Conference Schedule, May 29, 2026

Panel 1: Climate Crises and Natural Disasters (Meyer 102)

Chair & Discussant: Damian Stanley, Adelphi University

1. Eric Scheuch, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Attribution: Why Climate Shocks Only Change Some Climate Attitudes.

2. Marjorie Prokosch, Rochester Institute of Technology. Disaster Root Cause Attributions Predict Risk Reduction Beliefs and Policy Support.

3. Xiaomeng Song, Stony Brook University. Crisis Response: How Do Self-Interest and Community Orientation Shape Disaster Policy Preferences?

4. Abigail Woodfield, Martin Meyer, Leonie Huddy, Arthur Aron, Steven Spector, & Payel Sen. Stony Brook University. Extended Contact Reduces Climate Skepticism Among Evangelical Christians.

Panel 2A: War, External Threat, and Violent Conflict (Meyer 538)

Chair & Discussant: Tal Orian Harel, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania 

1. Maria Snegovaya, Georgetown University. Primed for Battle: How Identity Shapes War Support. 

2. Tamar Arieli, Tel Hai - University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galillee. Resilience Under Threat: Socioeconomic Inequality, Public Policy, and the Social Psychological Dimensions of Preparedness in Israel's Northern Borderland Communities. [online presentation]

3. Keren Levy Ganany Snider, Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College. The October 7 Hamas Attacks, Social Identity and Outgroup Attitudes in Israel. 

Panel 2B: Protests, Collective Action, and Opposition (Meyer 102) 

Chair & Discussant: Doron Shultziner, Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College and NYU  

1. Selin Bengi Gumrukcu, Rutgers University. Institutionalized Contention under Threat: Opposition Party Protest under Competitive Authoritarianism.

2. Mostafa Salari Rad. New School for Social Research. Misperceptions in Protest Affect and Action Among Resident and Diaspora Activists: Online Versus On-the-Ground in the 2009–2012 Iranian Post-Election Protests.

3. Evan A. Valdes, Massey University. Political identity, efficacy, and (in)justice in times of crisis: Collective action and calls for government intervention in the UK, US, and Germany. [online presentation]

4. Dilia Zwart, New York University. Shared Role Expectations, Divergent Moral Visions: Activist Parenting in the U.S.

Special Roundtable Discussion (Meyer 102)

Are American Protesting "Enough"?

Prof. Jeff Goodwin (NYU)

Prof. John Jost (NYU)

Prof. Ida Susser (Hunter College, CUNY)

Moderator: Doron Shultziner

Panel 4A: Political Psychology and Polarization (Meyer 538)

Chair & Discussant: Selin Bengi Gumrukcu, Rutgers University. 

1. Joseph A Vitriol, Lehigh University. Does Conspiratorial Thinking Increase Political Conservatism and Vice Versa? A Longitudinal Analysis from 2016 to 2025.

2. Aleksandra Rusowicz, University of Connecticut. Social Psychological Pathways to Prejudice in the 2024 US Presidential Election. [online presentation]

3. Zeynep Su Oğuzer, Trinity College. From Trust to Action: Political Ideology and Religiosity Shape Earthquake Preparedness In Türkiye. [online presentation]

4. Mathilde Diaz, NYU Tisch School of the Arts. How Asian New Yorkers React to Asian Hate Pre-, During and Post COVID-19.

Panel 4B: Identity, Intergroup Relations, and Treatment of Minorities (Meyer 102)

 Chair & Discussant: Keren Levy Ganany Snider, Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College 

1. Julie Wronski, University of Mississippi. How Un-American Group Sentiments Undermined Trust, Collective Action, and Compassion during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

2. Angel Saavedra Cisneros, Bowdoin College. The Trump Effects on Latines: Emotional Effects without Mobilization.

3. Paula Sholander - The Effect of Learning Goals and Liberal-Conservative Friendships on Reducing Interpolitical Social Identity Threat.

4. Elif Cagatay, University of Vienna. When Home Becomes Uncertain: Political Crisis, Emotional Belonging, and Citizenship Choices among Turkish Migrants in Austria. [online presentation]