Michael W. Kraus
@mwkraus.bsky.social
Not the German handball player or the historian. The other one. Berkeley Psych alum and social psychologist. | he/him
www.csinequality.org
www.csinequality.org
Me at dinner today.
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Me at dinner today.
A detailed report on the pilot experiment is here: drive.google.com/file/d/1IEG6...
The majority of our sample comes from marginalized backgrounds, where the cost of prepping, taking, and sending GRE scores would have the most impact in terms of time and cost. Here is a Likert scale result:
The majority of our sample comes from marginalized backgrounds, where the cost of prepping, taking, and sending GRE scores would have the most impact in terms of time and cost. Here is a Likert scale result:
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A detailed report on the pilot experiment is here: drive.google.com/file/d/1IEG6...
The majority of our sample comes from marginalized backgrounds, where the cost of prepping, taking, and sending GRE scores would have the most impact in terms of time and cost. Here is a Likert scale result:
The majority of our sample comes from marginalized backgrounds, where the cost of prepping, taking, and sending GRE scores would have the most impact in terms of time and cost. Here is a Likert scale result:
I'm back! In this experiment we had 39 participants choose between 8 different PhD programs which varied in terms of region, application materials, prestige, and fees. Importantly, two of the programs had a GRE requirement and two were equivalent but did not:
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm back! In this experiment we had 39 participants choose between 8 different PhD programs which varied in terms of region, application materials, prestige, and fees. Importantly, two of the programs had a GRE requirement and two were equivalent but did not:
Listen to @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social and I chat about inequality. We talked about:
-the ways social class impacts our psychology
-the importance of scientists speaking clear and true to the public about what is happening in the world
Listen here: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...
-the ways social class impacts our psychology
-the importance of scientists speaking clear and true to the public about what is happening in the world
Listen here: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Listen to @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social and I chat about inequality. We talked about:
-the ways social class impacts our psychology
-the importance of scientists speaking clear and true to the public about what is happening in the world
Listen here: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...
-the ways social class impacts our psychology
-the importance of scientists speaking clear and true to the public about what is happening in the world
Listen here: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...
We argue for four practical shifts: (1) surface and question implicitly favored deficit models; (2) study, theorize about, and model domination/resistance (v. intent, motives); (3) embrace more complex designs with less control and more circumspect conclusions; and (4) apply cross-level analysis.
August 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We argue for four practical shifts: (1) surface and question implicitly favored deficit models; (2) study, theorize about, and model domination/resistance (v. intent, motives); (3) embrace more complex designs with less control and more circumspect conclusions; and (4) apply cross-level analysis.
We propose a functional focus as an alternative approach. This means our psych either results in consequences that (re)produce inequality or dismantles it. The key focus of analysis is result (v. intention, motive). This perspective is informed by social functional accounts of emotion and culture.
August 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We propose a functional focus as an alternative approach. This means our psych either results in consequences that (re)produce inequality or dismantles it. The key focus of analysis is result (v. intention, motive). This perspective is informed by social functional accounts of emotion and culture.
The paper de-centers two things within our discipline: (1) Deficit models that assume meritocracy and theorize inequality as a result of people and groups having more/less valued behavior (v. structures); and (2) Psych's tendency to focus on isolating specific internal explanatory mental processes.
August 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The paper de-centers two things within our discipline: (1) Deficit models that assume meritocracy and theorize inequality as a result of people and groups having more/less valued behavior (v. structures); and (2) Psych's tendency to focus on isolating specific internal explanatory mental processes.
Found a signed copy of the Latinos of Asia at the local used books shop! 🥳 @anthonyocampo.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Found a signed copy of the Latinos of Asia at the local used books shop! 🥳 @anthonyocampo.bsky.social
A few years back we ran a summer internship at Yale, and one of the saddest things was ending that program.
We're back! Special thanks to our lab community who worked together to make this opportunity special.
We're back! Special thanks to our lab community who worked together to make this opportunity special.
August 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A few years back we ran a summer internship at Yale, and one of the saddest things was ending that program.
We're back! Special thanks to our lab community who worked together to make this opportunity special.
We're back! Special thanks to our lab community who worked together to make this opportunity special.
One thing we did as a class that I think you should do if you come to CHI is a tour of the street art. Some of the incredible scenes from our tour (and shouts to Brian who fit right in with our nerdy group): www.offbeatstreetarttour.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
One thing we did as a class that I think you should do if you come to CHI is a tour of the street art. Some of the incredible scenes from our tour (and shouts to Brian who fit right in with our nerdy group): www.offbeatstreetarttour.com
My inbox continues to receive these glowing updates about NSF funding as NSF is kicked out of its own building.
June 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My inbox continues to receive these glowing updates about NSF funding as NSF is kicked out of its own building.
My undergrad class did a week on AI and false beliefs. One of my own takeaways from the class is that students need more about how much and why people might prefer validation before truth/accuracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My undergrad class did a week on AI and false beliefs. One of my own takeaways from the class is that students need more about how much and why people might prefer validation before truth/accuracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
I am teaching a writing workshop for PhD students this Spring quarter. The syllabus is here if you think it might be useful for creating your own writing workshop: www.michaelwkraus.com/teaching
March 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I am teaching a writing workshop for PhD students this Spring quarter. The syllabus is here if you think it might be useful for creating your own writing workshop: www.michaelwkraus.com/teaching
Workers feel more aligned with unions v hr when they get info about union procedures and org conflict is salient. Check out the preprint by @megan-elaine-burns.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Workers feel more aligned with unions v hr when they get info about union procedures and org conflict is salient. Check out the preprint by @megan-elaine-burns.bsky.social
Related to this point, our American Psych paper from last year found that workers overestimated US Black manager representation vs census parity and expected it to continue to increase into future without policy change (all inconsistent with reality).
drive.google.com/file/d/1boIo...
drive.google.com/file/d/1boIo...
February 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Related to this point, our American Psych paper from last year found that workers overestimated US Black manager representation vs census parity and expected it to continue to increase into future without policy change (all inconsistent with reality).
drive.google.com/file/d/1boIo...
drive.google.com/file/d/1boIo...
I don't plan to read it, but this is what they mean by anxious generation, yes? 🫠
From here: www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
From here: www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
January 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I don't plan to read it, but this is what they mean by anxious generation, yes? 🫠
From here: www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
From here: www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
I just finished teaching my 1st undergrad class in a decade (? 😳) and it was so much fun, but I'm a lil overstimulated. Luckily my office plant and kodama friends are here to bring me back down!
January 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I just finished teaching my 1st undergrad class in a decade (? 😳) and it was so much fun, but I'm a lil overstimulated. Luckily my office plant and kodama friends are here to bring me back down!