Michael W. Kraus

@mwkraus.bsky.social

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Not the German handball player or the historian. The other one. Berkeley Psych alum and social psychologist. | he/him

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

"The mission of HR is to help you thrive at work." This sounds good, but what happens when your organization shifts its priorities away from yours?

New work by @megan-elaine-burns.bsky.social suggests that unions become more appealing!

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SPSSI Journals

As workplace inequality persists, understanding the psychological processes motivating collective action engagement becomes imperative. In one domain of collective action, labor unionization, members...

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Linda J. Skitka, Scott L. Greer , and 7 more Anna O. Law, Linda J. Skitka, Scott L. Greer, Michelle Everson, Michael W. Kraus, Aaron Sojourner, Andrew Livingstone, Mark Rice, Gayle Kaufman, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 23h

I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.

It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵

Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 23h

The deadline to register for SPSP preconferences at the Early Bird rates ends on January 22, 2026: spsp.org/events/annua... #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc

Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 23h

The deadline to register for SPSP preconferences at the Early Bird rates ends on January 22, 2026: spsp.org/events/annua... #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc

Registration | SPSP

Learn more about registering for our Annual Convention.

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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 23h

Join us in sunny Chicago in late February for the inequality/social class preconference! See the brochure for the full lineup of speakers:

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Brochure | Economic Inequality & Social Class Preconference

Agenda Overview Click here to register for our preconference! Introduction & Keynote Time Session Title Speaker 1:00 - 1:05 PM Introduction Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington, Associate Professor of Psycholo...

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Reposted by Reece Jones, Kim L. Scheppele, Will Jennings , and 8 more Reece Jones, Kim L. Scheppele, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Linda J. Skitka, Rosemary A. Joyce, Michael W. Kraus, Jens Rydgren, W Grant, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 1d

congratulations on your first paper!

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Megan Burns @megan-elaine-burns.bsky.social · 1d

A huge thanks to @mwkraus.bsky.social for his dedication to and support on this project! This is my first first-author paper and the first project I worked on in grad school, so it's ~extra~ exciting to see it out in the world!

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

at* ASAP 🙃

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

New paper published as ASAP by @megan-elaine-burns.bsky.social about how goal misalignment with work can spark positive union attitudes! #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc

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

SPSSI Journals

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

This is part of a research program led by @megan-elaine-burns.bsky.social about the specific experiences and contexts that help people understand their own exploitation.

Here, one answer seems to be awareness of a) workplace mistreatment and b) possible alternative grievance structures like unions.

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

The experimental condition of exposure to work mistreatment and information about third party procedure also increased positive attitudes toward unions more broadly!

Union Attitudes Across Conditions in Study 2.

Note: Positive attitudes toward labor unions as a function of experimental condition assignment for Study 2. Individual colored dots represent unique responses whereas single black dots indicate means and bands represent 95% confidence intervals. Higher scores indicate more positive union attitudes.

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

In the paper, workers are exposed to common workplace conflicts (e.g., mistreatment by a boss), and then asked to consider involving HR or a third party (e.g., like a union) in mediating the conflict. Across studies, the third party was perceived as more aligned with worker goals than HR.

Graph showing perceived worker alignment with HR or a third party union procedure. Perceived alignment with the union and HR grievance procedures by experimental condition assignment for Study 3 (top) and Study 4 (bottom). Individual colored dots represent unique responses, whereas single black dots indicate means and bands represent 95% confidence intervals. Condition assignment is represented by color. Higher scores indicate greater perceived alignment. The graph shows greater preference for the third party union vs. HR in the exposure to conflict plus information about the third party procedure condition versus the information only condition.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Helen Tager‐Flusberg, Brendan Nyhan , and 10 more Lisa W. Fazio, Helen Tager‐Flusberg, Brendan Nyhan, Joshua S. Weitz, Scott L. Greer, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Michael W. Kraus, Robert Wolfe, Bessma Momani, Dana R. Fisher, Christina Pagel, Gwénola Ricordeau, Peter Jacobs

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d

Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned

www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...

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The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left

“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.

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Reposted by Trevon D. Logan, Michael W. Kraus, Aviel Roshwald , and 1 more Trevon D. Logan, Michael W. Kraus, Aviel Roshwald, Monisha Bajaj

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say.

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio , and 11 more Shannon Vallor, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio, Gavin A. Schmidt, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Smith, Michael W. Kraus, Patrick Svensson, Catherine J. Frieman, Joanna L. Grossman, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Jhumka Gupta, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Dunlap

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 6d

"The news comes after Delaware lawmakers recently introduced legislation that would strip state incentives from companies that support the massive nationwide immigration deportation efforts..."

The article makes clear this happened because of DE protests

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Avelo Airlines to end deportation flights this month after protests

Avelo denies it ever had a contract to help deport immigrants. But flight tracker data shows it operated deportation flights.

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Reposted by Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Anders Nilsson, Kevin Carey , and 5 more Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Anders Nilsson, Kevin Carey, Janet Murray, Michael W. Kraus, Michael J. Taylor, Anne Norton, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Kelly Stuart @skyspider.bsky.social · 6d

This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.

Reposted by Michael W. Kraus, Kate Lowe

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 6d

As news breaks in Minneapolis, we’re uplifting this story by our friends @unraveledpress.com during the Chicago surge.

Agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father in Sept —and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by witness videos.

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What happened to Silverio Villegas González

Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.

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Reposted by Naomi Klein, Elizabeth Sharrow, Ben H. Ansell , and 11 more Naomi Klein, Elizabeth Sharrow, Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers, Michael W. Kraus, Aaron Sojourner, Bessma Momani, James Goodwin, Mark Rice, Ann Bartow, Leah Stokes, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Dan Immergluck, Ernesto Castañeda

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."

Bovino was there.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Emily Heller lives near 33rd and Portland and said she woke up to a commotion outside her home. She said she saw a car blocking traffic on Portland Avenue that appeared to be part of a protest against federal law enforcement operations.

Heller said she heard ICE agents telling the driver, a woman, to “get out of here.”

“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said.

Heller said it appeared the woman then accelerated and traveled about 100 feet before striking a utility pole and some other vehicles. She could be seen slumped over inside her car.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 7d

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How well-meaning allies increase stress for marginalized people | Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-led research team found that when allies directly asked a marginalized person for help during a prejudice confrontation, marginalized group members reported more emotional burden than when n...

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Fancycwabs @fancycwabs.bsky.social · 7d

I recommend submitting a complaint.

App Store complaint about x/twitter making child pornography.

Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 7d

"the [platform used by] every powerful person in the American tech industry, and on which the vast preponderance of national political figures also maintain active accounts, has a sexual harassment and child sexual abuse material problem" 🎁 defector.com/whos-respons...

Who's Responsible For Elon Musk's Idiot Chatbot Producing On-Demand Child Sexual Abuse Material? | Defector

Twitter, also called X, the social media network owned and constantly used by the world’s richest man as well as virtually every powerful person in the American tech industry, and on which the vast pr...

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Michael W. Kraus, Greg Linden , and 2 more Joanna Bryson, Michael W. Kraus, Greg Linden, Michael Larkin, Dunlap

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7d

Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.

Reposted by Trevon D. Logan, Michael W. Kraus, Andrew Jacobs

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 8d

Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Caroline Krafft, Philip N. Cohen , and 2 more Brendan Nyhan, Caroline Krafft, Philip N. Cohen, Robert C. Richards, Michael W. Kraus

Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 12d

As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.