Mary Himmelstein
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social/ health psychologist @kentstate studying weight stigma and masculinity | @UconnRuddCenter and @RutgersU alum | mama llama | she/ her | views are my own
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Excited that this paper led by Kim Chaney is now out in SPPS! "Predictors and Implications of Parents’ Beliefs About the Age Appropriateness of LGBTQ+ Topics for Children" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19… (with Leigh Wilton, Rebecca Cipollina, PhD, and Izilda Pereira-Jorge).
Would anyone want to submit an Society for Personality and Social Psychology roundtable for an inter-generational LGBTQ panel discussion? Please hit my line if you’re interested (and don’t steal my idea❤️)!
Negative intergroup contact has a stronger impact on increasing prejudice than positive contact has on reducing it, highlighting a significant negativity bias in human interactions. h/t Mark Rubin
New paper alert and Brandon C. Martin’s first from SWAG lab: The impact of weight stigma and masculinity on men’s health care engagement. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-04…
I have been very excited to share and read more about the papers from the American Psychological Association special issue on dismantling racism. Here is our contribution on the misperception of racial progress in organizations (doi.org/10.1037/amp000…): Led by britt with LaStarr Hollie Jennifer Richeson
We have some new work out on the Marshmallow Test, led by Jessica Sperber (she/hers). We followed up on our 2018 paper and extended predictions to adulthood. We did not find many effects across a bunch of adult outcomes... 1/3
Not only did Karen Wetzel become an official doctoral candidate this week, but she also has a new article out! Weight stigma is uniquely tied to maladaptive eating across different racial, ethnic, and gender groups Check it out: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Was just thinking about the need for an op-ed on this topic today - thanks Dr. Sarah Gaither for writing one! Also need an excuse to post this image 😂
We launched the Stress Puzzle! Can a podcast about stress science be of interest to researchers, AND the public? Please let us know! SBM UCLA Stress Lab StressLab@UniVienna StressLab@UniTrier UMN Stress Lab Sumner Stress Lab Canadian Stress Research Summit (CSRS) Psychosomatic Medicine Psychology Today NIA Division of Behavioral and Social Research
Please RT. 📢I'm recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2025 Berkeley School of Education! I'm particularly interested in students interested in early math learning (kindergarten - 3rd grade), working memory, and inequities in early childhood using quantitative methods. Deadline is Dec 3rd!