Eva A. García Ferrés
@egarciaferres.bsky.social
Social Psychology PhD student at University of Florida studying disaffected consent, system justification, power and collective action.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/egarciaferres
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/egarciaferres
In this work, we find that critiques of things like wealth inequality, and violations of the American Dream tend to represent the working class as hopeless, defeated and weak. Congrats to her on a wonderful presentation!
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In this work, we find that critiques of things like wealth inequality, and violations of the American Dream tend to represent the working class as hopeless, defeated and weak. Congrats to her on a wonderful presentation!
On top of that, I also got to see one of my wonderful RAs, Alyssa Pavek, give her first data blitz in the social psych world. She presented some of the work that she has been helping me with on how humorous critiques of the economic system may inadvertently hurt our social movement potential.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On top of that, I also got to see one of my wonderful RAs, Alyssa Pavek, give her first data blitz in the social psych world. She presented some of the work that she has been helping me with on how humorous critiques of the economic system may inadvertently hurt our social movement potential.
and how central fears of bleak futures for White people (but not other collective existential threats) are to the link between White identity and White nationalism (Sulaimon Kasali). I wish I had taken more pictures...
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
and how central fears of bleak futures for White people (but not other collective existential threats) are to the link between White identity and White nationalism (Sulaimon Kasali). I wish I had taken more pictures...
It was also wonderful hearing about other people's work - from work on the relationships that people form with media characters (Amy Pezoldt),to the effect of deliberative arguments on polarization (Jordan L. Thompson)...
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It was also wonderful hearing about other people's work - from work on the relationships that people form with media characters (Amy Pezoldt),to the effect of deliberative arguments on polarization (Jordan L. Thompson)...
This past weekend I attended the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologist (SSSP) conference. I presented work on economic fatalism and the importance (and difficulty!) of differentiating between heartfelt expressions of collective hopelessness and strategic, unemotional ones.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This past weekend I attended the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologist (SSSP) conference. I presented work on economic fatalism and the importance (and difficulty!) of differentiating between heartfelt expressions of collective hopelessness and strategic, unemotional ones.
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Call for papers for the workshop "From Harm to Hope: Slow Violence, Collective Memory and Everyday Resistance" - March 25 – 26, 2026 Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ikss.zrc-sazu.si/sites/defaul...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Call for papers for the workshop "From Harm to Hope: Slow Violence, Collective Memory and Everyday Resistance" - March 25 – 26, 2026 Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ikss.zrc-sazu.si/sites/defaul...
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Two day virtual conference on moral psychology hosted by the Moral Psychology Research Group: November 7 & 8 | Look like an excellent line-up! sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
MPRG - Online Events
An Online Gathering for Moral Psychology -- Fall 2025*
Friday, November 7th: 4:00pm to 7:00pm (EST)
Saturday, November 8th: 11:00am to 3:15pm (EST)
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October 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Two day virtual conference on moral psychology hosted by the Moral Psychology Research Group: November 7 & 8 | Look like an excellent line-up! sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
You can find the pre-print here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Big shout out to my amazing co-authors @aalaukik.bsky.social and Bluesky-less Greg Webster
Big shout out to my amazing co-authors @aalaukik.bsky.social and Bluesky-less Greg Webster
OSF
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October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You can find the pre-print here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Big shout out to my amazing co-authors @aalaukik.bsky.social and Bluesky-less Greg Webster
Big shout out to my amazing co-authors @aalaukik.bsky.social and Bluesky-less Greg Webster
Our data suggests that the emergence of new unions in RTW states may be a defensive response to worsening financial conditions, compared to union shop states that may form new unions both as a defense and preemptive response to protect worker financial well-being.
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Our data suggests that the emergence of new unions in RTW states may be a defensive response to worsening financial conditions, compared to union shop states that may form new unions both as a defense and preemptive response to protect worker financial well-being.
...leaving workers in RTW states in significantly worse financial conditions compared workers in to union shop states (i.e., more food insecurity, lower insurance rates, worse salaries and benefits).
