Vanessa Lazaro
@vanessalazaro.bsky.social
phd pending @ uchicago | ies nsf fellow | 🇵🇭🏳️🌈| she/her |🥭🍉
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Vanessa Lazaro
@vanessalazaro.bsky.social
· Oct 19
hi all— I am finishing up my last study for my dissertation and need your help! If you have/know of Asian American 7- or 8-year-olds wanting to contribute to science, please see the flyer below/fill out this short survey to sign up (tinyurl.com/asian78resea...). pls share/dm me w any questions!
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1st paper in thread. The 2nd & my last submitted paper of 2025 is my big theory paper that took over a year to write. Some of you have generously invited me to speak about it but very few have seen the paper. I propose what I call Racial Contrast Theory, to examine Black-Asian relations
osf.io/easwg
osf.io/easwg
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
1st paper in thread. The 2nd & my last submitted paper of 2025 is my big theory paper that took over a year to write. Some of you have generously invited me to speak about it but very few have seen the paper. I propose what I call Racial Contrast Theory, to examine Black-Asian relations
osf.io/easwg
osf.io/easwg
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New paper building a theory of stereotype negotiation. How people don't just let stereotypes happen to them; instead they constantly and actively navigate social impressions and others' evaluations by @cydneydupree.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A theory of stereotype negotiation
Inequality is pervasive, challenging people and organizations. Yet we lack a clear picture of how people navigate inequality in everyday social and or…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New paper building a theory of stereotype negotiation. How people don't just let stereotypes happen to them; instead they constantly and actively navigate social impressions and others' evaluations by @cydneydupree.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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What do kids choose to do when they think that someone will help them? What about when no one will help?
New paper: "Young children strategically adapt to unreliable social partners" - led by Kat Shannon, with @hyogweon.bsky.social and Willem Frankenhuis.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
New paper: "Young children strategically adapt to unreliable social partners" - led by Kat Shannon, with @hyogweon.bsky.social and Willem Frankenhuis.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
What do kids choose to do when they think that someone will help them? What about when no one will help?
New paper: "Young children strategically adapt to unreliable social partners" - led by Kat Shannon, with @hyogweon.bsky.social and Willem Frankenhuis.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
New paper: "Young children strategically adapt to unreliable social partners" - led by Kat Shannon, with @hyogweon.bsky.social and Willem Frankenhuis.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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hi all— I am finishing up my last study for my dissertation and need your help! If you have/know of Asian American 7- or 8-year-olds wanting to contribute to science, please see the flyer below/fill out this short survey to sign up (tinyurl.com/asian78resea...). pls share/dm me w any questions!
October 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
hi all— I am finishing up my last study for my dissertation and need your help! If you have/know of Asian American 7- or 8-year-olds wanting to contribute to science, please see the flyer below/fill out this short survey to sign up (tinyurl.com/asian78resea...). pls share/dm me w any questions!
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beautiful illustration of what Fields & Fields (2012) call race-racism evasion: is it racism (DOL explicitly promoting white nationalism) or is it race (how silly of DOL to not capture the rich diversity of the US workforce)?
As you may know, the US Department of Labor is posting White Christian Nationalist, fascist-style AI #slopaganda for months now. Or, as the Washington Post puts it: «The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the diversity of the country’s workforce …»
Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce
The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the country’s diversity and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
beautiful illustration of what Fields & Fields (2012) call race-racism evasion: is it racism (DOL explicitly promoting white nationalism) or is it race (how silly of DOL to not capture the rich diversity of the US workforce)?
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Really interesting new study out in SSM: "Precarious Manhood, Precarious Nations: The Contribution of Cultural Beliefs Comprising Masculinity to National Happiness”
More national precarious manhood beliefs = less national happiness, lower national GDP, shorter life expectancy, & less social support
More national precarious manhood beliefs = less national happiness, lower national GDP, shorter life expectancy, & less social support
Precarious Manhood, Precarious Nations: The Contribution of Cultural Beliefs Comprising Masculinity to National Happiness - ScienceDirect
www.sciencedirect.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Really interesting new study out in SSM: "Precarious Manhood, Precarious Nations: The Contribution of Cultural Beliefs Comprising Masculinity to National Happiness”
More national precarious manhood beliefs = less national happiness, lower national GDP, shorter life expectancy, & less social support
More national precarious manhood beliefs = less national happiness, lower national GDP, shorter life expectancy, & less social support
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Sign up for our final winter session of Scan Camp!!
