Shauna Bowes-Flores
@shaunambowes.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at UAH | Former NSF SBE postdoc at Vanderbilt | PhD in clinical psych from Emory | studying intellectual humility, polarization, and misinformation
shaunambowes.wixsite.com/website
shaunambowes.wixsite.com/website
My first registered replication report, study on the illusory truth effect, and study published in PB&R with @lkfazio.bsky.social ‼️Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Previous research found that the illusory truth effect was smaller for conspiracy statements than for trivia statements...
Previous research found that the illusory truth effect was smaller for conspiracy statements than for trivia statements...
OSF
osf.io
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My first registered replication report, study on the illusory truth effect, and study published in PB&R with @lkfazio.bsky.social ‼️Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Previous research found that the illusory truth effect was smaller for conspiracy statements than for trivia statements...
Previous research found that the illusory truth effect was smaller for conspiracy statements than for trivia statements...
When you run a misinformation lab and still want to be festive
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
When you run a misinformation lab and still want to be festive
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
📢The 2026 edition of the SPSP Misinformation & Belief Science preconference will be held virtually on Tuesday, February 24.🎉 Submit an abstract for either a single presenter or data blitz presentation by October 23 (link below) and don’t forget to register to attend by February 13!
October 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📢The 2026 edition of the SPSP Misinformation & Belief Science preconference will be held virtually on Tuesday, February 24.🎉 Submit an abstract for either a single presenter or data blitz presentation by October 23 (link below) and don’t forget to register to attend by February 13!
After years of teamwork, I am thrilled that our adversarial collaboration on political ideology and belief rigidity was accepted for publication at Political Psychology! Plus, it's my first Pol Psych pub, so it is doubly exciting! t.co/2TgscFm1J8
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4wmx2_v2
t.co
August 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
After years of teamwork, I am thrilled that our adversarial collaboration on political ideology and belief rigidity was accepted for publication at Political Psychology! Plus, it's my first Pol Psych pub, so it is doubly exciting! t.co/2TgscFm1J8
Thanks to PsyPost for covering our recent work on the relations between intellectual humility and religious and political polarization! www.psypost.org/intellectual...
Intellectual humility is linked to less political and religious polarization across the board
A large online study indicates that intellectual humility is linked to less hostility toward political and religious opponents. The effect was seen across political parties and belief systems, and per...
www.psypost.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Thanks to PsyPost for covering our recent work on the relations between intellectual humility and religious and political polarization! www.psypost.org/intellectual...
It was great to sit down with Jill Suttie at the @greatergoodmag.bsky.social and talk about our research on young children's preferences for intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance!
Read here: greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
Read here: greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
Even Young Children Prefer People Who Act With Humility
A new study suggests that children as young as five favor adults who express doubt when unsure rather than those who are overly confident.
greatergood.berkeley.edu
August 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It was great to sit down with Jill Suttie at the @greatergoodmag.bsky.social and talk about our research on young children's preferences for intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance!
Read here: greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
Read here: greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
Saddened by so many things that are happening in the country.
“For young researchers, “there is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” says Emilya Ventriglia, a neuroscience Ph.D. student at Brown University…”
“For young researchers, “there is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” says Emilya Ventriglia, a neuroscience Ph.D. student at Brown University…”
If Congress approves the cuts proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%: from 95,700 students and postdocs this year to 21,400 in 2026 www.science.org/content/article/it-s-nightmare-u-s-funding-cuts-threaten-academic-science-jobs-all-levels
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Saddened by so many things that are happening in the country.
“For young researchers, “there is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” says Emilya Ventriglia, a neuroscience Ph.D. student at Brown University…”
“For young researchers, “there is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” says Emilya Ventriglia, a neuroscience Ph.D. student at Brown University…”
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
In a world of CBSes, be a WSJ
July 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In a world of CBSes, be a WSJ
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
Stoked that my paper with Cheryl Kaiser is now out in SPPS!!
