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
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...
🚨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
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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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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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.
🚨 JOB ALERT
University of Florida 🐊 is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of social psychology. We will begin reviewing applications Oct 7. Please tell your colleagues in the job market! #socialpsych #psychjobs #academicsky
Application link: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida 🐊 is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of social psychology. We will begin reviewing applications Oct 7. Please tell your colleagues in the job market! #socialpsych #psychjobs #academicsky
Application link: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor in Social Psychology
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September 18, 2024 at 1:44 PM
🚨 JOB ALERT
University of Florida 🐊 is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of social psychology. We will begin reviewing applications Oct 7. Please tell your colleagues in the job market! #socialpsych #psychjobs #academicsky
Application link: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida 🐊 is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of social psychology. We will begin reviewing applications Oct 7. Please tell your colleagues in the job market! #socialpsych #psychjobs #academicsky
Application link: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Last semester, I taught myself how to plot maps using R. Because I suffered a bit too much through this process, I figured I would make an easy tutorial for choropleth maps like the one below. I put this tutorial up on my website: sites.google.com/view/egarcia...
I hope this helps someone!
I hope this helps someone!
September 17, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Last semester, I taught myself how to plot maps using R. Because I suffered a bit too much through this process, I figured I would make an easy tutorial for choropleth maps like the one below. I put this tutorial up on my website: sites.google.com/view/egarcia...
I hope this helps someone!
I hope this helps someone!
🚨 New pub alert 🚨 Just out in @polpsyispp.bsky.social 's Political Psychology, with @jorislammers.bsky.social, Laura Van Berkel & Matt Baldwin. We look at how the typical association between conservatism and system justification changes as the result of temporal comparisons. doi.org/10.1111/pops...
September 6, 2024 at 5:12 PM
🚨 New pub alert 🚨 Just out in @polpsyispp.bsky.social 's Political Psychology, with @jorislammers.bsky.social, Laura Van Berkel & Matt Baldwin. We look at how the typical association between conservatism and system justification changes as the result of temporal comparisons. doi.org/10.1111/pops...
Today in the social area brownbag we heard from @aalaukik.bsky.social on his work on the tug-of-war model of attitude associations and its application to the IAT. Super cool work on how we can apply mathematical modeling to study social psychological processes! Check out pre-print link below 👇
September 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Today in the social area brownbag we heard from @aalaukik.bsky.social on his work on the tug-of-war model of attitude associations and its application to the IAT. Super cool work on how we can apply mathematical modeling to study social psychological processes! Check out pre-print link below 👇
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🚨Calling psych PhD students and postdocs! 🚨Want to highlight a paper that had a big impact, doesn't get enough attention, or drew you to the field? Apply to write a Journal Club article with us! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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A platform for early-career voices - Nature Reviews Psychology
In Journal Club articles, early-career researchers share papers that influenced them.
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September 4, 2024 at 2:53 PM
🚨Calling psych PhD students and postdocs! 🚨Want to highlight a paper that had a big impact, doesn't get enough attention, or drew you to the field? Apply to write a Journal Club article with us! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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New JSI pub:
How does American Social Psychology construct the phenomena of ‘racism’? From a CRT perspective, we investigated this question by considering one of the more prominent representations of the field: textbooks recommended by @spspnews.bsky.social 🧵
URL: doi.org/10.1111/josi...
How does American Social Psychology construct the phenomena of ‘racism’? From a CRT perspective, we investigated this question by considering one of the more prominent representations of the field: textbooks recommended by @spspnews.bsky.social 🧵
URL: doi.org/10.1111/josi...
SPSSI Journals
A core tenet of Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an understanding of systemic racism as a defining and constitutive feature of the Eurocentric modern order. In contrast to this foundational insight, dis....
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June 13, 2024 at 7:43 PM
New JSI pub:
How does American Social Psychology construct the phenomena of ‘racism’? From a CRT perspective, we investigated this question by considering one of the more prominent representations of the field: textbooks recommended by @spspnews.bsky.social 🧵
URL: doi.org/10.1111/josi...
