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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 1h

Congrats to Kelly on her first conference poster yesterday at Duke’s Global Mental Health conference! She presented work looking at gender differences in microaggressions and identity denial for Multiracial Asian people she did with @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social and Hannah!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 21h

Happy fall y’all! We are clearly the pick of the patch since our data is looking gourd-geous!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 8d

A double congrats to Jalen, our honors student, for receiving TWO research grants from Duke’s URS office and The Lafitte Foundation! Jalen is testing how multiple identities, especially for biracial and bicultural children, in addition to contact with diversity can shape flexible thinking!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats to Kelly, one of our amazing undergrads working with @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social and Hannah, on her poster looking at Multiracial Asian identity denial bwing accepted to the Duke Global Mental Health Conference!

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2025 Duke Global Mental Health Conference – Now More than Ever: Addressing the Global Imperative for Mental Health Equity

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · 19d

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Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · 21d

Check out some coverage of one of my past papers highlighting multiple identities and flexible thinking in kids! @dukeidlab.bsky.social is running some follow up studies now for anyone with 8-10 year olds out there, the study is on zoom! Let me know! #psychology
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Remind kids that there's more to life than simply being someone's child

This practice of introducing kids to their various roles also broadens their horizon.

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Sep 1

A brand new paper from the lab!!! Check it out! 📖📖

Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · Aug 29

Check out the newest pub from @dukeidlab.bsky.social Led by Mercedes Munoz (my amazing grad student on the job market this year!!), we argue for the need to consider all of our various identities when thinking about racial/ethnic socialization messages!

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Considering Multiplicity in Racial Ethnic Socialization | Annual Reviews

An often-underacknowledged component of racial ethnic identity development concerns youth's multiple social identities, which affect how and when youth receive racial ethnic socialization (RES) f...

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Aug 26

More alumni news! Nick is starting a Masters of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy at USC this fall!!

Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

More lab alumni news! Joan just got her white coat as one of the newest class members at @dukemedschool.bsky.social!! 🥼

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Happy end of summer to our amazing lab!! So much writing and science, a celebration and planning lunch was needed!! ☀️ Fall semeter here we come!!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Aug 11

Congrats to Tose on receiving a Clara Mayo Award from @spssi.bsky.social to fund her work looking at immigrant socialization practices!!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congrats to Mercedes on being accepted into the next cohort of Preparing Future Faculty here @duke-university.bsky.social She will be on the job market this fall so keep an eye out!! 🎉

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Aug 5

SISSP (Summer Institute for Social and Personality Psychology) @spspnews.bsky.social was a big success! @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social met so many wonderful people in the field and learned a ton too!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jul 31

A belated post to show proof we have moved officially into our new lab space at @duke-university.bsky.social while our building on campus is renovated the next two years!! Come visit us!!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jul 21

Last week we got to celebrate our high school intern Avani with her final summer program presentation at NCSSM! She helped so much in the lab, and is off to start college applications! So look out colleges for Avani!!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jul 15

The lab took a break from our science to learn all about lemur science at the Duke Lemur Center!!! Happy summer, everyone!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jul 11

And our summer VIP program is complete! Jalen and Olivia presented their final posters yesterday and got great feedback! We can’t wait to see data collection finish up!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congrats to Jalen and Olivia on amazing VIP presentations! Jalen discussed kid’s multiple identities and Olivia talked about gesture and social interactions! And of course we had to get ice cream to celebrate after! 🍦🎉

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jul 8

A big lab welcome to Mariam Wahba as our new recruitment coordinator! 👋🏼

A recent grad from UNC Chapel Hill in #psychology she is excited about making connections, working in the community, and making a difference! A fun fact about her is that she loves to paint! 🎨

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jun 30

The lab had a great time @spssi.bsky.social! @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social presented new data looking at multiracial Asian identity denial, @kirbylam.bsky.social discussed new masculine norm work, and lab alum @adamstanaland.bsky.social presented his newest work on masculinity too! #spssicon25

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jun 25

It is almost the end of the first summer session in the lab!! ☀️ That means we needed some food to fuel our science! A fun lab lunch to celebrate our new lab space and to remind ourselves how important the work we do is!! #psychology

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tose had a great time presenting at BGCP (Black Graduate Conference in Psychology) at VCU last week! So much amazing feedback on her Black and African socialization work! #psychology

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jun 11

Even more alumni news! Rose, who finished up her Fulbright Fellowship this year, is headed to a Masters program that feeds into Med school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham! We couldn’t be happier!! 🩺

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Esha had a great time at the SSEA (Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood) Conference in Charleston, SC this week presenting new work on multiple identity experiences and flexible thinking! #psychology

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Jun 5

Even more lab alumni news! Neera Sameda just received her Masters in Educational Leadership from Harvard and is on her way to Vanderbilt for her Ed.D next!!! 🎓

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · May 30

The lab won’t be the same without Sydney! As our recruitment coordinator she has helped bring so many new families to participate in our science and we are forever thankful! Onward to her PhD now!! A little ice cream send off to say bye!! 👋🏼

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