📊New research in #SPPS reports that Americans living in politically diverse communities show less animosity toward the opposing party. Cross-party contact appears to be the key mechanism at work.
Read more: ow.ly/JS1E50W8oEf
Authors: @asmiley.bsky.social and Cheryl R. Kaiser
Read more: ow.ly/JS1E50W8oEf
Authors: @asmiley.bsky.social and Cheryl R. Kaiser
June 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Stoked that my paper with Cheryl Kaiser is now out in SPPS!!
@lkfazio.bsky.social and I had a great time meeting and collaborating with colleagues at Waikato and Auckland! We also managed to get several adventures in! Find yourself a colleague who both pushes you in your research and also to step outside of your comfort zone (aka caving and zip lining ‼️)
May 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@lkfazio.bsky.social and I had a great time meeting and collaborating with colleagues at Waikato and Auckland! We also managed to get several adventures in! Find yourself a colleague who both pushes you in your research and also to step outside of your comfort zone (aka caving and zip lining ‼️)
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
Yesterday I got to complete my 80s kid dream of seeing real glowworms rather than just cuddling with the toy version.
(Also, New Zealand is beautiful, @shaunambowes.bsky.social and I are having a great time with @drlambchop.bsky.social, Eryn Newman, Danny Osborne, @mehr.nz and all the kiwis)
(Also, New Zealand is beautiful, @shaunambowes.bsky.social and I are having a great time with @drlambchop.bsky.social, Eryn Newman, Danny Osborne, @mehr.nz and all the kiwis)
May 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yesterday I got to complete my 80s kid dream of seeing real glowworms rather than just cuddling with the toy version.
(Also, New Zealand is beautiful, @shaunambowes.bsky.social and I are having a great time with @drlambchop.bsky.social, Eryn Newman, Danny Osborne, @mehr.nz and all the kiwis)
(Also, New Zealand is beautiful, @shaunambowes.bsky.social and I are having a great time with @drlambchop.bsky.social, Eryn Newman, Danny Osborne, @mehr.nz and all the kiwis)
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
Good reporting on this aspect of the attacks on science — how the Trump administration is cutting research on mis and disinformation.
Shout out to @lkfazio.bsky.social for taking a public stand (and being the lead photo). 1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...
Shout out to @lkfazio.bsky.social for taking a public stand (and being the lead photo). 1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...
Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Good reporting on this aspect of the attacks on science — how the Trump administration is cutting research on mis and disinformation.
Shout out to @lkfazio.bsky.social for taking a public stand (and being the lead photo). 1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...
Shout out to @lkfazio.bsky.social for taking a public stand (and being the lead photo). 1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
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.
New research shows divine forgiveness has dual effects: It can reduce apologies through increased self-forgiveness, but also promote them through gratitude and humility.
Read more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: ow.ly/cF6Y50V0eqo
Read more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: ow.ly/cF6Y50V0eqo
May 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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.
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
📣🧪
$25k grants for those who:
1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and
2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.
Early-career scholars prioritized
$25k grants for those who:
1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and
2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.
Early-career scholars prioritized
🧪 funding alert! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
📣🧪
$25k grants for those who:
1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and
2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.
Early-career scholars prioritized
$25k grants for those who:
1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and
2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.
Early-career scholars prioritized
Excited to explore whether there is "too much" intellectual humility in the context of conspiracy belief with one of my favorite colleagues (turned research adversary🙃)! Thanks to UPenn's Adversarial Collaboration Project for the opportunity.
April 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Excited to explore whether there is "too much" intellectual humility in the context of conspiracy belief with one of my favorite colleagues (turned research adversary🙃)! Thanks to UPenn's Adversarial Collaboration Project for the opportunity.
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.
Friday Night Massacre of accurate information.
