Juan Del Toro, PhD

A theory of stereotype negotiation Inequality is pervasive, challenging people and organizations. Yet we lack a clear picture of how people navigate inequality in everyday social and or…

New paper building a theory of stereotype negotiation. How people don't just let stereotypes happen to them; instead they constantly and actively navigate social impressions and others' evaluations by @cydneydupree.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Linda Chatters receiving the James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America 2025

🎊 Congratulations to RCGD's Linda Chatters on receiving the James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America in recognition of her outstanding dedication to mentoring minority researchers in the field of aging. #GSA2025 #PRBA

Through the looking glass: reexamining family structure’s contribution to racial inequality in life chances Black–white differences in rates of marriage, two-parent families, and single parenthood have long been regarded as a fundamental cause of U.S. racial inequality. Nonetheless, this perspective over...

My latest article was recently published in Ethnic & Racial Studies. A 🧵:

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9WABN...

tfw the ceremony is scheduled at peak bedtime

(thank you apa!! and everyone!!)

At a time when so much funding for diversity science has been pulled, I am SO thankful to the American Psychological Foundation (APF) for awarding me & former student (now PhD student!) Lizy Szanton the Springfield Grant to examine kid biases at the intersection of race and gender nonconformity.

We have at least TWO postdoctoral fellowship openings on our @unm.edu @casaa.bsky.social T32 NIAAA Training Grant, best consideration date for applications is Nov 15 2025. Join our phenomenal community and enjoy incredible quality of life in beautiful New Mexico. casaa.unm.edu/training/ins...

Do austerity cuts spare police budgets? Welfare‐to‐carceral realignment during fiscal crises Did governments shift funding from their social welfare functions to their criminal justice functions after the 1980s? Studies investigating this possible “punitive turn” have been inconclusive and h...

When times are tight, do cities cut police or social service budgets more? In a 🚨new study🚨, I find revenue loss is associated with shallow, temporary cuts to policing and deep, enduring cuts to social services.

The article, in Criminology, is free, and I summarize it below.
doi.org/10.1111/1745...

The surprising science of adolescent brains Neuroscientist Jennifer Pfeifer digs into the fascinating brain changes driving young people’s behavior during the critical years of adolescence. She debunks some of the biggest misunderstandings abou...

If we keep saying this generation is being destroyed, how will adolescents ever believe in their own potential? My TEDx talk is live on @ted.com. Changes in their brains, bodies, and social worlds create opportunities for young people to grow & thrive - with our support. www.ted.com/talks/jennif...

Excited to announce a new special issue on Passive Sensing for behavior in psychopathology at JoPaCS led by Dan Fulford and Nick Jacobson

Check out their overview paper here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

Genuinely excited to read this one 👀

White and orange text on a deep red ombre background reads “Black In Neuro Presents Chapters Week October 2025.” Event schedule listed vertically for each day: “Mon 27 – Chapter Roll Call: Share with us on social media about your community and who you can call on using the hashtag #BINTogether. Tue 28 – Community Call: Hear from our Black In Neuro Chapters Committee about how to start or become a member of a BIN chapter. Wed 29 – Manhattan Mixer: Join BINManhattan for a night of networking and career connections designed to inspire, empower, and expand your professional horizons. Thu 30 – SURP Symposium: Support early-career researchers at the inaugural BIN SURP Symposium with professional development workshops, roundtable discussions, and more! Fri 31 – Leaders Retreat with asterisk that denotes retreat is exclusively for our chapter leaders, the Chapters Leaders Retreat is a time to connect, reflect, celebrate, and strategize.” White text at the bottom has registration link and states that any events with asterisk are closed to chapters members only. The Black In Neuro logo featuring a stylized profile illustration is in the top left corner, with soft waveform border accents in the top right and bottom left.

🎉 Get ready for Black In Neuro Chapters Week 2025!
🗓 Oct 27–31 — a week of connection, community & celebration 🖤

📣 Chapter Roll Call
🤝 Community Call
🍸 Manhattan Mixer
🧠 1st-ever Chapters SURP Symposium!

✨ Register: linktr.ee/BINchapters

#BlackInNeuro #BINTogether #ChaptersWeek2025

Juan Del Toro & Dylan B. Jackson, Phds - “Beyond the Badge: The Ripple Effects of Policing and Incarceration on Youth” This event is open to all. Part of the Department of Psychology Colloquium Series on Critical Collaboration. Juan Del Toro, PhD Assistant Pr...

