Trevor Lies
@trevorslies.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology at Norfolk State University
Views expressed are my own & do not reflect those of my employer or the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Trevor Lies
@trevorslies.bsky.social
· Nov 29
In a new JEvP article, we present findings from a critical review asking whether the discipline of Environmental Psychology (EP) can serve as a useful site for the psychological study of structural racism. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵 (1/6)
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On this day in history, John Brown was executed for attempting to lead a slave revolt in Virginia. Some of his last words were:
“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with Blood.”
“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with Blood.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
On this day in history, John Brown was executed for attempting to lead a slave revolt in Virginia. Some of his last words were:
“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with Blood.”
“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with Blood.”
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🚨New Publication Alert! 🚨
Ecopolitical Psychology at the Capital-Climate Nexus: A Research Agenda for the Capitalocene - by yours truly*
Article in Special Issue on "The Next Big Ideas in Psychology" in Review of General Psychology
*Link to free download, end of 🧵 1/n
doi.org/10.1177/1089...
Ecopolitical Psychology at the Capital-Climate Nexus: A Research Agenda for the Capitalocene - by yours truly*
Article in Special Issue on "The Next Big Ideas in Psychology" in Review of General Psychology
*Link to free download, end of 🧵 1/n
doi.org/10.1177/1089...
Ecopolitical Psychology at the Capital-Climate Nexus: A Research Agenda for the Capitalocene - Carlie D. Trott, 2025
Psychology as a discipline has been slow to engage with capitalism as a lens through which to understand and explain the human experience, yet neoliberal capita...
doi.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🚨New Publication Alert! 🚨
Ecopolitical Psychology at the Capital-Climate Nexus: A Research Agenda for the Capitalocene - by yours truly*
Article in Special Issue on "The Next Big Ideas in Psychology" in Review of General Psychology
*Link to free download, end of 🧵 1/n
doi.org/10.1177/1089...
Ecopolitical Psychology at the Capital-Climate Nexus: A Research Agenda for the Capitalocene - by yours truly*
Article in Special Issue on "The Next Big Ideas in Psychology" in Review of General Psychology
*Link to free download, end of 🧵 1/n
doi.org/10.1177/1089...
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Check out our new article in the Journal of Environmental Psychology!
Do conservatives oppose all environmentalist initiatives, or does the compatibility of conservatism with environmentalism vary by sociocultural context? (more below!)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Conserving nature, resisting change: Political conservatism and evasion of anti-systemic environmentalisms
Conventional wisdom and scientific research suggest that political conservatism is at odds with support for environmentalism. Across two survey studie…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Check out our new article in the Journal of Environmental Psychology!
Do conservatives oppose all environmentalist initiatives, or does the compatibility of conservatism with environmentalism vary by sociocultural context? (more below!)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Conserving nature, resisting change: Political conservatism and evasion of anti-systemic environmentalisms
Conventional wisdom and scientific research suggest that political conservatism is at odds with support for environmentalism. Across two survey studie…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Do conservatives oppose all environmentalist initiatives, or does the compatibility of conservatism with environmentalism vary by sociocultural context? (more below!)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My heart is with my Iranian friends and their families. May everyone live.
June 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My heart is with my Iranian friends and their families. May everyone live.
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Dr. Noor Abdalla should be together with her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, adjusting to life as new parents together.
Instead, Mahmoud is detained in Louisiana for his political advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. We won't stop fighting until Mahmoud is reunited with Noor and baby Deen.
Instead, Mahmoud is detained in Louisiana for his political advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. We won't stop fighting until Mahmoud is reunited with Noor and baby Deen.
Motherhood Without Mahmoud Khalil
With her husband locked in a detention center 1,500 miles away, dentist Noor Abdalla is suddenly a single parent.
www.thecut.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dr. Noor Abdalla should be together with her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, adjusting to life as new parents together.
Instead, Mahmoud is detained in Louisiana for his political advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. We won't stop fighting until Mahmoud is reunited with Noor and baby Deen.
Instead, Mahmoud is detained in Louisiana for his political advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. We won't stop fighting until Mahmoud is reunited with Noor and baby Deen.
