8:00 am – 8:30 am: Light Breakfast, Coffee, and Convene
8:30 am – 9:45 am: Regular Session I: Formal Models, Cognitive Mechanisms and Inference
2025 Group Processes Conference Program
Unpacking Third-Order Inference: First-Order Beliefs versus Third-Order Projections on Work Values.
Regan Smock, Freda B. Lynn
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Formalizing and Linking the Micro and Macro Processes in the Social Psychological Group Processes Tradition.
Guillermina Jasso
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Bounding Estimates of Variation in Individual Effects in Experiments Using Random Quads.
Scott Feld and Shawn Bauldry
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Megastudy Testing 25 Treatments to Reduce Antidemocratic Attitudes and Partisan Animosity.
Jan Voelkel, Nick Stagnaro, James Chu, James Druckman, David Rand, Robb Willer, et al.
9:45 am – 10:00 am: Break and Gather for Next Session
10:00 am – 11:15 am: Regular Session II: Emotion, Identity, and Inequality in Organizational and Social Life
The Role of Manager Behaviors in Workers’ Emotion Management Strategies.
Kate Hawks, Cathy Johnson, Karen A. Hegvedt, Ryan Gibson
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Organizational Deviance: Breakdowns in Macroactions.
Benjamin C. Fields, Amy Kroska
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How Activists Carry On: The Power of Guilt in Sustaining Movement Participation.
Yeryeng Choi
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Intersecting Stigma: Understanding the Social Costs of Health Behaviors during the Life Course.
Bing Han
11:15 am – 11:30 am: Break and Gather for Next Session
11:30 am – 12:10 pm: Flash Presentations
Hybrid Masculinity as a Potential Buffer Against Threats to Masculinity.
Justin Huft
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How AI Recommendations Affect Resume Evaluations: A Story of Misattribution.
Jenny L. Davis, Eyuel Getahun, Daniel Shank, Casey Canfield, Jessica Cundiff, Celia Freed
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Taking Sex (Scenes) Seriously: How Hollywood’s Intimacy Coordinators Legitimate Their Occupation to the Entertainment Industry
Jennifer David
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Racism Related Stress Disclosures and Physical Health of Young adult Black Women.
Jewel Scott, Victoria Money
12:10 pm – 1:45 pm: Lunch
We have three options for lunch this year, or you may choose to organize your own lunch. The three options (all within 2 blocks) are Grant Park Bistro, Niu B Sushi, or Chicago Curry House. These locations accept reservations. Please email Dave Melamed (melamed.9@osu.edu) with your lunch preference by 7/31/25. He will set up the reservation on 8/1/25. As attendees inform us of their lunch choices, we will update the RSVP list below.
Grant Park Bistro
Jan Stets
Peter Burke
Niu B Sushi
Zara Jilliani
Victoria Money
Justin Huft
Benjamin Fields
Amy Kroska
Chicago Curry House
Long Doan
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm: Roundtable Sessions
Roundtable I: Trust and Design in Experimental Settings
Increasing Participant Involvement in Experimental Studies.
Katie Constantin, Chantrey J. Murphy, Jane Sell
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Signals of Trust: Institutional Incentives and Their Behavioral Consequences in Cooperation Games.
Joshua F. Doyle
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Commenting Hate: Dehumanizing Discourse on Social Media After the Pahalgam Militant Attack in India.
Dhruba Das
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Roundtable II: Identity, Emotion, and Social Change
What Drives Bystander Action? The Role of Status, Shared Identity, and Emotion.
Ronald Or, Long Doan
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Identity Change, Mutual Nonverification, and Romantic Dissolution in Emerging Adulthood.
Emily Angelo
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Spatial Fusion: Extending Homes Across Houses.
Lisa-Jo van den Scott
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Break (snacks provided)
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm: Regular Session III: Status Structures and Social Influence
Current Trends and Future Directions in Expectation States Research.
Joseph Dippong, Zara Jillani, Lisa Slattery Walker
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When Status Doesn’t Predict Deference: Rethinking Gender in Small Groups.
Bianca Manago, Erin Macke, Trenton Mize, Long Doan
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War Stories: Failure Empathy and Recovery in a Virtual Entrepreneurial Community of Practice.
Jessica J. Santana, Fares Ahmad
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Power, Status, and Cohesion Effects on Workplace Relational Exploitation.
Nicholas Heiserman