📅 Friday 10/24 at 2pm ET, PFRH's @drdylanbjackson.bsky.social will be speaking with Univ. Minnesota's Juan Del Toro on their work examining the intergenerational consequences of incarceration, focusing on its effects on family dynamics and the health of children:
events.tc.umn.edu/event/25066-...

A headshot of social psychologist Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt.

We are proud to include Jennifer Eberhardt (Stanford University) on the SPSP Heritage Wall, recognizing her research on the the psychological associations between race and crime.

Learn more + consider donating to our Heritage Initiative to support future scholars: ow.ly/at7o50XeVkP

This image, titled "Allegory for a Career Trajectory" depicts a forest. The trees have different colours, like a technicolor rainbow. The trees bear the names of people who influenced the development of Elizabeth Page-Gould's ideas, knowledge, abilities, and career--and certainly personal growth. There is a tree that goes sideways across the image labelled "LP-G." This tree has many names coming off it's branches, representing the incredible students whom Page-Gould has had the honour to mentor. This image served as the backdrop to Page-Gould's acceptance speech for the SESP Career Trajectory Award.

It was my honour to accept the Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend. 💖 For the acceptance speech, I created an “Allegory for a Career Trajectory.” Thank you, to Everyone!

Animated version: youtu.be/Svjw7JBddPw

LOVELY people, collaborative place, excellent top 10 program! Incredible opportunity, please help us share widely!

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

Why do some ideas spread widely, while others fail to catch on?

Our new review paper on the PSYCHOLOGY OF VIRALITY is now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social (it was led by @steverathje.bsky.social)

Read the full paper here: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

Can AI really help solve the loneliness epidemic? Advances in artificial intelligence offer an enticing solution to a global problem: perhaps interacting with large language models (LLMs) can help all…

Great piece in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social on why AI won't solve the loneliness epidemic:

"presenting AI as a scalable solution to the loneliness epidemic risks overlooking the structural and societal roots of the problem and may allow us to abdicate our responsibility as a society."

🚨 New publication! Our registered report in Journal of Educational Psychology examines whether common executive function (EF) tasks demonstrated measurement invariance across racial/ethnic groups. Spoiler: they don’t. ⚠️
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...

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cool paper extracting spatial distance from Turkish youtube videos, concludes people walk closer to their ingroup (on sidewalks etc), non religious men avoid religious women

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We have a new preprint out - continuing to try and move the needle on improving research in clinical psych

Navigating Academic Brokering: Enhancing Belongingness in Scientific Training Programs As more psychologists engage with marginalized communities for research, the lack of diversity in the academic workforce and inadequate cultural sensitivity training often leads to relying on trainee...

So proud to share our paper on Academic Brokering with brilliant #LatinaScholars. 🌟 Grateful to @dllabarrie.bsky.social for leading the way & to Amanda Perozo Garcia, Michelle Perez, and @thaniagalvanphd.bsky.social for making this project come to fruition. 💜

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Impulsivity and neuroticism share distinct functional connectivity signatures with alcohol-use risk in youth - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Impulsivity and neuroticism share distinct functional connectivity signatures with alcohol-use risk in youth

New paper from @annierhcheng.bsky.social

using data from IMAGEN and ABCD she identifies distinct signatures of impulsivity and negative affect in youth that uniquely overlap with a neuromarker of risky alcohol use

#development #equifinality #abcd #connectome

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lawlessness is contagious. It is spreading throughout Trump's Justice Department. This is what authoritarianism looks like. It's most potent enemy is the rule of law.

Oppressive and contemptuous of law: "the July 15 firing of Ms. Beckwith occurred less than six hours after she told Mr. Bovino, the Border Patrol chief in charge of the Southern California raids, that a court order prevented him from arresting people without probable cause."

2nd year grad students are no longer eligible to apply. Currently enrolled grad students must be in their first year, whether in a MS, BS-MS, or Ph.D.

Extremely disappointing decision from the NSF today to exclude second-year graduate students from eligibility for the GRFP. I and many other second-year grads purposely held off from applying in our first year to be able to do so now...

Very disappointed on behalf of all the second-year graduate students (including one from my group) who could have applied last year, but who waited until this fall, based on the rule that you can only apply once!

The first act of the next president should be to abolish ICE.

Hey #SRP2025! Curious about how context shapes impulsive action and inaction in daily life? Come chat with me about our findings!

🗓️ Tonight (Thurs), 7-9pm
📍 Poster T72, The Topography of Momentary Impulsivity: Context Matters