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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
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I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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t.co/lg46ijHLDF
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“IDF materials show that soldiers reloaded their magazines multiple times while shooting at 12 aid workers who tried to identify themselves”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Killing of Gaza aid workers: IDF troops fired indiscriminately for over three minutes
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www.haaretz.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“IDF materials show that soldiers reloaded their magazines multiple times while shooting at 12 aid workers who tried to identify themselves”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Yale punishing students for protesting a leader of a government internationally accused of genocide comes one day after the school signed a statement saying their campus was where students are free to exchange ideas and opinions without fear of retribution or censorship
New — After hundreds of Yale students protested in advance of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visiting campus, Yale has now stripped the school's Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter (Yalies4Palestine) of its status as an official student group
April 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Yale punishing students for protesting a leader of a government internationally accused of genocide comes one day after the school signed a statement saying their campus was where students are free to exchange ideas and opinions without fear of retribution or censorship
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Wild—
Mohsen Mahdawi asked Columbia to publicly admit what they did privately: that he & other students were not "threatening"—and that he in fact *confronted* an antisemitic disruptor.
They ignored him.
Weeks later, the Trump admin cited Columbia's own unretracted lie to justify arresting Mohsen.
Mohsen Mahdawi asked Columbia to publicly admit what they did privately: that he & other students were not "threatening"—and that he in fact *confronted* an antisemitic disruptor.
They ignored him.
Weeks later, the Trump admin cited Columbia's own unretracted lie to justify arresting Mohsen.
April 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Wild—
Mohsen Mahdawi asked Columbia to publicly admit what they did privately: that he & other students were not "threatening"—and that he in fact *confronted* an antisemitic disruptor.
They ignored him.
Weeks later, the Trump admin cited Columbia's own unretracted lie to justify arresting Mohsen.
Mohsen Mahdawi asked Columbia to publicly admit what they did privately: that he & other students were not "threatening"—and that he in fact *confronted* an antisemitic disruptor.
They ignored him.
Weeks later, the Trump admin cited Columbia's own unretracted lie to justify arresting Mohsen.
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A person told me they changed their research agenda because of conservative threats on certain subjects. I wrinkled my nose, because I’ll be damned if I’m going to be scared away from doing my research because some white folks don’t like it.
April 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A person told me they changed their research agenda because of conservative threats on certain subjects. I wrinkled my nose, because I’ll be damned if I’m going to be scared away from doing my research because some white folks don’t like it.
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From the 2003 preface of Said's Orientalism.
"For all it's often noted defects and problems, the American University - and mine, Columbia, in particular - is still one of the few remaining places in the US where reflection and study can take place in an almost-utopian fashion."
Welp.
"For all it's often noted defects and problems, the American University - and mine, Columbia, in particular - is still one of the few remaining places in the US where reflection and study can take place in an almost-utopian fashion."
Welp.
April 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
From the 2003 preface of Said's Orientalism.
"For all it's often noted defects and problems, the American University - and mine, Columbia, in particular - is still one of the few remaining places in the US where reflection and study can take place in an almost-utopian fashion."
Welp.
"For all it's often noted defects and problems, the American University - and mine, Columbia, in particular - is still one of the few remaining places in the US where reflection and study can take place in an almost-utopian fashion."
Welp.
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Social science gives us the tools to understand the very forces that fear it.
Kudos to @marahalkire.bsky.social for leading this piece, in which she, @clarawilkins.bsky.social, and I share how, to many people, recent pushes to root out “anti-Christian bias” serve to signal pro-White allegiance.
Kudos to @marahalkire.bsky.social for leading this piece, in which she, @clarawilkins.bsky.social, and I share how, to many people, recent pushes to root out “anti-Christian bias” serve to signal pro-White allegiance.
Claims of ‘anti-Christian bias’ sound to some voters like a message about race, not just religion
Some Americans hear claims of anti-Christian bias as a signal of white solidarity, according to a 2024 study.
theconversation.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Social science gives us the tools to understand the very forces that fear it.
Kudos to @marahalkire.bsky.social for leading this piece, in which she, @clarawilkins.bsky.social, and I share how, to many people, recent pushes to root out “anti-Christian bias” serve to signal pro-White allegiance.
Kudos to @marahalkire.bsky.social for leading this piece, in which she, @clarawilkins.bsky.social, and I share how, to many people, recent pushes to root out “anti-Christian bias” serve to signal pro-White allegiance.
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Hundreds of students and graduates who have protested or shown support for Palestine have had their visas revoked by immigration officials since US President Donald Trump took office for a second time, with several also arrested.
Here's what we know aje.io/f193q0
Here's what we know aje.io/f193q0
April 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hundreds of students and graduates who have protested or shown support for Palestine have had their visas revoked by immigration officials since US President Donald Trump took office for a second time, with several also arrested.
Here's what we know aje.io/f193q0
Here's what we know aje.io/f193q0
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It shouldn't matter if Trump’s victims have criminal records. If we only defend the “innocent,” the fascists will argue that their victim “was no angel.” An anti-fascist rhetoric that carves out exceptions for imperfect victims is a gift to our opponents.
