My former PhD advisor, Mary Murphy, published a Substack this week that’s well worth your time: The Report of Stereotype Threat’s Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated.

Today Dominic Packer & @jayvanbavel.bsky.social republished @minzlicht.bsky.social's post about "The Downfall of Stereotype Threat" in their widely-read The Power Of Us newsletter. I felt a certain way about that & the evidence presented there & thought I'd respond:

What's the difference between a growth and a fixed mindset? What are the benefits of adopting a growth mindset for performance? A new episode of the #Choiceology podcast featuring psychology Professor @marycmurphy.bsky.social answers these questions and many more. www.schwab.com/learn/story/...

Most reporting is just not up to the task of registering both that 1) the White House is *attacking* universities *as institutions* 2) the White House is working *with* universities’ boards to achieve *common goals* for remaking and weakening those institutions

The sad part is that I think they do know…and still…

There really is something special about what Zohran and Brad are showing the rest of the world what it still means to be a New Yorker and an American. A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!

Congress needs to block this. This so incredibly detrimental to the health, welfare, and prosperity of the nation.

Academic friends, if your NSF grants have been terminated by the administration, FABBS is hosting a webinar Friday about appealing the decisions. It's important that as many people appeal as possible to show we're not accepting this targeting of science. Link to the webinar registration is below.

We were at breakfast yesterday, seated outside, and we kept hearing this. It was very…odd.

I'm a power user of our local libraries & this is #NationalLibraryWeek. Now more than ever, our public libraries need our support! Donate + get a free audiobook (also if you don't know Libro as an Audible alternative, check it out--$ from each credit goes to the local library of your choice).

Update! The senate at Indiana U-Bloomington has passed an identical resolution to the Rutgers Senate's calling for a Big Ten defense compact!! And the Rutgers Senate is meeting tomorrow in a special emergency session to plan next steps. Read their open letter to President Jonathan Holloway below.

“It’s ironic and shameful that the University built a more than $19 billion endowment bragging about DEI and isn’t willing to use any of those funds to protect it.” www.michigandaily.com/opinion/edit...

I love this work and theorizing by Crystal Hoyt & Jeni Burnette complicating when and under what conditions fixed and growth mindsets might increase or decrease prejudice. If you're interested in the relationships between mindsets and prejudice, take a look!

This is just sickening. Inhumane. Inhuman.

Today is publication day for @casbsstanford.bsky.social Summer Institute on Diversity alumna @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social’s terrific book Who Pays for Diversity! I had the pleasure of reading an advance copy and it’s clear to me we need this now more than ever. Pick up your copy today!

This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks

🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨 Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process! Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #standupforscience2025

Again please share our study on the executive orders in academia iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Instead of "don't cut our funding," our message should be: hands off higher ed. You want to restrict what professors can say in the classroom? Hands off. You want to ban diversity offices? Hands off. You want to cut our research funding? Hands off. Hands. Off. Higher. Ed.

Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI. I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.

Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...

Ask how many proposals have been set aside- that the panel is not able to review or consider? How were those decisions made? Are there any currently convened panels that would refuse to consider the remainder until the rest of complete, timely-submitted proposals (no matter the topic) are included?

What can we, as academics, do about NSF & NIH that are now actively discriminating against important scientific research & scholars? My colleague, @lluaces.bsky.social, has a suggestion I really like: *don’t review for them*- at least this cycle while they are setting aside & censoring proposals.

Those millions of white men who lost out to a “DEI hire” in pursuing high-level jobs? It didn’t happen. #DEI www.wsj.com/business/dei...

Congratulations to Team Scientists Alex Edmans, Crystal Hall, @marycmurphy.bsky.social, Michael Norton, & @dilipsoman.bsky.social for having their books featured on @behscientist.bsky.social's “Notable Books of 2024” list: bit.ly/4j89XIE

I'm thrilled that Cultures of Growth is a Behavioral Scientist's (@behscientist.bsky.social) Notable Book of 2024! The list is a terrific one--so many good choices here. Check it out for some great gifts or engaging reads for yourself in the new year!