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
...leaving workers in RTW states in significantly worse financial conditions compared workers in to union shop states (i.e., more food insecurity, lower insurance rates, worse salaries and benefits).
We find that RTW laws have a prevailing detrimental effect on efforts to organize new labor unions even decades after their enactment. We also find evidence that RTW laws limit the effectiveness of existing labor unions to improve worker material conditions...
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We find that RTW laws have a prevailing detrimental effect on efforts to organize new labor unions even decades after their enactment. We also find evidence that RTW laws limit the effectiveness of existing labor unions to improve worker material conditions...
We combined data from the NLRB, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, RAND State Statistics, Gallup, and the Economic Policy Institute from the years 2018-2023 to explore the effects of RTW laws on a myriad of financial well-being indicators and the emergence of new organizing efforts.
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We combined data from the NLRB, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, RAND State Statistics, Gallup, and the Economic Policy Institute from the years 2018-2023 to explore the effects of RTW laws on a myriad of financial well-being indicators and the emergence of new organizing efforts.
RTW laws forbid agreements between labor unions and employers that would compel union membership among workers. These laws have long been debated: Some people argue that RTW laws invigorate state economies, others suggest they create a free-rider problem, weakening union membership bases.
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
RTW laws forbid agreements between labor unions and employers that would compel union membership among workers. These laws have long been debated: Some people argue that RTW laws invigorate state economies, others suggest they create a free-rider problem, weakening union membership bases.
TLDR:
We find prevalent detrimental effects of RTW laws on worker mobilizing, union effectiveness and workers' financial well-being.
We find prevalent detrimental effects of RTW laws on worker mobilizing, union effectiveness and workers' financial well-being.
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
TLDR:
We find prevalent detrimental effects of RTW laws on worker mobilizing, union effectiveness and workers' financial well-being.
We find prevalent detrimental effects of RTW laws on worker mobilizing, union effectiveness and workers' financial well-being.
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Why is there no coherent labor movement in the U.S., despite widespread outrage at economic inequality? One answer is that structural/systemic factors (such as Right-to-Work legislation) impede collective organizing.
#Polipsy
#socialpsychology
#sociology
#polisky
Why is there no coherent labor movement in the U.S., despite widespread outrage at economic inequality? One answer is that structural/systemic factors (such as Right-to-Work legislation) impede collective organizing.
#Polipsy
#socialpsychology
#sociology
#polisky
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🚨NEW PREPRINT ALERT!
Why is there no coherent labor movement in the U.S., despite widespread outrage at economic inequality? One answer is that structural/systemic factors (such as Right-to-Work legislation) impede collective organizing.
#Polipsy
#socialpsychology
#sociology
#polisky
Why is there no coherent labor movement in the U.S., despite widespread outrage at economic inequality? One answer is that structural/systemic factors (such as Right-to-Work legislation) impede collective organizing.
#Polipsy
#socialpsychology
#sociology
#polisky
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📈New research in Social Psychological and Personality Science reveals how government policies shape our beliefs about poverty. Countries with less spending and deregulated labor markets see more blame placed on individuals rather than systems.
Learn more: ow.ly/8AZv50WYMbR
Learn more: ow.ly/8AZv50WYMbR
September 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📈New research in Social Psychological and Personality Science reveals how government policies shape our beliefs about poverty. Countries with less spending and deregulated labor markets see more blame placed on individuals rather than systems.
Learn more: ow.ly/8AZv50WYMbR
Learn more: ow.ly/8AZv50WYMbR
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Our special issue at the British Journal of Social Psychology exploring ✨ FUTURES ✨is finally complete! You can read our editorial, which introduces our fifteen (!!) special issue contributions and the field at large here: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Anticipating, considering and incorporating possible futures are central components of human social life. Our social actions, beliefs, values and interactions are all oriented towards, or away from, ...
