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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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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · Jul 28

Attending SISSP was an amazing experience! Special thanks to @theklamorgenroth.bsky.social @mjbsp.bsky.social for leading the Politics & Gender course. Also thanks to all of the professors that made this experience possible. I can’t wait to see everyone at @spspnews.bsky.social! <3

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · Jun 30

My heart is full from all the questions I got this year from @spssi.bsky.social conference! I got to present my work examining how identity denial from either ingroup or outgroup members can predict Multiracial wellbeing. Being Multiracial myself this work is close to home and I hope it is a start!

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · Jun 30

Great to see our lab presenting such important research. Proud of my lab mate and alum!

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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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thanks Jin!!

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Alicia Cintron, PhD @cintronrevised.com · Jun 2

Imagine if every scientist published an op-ed in their hometown paper showing how their community sparked their curiosity & shaped the research that's now changing the country? That's what @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social is promoting—collective action, one story at a time.

doi.org/10.1038/d415...

How we’re battling Trump’s science cuts across small-town America

Neuroscientist Jessica Cantlon is urging scientists to use the power of local newspapers in the fight against US research-funding cuts.

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Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · May 27

Brand new paper in @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social from the @dukeidlab.bsky.social 🤩 We are among the first to test cross-culturally how Asian American and Chinese Nationals categorize racially ambiguous biracial faces!! #psychology

Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · May 27

Proud to announce my first first authored paper has been published online at JESP with Drs. @sarahegaither.bsky.social and @jackiemchen.bsky.social! We used a cross cultural sample to test two theories about racial ambiguity categorization. The preprint will be on OSF soon!

Cross-cultural perceptions of racial ambiguity: Testing the universality of the ingroup overexclusion effect

Two theoretical frameworks are often used to explain how racially ambiguous faces are categorized. The hypodescent framework (also commonly known as t…

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · May 27

Proud to announce my first first authored paper has been published online at JESP with Drs. @sarahegaither.bsky.social and @jackiemchen.bsky.social! We used a cross cultural sample to test two theories about racial ambiguity categorization. The preprint will be on OSF soon!

Cross-cultural perceptions of racial ambiguity: Testing the universality of the ingroup overexclusion effect

Two theoretical frameworks are often used to explain how racially ambiguous faces are categorized. The hypodescent framework (also commonly known as t…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · May 18

"Hate crimes are on the rise due to the vile rhetoric being used by those in Washington"
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Asian American professor who teaches history of racism attacked in possible hate crime

A Japanese American professor was struck by a vehicle and called a racial slur while on his bike last month in Montebello, an incident that police are investigating as a possible hate crime.

www.latimes.com

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · May 16

Thank you for sharing! I hope we can further communicate and share why we must invest in science!

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · May 16

"It's no secret that Trenton lacks resources for young people with big dreams. My own journey can be interpreted as a Trenton success story...my story highlights why we must remain steadfast in investing in educational and research institutions." @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social 🧪

Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · May 15

Neuroscientist Mohammad Wiswall writes home to Trenton NJ —where researchers developed the first rapid tests for COVID— warning of “irreparable damage to New Jersey’s economy, education, and communities like Trenton.” 🧪🏠
@mohammadwiswall.bsky.social

www.trentonian.com/2025/05/15/g...

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · May 16

Unfortunately locked behind a paywall but here is what I wrote.

Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · May 16

As a part of the @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social movement, I wrote an op-ed back home to Trenton NJ. Here I highlighted a little bit about my own journey and why it would not have been possible without federal investments into the STEM infrastructure by the NIH and NSF.

Guest Oped: Why New Jersey must advocate for science

The funding cuts proposed by the current administration will slow the scientific research in New Jersey and the economic growth that comes with investing in our educational and scientific instituti…

www.trentonian.com

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · May 15

Thank you for sharing! Just two corrections: I am a psychologist and the test was developed at Rutgers New Brunswick! Thanks you for the sharing and all details are in the article!

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · Apr 22

Feeling frustrated for you. Im so sorry Franki!

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · Mar 22

every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now

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AAUP @aaup.org · Mar 10

The AAUP wholly condemns this punitive weaponization of federal grant funding. This attempt to discipline & control a university campus is a transparent hallmark of authoritarian rule & harshly violates the central mission of education to serve the public good.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...

White House Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia

The Trump administration blamed the university’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment during protests last year over the war in Gaza.

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Stanaland @adamstanaland.bsky.social · Feb 22

So proud of my honors students presenting their thesis work! Can’t wait to continue this important experimental work on different behavioral forms of aggression + individual differences in men’s romantic conflict responses

@spspnews.bsky.social #spsp2025

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · Feb 22

This @spspnews.bsky.social my co-chair @ishasr.bsky.social and I brought together such an informative symposium! I just wanted to everyone who came out to discuss this incredibly meaningful work!

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Duke Identity and Diversity Lab @dukeidlab.bsky.social · Feb 22

Day 2 @spspnews.bsky.social was packed! Our amazing undergrads presented—Serena discussed gendered Asian stereotypes and Alyssa showed work on gesture and word learning in kids! And later @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social chaired his symposium all about disaggregating Asian metasterotyes #spsp2025 1/2

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · Feb 17

So excited to attend!

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Isha Smith-Ramakrishnan @ishasr.bsky.social · Feb 17

Excited for the upcoming @spspnews.bsky.social! My co-chair @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social and I have organized an incredible symposium exploring how intersectionality shapes perceptions of the Pan-Asian diaspora. We’re honored to be joined by @jinxungoh.bsky.social and @yzhuang.bsky.social!

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · Feb 17

I started to make a meme but realized my slides aren’t even done yet 😭

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Feb 17

i should be working

meme of car salesman selling a car. it says "car salesman slaps car roof. this abd boy symposium can fit so many good talks"

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Mohammad S. Wiswall @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social · Feb 17

All @ishasr.bsky.social !!!!

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