Looking for teens in the Chicagoland area!
8-10 MRI scans at Northwestern's Feinberg campus.
Wear an Oura ring and answer daily surveys.
Earn up to $1,360, prizes, and a 3D-print of your brain!
northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Looking for teens in the Chicagoland area!
8-10 MRI scans at Northwestern's Feinberg campus.
Wear an Oura ring and answer daily surveys.
Earn up to $1,360, prizes, and a 3D-print of your brain!
northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Sign up for our final winter session of Scan Camp!!
Looking for teens in the Chicagoland area!
8-10 MRI scans at Northwestern's Feinberg campus.
Wear an Oura ring and answer daily surveys.
Earn up to $1,360, prizes, and a 3D-print of your brain!
northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Looking for teens in the Chicagoland area!
8-10 MRI scans at Northwestern's Feinberg campus.
Wear an Oura ring and answer daily surveys.
Earn up to $1,360, prizes, and a 3D-print of your brain!
northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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@joannaschug.bsky.social leads a paper on gendered racial stereotypes. They show that the civil rights movement coincided with a rise in language about black men, but not black women
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@joannaschug.bsky.social leads a paper on gendered racial stereotypes. They show that the civil rights movement coincided with a rise in language about black men, but not black women
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Reports of ICE on DePaul campus right now, stopping students, asking for papers. Be alert out there!
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reports of ICE on DePaul campus right now, stopping students, asking for papers. Be alert out there!
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The Critical Perspectives in Psychology Preconference is back again for year two!! If your research breaks boundaries in mainstream social psych or you are applying exciting methods to your experimental research, our submissions are open! #SPSP2026
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Critical Perspectives in Psychology Preconference is back again for year two!! If your research breaks boundaries in mainstream social psych or you are applying exciting methods to your experimental research, our submissions are open! #SPSP2026
hi all— I am finishing up my last study for my dissertation and need your help! If you have/know of Asian American 7- or 8-year-olds wanting to contribute to science, please see the flyer below/fill out this short survey to sign up (tinyurl.com/asian78resea...). pls share/dm me w any questions!
October 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
hi all— I am finishing up my last study for my dissertation and need your help! If you have/know of Asian American 7- or 8-year-olds wanting to contribute to science, please see the flyer below/fill out this short survey to sign up (tinyurl.com/asian78resea...). pls share/dm me w any questions!
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Duke University is holding virtual office hours for students to get feedback on their psychology PhD applications!
Due October 31st!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Due October 31st!
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Virtual Office Hours For Psychology PhD Applicants - Registration Form
To broaden the pool of applicants in psychology PhD programs across the country, Duke University's Department of Psychology & Neuroscience is holding our 6th Annual Virtual Office Hours Program. All a...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Duke University is holding virtual office hours for students to get feedback on their psychology PhD applications!
Due October 31st!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Due October 31st!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I have a new paper out in @ersjournal.com, through a special issue on the mechanisms of racism, co-edited by @amandalewisphd.bsky.social and #EduardoBonilla-Silva. 50 free eprints at link
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2WFQ9...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2WFQ9...
Mechanisms, smoke and fun-house mirrors: when naming racism is not enough
In this paper, I explain how public discourse around racism can hinder understanding of racist processes, becoming its own mechanism of racism. The general attribution of Flint's water crisis as a ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have a new paper out in @ersjournal.com, through a special issue on the mechanisms of racism, co-edited by @amandalewisphd.bsky.social and #EduardoBonilla-Silva. 50 free eprints at link
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2WFQ9...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2WFQ9...
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🚨new article!🚨 led by former postdoc Grace Reid, with Ariana Orvell, Emily Foster-Hanson, & undergrad Selim Yigit!
We consider what soc-cog abilities children have at diff ages and how that impacts what they learn from racial socialization messages
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We consider what soc-cog abilities children have at diff ages and how that impacts what they learn from racial socialization messages
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Developmental Perspective on the Racial Socialization of White Children: Linguistic and Social‐Cognitive Considerations
While there is growing consensus that it is important to talk about race and racism with children (a process called racial socialization)—particularly with White children—what to say when having thes...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🔥!!🔥!!🔥!!
trying to figure out how to create a github website from scratch for *** **** and it’s bringing me back to the tumblr days… 😮💨 my coding origins
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
trying to figure out how to create a github website from scratch for *** **** and it’s bringing me back to the tumblr days… 😮💨 my coding origins
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New article: "Fundamentals of Solidarity: Race-Based Caucus Organizing in Houston" is live at Urban Affairs Review. I'm grateful to the organizers who let me into their world and work so we could produce this piece. Check it out 👇
Fundamentals of Solidarity: Race-Based Caucus Organizing in Houston - Elizabeth Jordie Davies, 2025
Grassroots organizations often espouse multiracial solidarity as a value but struggle with putting this value into practice. How can organizations, especially t...
