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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · 28d

It's confirmed: I've lost my dissertation funding. @universityofkansas.bsky.social

Students across the US lost FLAS fellowships to study foreign languages and fellowships to conduct dissertation abroad.

Contributes to the already precarious challenges to monthly sustenance and dissertation plans.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28d

And now, since our Dean wrote this (www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...), we've all received letters informing us year 4 of our NRC/FLAS grants has been cancelled.

International & foreign language education is "not a priority of the administration."

The party of national security something something

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today's normalized authoritarianism: Email confirmation that year 4 of our Title VI European Studies grant (& all other NRC/FLAS $ @ @uwmadison.bsky.social) is being held up to ensure "resources are spent in accordance with the President’s priorities & the Department’s statutory responsibilities"

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Jul 11

Yes, we’re literally about to zero out funding for every Title VI area studies center at every university in the country, along with FLAS fellowship funding. A generation of human capital that feeds into our diplomatic & intelligence corps that will simply not exist. National security madness.

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · Jul 11

Another angle to this. They've defunded the university language programs their diplomatic corps come from or go to to upskill. They can't even build back this expertise in the future even if they want to.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28d

Yesterday, when the shooter was an imagined trans Muslim woke leftist, it was WAR.

Today, when the shooter turns out to be a young, gun-toting white male and the son of a sheriff, it’s “pray.”

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Sep 9

Protestors in Nepal overthrew the government in less than 48 hours due to corruption. They refused a curfew, spread protests across all cities, fought police in roaming street battles, burnt down politicians' houses, stole military weapons, stormed the parliament & burnt it, forced the PM to resign.

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Aug 26

When the scientists don't have anything unique to add apart from toeing the line of establishment liberals, tells you all you need to know about 'whitestream' Psychology.

ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · Aug 25

ISPP Special Statement on the Humanitarian Situation in Gaza and Israel – August 25, 2025

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Trevor Lies @trevorslies.bsky.social · Aug 20

Do conservatives oppose all environmentalist initiatives, or does the compatibility of conservatism with environmentalism vary by sociocultural context? (more below!)

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Conserving nature, resisting change: Political conservatism and evasion of anti-systemic environmentalisms

Conventional wisdom and scientific research suggest that political conservatism is at odds with support for environmentalism. Across two survey studie…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Apr 21

I'm disappointed to share that my NSF career grant on anti-Asian dehumanization was terminated. This affects ongoing project activities, which have shown great progress so far, and support for my research team and more.

I'm sad to share that the hiring of the postdoc role is currently on pause.

Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Apr 5

We're hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar! Come join our @conflictcollab.bsky.social at Purdue PSY in the fall 🎉

The role involves opportunities to research and lead writing projects on humanizing organization, conflict mgnt, workplace discrimination, goals, and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1tke0...

Conflict Collab_Postdoctoral Research Associate Ad.pdf

drive.google.com

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Gabrielle N. Pfund @gabriellepfund.bsky.social · Apr 21

For my multilevel modeling students, I created a tutorial sharing all the main functions I use for data cleaning in R.

It took me maaaany years to figure out my cleaning workflow, so I wanted to share it with y'all in case I can save anyone else time :-)

sites.google.com/view/gabriel...

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Apr 15

Both are true at the same time.

However, it's the ignorance of historical construction of modernity (and its function) that fosters this regressive reaction.

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Apr 15

It's quite revealing that the group of people who pride themselves on "modernity" and "inclusivity" ensured that one of more prominent genocides of the contemporary was orchestrated and led to it's complete manifestation.

Cameron Brick @cameronbrick.bsky.social · Apr 15

The writer Richard Hanania once said that he hated bespoke pronouns “more than genocide”, according to www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

It feels revealing that this position is so hard for me to accept. Do we properly understand how threatened some people feel by modernism and inclusivity?

Opinion | The Vibe Shifts Against the Right

People who once found right-wing ideas scintillating are having second thoughts as they watch Trump put those ideas into practice.

www.nytimes.com

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Apr 14

What is the problem here?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Apr 13

“.. judging only from price action, we are suddenly witnessing a comprehensive turn away from US assets (stocks, USTs, corporate credit and the dollar). this is the single most important theme to monitor over coming weeks. .. for the moment capital is flowing out of the US.”

