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
Kate Khanna
Scott Savage
Barbara Meeker
Dawn Robinson
Cecilia Ridgeway
Nikita Ivanenko
Ed Lawler
Tenshi Kawashima
Niu B Sushi
Zara Jilliani
Victoria Money
Justin Huft
Benjamin Fields
Amy Kroska
Dhruba Das
Alison Bianchi
Yeryeng Choi
Aidan Combs
Cathy Johnson
Sarah Groh
Cerenity Collins
Nick Heiserman
Joseph Dippong
Shen Ziding
Kate Hawks
Ronald Or
Emily Angelo
Chicago Curry House
Long Doan
Jenn David
Bing Han
Jody Clay-Warner
Lynn Smith-Lovin
Josh Doyle
Trent Mize
Bruce Liang
Maria Cristina Ramos
Austin Van Loon
Jan G. Voelkel
Mohona Mandal
Valerie Barron
Adam Roth
Ashley Railey
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 and Status Effects on Workplace Relational Exploitation
Nicholas Heiserman