A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
Here's a copy of an NSF grant termination notice that went out today. "NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant...on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities." Not subject to appeal. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
![Text of email: Dear [redacted],
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a review of its award portfolio. Each award was carefully and individually reviewed, and the agency has determined that termination of certain awards is necessary because they are not in alignment with current NSF priorities. Effective immediately, the following are terminated: [redacted]
NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant to NSF Grant General Conditions (GC-1) term and condition entitled Termination and Enforcement; on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities. This is the final agency decision and not subject to appeal. Costs incurred as a result of this termination may be reimbursed, provided such costs would otherwise be allowable under the terms of the award and the governing cost principles. In accordance with your award terms and conditions, you have 30 days from the termination date to furnish a summary of progress under the award and an itemized accounting of allowable costs incurred prior to the termination date.
Sincerely, [redacted] Division Director
Office of Budget Finance and Award Management (BFA)
Division of Grants and Agreements (DGA)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3jbgdl7a5rtsfyrgjw7spkz/bafkreif3rmsl6htpibxg3loqsuazljaekd636abaavvfm4nkjplr5e6itu@jpeg)
April 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Here's a copy of an NSF grant termination notice that went out today. "NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant...on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities." Not subject to appeal. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Reposted by Shauna Bowes-Flores
🧪 DOGE is reporting cancelling 402 NSF grants today.
And let's recap: this is for awards that NSF has **ALREADY** judged as aligned with its mission in law, which includes broadening participation in STEM.
It bears repeating: the law supersedes exec orders. For more: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
And let's recap: this is for awards that NSF has **ALREADY** judged as aligned with its mission in law, which includes broadening participation in STEM.
It bears repeating: the law supersedes exec orders. For more: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
April 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
🧪 DOGE is reporting cancelling 402 NSF grants today.
And let's recap: this is for awards that NSF has **ALREADY** judged as aligned with its mission in law, which includes broadening participation in STEM.
It bears repeating: the law supersedes exec orders. For more: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
And let's recap: this is for awards that NSF has **ALREADY** judged as aligned with its mission in law, which includes broadening participation in STEM.
It bears repeating: the law supersedes exec orders. For more: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
Thanks to @lkfazio.bsky.social for treating the lab to the Chicago architecture tour!!
April 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Thanks to @lkfazio.bsky.social for treating the lab to the Chicago architecture tour!!
So proud of our stellar undergraduate RAs for presenting our new research at MidwesternPsych! My talk (with
@senteio.bsky.social and @lkfazio.bsky.social) on predictors of health-related conspiracy belief across racial identities will be at 9:15am this Saturday!
@senteio.bsky.social and @lkfazio.bsky.social) on predictors of health-related conspiracy belief across racial identities will be at 9:15am this Saturday!
April 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So proud of our stellar undergraduate RAs for presenting our new research at MidwesternPsych! My talk (with
@senteio.bsky.social and @lkfazio.bsky.social) on predictors of health-related conspiracy belief across racial identities will be at 9:15am this Saturday!
@senteio.bsky.social and @lkfazio.bsky.social) on predictors of health-related conspiracy belief across racial identities will be at 9:15am this Saturday!
First (but certainly not last) developmental paper now accepted at Developmental Psychology! We asked: Do children value intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance? The answer is YES! Preprint available here! osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
April 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
First (but certainly not last) developmental paper now accepted at Developmental Psychology! We asked: Do children value intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance? The answer is YES! Preprint available here! osf.io/preprints/os...
I will be teaching two courses in the fall, both for upper-level undergraduates! One will be on Theories of Counseling and one will be a small seminar on the Psychology of Misinformation. If anyone has taught these classes, I would love ideas, input, and tips!!
April 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I will be teaching two courses in the fall, both for upper-level undergraduates! One will be on Theories of Counseling and one will be a small seminar on the Psychology of Misinformation. If anyone has taught these classes, I would love ideas, input, and tips!!
This is the White House website. Unbelievable.
March 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This is the White House website. Unbelievable.