First Behavior, Opinions, and Relations between Groups (BORG) lab meeting down, and we're already getting featured our on our department's Instagram. Very excited to be working with these three great undergrad students!☺️ www.instagram.com/p/C_TOZB3ugx0/

I'll be working with three terrific undergraduate researchers on a project related to intergroup conversations, and you can learn more about us and our work here: awiezel.wixsite.com/wiezelborglab (2/2)

Excited to announce that I'll be launching my undergraduate research lab--the (Wiezel) Behavior, Opinions, and Relations between Groups (BORG) Lab-- at Elon University this Fall! (1/2)

which, among other things, suggested that psychologists would benefit from thinking about coalitions, which—relative to some approaches to social identity—can emphasize similarities as well as differences. Looking forward to seeing you at the next @SPSSI con! (4/4)

So, on a personal note, as a junior faculty member on the heels of starting my own undergraduate lab in the Fall, it felt very full-circle to see Patrick Grzanka revisit that same passion during his thoughtful talk on intersectionality; (3/4)

I recall, like others, becoming quickly inspired by his passion for research, before applying to be one of his first undergraduate RAs in what also became my first-ever lab experience. (2/4)

It was very cool to see Patrick Grzanka give the presidential keynote at #SPSSICon2024 yesterday. I still remember some 14 years ago, when I was a wide-eyed political science undergrad taking his human event course. (1/4)

As a bonus, she suggested a variety of models for thinking about public engagement in research during her Q&A. (4/4)

And work in a variety of real-world cross-national contexts and conflicts (e.g., Hungary, Rwanda, South Africa, and Kosovo) suggest the kinds of situations to which the positive effects of intergroup contact can extend (including outside the lab). (3/4) #SPSSICon2024

Work like hers suggests we are capable of using real-world situations to test/advance theory *and* practice. For example, work finding that majority groups have more positive outcomes from intergroup contact than minority groups implies that group status is a moderator. (2/4)