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Featured Publications

Shuman, E., Hasan-Aslih, S., van Zomeren, M., Saguy, T., Halperin, E. (2022). Protest movements involving limited violence can sometimes be effective: Evidence from the 2020 BlackLivesMatter Protests. Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences, 119, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118990119

Main Finding: 2020 BLM,  when containing a mix of nonviolence and violence, predicted greater support for BLM’s key policy goals among conservatives living in relatively liberal areas.

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Shuman, E., Saguy, T., van Zomeren, M., Halperin, E. (2021). Disrupting the System Constructively: Testing the Effectiveness of Nonnormative Nonviolent Collective Action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121, 819-842. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000333

Main Finding: Nonnormative nonviolent action is an effective tactic for generating support for concessions to the disadvantaged among those who are more resistant.

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Shuman, E., van Zomeren, M., Saguy, T., Knowles, E. Halperin, E. (In Press). Defend, Deny, Distance, and Dismantle: A Measure of How Advantaged Group Members Manage Their Identity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Preprint.

Main Finding: We identify and valiate a measure for four methods of advantaged identity maangement: defend, deny, distance, and dismantle.

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All Publications

* Indicates both authors contributed equally, and order was determined alphabetically.

† Indicates student author conducted project under my supervision.

  1. Dasch, S.†, Bellm, M. †, Shuman, E., van Zomeren, M. (2024). The Radical Flank: Curse or Blessing of a Social Movement? Global Environmental Psychology,  2, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.5964/gep.11121

  2. Vlasceanu, M.*, Doell, K.*, [and 250 other authors, including Shuman, E.] (2024). Addressing Climate Change with Behavioral Science: A Global Intervention Tournament in 63 Countries. Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj5778

  3. Shuman, E., van Zomeren, M., Saguy, T., Knowles, E. Halperin, E. (2024). Defend, deny, distance, and dismantle: A new measure of advantaged identity management. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231216769

  4. Shuman, E., Goldenberg, A., Saguy, T., Halperin, E, & van Zomeren, M. (2024). When are Social Protests Effective? Trends in Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.10.003

  5. van Zomeren, M., d’Amore, C., Pauls, I., Shuman, E., Leal, A. (2024). The Intergroup Value Protection Model: A Theoretically Integrative and Dynamic Approach to Intergroup Conflict Escalation in Democratic Societies. Personality and Social Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/10888683231192120

  6. Cohen-Eick, N., Shuman, E., van Zomeren, M., Halperin, E. (2023). Should I Stay or Should I Go? Motives and Barriers for Sustained Collective Action Towards Social Change. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231206638

  7. Orian Harel, T., Shuman, E., Balmas, M., Maoz, I., Halperin, E. (In press). Examining real-world legitimization of cross-party violence through two explanatory frameworks: Affective polarization and low group efficacy. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.10007

  8. Hasan-Aslih, S., Pliskin, R., Shuman, E., van Zomeren, M., Saguy, T., & Halperin, E. (2023). Together we will rise? Perceptions of instrumentality and normalization as motivations for joint collective action among the disadvantaged. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13684302231153830

  9. Grossmann, I., Rotella, A. M., Hutcherson, C., [and 137 other authors, including Shuman, E.] (2023). Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change. Nature: Human Behavior, 7, 484–501. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01517-1

  10. Shuman, E., Knowles, E., Goldenberg, A. (2023). How to Overcome Resistance to DEI: First, understand why people resist. Harvard Business Review Onlinehttps://hbr.org/2023/03/to-overcome-resistance-to-dei-understand-whats-driving-it

  11. Shuman, E., Hebel-Sela. S., Zipris, I., Hasson, Y., Hameiri, B., Halperin, E. (2022). Advancing Support for Intergroup Equality Via a Self-Affirmation Campaign. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221128505

  12. Vandermeulen, D., Hasan-Aslih, S., Shuman, E., Halperin, E. (2022). Protected by the emotions of the group? Emotional fit and disadvantaged group members’ burnout from activism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221092853

  13. Shuman, E., Hasan-Aslih, S., van Zomeren, M., Saguy, T., Halperin, E. (2022). Protest movements involving limited violence can sometimes be effective: Evidence from the 2020 BlackLivesMatter Protests. Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences, 119, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118990119

  14. Pauls, I.*, Shuman, E*., van Zomeren, M., Saguy, T., Halperin, E. (2022). No Matter the Means: Moral Violations Trigger Increase in Moral Convictions that Justify Nonnormative Action. European Journal of Social Psychology, 52(1), 105-123. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2818

  15. Shuman, E., Saguy, T., van Zomeren, M., Halperin, E. (2021). Disrupting the System Constructively: Testing the Effectiveness of Nonnormative Nonviolent Collective Action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121(4), 819-842. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000333

  16. Szerkes, H., Shuman, E., Saguy, T. (2020). Views of Sexual Assault Following #MeToo: The Role of Gender and Individual Differences. Personality and Individual Differences, 166, 110203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110203

  17. Hasan-Aslih, S.*, Shuman, E.*, Pliskin, R., Saguy, T., van Zomeren, Halperin, E. (2020). With or Without You: The Role of Identification in Predicting Joint and Ingroup Collective Action in Intergroup Conflict. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(6), 1334-1343. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2677

  18. Hasan-Aslih, S.*, Shuman, E.*, Goldenberg, A., Pliskin, R., van Zomeren, Halperin, E. (2020). The Quest for Hope: Disadvantaged Group Members Can Fulfill Their Desire to Feel Hope, but only when They Believe in Their Power. Social and Personality Psychology Science, 11(7), 879-888. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619898321

  19. Shuman, E., Johnson, D., Saguy, T., Halperin, E. (2018). Threat to the Group's Image Can Motivate High Identifiers to take Action Against Ingroup Transgressions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(11), 1523-1544. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218768800

  20. Shuman, E., Halperin, E., & Reifen Tagar, M. (2018). Anger as a catalyst for change? Incremental beliefs and anger’s constructive effects in conflict. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 21(7), 1092-1106. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217695442

  21. Shuman, E., Cohen-Chen, S., Hirsch-Hoefler, S., & Halperin, E. (2016). Explaining Normative versus Non-Normative Action: The Role of Implicit Theories. Political Psychology, 37(6), 835-852. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12325

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