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August 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Our special issue at the British Journal of Social Psychology exploring ✨ FUTURES ✨is finally complete! You can read our editorial, which introduces our fifteen (!!) special issue contributions and the field at large here: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
This is such an interesting read!
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Does Mindfulness Support the Status Quo? The Role of Neoliberal Orientation and Emotion Regulation
Critiques of mindfulness as a tool embedded in neoliberal ideology have emerged since the mid-2010s, though they remain largely theoretical. Although they suggest that mindfulness shapes a neoliberal....
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July 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is such an interesting read!
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Shahrzad Goudarzi and @egarciaferres.bsky.social zoom in on the role of capitalism and evaluate how it is covered in (social) psychological research:
doi.org/10.1080/1047...
doi.org/10.1080/1047...
Capitalism: The Unnamed Foundation of Social Inequality in Mainstream Psychological Research
Published in Psychological Inquiry: An International Journal for the Advancement of Psychological Theory (Vol. 36, No. 2, 2025)
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July 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Shahrzad Goudarzi and @egarciaferres.bsky.social zoom in on the role of capitalism and evaluate how it is covered in (social) psychological research:
doi.org/10.1080/1047...
doi.org/10.1080/1047...
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I am very happy that a first article from a project Johannes Ullrich and I have been working on for quite a while is now published in Psychological Inquiry (open access):
doi.org/10.1080/1047...
doi.org/10.1080/1047...
Beyond Identity: A Framework for the Study of Social Inequalities and Social Change
We present a framework for the study of social inequalities and social change. This framework aims to motivate researchers to move beyond the predominant focus on isolated pairs of identity-based g...
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July 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I am very happy that a first article from a project Johannes Ullrich and I have been working on for quite a while is now published in Psychological Inquiry (open access):
doi.org/10.1080/1047...
doi.org/10.1080/1047...
😬 Reanimating my bluesky account to say I will be at @spssi.bsky.social this week! Stop by on Friday to hear about how liberals and conservatives may attend to group power cues differently, and on Sunday to hear about how humorous critiques of capitalism could be harming social movements.
June 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
😬 Reanimating my bluesky account to say I will be at @spssi.bsky.social this week! Stop by on Friday to hear about how liberals and conservatives may attend to group power cues differently, and on Sunday to hear about how humorous critiques of capitalism could be harming social movements.
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Check out the amazing line up of speakers for the inaugural Critical Perspectives in Psychology Preconference! If you are going to #SPSP2025 you don’t want to miss this!!
February 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Check out the amazing line up of speakers for the inaugural Critical Perspectives in Psychology Preconference! If you are going to #SPSP2025 you don’t want to miss this!!
I will be presenting some work on structural constraints of labor organizing done in collaboration with @aalaukik.bsky.social and Gregory Webster at @spspnews.bsky.social. Catch me at the Political Psychology (11:00 am - 12:15) and the Critical Perspectives pre-conferences (3:00-4:15) on Thursday!
February 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I will be presenting some work on structural constraints of labor organizing done in collaboration with @aalaukik.bsky.social and Gregory Webster at @spspnews.bsky.social. Catch me at the Political Psychology (11:00 am - 12:15) and the Critical Perspectives pre-conferences (3:00-4:15) on Thursday!
Speaking today at #SSSP in Memphis about how structural factors like labor laws and material conditions can inhibit collective organizing.
If you are not here yet, you can still book your tickets to Memphis to see this riveting blitz with some fancy multi-level modeling.
If you are not here yet, you can still book your tickets to Memphis to see this riveting blitz with some fancy multi-level modeling.
November 2, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Speaking today at #SSSP in Memphis about how structural factors like labor laws and material conditions can inhibit collective organizing.
If you are not here yet, you can still book your tickets to Memphis to see this riveting blitz with some fancy multi-level modeling.
If you are not here yet, you can still book your tickets to Memphis to see this riveting blitz with some fancy multi-level modeling.
Oh no :( i’m so sorry, Erin. I hope he gets through this.
October 19, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Oh no :( i’m so sorry, Erin. I hope he gets through this.