New from me for @us.theguardian.com:
New from me for @us.theguardian.com:
What is a ‘criminal’ immigrant? The word is an American rhetorical trap | Jonathan Ben-Menachem
Labels like ‘gang members’ and ‘terrorist supporters’ are an easy way to make humans disposable
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It shouldn't matter if Trump’s victims have criminal records. If we only defend the “innocent,” the fascists will argue that their victim “was no angel.” An anti-fascist rhetoric that carves out exceptions for imperfect victims is a gift to our opponents.
New from me for @us.theguardian.com:
New from me for @us.theguardian.com:
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Free Mahmoud Khalil, free Rumeysa Ozturk, free Kilmar Abrego Garcia, free Mohsen Mahdawi, free Dogukan Dunyadin, free Andry Hernandez Romero, free them all and close the camps! Hard to express in words how horrifying this all is.
April 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Free Mahmoud Khalil, free Rumeysa Ozturk, free Kilmar Abrego Garcia, free Mohsen Mahdawi, free Dogukan Dunyadin, free Andry Hernandez Romero, free them all and close the camps! Hard to express in words how horrifying this all is.
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🎉 Just published in Nature Human Behavior 🎉
Do liberals or conservatives in the US trust scientists more? You might assume it's liberals, but studies often fail to consider the diversity of scientific disciplines! 🔬
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Do liberals or conservatives in the US trust scientists more? You might assume it's liberals, but studies often fail to consider the diversity of scientific disciplines! 🔬
nature.com/articles/s41...
[1/6]🧵
Political ideology and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
In this Registered Report, Gligorić et al. find that liberals in the USA tend to have higher trust in most scientists compared with conservatives. However, they find no evidence that a series of inter...
nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🎉 Just published in Nature Human Behavior 🎉
Do liberals or conservatives in the US trust scientists more? You might assume it's liberals, but studies often fail to consider the diversity of scientific disciplines! 🔬
nature.com/articles/s41...
[1/6]🧵
Do liberals or conservatives in the US trust scientists more? You might assume it's liberals, but studies often fail to consider the diversity of scientific disciplines! 🔬
nature.com/articles/s41...
[1/6]🧵
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Undermine their “peace process” that entails flattening Gaza and its ethnic cleansing? In that case they’re absolutely right.
The Trump administration has said why it's seeking to deport a Columbia student who is a legal permanent U.S. resident: because his activities could “potentially undermine” the Middle East peace process, a memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that was reviewed by The New York Times shows.
U.S. Cites Mideast Peace Process to Justify Move to Deport Student
Mohsen Mahdawi, who led Columbia protests, engaged in activities that could threaten attempts to end the war in Gaza, a memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Undermine their “peace process” that entails flattening Gaza and its ethnic cleansing? In that case they’re absolutely right.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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Mohsen Mahdawi at a Nov 2023 rally:
"The first to stop an act of antisemitism was 5 of us—to go and tell the guy, ‘You don’t represent us because we have Jewish brothers & sisters who stand with us," arguing neither admin nor pro-Israel crowd moved to intervene
Mahmoud Khalil standing right behind
"The first to stop an act of antisemitism was 5 of us—to go and tell the guy, ‘You don’t represent us because we have Jewish brothers & sisters who stand with us," arguing neither admin nor pro-Israel crowd moved to intervene
Mahmoud Khalil standing right behind
April 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Mohsen Mahdawi at a Nov 2023 rally:
"The first to stop an act of antisemitism was 5 of us—to go and tell the guy, ‘You don’t represent us because we have Jewish brothers & sisters who stand with us," arguing neither admin nor pro-Israel crowd moved to intervene
Mahmoud Khalil standing right behind
"The first to stop an act of antisemitism was 5 of us—to go and tell the guy, ‘You don’t represent us because we have Jewish brothers & sisters who stand with us," arguing neither admin nor pro-Israel crowd moved to intervene
Mahmoud Khalil standing right behind
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Ask the right questions, white folks!
April 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Ask the right questions, white folks!
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Here's my piece on this in the Guardian almost two months ago where I wrote that Laken Riley was just the first step in Trump's mass deportation plan and sounded the alarm that democrats were going along with it.
This has never been just a Republican agenda.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This has never been just a Republican agenda.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
April 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Here's my piece on this in the Guardian almost two months ago where I wrote that Laken Riley was just the first step in Trump's mass deportation plan and sounded the alarm that democrats were going along with it.
This has never been just a Republican agenda.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This has never been just a Republican agenda.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...