Ariel J. Mosley, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
UC Davis
News & Updates
2024
Why is studying cultural appropriation important for the field of psychology? How can policy makers take into consideration the important issues to improve the lives of minoritized groups?
Read more in Dr. Mosley's newly published article in Social Issues and Policy Review
2024
What is the role of perceived target intent in determining people's judgements of harm in acts of cultural appropriation?
Read more in Dr. Mosley's newly published article in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
2024
SPSP features Dr. Mosley for a member spotlight
Read more about the work Dr. Mosley has been up to on the SPSP Website!
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2024
Dr. Mosley presents her research on the ethics of culturally appropriative AI at the PAN European Conference on International Relations.
Lille, France
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2024
Check out a summary Article covering our paper on shifting standards of sexuality
Read more in our newly published summary article in The Academic
2024
How do People morally evaluate acts of outgroup cultural use?
Read more in our newly published article in Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology?
2024
How do children morally evaluate and engage in behaviors that reward and punish acts of curiosity?
Read more in our newly published article in Child Development!
2024
Dr. Mosley ATTENDS FLOURISH, A Retreat for Pre-tenure faculty of color, organized by dRS. ANGELA BELL, KELCI HARRIS, AND MORGAN JERALD
Society for Personality and Social Psychologists, San Diego, California
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2024
Dr. Mosley presents her research on Shifting Standards of sexuality at the SPSP Sexuality PReconference
Society for Personality and Social Psychologists, San Diego, California
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2023
Dr. Mosley presents her research on cultural appropriation in Artificial intelligence in Australia
Society for Australian Social Psychologists, Noosa, Australia
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2023
To What Extent Are Black and White Women differentially objectified and animalistically dehumanized?
Read more in our newly published article in Sex Roles!
2023
How do Adults morally evaluate acts of curiosity?
Read more in our newly published article in Social Psychological and Personality Science!
2023
What are successful routes to expressing one's curiosity in intergroup Contexts?
Read more in our newly published article in PSPB!
2023
Why do some people believe in "reverse cultural appropriation"?
We draw upon theoretical work on colorblind racism (Bonilla Silva, 2006), a framework of racial ideologies that emphasize that group differences should be ignored, and that people should be treated as individuals. Three experiments investigate the colorblind racism hypothesis: perceivers who are highly invested in colorblind racism will see equal levels of appropriation in the actions of White and Black actors of out-group cultural use. These findings suggest that an endorsement in a colorblind ideology can facilitate ignorance of power differences between groups when perceiving cultural appropriation.
Read more in our newly published article in The Journal of Experimental Social Psychology!
2023
WHat factors are most important for people's judgements of CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?
What are the most important factors that make up people's prototypes of cultural appropriation? Read more in our newly published article in Social Psychological and Personality Science!
2023
Dr. Mosley Presents her work in Brussels, Belgium at the International Conventional of Psychological Science.
2022
Dr. Ariel Mosley meets with UC DAvis Chancellor Gary May
2022
Dr. Ariel Mosley discusses her lab's research goals as apart of this year's CAMPSSAH Cohort
2022
Dr. Ariel Mosley is inducted into Center for the Advancement of the Multicultural Perspective on Social Science, Arts, and Humanities (CAMPPSAH) Faculty Scholars
2022
Dr. Ariel Mosley presents at EASP at Utrecht University in Utrecht, netherlands on the effects of cultural appropriation and intergroup empathy on interethnic relations
2022
Dr. Ariel Mosley accepts tenure-track position of assistant professor of racial inequality in the psychology department at UC DAvis starting july 2022!
2022
Dr. Ariel Mosley chairs a symposium on the connection between psychology and philosophy at SPSP 2022 in San Francisco and presents on people's moral evaluations of curiosity.
2021
Dr. Ariel Mosley presents her research on people's moral evaluations of cultural appropriation at Columbia University
2021
can we integrate social and moral psychology to reduce inequality?
