to pandemics and other crises. tinyurl.com/37ekh2yv

Look out for the SPARQ team & affiliates at Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2025! TODAY (2/20) Maggie Harrington & Nick Camp at the Advancing Policing-Community Research Preconference (8am-12pm), Jordan Starck at Critical Perspectives in Psychology Preconference (1pm-5pm).

TODAY (2/21) at Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Ronda F. Lo at Poster Session B (8-9am). Esteban Garcia E and Catherine Qing at Poster Session C (12:30-1:30pm).

Co-Director Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt was named an honoree of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Society for Personality and Social Psychology) Heritage Wall, which honors psychologists who make a powerful impact in the field. spsp.org/membership/awa…

Check out the Stanford Report: it features new work from Co-Director Markus, Research Associate Maitreyi, and Research Affiliate Tsai on how “cultural defaults” can impact responses to crises. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/3r873tn8

Congratulations to Executive Director Dr. MarYam Hamedani for being named a 2025 Association for Psychological Science (Association for Psychological Science) Fellow! psychologicalscience.org/members/fellows

Congratulations to Lab Manager Sarah Moghaddam! She is a recipient of this year’s Society for Personality & Social Psychology’s Undergraduate Student Poster Award (Society for Personality and Social Psychology). spsp.org/membership/awa…

Postdoc Efraín García Sánchez & colleagues find that emphasizing the connection between income disparities and inequalities in education and healthcare (e.g., access to college or medical treatments) increases motivation to take action against economic inequality. tinyurl.com/2n2z7f7d

Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a global public health issue. New research from Postdoc Efraín García Sánchez and colleagues shows that a significant barrier to improvement is pervasive sexist beliefs and attitudes about women. tinyurl.com/mpev9brk

Co-Director Hazel Markus was elected to the 2025 class of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States. Members of the society represent the highest levels of accomplishment in their respective fields. amphilsoc.org/news/aps-elect…

New work from Co-Director Markus and Research Associate Maitreyi explores 6 differences in cultural defaults between the U.S. and East Asia and how they impacted responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. tinyurl.com/3hx4v999

Want culture change? Check out Executive Director MarYam Hamedani’s new Psychology Today blog about how to put seven key principles into action. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cultur…

While people care about economic inequality for different reasons (it’s unjust vs. it causes conflict), Efraín García Sánchez & colleagues find that justice concerns are more likely than social harmony concerns to motivate policy support and collective action. bit.ly/4lDXlJI