- GS Desk/Pasquariello

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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · Apr 10

Many national parks sidestep the opportunity to educate millions and to “inspire civic engagement” around the issue of climate, according to @universityofkansas.bsky.social research appearing in the @spssi.bsky.social journal Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy.

news.ku.edu/news/article...

Research explores engagement with climate change in state and national parks

Click for more on paper in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

news.ku.edu

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Johanna Ray Vollhardt @jrvollhardt.bsky.social · Mar 28

What a week for this to be published, though never not "timely": On "Collective Action Under Repressive Conditions: Integration of Individual, Group, and Structural Level Research, Recommendations, and Reflections" -led by Arin Ayanian, open access here: spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

SPSSI Journals

Social scientific research from different traditions on collective action under repressive conditions is fragmented across different levels of analysis. The current paper takes a first step toward re...

spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · Apr 1

"Each of us could write extensively about Dr. Thrasher’s positive impact on our lives and the invaluable mentorship, kindness, and generosity he has offered us."

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/30/l...

dailynorthwestern.com

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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · Mar 20

Part of what is so difficult to stomach about this is that Professor Thrasher's public scholarly work is so thoughtful, rigorous, and in the service of our collective good. The Viral Underclass is an incredible book, and I think about it often.

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · Mar 20

My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...

Please use the link in the post for a link to the full text shown in this image

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Mar 20

Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

A Georgetown University researcher, who was studying and teaching on a student visa, has been detained by federal immigration authorities amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on student activists whom the government accuses of opposing American foreign policy, according to court papers.

Masked agents arrested Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral fellow, outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia, on Monday night, his lawyer said in a lawsuit fighting for his immediate release. The agents identified themselves as being with the Department of Homeland Security and told him the government had revoked his visa, the lawsuit says.

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Mar 20

If various nationalities were to leave/be removed, there wouldn't be a "pristine untouched environment." Invoking such aesthetics symbolize the actual historic and on going cultural erasure of indigenous peoples. This is relevant: blogs.cornell.edu/cornellunive...

Cornell University and Indigenous Dispossession Project – Cornell University and Indigenous Dispossession Project

blogs.cornell.edu

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Mar 20

It was definitely your post and the harm it causes.

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Mar 19

WEIRD researchers and their continued erasure of indigenous people. 🥲

If only they'd realize how they continue to enable fascism rather than scapegoating its manifestation.

I suppose genocide is their trademark.

Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · Mar 19

Here's a picture of my Cornell lab with all the immigrants removed (all of us).

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Mar 19

What is an intellectual's responsibility when witnessing violence--such as, one of genocide?

Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Mar 18

~550 Palestinians have been killed by air strikes since the cease fire deal. ~400 alone in the past 24 hours.

This discourse is missing on this platform.

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Feb 22

Few interesting things happened at SPSP:
1) first Critical Psychology preconference--much to learn and grow 👍🏼
2) Kitayama using stereotypes about Africa as a place of wild animals and safaris 😵‍💫
3) SALAAM meet up. We have something unique to contribute here. 🪴

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Hakan Çakmak @hakancakmak.bsky.social · Jan 18

I'm thrilled to join the EJSP editorial board as a Junior Consulting Editor. I'd like to thank Kim Peters, Kai Epstude (@kaiepstude.bsky.social), and Marco Brambilla for their trust. I’m excited to work with the team and grow in this role by learning from leading experts in our field.

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Nov 29

Thanks Trevor. Honor to work on this with you.

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Syed Muhammad Omar @nafsiatmahir.bsky.social · Nov 29

Considering racism is built into the structure of everyday ecologies, we reviewed Environmental Psychology journals (JEvP + E&B) to interrogate how the discipline (dis)engages with racism.

We discuss a racism-conscious & racism-centering approach to Environmental Psychology.

Trevor Lies @trevorslies.bsky.social · Nov 29

In a new JEvP article, we present findings from a critical review asking whether the discipline of Environmental Psychology (EP) can serve as a useful site for the psychological study of structural racism. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵 (1/6)

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