How does American Social Psychology construct the phenomena of ‘racism’? From a CRT perspective, we investigated this question by considering one of the more prominent representations of the field: textbooks recommended by @spspnews.bsky.social 🧵
URL: doi.org/10.1111/josi...
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“Black social movements face a dilemma in that the public often perceives nonviolent Black disruptive protest as violent…we find Congress is generally more accepting of nondisruptive protest but nondisruptive protest is only roughly one-tenth as effective for Blacks” academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
The Racial Limits of Disruption: How Race and Tactics Influence Social Movement Organization Testimony before Congress, 1960–1995
Abstract. Social movement theory holds that disrupting social and political processes is among the most effective tools social movement organizations (SMOs
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May 23, 2024 at 2:12 AM
“Black social movements face a dilemma in that the public often perceives nonviolent Black disruptive protest as violent…we find Congress is generally more accepting of nondisruptive protest but nondisruptive protest is only roughly one-tenth as effective for Blacks” academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
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Here are some thoughts on the "islamophobic poster" at the recent @spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social conference. I highlight that this poster incident is a marker of systemic racialization of Muslims
Please, read and forward to those who are thinking about what can be done.
osf.io/s4mvy
Please, read and forward to those who are thinking about what can be done.
osf.io/s4mvy
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February 14, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Here are some thoughts on the "islamophobic poster" at the recent @spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social conference. I highlight that this poster incident is a marker of systemic racialization of Muslims
Please, read and forward to those who are thinking about what can be done.
osf.io/s4mvy
Please, read and forward to those who are thinking about what can be done.
osf.io/s4mvy
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Getting excited about #spsp2024! Here's where my lab will be - hope to see you there! (Thanks to Calvin Lai for the inspiration for this layout)
February 6, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Getting excited about #spsp2024! Here's where my lab will be - hope to see you there! (Thanks to Calvin Lai for the inspiration for this layout)
Super excited to guide people through my MS’s work during the poli psy pre-conference at #SPSP2024. I’ll be discussing why people who dislike the status quo are not motivated to change it, and some methodological issues capturing the group’s attitudes.
#SocialPsyc #PsychSciSky #PoliPsy #PoliPsySky
#SocialPsyc #PsychSciSky #PoliPsy #PoliPsySky
January 24, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Super excited to guide people through my MS’s work during the poli psy pre-conference at #SPSP2024. I’ll be discussing why people who dislike the status quo are not motivated to change it, and some methodological issues capturing the group’s attitudes.
#SocialPsyc #PsychSciSky #PoliPsy #PoliPsySky
#SocialPsyc #PsychSciSky #PoliPsy #PoliPsySky
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The virtual meeting series on the psychology of resistance in violent, repressive contexts is hosting a co-production roundtable tomorrow, Jan. 10, with 6 amazing climate activists and social psychologist Dr. Arin Ayanian. More info in in flyer, link to registration: tinyurl.com/climate-resistance
January 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM
The virtual meeting series on the psychology of resistance in violent, repressive contexts is hosting a co-production roundtable tomorrow, Jan. 10, with 6 amazing climate activists and social psychologist Dr. Arin Ayanian. More info in in flyer, link to registration: tinyurl.com/climate-resistance
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🚨 🚨 My first first-author paper with Louis Irving and Kate Ratliff is officially published online in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 🚨 🚨
“Defensiveness Toward IAT Feedback Predicts Willingness to Engage in Anti-Bias Behaviors”
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/UMZKA...
“Defensiveness Toward IAT Feedback Predicts Willingness to Engage in Anti-Bias Behaviors”
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/UMZKA...
January 9, 2024 at 8:25 PM
🚨 🚨 My first first-author paper with Louis Irving and Kate Ratliff is officially published online in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 🚨 🚨
“Defensiveness Toward IAT Feedback Predicts Willingness to Engage in Anti-Bias Behaviors”
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/UMZKA...
“Defensiveness Toward IAT Feedback Predicts Willingness to Engage in Anti-Bias Behaviors”
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/UMZKA...