Johanna Ray Vollhardt

@jrvollhardt.bsky.social

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Social/Political Psychologist, Associate Professor at Clark University, co-editor of the Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Scientist Rebellion member, research: collective violence and resistance

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Now in press, with many additional resources in the supplementary materials and linked in the thread: "Disrupting Racism and Global Exclusion in Academic Publishing: Recommendations and Resources for Authors, Reviewers, and Editors"

So excited that our paper describing a participatory action research approach to reforming journal policies is now in press! osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Looking forward to this series of sessions on Palestine solidarity and resistance at SPSSI later this week - if you are attending the conference, join us!

Out of the lab (/office/library) & into the streets! Less than a week until scientist day in the Summer of Heat actions to end fossil fuel financing. If you can be in NYC on June 12 join us! See more info in flyer and links below and fill out our interest form tinyurl.com/SOH-science or contact me.

Next week's session (Tu, June 11) in the Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting Series with Iram Fatima and Joshua Uyheng is on "Digital Resistance among Minoritized Dalit Individuals." Register here: shorturl.at/e3Oea

The recording of our recent session with Steve Reicher and Sami Hermez on "Academic Boycott as a Resistance Tactic: Successes and Repression in the Past and Present" is now available on our website: resistancepsych.blogspot.com/p/archive.html and on youtube:

Archiveresistancepsych.blogspot.com Recordings, publications, and other archival material will be published here. May 28, 2024: Hermez & Reicher: Academic Boycott as a Resistan...

The next session in the Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting Series next Tuesday is a roundtable discussion with Steve Reicher and Sami Hermez on "Academic Boycott as a Resistance Tactic: Successes and Repression in the Past and Present". Registration link & more info in 🧵

The next session in the virtual meeting series on the Psychology of Resistance in Violent & Repressive Contexts is Tuesday, May 14: Dr. Siwar Hasan-Aslih will present "Understanding Collective Action and Resistance in Palestine: A Social Psychological Perspective". Registration and more info in 🧵

Why protest when it is (seemingly) not working? We draw on social psychological theories, observations and organizing experience to reflect on why people keep protesting for Palestine despite repression and lack of tangible wins - arguing for an expanded notion of collective efficacy. Links in🧵

The May 1 edition of our virtual meeting series will be a roundtable discussion on "Anticolonial Sense-Making of Kurdish Resistance and Power Beyond Social Psychology", with scholars of Kurdish resistance from different disciplines (see flyer). Registration link & more info in 🧵!

What a time to be working on proofs for our edited volume on the psychology of resistance and repression... All chapters show in one way or the other that repression rarely works. Instead, it increases resistance or leads to new & creative resistance tactics. (rest of TOC in 🧵)

Please share, and consider signing if you are faculty in Social Psychology.

Social and Personality Psychology Faculty Statement on Student Protests for Justice in Palestine In this statement we ask our prof societies for new policies to protect our students and colleagues. S-P Faculty can add your name here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The next session in the Psychology of Resistance series is next Tu/Wed, April 16/17 (depending on time zone): Carmen Marazzi will present work in progress on "The Long Shadow of Historical Repression on Present-Day Collective Action: Findings from Puerto Rico." Registration link & series info in 🧵

Book cover proofs! Volume will be out in print in August, ebook in June, chapters on some authors' research gate etc. earlier. Description and table of contents here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

A resource list we prepared for the session yesterday, on academic repression of Palestine solidarity work within academia, including initiatives to counter it: docs.google.com/document/d/1... [or tinyurl.com/academic-rep... Please share with those who need it & contact us to add resources!

Resource list - Academic repression of Palestine and Palestine solidarity workdocs.google.com

Next Wednesday, the Psychology of Resistance in Violent, Repressive Contexts virtual meeting series will offer a roundtable discussion on "Academic Repression of Solidarity amidst Violence in Palestine: Global Psychological Perspectives Otherwise". Registration link and more info on the series in 🧵.

The first issue of the (diamond open access) Journal of Social and Political Psychology this year is now opened (articles are added continuously), including our editorial report with journal news, publication statistics, and most downloaded articles. Read here: jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/js...

The next session in the Psychology of Resistance virtual meeting series is Wednesday, March 20: Dr. Devin Johnson will discuss dilemmas around "Method and Madness: A Critical Analysis of the Psychological Research on Dehumanization and its Relation to Resistance". Registration and other info in 🧵

📣🗓️ The new schedule (mid March to end of June) for the virtual meeting series on the Psychology of Resistance in Violent and Repressive Contexts is now up: drive.google.com/file/d/1wtaV... - please share! Information on how to join the meetings, present in the series, etc. in the 🧵

The next session in the Psychology of Resistance virtual meeting series is next Wednesday, with an interdisciplinary panel discussion about Dr. Topal's new book on "Women fighters in the Kurdish national movement: Transforming gender politics and the PKK." To register: t.co/ceNAL850BL

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PSPB added language to their submission guidelines explicitly valuing mixed methods (in response to our task force recommendations) & that might indicate a willingness to consider fully qualitative papers. (Also, words are good but actions not yet seen). journals.sagepub.com/author-instr...

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New Working Paper with @nourkteily.bsky.social: Racial Polarization in Sponsorship of United States Civil Rights Legislation We analyze 202,775 Congress bills from 1973-2022. Attention to civil rights is falling among White legislators and rising among minorities osf.io/preprints/ps...

Social psychology friends: I am updating my list of journals that accept qualitative research in our field - my usual go tos are EJSP, BJSP, Political Psychology, ASAP, Peace and Conflict, JCASP. Am I missing any? Have any journals changed their policies in this regard over the last years? Thanks!

The next meeting in the virtual series on the psychology of resistance in violent, repressive contexts is next Wednesday, Feb. 7: Dr. Ali Teymoori will discuss resistance of workers under digital surveillance in warehouses. To register: tinyurl.com/3unydvpk or resistancepsych.blogspot.com

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“What is global climate justice?” ➡️Join me and the brilliant @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social as we talk about this & more at the event organized by @dcswa.bsky.social this week. ⏰Wednesday Jan 24 at 6:30pm ET 🔗Open to the public, registration link below #climatesky #geosky 🌍

2023 was the hottest 🌡️ year on Earth 🌎 on record by a lot...like a lot Join us on January 24 at 630p ET for this virtual @dcswa.bsky.social 🐥 panel on "What should climate justice mean?" Register here: dcswa.org/event/what-s...

Coming soon! (Table of contents in thread)

The next session in our virtual meeting series on the psychology of resistance in violent, repressive contexts is next Tuesday, Jan 23: Nida Jamshed will present on the role of norms in different forms of resistance among Muslim & Desi Americans. Registration link: tinyurl.com/resistance-n...

Well this question and the answer options in a graduate student recommendation letter form was at least new and kept me entertained, but.... WHY and when are we collectively organizing to get rid of them??!

The virtual meeting series on the psychology of resistance in violent, repressive contexts is hosting a co-production roundtable tomorrow, Jan. 10, with 6 amazing climate activists and social psychologist Dr. Arin Ayanian. More info in in flyer, link to registration: tinyurl.com/climate-resistance

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