Nice. @marycmurphy.bsky.social's book, "Cultures of Growth," is among @behscientist.bsky.social's notable books of 2024 👏 Mary launched the book project during her 2015-16 CASBS fellowship. A copy resides in our renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection... behavioralscientist.org/behavioral-s...

Just a reminder that applications are due Dec 11! If you're a pre-tenure professor in the social/behavioral sciences studying issues of diversity, consider applying!

Psychologists, Perspectives has been resurrected and is now accepting submissions again.

Now more than ever community and support is needed. That’s why @sylviapperry.bsky.social and I are happy to solicit applications for the 3rd annual CASBS Summer Institute on Diversity. If you're a pre-tenure prof studying diversity, apply & repost! Apps due: Dec 11 casbs.stanford.edu/call-applica...

Ready to learn about #culturesofgrowth from the incredibly brilliant, bold, and innovative @marycmurphy.bsky.social

How can a "Culture of Genius" make America less competitive? Watch @marycmurphy.bsky.social's interview with #KatieGreifeld and #DavidWestin on @bloomberg.com to find out! #CulturesOfGrowth #WallStreetWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJSu...

I am thrilled that our paper is finally online at Dev Psychology: White parents’ racial socialization during a guided discussion predicts declines in white children’s pro-white biases. psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-... A thread! 1/N

Turning this around, here are free speech problems with universities that Fire has ranked in its top 10 for free speech. Texas A&M: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-demise... Michigan Tech: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-survei... Florida State: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/an-assault...

Please fight for academic freedom in Indiana. (Even if you're not in Indiana.) #INpol #USpol #academia #AcademicChatter

Among teachers who did *not* experience any state or local restrictions, more than HALF reported that they decided on their own to limit classroom instruction on political and social issues. www.rand.org/pubs/researc...

Do you have expertise in a novel method or analysis that might be of use to researchers studying social cognition? Could you explain to others its potential and how they might use it? Then this Special Issue announcement is for you: bit.ly/3whxbbl.

Fun! shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...

I have not seen posts from Harvard faculty weighing in on Claudine Gay so for what it is worth, here is one faculty opinion. I have been a professor here since 1986. She was, by far, the very best dean of Arts and Sciences we have ever had. She was fair, collaborative and yet decisive. 1/n

I'm thrilled to share that the @NextBigIdeaClub named my book, Cultures of Growth, as one of the most anticipated nonfiction books of 2024! It's going to be a great year! ✨ nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/40-...

Congrats to Jenn Richeson (@jaricheson.bsky.social) for earning APA's Distinguished Scientific Contributions award. Scholars like Dr. Richeson keep social problems such as racism & inequality at the forefront of the intellectual and public discourse. Give her a follow on Bluesky! #PsychSciSky

It was a pleasure to speak this morning about creating #CulturesOfGrowth in our classrooms @nitopconference (NITOP- National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology)! ✨. And this location is 😍. So excited to kick off the new year with this group!

The whole thing is worthwhile, but this section in particular is important to pay attention to: www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/o...

Universities will have an even harder time recruiting women and people of color (especially women of color) into administrative positions now… this whole thing is so tragic and racist. All those DEI promises made in 2020 were so empty and it’s still shocking to see how far the white backlash goes

Our inaugural CASBS Institute on Diversity for early-career, pre-tenure folks studying diversity went so well that we're gonna do it again. The deadline to apply for a slot in the Summer 2024 cohort is January 8, 2024. Go here to join us: stanford.io/46v2Dz4

Let’s be clear: multiple things can be true—one can believe President Gay’s remarks at the hearing were imperfect, that claims of plagiarism are worthy of investigation, and acknowledge that the campaign against her has all the markings of misogynoir and straight up racism. I wish her all the best.