Neil Lewis asks if it is possible to achieve equality, and if so, how? We elaborate on what moral psychology can teach us about inequality and highlight ways that work on moral psychology and intergroup bias can join together to inform equality-promoting interventions. Read more in our newly published article in Psychological Inquiry.
2021
"To change systemic inequalities in our society requires us not only to recognize the impact of racism and white toxicity, but also to work toward fundamental changes to dismantle harmful systems and work together for a different future. This virtual event will guide us toward recognizing the harm that racism causes to humanity, and points us to individual and collective solutions to this crisis"
2021
Dr. Ariel Mosley is Awarded INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY EARLY CAREER SCHOLAR TRAVEL AWARD and presents on cultural appropriation
2021
Dr. Ariel Mosley Chairs Symposium on Diversity, equity, & Inclusion at SPSP 2021
with Drs. Adrienne Carter-Sowell, Evava Pietri, & Christopher Marshburn
"The aim of this session is to provide concrete steps to facilitate increased diversity, representation, and inclusion in the field of social psychology. A panel of postdocs and faculty members from diverse backgrounds will share their insights from their research, discuss emerging trends, identify areas for improvement, and offer practical suggestions. This session is geared towards all SPSP members."
2021
Dr. Ariel Mosley presents at SPSP 2021 GROUP PROCESSES AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS Preconference
with Dr. Monica Biernat on White American's perceptions of cultural celebration
2020
Ariel accepts post doctoral fellowship at columbia!
2020
Ariel defends dissertation in psychology at university of kansas
Dissertation Title: "Perceiving Cultural Appropriation: Race, Racial Group Identity, and Historical Knowledge Affect Labeling of Actions as Appropriative."
Committee Members:
Monica Biernat, Nyla Branscombe, Glenn Adams, Phia Salter, Dorthy Pennington
2020
DO Black and White people think differently about CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?
Do dominant group members "see" less cultural appropriation and less harm than minority group members when reading about acts of White targets taking from Black culture? Read more in our newly published article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology!
2020
CAN benefit FINDINg Improve Well-Being For Victims of Discrimination ?
Can reflecting on how one has grown from a past experience of gender discrimination help women to feel stronger, more moral, and more motivated to confront discrimination in the future? Read more in our newly published article in Sex Roles!
2020
awarded Grants in Aid Award
The purpose of this grant program is to support scientific research in social problem areas related to the basic interests and goals of SPSSI and particularly those that are not likely to receive support from traditional sources.
Project Title: Intergroup Appraisals of Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Appreciation
2020
awarded society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence: Peace Psychology Division small grant
The purpose of this grant program is to foster the development of the field of peace psychology worldwide through research, education, and the application of peace psychology in community projects.
Project Title: Contexts of Intergroup Violence and Peace on Group Based Perceptions of Cultural Appropriation and Minority Health Outcomes
2020
Awarded University of Kansas Women's Memorial Award
Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity seeks to inform, involve, and empower members of the KU community through the practice of intersectional trans-inclusive feminism and expansive programming around gender and identity.
2020
chaired Symposium on cultural appropriation
"Cultural appropriation refers to the making use or possession of the cultural elements of another group. This symposium explores how group members differentially construe cultural appropriation, and discusses solutions to bridge the conceptual gap. Findings extend the reach of social categorization, intercultural transmission, and social identity perspectives to a new domain of intergroup dynamics."
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2020
Dr. Jenessa Shapiro research award, SPSP
"The award is named in memory of UCLA professor Jenessa Shapiro, who thought it was extremely important to promote diversity and inclusion in her lab, at the university, and in the field more generally. Jenessa took concrete actions to do this in a number of ways, ranging from volunteering for mentorship lunches at professional conferences to serving on committees to address issues of diversity within her departments as well as at the National Institutes of Health. She also engaged in countless other less visible activities to contribute to the goals of diversity, inclusion, and social justice that she never advertised."
Recently Attended Scholarly Events
2022
EASP SMall Group Conference at Utrecht University, Netherlands
2022
Columbia X NYU Psychology picnic in central park
2022
KU FOLKS at SPSP San Francisco 2022
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Photos with a few Admired Scholars
