Hello friends! I'm excited to announce that I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M International University starting in August! 🥂

What does it mean to perceive another person as intellectually humble? Dr. Karina Schumann and I review the growing literature on this topic, discuss the benefits and costs, and outline future directions for research in this area. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨 Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham. It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda. We’ve launched an open letter. SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

The EO has to be interpreted in light of the (decades long) Republican attack on science. This has nothing to do with improving science. They're using legitImate criticism from within science to (ironically) decrease the credibility of science. They then have no obligation to listen to scientists.

New paper alert! Published in Social Cognition, people want experts to be intellectually humble, but see all these experts as falling short of this ideal level of intellectual humility. We discuss implications for person perception and public trust. Full paper here: doi.org/10.1521/soco...

Divine forgiveness (DF)—the belief that one has been forgiven by God—is a deeply meaningful part of many people’s lives and can positively impact their well-being, including the ability to self-forgive after wrongdoing.