Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy (2024) Authors: Alexa Vega Rivas, Ella Ben Hagai, and Christine Starr Abstract: In this study, we test a clashing narrative approach to conflict, which argues that political conflict is …
Month: June 2025
That’s Not Me: (Dis)concordance Between pSTEM Nerd-genius Stereotypes and Self-concepts Predicts High School Students’ pSTEM Identity
Social Psychology of Education (2023) Authors: Christine R. Starr and Campbell Leaper Abstract: Nerd-genius stereotypes about people in the physical sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (pSTEM) are barriers to getting many adolescent girls interested in pSTEM. …
pSTEM Implicit Stereotypes and pSTEM Motivation Among Black and Latina Undergraduate Women: The Role of Gender and Ethnic/Racial Typicality
Sex Roles (2024) Authors: Christine R. Starr and Alan Meca Abstract: Implicitly stereotyping pSTEM (physical sciences, technology, engineering, and math) with Asian and White men can demotivate Black and Latina women in pSTEM. However, theory suggests …
Diverse Perspectives Can Mitigate Political Bias in Crowdsourced Content Moderation
Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (2023). Authors: Jacob Thebault-Spieker, Sukrit Venkatagiri, Naomi Mine, and Kurt Luther Abstract: In recent years, social media companies have grappled with defining and enforcing content …
A Turn to Assets in Community-Based Computing Research: Tradeoffs, Deficits, and Neoliberalism in Technological Development
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (2024) Authors: Jean Hardy and Jacob Thebault-Spieker Abstract: CSCW and HCI scholars are increasingly adopting asset-based approaches to community-based social computing research. Emerging from asset-based community development (ABCD), an …
Toward Equitable Payment for Inclusive Participation
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (2023) Authors: Justin X. Moore, LaKesha N. Anderson, Cynthia Li, Reginald D. Benson Jr., Alejandra Garcia Rychtarikova, Lillie D. Williamson, Leslie E. Wolf, Ebony B. Whisenant, Erin Roark, Samantha …
How Attributes of Place Threaten Community Trust in the American South: Opportunities for Improving Pandemic-Related Communication
Journal of Health Communication (2023) Authors: Lauren A. Cafferty, Lillie D. Williamson, LaKesha N. Anderson, Samantha R. Jones, Justin X. Moore, Reginald D. Benson Jr, Ebony B. Whisenant, Candace Clinton, Nikeshia Lashaundra Lawson, and Christy …
Education, Trust, and Likelihood to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 Among Patients with Diabetes in the American South
Patient Education & Counseling (2023) Authors: Christy J.W. Ledford, Zachary Harrison, Tao Li Stein, Sandya V. Vikram, Lillie D. Williamson, Grant C. Whitebloom, Dean A. Seehusen Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explain the …
The Roles of Social Media Use and Medical Mistrust in Black Americans’ COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: The RISP Model Perspective
Health Communication (2023) Authors: Soya Nah, Lillie D. Williamson, Lee Ann Kahlor, Lucy Atkinson, Sean J. Upshaw and Jean-Louis Ntang-Beb Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to healthcare and public health messaging in the …
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Cameroon: The Role of Medical Mistrust and Social Media Use
Journal of Health Communication (2025) Authors: Soya Nah, Lillie D. Williamson, Lee Ann Kahlor, Lucy Atkinson, Jean-Louis Ntang-Beb and Sean J. Upshaw Abstract: Most African countries report low COVID-19 vaccination rates (Msellati et al., 2022; …