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Education Under Siege

Dr. Chrisitne Reyna and her colleagues discuss the ramifications of state education laws and bans on what teachers can teach in the classroom. 

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Dr. Christine Reyna Publishes Op-Ed on The Cost of Pregnancy in the U.S.

Dr. Chrisitne Reyna discusses and gives her opinion on the financial and health-related costs of pregnancy in the U.S. She argues that pregnancy in the U.S. unduly harms American women in numerous ways, including impacting their health and financial circumstances. 

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Dr. Christine Reyna Publishes Op-Ed on Gun Violence in the United States

Dr. Chrisitne Reyna discusses and gives her opinion on recent gun-related events in the United States. She argues that having a gun is not a nesseidity and is not required to keep us safe—instead, Dr. Reyna argues that guns make our society more dangerous. The piece includes conversations about school shootings, suicide, and hate crimes. 

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Dr. Christine Reyna

PI of SIP Lab, DePaul University

Dr. Christine Reyna Discusses White Nationalism and White Extremism with the Media

Dr. Chrisitne Reyna discusses the Buffalo shooting and its connection to other events and the rise of White Nationalism and White Extremism in American society. While most White Americans are okay with changing demographics, White Nationalism taps into the fear and changing social contexts of American society that fuel the growing White Nationalist rhetoric. 

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SIP Lab Alum Wins Jim Sidanius Early Career Award from ISPP 

SIP Lab and DePaul Alum, Dr. Mark Brandt, Ph.D., recently won the Jim Sidanius Early Career Award from the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) 2021. The SIP Lab is very proud of Mark and congratulates him on this amazing accomplishment.

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Dr. Mark Brandt, Michigan State University, SIP Lab Alum, Jim Sidanius Early Career Award

SIP Lab Research Cited in Landmark Civil Rights Supreme Court Case

In an amicus brief by the American Psychological Association (APA) in support for a Supreme Court case, the APA cited research done by Reyna et al (2014). Click the link below to see the brief and the citation.

"Exploring Police Policies"

Podcast

June 18, 2020

Check out Dr. Christine Reyna and SIP lab alum, Jeremy Pagan, on Armando Sanchez's podcast. The group discusses the police and ongoing conversations about police reform and policies.

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SIP LAB AT SPSP 2019

Many from the SIP lab traveled to Portland for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference. We presented our own research, attended talks, and met other brilliant researchers in the field.

February 9, 2019

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MEET THE NEWEST PHDS

Our own Rusty Steiger and Ali Omair have both defended their dissertations! Congrats to the both of them and all the best wishes for their futures.

June 15, 2019

Toxic White Identity Symposium and Measures

February 24, 2020

Several members of the SIP lab presented The Psychology of Toxic White Identity at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference in New Orleans. Check out this link for more details on the measures used in our study:

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Toxic White Identity Symposium on YouTube

March 31, 2020

You can now watch our complete Toxic White Identity SPSP symposium on YouTube! Click below to be transferred to the video.

SIP Lab Receives Grant from DePaul to Study COVID-19

Fellow SIP Lab members, Dr. Christine Reyna, Andrea Bellovary, and Kara Harris received a grant to investigate the associations between the COVID-19 pandemic, social and political unrest, and the endorsement of authoritarianism and its policies.

SIP Lab In the Books

Fellow SIP Lab members, Dr. Christine Reyna, Andrea Bellovary, and Kara Harris and SIP Lab associates, Dr. Michael A. Zárate and Angel D. Armenta, have had their research published in the book, Stereotypes: The Indicence and Impacts of Bias.

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