Welcoming the New Character & Context Editorial Team

As of July 1, a new editorial team has taken the reins of SPSP's flagship blog—Character & Context. SPSP is excited to welcome new Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Crocker and her Associate Editors, Andy Luttrell and Julie Garcia!

Character & Context explores the latest findings from research in personality and social psychology. The blog's topics span the full range of human experience, such as aggression, romantic attraction, prejudice, emotions, morality, persuasion, friendship, helping, conformity, decision-making, and group interaction, to name just a few. The editorial team will be reviewing and refining new submissions, guiding authors through the editing process.

We would also like to thank outgoing Editor-in-Chief Judith Hall and her Associate Editors H. Colleen Sinclair and Leah Dickens for dedicating their time and energy to ensuring the success of Character & Context. SPSP is excited to build on that momentum with the new editorial team.

Meet the new editorial team below and please reach out to [email protected] or Jennifer Crocker at [email protected]. If you are interested in submitting a post for Character & Context, please contact Dr. Crocker directly at the email address listed above.

Editor-in-Chief

Jennifer Crocker

Jennifer Crocker is a Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in Social Psychology, Emerita, at the Ohio State University. Dr. Crocker has made seminal contributions in two distinct research fields within social psychology: Social Stigma and work on Self and Identity. These areas are linked by Dr. Crocker's focus on how people strive to gain and maintain self-esteem and the ensuing consequences of these strivings. Currently, Dr. Crocker studies self-esteem, contingencies of self-worth, and the costs of pursuing self-esteem as a goal.

Dr. Crocker has served in a variety of leadership roles at SPSP, including her tenure on the Executive Committee and her term as president of the Society. She has also served as president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), the International Society for Self and Identity, and Divisions 8 and 9 of APA. Dr. Crocker is also highlighted on SPSP's Heritage Wall of Fame, which honors those who have made a significant impact in personality and social psychology.

Associate Editors

Julie Garcia

Julie Garcia is a Professor in the Psychology and Child Development Department, and Faculty Director of Program Improvement in Academic Programs and Planning at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Her research focuses on the situational cues that inform social identity meanings, and how people cope when these cues suggest possible devaluation. As a whole, Dr. Garcia's research aims to improve the lives of others by finding solutions that could improve intergroup dynamics, enhance representation in STEM, and foster adaptive negotiation between multiple social identities.

In addition to her role on the Character & Context Editorial team, Dr. Garcia serves on SPSP's Board of Directors as Member at Large, Outreach and Advocacy.

Andy Luttrell

Andy Luttrell is an Associate Professor of Psychological Science at Ball State University. His research centers on people's opinions, including when and how those attitudes change. Dr. Luttrell is especially interested in what happens when people moralize their attitudes and how moral persuasive rhetoric can sometimes be compelling and sometimes backfire. He also studies the feeling of ambivalence and the stability of people's opinions over time. This research has looked at many different opinions, including attitudes toward social, environmental, political, and consumer issues.

Dr. Luttrell is also the host of Opinion Science, a podcast that explores the science behind our opinions, where they come from, and how they change.

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Please join SPSP in welcoming the new editorial team of Character & Context! SPSP looks forward to working with Drs. Crocker, Garcia, and Luttrell to raise awareness of new and compelling research in personality and social psychology.