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
New article: "Fundamentals of Solidarity: Race-Based Caucus Organizing in Houston" is live at Urban Affairs Review. I'm grateful to the organizers who let me into their world and work so we could produce this piece. Check it out 👇
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ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.
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New paper in Open Mind, with @emmayu23.bsky.social, Megan Richardson, and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social! We find that by 6 years of age, children think that close friends know the content of each other’s minds.
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
Developing Intuitions That Close Friends Know the Content of Each Other’s Minds
Abstract. To maintain and develop close relationships, people need to accurately represent the minds of their social partners. Although studies have characterized many aspects of children’s intuitive ...
direct.mit.edu
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New paper in Open Mind, with @emmayu23.bsky.social, Megan Richardson, and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social! We find that by 6 years of age, children think that close friends know the content of each other’s minds.
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
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We have a new EdWorkingPaper up, from @edutuan.bsky.social, @haeryunkim.bsky.social, Chanh Lam, Mariam Saffar Pérez, Jinyoung Hur, Colleen Lewis, and me:
The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301
The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301
The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation
States have increasingly adopted policies to promote computer science education at the elementary and secondary levels. These policies are intended, in part, to promote the pursuit of computer science...
edworkingpapers.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We have a new EdWorkingPaper up, from @edutuan.bsky.social, @haeryunkim.bsky.social, Chanh Lam, Mariam Saffar Pérez, Jinyoung Hur, Colleen Lewis, and me:
The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301
The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301
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My lab has an open post-doc position!
We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.
The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
1/3
We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.
The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
1/3
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology-2
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My lab has an open post-doc position!
We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.
The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
1/3
We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.
The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
1/3
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If this is helpful for anyone going on the social psych tenure track job market in US, here are my Colby (in 2018) and UIC (2023) statements: osf.io/ef7s3/files/...
My lab website has links to other people's materials. Of course the markets were very different back then.
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
My lab website has links to other people's materials. Of course the markets were very different back then.
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
The PB&J Lab - Resources
Resources
www.pbandjlab.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If this is helpful for anyone going on the social psych tenure track job market in US, here are my Colby (in 2018) and UIC (2023) statements: osf.io/ef7s3/files/...
My lab website has links to other people's materials. Of course the markets were very different back then.
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
My lab website has links to other people's materials. Of course the markets were very different back then.
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
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Social Cognition invites papers for a special issue on disrupted scholarship guest edited by Galen Bodenhausen, Jacqueline Chen, & Franki Kung.
bit.ly/3HkcyBf
bit.ly/3HkcyBf
Call for Papers Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption.docx
Call for Papers: Special Collection Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption Deadline for Letters of Intent: October 15, 2025 (https://bit.ly/4mlowtf) Guest Editors: Gale...
bit.ly
August 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Social Cognition invites papers for a special issue on disrupted scholarship guest edited by Galen Bodenhausen, Jacqueline Chen, & Franki Kung.
bit.ly/3HkcyBf
bit.ly/3HkcyBf
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Freshly dropped paper on SDO you'll want to check out 👇
By Arnold Ho, @nourkteily.bsky.social @jsskeffington.bsky.social & @lottethomsendk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PoliticalPsych
(to this crew: Jim would be proud!)
By Arnold Ho, @nourkteily.bsky.social @jsskeffington.bsky.social & @lottethomsendk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PoliticalPsych
(to this crew: Jim would be proud!)
Social dominance orientation: The motivational basis of intergroup inequality
Group-based hierarchies govern much of social life, from relations between ethnic groups to those between nation-states. We review three decades of re…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Freshly dropped paper on SDO you'll want to check out 👇
By Arnold Ho, @nourkteily.bsky.social @jsskeffington.bsky.social & @lottethomsendk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PoliticalPsych
(to this crew: Jim would be proud!)
By Arnold Ho, @nourkteily.bsky.social @jsskeffington.bsky.social & @lottethomsendk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PoliticalPsych
(to this crew: Jim would be proud!)
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.