We’ve been looking into ways police officers can reduce tension in interactions with their communities from the start. We find adding just one sentence—what we call a “transparency statement”—can help build trust. Read about our work now in The Boston Globe! 👇🏻
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/o...
Loved working with this team & so excited about our findings! 🙌🏻🎉 See more below👇🏻
& check out this recent Guardian article about it: tinyurl.com/OutclassedGu...
Tag #Outclassed #ClassBubbleQuiz when you share your results!
first day of, oh, i don’t know, eleventy seventh grade? 😅
🚨 Now out at JEPG! 🚨
After college students graduate & head off the workforce, there are many opportunities to collaborate at work. Do these opportunities reduce cultural mismatch for college grads from working-class backgrounds?
(& yes we’ve still got the christmas tree up)
💭 Ever wondered whether you're in a class bubble?
Take the 10-question New Class Bubble Quiz I helped Joan C. Williams @eacentersf.bsky.social design for her new book to find out where you stand!:
🔗 www.classbubblequiz.com
Going to #spsp2025? Interested in what psychology can tell us about what works (or doesn't) to change policing? Join me @andreadittmann.bsky.social @calvinklai.bsky.social @spruill.bsky.social & Kyle Dobson very early next Saturday to find out.
Not always: We find that it depends on what orgs value. Many orgs continue to value individual contributors instead of team players—creating a cultural mismatch. Only when orgs also value working together as part of being a “good” employee do employees from working-class backgrounds feel they fit.