In The Media

Listed below are selected examples of stories and articles in the media for which Linda's expertise has been sought. Most of these examples pertain to themes of social division and bridging group differences, including the topics of prejudice and discrimination, diversity and inclusion, integration and segregation, cruelty and compassion, conflict and peacebuilding, and other related social and societal processes. See below for examples from print and online articles, or radio, podcasts, and television.

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Print and Online Media

• How to leverage psychology to aid a war-torn world.
  APA Monitor: American Psychological Association (March 1, 2024). Ashley Abramson.
• 70 years after Brown vs. Board of Education, public schools still deeply segregated.
  The Conversation (January 5, 2024). Erica Frankenberg.
• What peace speech -- the benign twin of hate speech -- says about a country.
  Scientific American (November 1, 2023). Joanna Thompson.
• These radically simple changes helped lawmakers actually get things done.
  Washington Post (February 9, 2023). Amanda Ripley.
• It's gotten awkward to wear a mask.
  The Atlantic (October 19, 2022). Katherine Wu.
• What happens when American children learn about racism?
  FiveThirtyEight (June 17, 2022). Neil Lewis.
• Presidential Column: The contact conundrum.
  APS Observer: Association for Psychological Science (September, 2021). Jennifer Eberhardt.
• How can you hate me when you don't even know me.
  New York Times* (June 26, 2021). Nicholas Kristof.
• Hate crime laws won't actually prevent anti-Asian hate crimes.
  Vox (June 15, 2021). Li Zhou.
• White boys who grew up with Black neighbors are more likely to become Democrats, study finds.
  Los Angeles Times (June 11, 2021). Amina Khan.
• It's time to broaden your friend group. Here's how to start.
  Huffington Post (March 15, 2021). Kelsey Borresen.
• How to unlearn racism.
  Scientific American (October, 2020). Abigail Libers.
• How to meet people who are different from you.
  Yes! Magazine (October, 2020). Amanda Abrams.
• Video games: A unifying force for the world.
  Microsoft Blog (May 20, 2019). Phil Spencer.
• The utter inadequacy of America's efforts to desegregate schools.
  The Atlantic (April 11, 2019). Alana Semuels.
• Support for refugees increases when refugees participate in integration programs.
  The Conversation (July 6, 2018). Paul van Lange and Robert Bohm.
• Eating for peace: How cuisine bridges cultures.
  Nautilus (July 5, 2018). Matthew Sedacca.
• Trump wants America to revert to the Queens of his childhood.
  New York Times (April 12, 2018). Thomas Edsall.
• Opinion: Why a US government agency deleted the words \'nation of immigrants\'.
  The Guardian (March 2, 2018). Linda R. Tropp and Dina G. Okamoto.
• Dismantling hate: Identifying factors that fan the flames of hostility, and what might quench them.
  APA Monitor: American Psychological Association (January 2018), Kirsten Weir.
• The Las Vegas shooting and our age of anger.
  Time Magazine (October 4, 2017). Jeffrey Kluger.
• How interracial love is saving America.
  New York Times Sunday Review (June 3, 2017). Sherryl Cashin.
• A safe space for hate: Donald Trump's rhetoric is not the only factor in the nation's growing tolerance for intolerance.
  U.S. News & World Report (March 24, 2017). Susan Milligan.
• The contact hypothesis offers hope for the world.
  New York Magazine (February 10, 2017). Jesse Singal.
• The Trump voters you don't know.
  Christian Science Monitor (November 20, 2016). Mark Sappenfield.
• Donald Trump and the rise of white identity in politics.
  The Conversation (October 20, 2016). Eric D. Knowles and Linda R. Tropp. (reprinted by Huffington Post, The New Republic, Salon, San Francisco Chronicle, among others)
• Lessons in the delicate art of confronting offensive speech.
  New York Times (October 12, 2016). Benedict Carey and Jan Hoffman.
• Campus racial diversity is worth the effort.
  Wall Street Journal (May 19, 2016), Linda R. Tropp. Letter to the Editor, in response to "Hard truths about race on campus" (below).
• Hard truths about race on campus.
  Wall Street Journal (May 6, 2016), Jonathan Haidt and Lee Jussim.
• Three ways white kids benefit most from racially diverse schools.
  Mother Jones (January 16, 2016), Kristina Rizga.
• Racism is not a mental illness.
  LA Progressive (June, 2015), Jeremy Adam Smith.
• Trayvon Martin case highlights need to talk about race issues before someone gets killed.
  Tampa Bay Times (April 1, 2012), Eric Deggans.
• Are you hard-wired for compassion? (How about cruelty?)
  National Public Radio, Science and Culture Blog (February 23, 2012), Barbara King.
• Let's, um, try talking about race.
  St Petersburg Times (December, 2008), Eric Deggans
• Tolerance over race can spread, studies find.
  New York Times (November, 2008), Benedict Carey
• How a race about race could be less about race.
  Miller McCune (September, 2008), Michael Haederle
• Let's not fight!: Five ways to keep the peace.
  O Magazine (May, 2008), Sara Reistad-Long
• Those people... What if our prejudices could be transformed into a force for good?
  Boston Globe (January 6, 2008), Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
• How not to be racist.
  Discover Magazine (October), Clara Moskowitz

Radio, Podcasts, and Television

• A look ahead at the political lessons we carry into 2022.
  Our Body Politic podcast (December 17, 2021). Farai Chideya.
• Episode 44: The contact hypothesis.
  Opinion Science Podcast (August 16, 2021). Andy Luttrell.
• Turning preachers into LGBT allies.
  People Fixing the World podcast, BBC World Service (August 3, 2021). Richard Kenny.
• One Small Step: Courageous political conversations.
  KMUW Wichita in partnership with StoryCorps (November 17, 2020). Chris Green.
• Examining race relations in the U.S.
  Mass Appeal, broadcast by WWLP Springfield. (September 4, 2020). Patrick Berry.
• Understanding the state of race relations.
  Mass Appeal, broadcast by WWLP Springfield. (June 30, 2020). Patrick Berry.
• Bringing disparate groups together.
  Story in the Public Square, broadcast by WTTW-Chicago. (January 30, 2020). Jim Ludes.
• Why shared goals can bridge divides.
  Greater Good Science Center and Public Radio International (January 16, 2020). Shuka Kalantari.
• How do we improve dialogue about race relations?
  PBS News Hour (October 9, 2015), Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
• Amherst task force takes on implicit bias in schools.
  New England Public Radio (April, 2015), Karen Brown.
• "Race-Baiter": Media feeds on fear and prejudice.
  Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio (November 1, 2012), Neal Conan, Host.
• Making contact.
  The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TVO Toronto (August 12, 2011). Steve Paikin, Host.
• Strategies suggested for closing racial, ethnic divides.
  WAMC Northeast Public Radio (January 17, 2011), Paul Tuthill.