Jennifer Richeson
professor of social psychology with a focus on race, diversity, & social inequality; political junkie; the beach is my happy place
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Visible and Invisible Social Support: How, Why, and When
Social relationships can be a vital source of help in difficult times. However, attempts to provide social support that is visible—direct and recognized by reci...
Bone marrow donor drive at Yale offers chance to save a life
The annual Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive will take place Thursday, April 18 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Cross Campus and at 367 Cedar St.
New 2019 Academy Members Announced
More than 200 individuals with compelling achievements in academia, business, government, and public affairs were elected to the Academy in 2019.
Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the psychology of liberalism
Buttigieg is going for the "hope and change" voters.
Jane Solomon & Shalini Shankar in conversation with Ben Zimmer
Literature event in New York, NY by NYU Bookstores on Wednesday, May 1 2019
In defense of white-backlash politics
“The big question of our time is less, ‘What does it mean to be American?’ than, ‘What does it mean to be white American in an age of ethnic change?’” writes Eric Kaufmann in his new book Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White...
Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy
In an unmissable talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK's super-close 2016 vote to leave the European Union. Tracking the result to a barrage of misleading Facebook ads targeted at...
Sociologist Alondra Nelson Joins Faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study
Alondra Nelson, an acclaimed sociologist, author, and researcher who explores questions in science, technology, and social inequality, has been appointed Professor and Harold F. Linder Chair in the School of Social Science at the Institute for...
To understand why change is so hard, we need to think about loss.
Instead of describing with glee all the positives of change in a myriad of contexts with accompanying benefits, we need to focus on the pain, discomfort and disquiet of loss.
When Slaveowners Got Reparations
Lincoln signed a bill in 1862 that paid up to $300 for every enslaved person freed.
Let My Matzah Go: Stop & Shop Purchases Deemed Not Kosher For Passover | New Haven Independent
In one hand he had his cell phone, with mom on the line for shopping advice. In the other hand was a handout with a Westville rabbi’s admonition against crossing...
Pelosi says she supports bill to study issue of reparations for slavery
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday she supports a bill that would establish a commission to study and consider reparations for African-Americans regarding slavery.
Poverty plays role in DNA structure changes, study involving Northwestern professor finds
Growing up in poverty can have such a lasting effect on a person’s health that researchers have now determined it contributes to changing the structure of someone’s genes, according to a newly published study co-authored by a Northwestern University...
Trends in Cancer | Trends Collection on Personalized Medicine | ScienceDirect.com
This Trends Collection on personalized medicine highlights how various fields are mining new information and tools for a personalized take on disease prevention, diagnostics and treatments. This draws from work that scientists are now doing to...