Kiara Sanchez

Social psychologist studying how people talk about race.
Assistant Professor @DartmouthPBS | Rice '16 | Stanford PhD '22

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

Excited to share a new paper, with @mags_perry, Cinoo Lee & Jennifer Eberhardt! Out now in Scientific Reports: Observers of social media discussions about racial discrimination condemn denial but also adopt it.
A thread

https://t.co/dyHkvJewqx

[Alexis C @alexismcameron]

incoming thread of the Social Identity in Dialogue Lab at #SPSP2025!

[Dartmouth Psychological and Brain Sciences @DartmouthPBS]

For this year's @DartmouthPBS grad student visiting day, we introduced a new format based on the "Hot Ones" talk show: faculty and current graduate students ate nuggets with a series of increasing spicy hot sauces as they answered questions from prospective grad students!🌶️🔥🥵

[Ross Dahlke 🔑 @Ross_Dahlke]

Posts that share experiences of racism are disproportionately flagged for removal by humans and algorithms, with witnessing such content moderation influencing Black American's feelings of isolation, finds @leecinoo @krisgligoric @ria_kalluri @keeksanch @fauxneticien @jurafsky

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

@feadeh @alexismcameron Aw shucks 🥰

@alexismcameron you will be fine!!!!

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

New paper out in PNAS! Grateful to be a part of this incredible @StanfordSPARQ team.

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

Best survey platforms for offline data collection? These Qualtrics app reviews are making me nervous! 😬

[Dartmouth Psychological and Brain Sciences @DartmouthPBS]

We're hiring! @DartmouthPBS is searching for a new full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor studying social interaction. We're open to a wide variety of methods and perspectives. Review of applications starts Oct 15. Details here: https://t.co/quwItqAuqA

[Sakaria Laisene Auelua-Toomey @TheSamoanPsy]

New 📝 alert! In a field experiment with 1000+ psych PhD students, we find that students use more racial modifiers when communicating about Black samples vs. White samples. But we also find that policies regulating sample reporting can reduce this bias. https://t.co/kcFHSd27wT

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

So, even as people generally endorse norms around how to respond "appropriately" to discrimination disclosures (don't deny!), seeing one person deny racism can negatively shift our own attitudes and behaviors toward discrimination experiences and their targets.

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

...those exposed to a denial (v. validation) comment become less supportive of the poster, judge the transgressor in the story as less racist, AND say posts about discrimination are less valuable and appropriate for social media in general...

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

...responses to discrimination disclosure matter for how online observers make sense of the situation. First, people rate comments that deny racism as less supportive and helpful than comments that validate the poster's perspective. HOWEVER...

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

Excited to share a new paper, with @mags_perry, Cinoo Lee & Jennifer Eberhardt! Out now in Scientific Reports: Observers of social media discussions about racial discrimination condemn denial but also adopt it.
A thread

https://t.co/dyHkvJewqx

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

Sharing discrimination experiences (discrimination disclosure) can have meaningful effects on a sharer and listener, but on social media we're usually passive observers of other people's interactions. In a series of experiments, we show that...

[Mary C. Murphy (marycmurphy.bsky.social) @mcmpsych]

I cannot wait to welcome @MalikStarx ,
@camellia_bryan, @JamesTCarter3, @dhdannychoi,
@prof_cov, @feadeh , @JonGordils, @nrgracia,
@tinaL___, @DaudiVanVeen , @jruck_psych, @keeksanch & @cmslaughter to the @CASBSStanford Summer Institute on Diversity w/@sylviapperry next week!!

[LJDM @LJDM1]

We are pleased to announce that our upcoming talk will be given by Dr Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch from Dartmouth College! All welcome.

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

Can't wait! So excited to be a part of this fantastic group!

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

THRILLED to welcome Alexis as my very first grad student!! Let’s gooooooo

[Alexis C @alexismcameron]

Hi everyone!

This fall, I will be starting my PhD in Psychological and Brain Sciences at @dartmouth!! I'm so excited to join @keeksanch and the amazing folks at @DartmouthPBS. Go green!!💚🌲

#AcademicChatter #phdchatter #ScienceTwitter @AcademicChatter @PsychChatter #phdvoice

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

I'm around this week at SPSP if anyone wants to chat about it :)

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

Good news: applications still open!! Join a cohort of postdocs dedicated to advancing diversity research and increasing representation. In my lab, opportunities to work on projects re: convos about race & interracial relationships (e.g. friends, mentor/mentees, parents/teachers)

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

📢Postdoc alert!📢
Come work with me as a Guarini Dean’s Postdoc Fellow @DartmouthPBS! This 2-year fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses questions about intergroup dynamics in social interactions and relationships (1/2) https://t.co/1uJgopraZm

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

Reminder to apply to join my lab as a PROF postdoc by Feb 1 for priority review! URMs especially encouraged to apply!

[Kiara Sanchez @keeksanch]

📢Postdoc alert!📢
Come work with me as a Guarini Dean’s Postdoc Fellow @DartmouthPBS! This 2-year fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses questions about intergroup dynamics in social interactions and relationships (1/2) https://t.co/1uJgopraZm