Assistant professor of social psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago. I study identity-based division and how to reduce it, with a focus on ethno-religious conflict. Cinnabon enthusiast. michaelhpasek.com
Mikey Pasek
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One of our colleagues needs our help! Please join me (& many others!) in signing this open letter in support of Professor Vladimir Mihić from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, whose position is under serious threat—in retaliation for his supporting a student-led protest movement. Sign and share!
An Open Letter in Defence of Professor Vladimir Mihić and Academic Freedom in Serbia To the members of the Extended Senate of the University of Novi Sad NOTE: You can sign this letter following this ...
Remember that recent paper claiming to show that "ideological bias" determined the results obtained by immigration policy research teams?
A careful, open-code reanalysis by @kauspurg.bsky.social & Josef Brüderl finds that the result arises from a coding error. —> doi.org/10.31222/osf...
Greg Bovino will speak at a white nationalist conference in Portugal tomorrow. He will share the stage with no fewer than five people who idolize Hitler, including one who joined a group created by two Nazi SS members. Another guy is a self-described racist who refers to women as "cockroaches."🧵
Gift link to the human cost of science chaos: babies will die. How a Funding Pause Derailed an Artificial Heart for Babies www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...
After 2016’s election, many of us were like, “what the heck is up with Republican Latinos?!? “
Are they ashamed of being Latino or about their immigrants roots?
My student @solisrodolfo.bsky.social has nuanced answers, using in-depth interviews in South TX.
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Thrilled this is out!
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Do we have 2 kinds of beliefs? Some beliefs seem insensitive to evidence and rarely guide behavior, etc. To explain this, several theories divide belief into 2 types. I argue the explanation isn't in the *mind* but in the *world*
I am so thrilled to share that my next book, "Fill the Earth and Subdue It: Religion, Power, and American Pronatalism" is under contract with Princeton University Press.
My goal is to have it in your hands by early 2028. @princetonupress.bsky.social @sssreligion.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social
No money for pediatric cancer research but there's $1.7 billion for people who beat cops and smeared feces on the walls of the US Capitol.
