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SPARQ sends out periodic newsletters featuring our latest work and other updates. Check out our December 2025 year-end newsletter. If you would like to receive occasional email updates from SPARQ, subscribe here.
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Markus, Thomas, and Walton Receive 2026 Otto Klineberg Award
Co-Director Hazel Markus, Faculty Affiliates Catherine Thomas and Greg Walton, and co-authors received SPSSI's 2026 Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award for their paper on culturally wise interventions to reduce poverty.
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How Do Laws Shape Our Beliefs?
Postdoc Fellow Mikaela Spruill published a new paper on “legal enculturation” - a framework for how laws shape people’s beliefs and perceptions.
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Markus and Hamedani Deliver Keynote at IACCP 2026
At the IACCP 2026 convention in Leuven, Co-Director Markus and Executive Director Hamedani gave a keynote talk on the hidden power of cultural defaults for change.
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Jennifer Eberhardt’s Work on AI and Policing Featured in Mercury News and Vital City
Co-Director Jennifer Eberhardt and Faculty Affiliate Rob Voigt share their expertise on using AI to analyze millions of hours of police body camera footage with news outlets.
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SPARQ Team Members Attend APS 2026
At the Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2026 convention in Barcelona, Co-Director Eberhardt was recognized with an award and team members presented new research on policing.
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What Can AI Tell Us About NYPD Street Stops?
SPARQ Co-Director Jennifer Eberhardt and Faculty Affiliates release a new report leveraging AI to analyze body-camera footage.
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Markus Receives 2026 Sage-CASBS Award
Co-Director Hazel Rose Markus has received the 2026 Sage Publishing-Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) Award.
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Eberhardt Named to TIME's 2026 'The Closers'
Co-Director Jennifer Eberhardt has been named to TIME's 2026 list of 'The Closers.'
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Job Opportunity - Lab Manager
We’re hiring! SPARQ will bring on a new lab manager to join our team beginning in the summer of 2026. Please see below for details about the position and how to apply.
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SPARQ 2025 Year-End Newsletter is Out!
Check out our December 2025 newsletter for updates and highlights from the past year from the SPARQ team and our affiliates. Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!
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Congratulations to Outgoing SPARQ Postdoctoral Fellows
Congratulations to our outgoing postdoctoral fellows as they step into their new roles across academia, industry, and community!
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How Can Culturally Wise Interventions Help Reduce Poverty?
Research from Co-Director Hazel Markus and SPARQ affiliates show that poverty-reduction efforts are more effective when they align with local, relational models of agency.
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How Can Media Help Drive Social Change?
At the Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) 2026 conference, our team and affiliates shared new research on racial representation in media and implications for social change.
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How Can Discretionary Traffic Stops Drive Racial Disparities?
Research from Co-Director Jennifer Eberhardt and SPARQ affiliates examines how discretionary traffic stops disproportionately impact Black (vs. White) drivers.
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Eberhardt Receives APS James S. Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award
Co-Director Jennifer Eberhardt has received the James S. Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award for Transformative Scholarship from the Association for Psychological Science (APS).
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How Does Socioeconomic Status Influence Partisan Voting Behavior in Different Ways?
Research from Postdoc Efraín García-Sánchez and colleagues uncovers the different motivations for conservative voting across SES.
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Why Do People Care About Economic Inequality?
Research from Postdoc Efraín García-Sánchez and colleagues explores how different concerns about economic inequality predict support to fix it.
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Want Culture Change? Use These 7 Principles.
Executive Director MarYam Hamedani writes for Psychology Today about how to make intentional culture change.
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Markus Elected to the American Philosophical Society
Co-Director Hazel Rose Markus Has Been Elected to the American Philosophical Society.
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How Social Beliefs Shape Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence
New research from Postdoc Efraín García-Sánchez and colleagues investigates how attitudes about women can shape responses to intimate partner violence.
