Nishita Singh

she/her| lab manager @UMich | prev @JPAL| social psychology, economics, politics, art & cinema

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Wes Montgomery playing John Coltrane’s “Impressions”

[Catherine Thomas @catcthomas]

Our lab is hiring a postdoctoral researcher! The Behavior, Culture, and Inequality Lab at @um_psychology is seeking a psychology postdoc to contribute to an agenda on culturally wise behavioral science. Apply by *June 15* here: https://t.co/qjIh82kwtn

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Remembering the great Sarah Vaughan, who passed away on this day in 1990.

[Art Gallery @X_ArtGallery]

Holding Hands
Persepolis (Iran), c. 500 BC

[Nakshatra @nborgaonkarx]

Visited J J School of Art's annual student exhibition and viewed some fascinating pieces. Among them, Sachin Banne's works stand out, as he centres his imagery on migrant workers, placing them against landscapes of painted plywood to symbolise the struggles of the working class.

[Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib]

You cannot ‘free’ people by killing them and destroying their country.

[Aletheia Donald @AletheiaDonald]

The World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab is hiring an RA (or two) to support impact evaluations in Benin and the DRC.

Location of role is flexible & applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. https://t.co/1BP4FdT0dM @econ_ra

[Nishita Singh @nishitasingh_]

I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining Dr. Catherine Thomas’ (@catcthomas) Behaviour, Culture, & Inequality Lab (@UMich) next month as a Lab Manager!

I look forward to further exploring psychosocial interventions targeting inequality & poverty in India & the Philippines.

[Nishita Singh @nishitasingh_]

@stuti_karna @TeachersCollege @Columbia so excited for you!!

[حسام شبات @HossamShabat]

This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message :

“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side.

By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.

I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”

— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.

[Nishita Singh @nishitasingh_]

@vanshicant how adorably considerate of you

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Bossa nova at its most elegant—Astrud Gilberto’s voice floats through ‘Corcovado’ like a dream…

[Nishita Singh @nishitasingh_]

@NedBertz thank you! these were clicked in the rural belts of Odisha and Karnataka, India.

[Nishita Singh @nishitasingh_]

stills of the field from earlier this year

[Nishita Singh @nishitasingh_]

@namjoonsnojams omg this is the sweetest cutest thing ive heard all day

[Nishita Singh @nishitasingh_]

@AksharKatariya yeah! i’m sure the nuance across urban-rural settings within ‘tighter cultures’ like India would be super fun to explore.

[Akshar Katariya @AksharKatariya]

Is it rude to walk through 2 people occupying the sidewalk?

Are Asians more likely to walk around than African Americans? Does it depend on location?

We conducted an experiment in cultural psychology
& recorded 736 people's actions in this situation🧵

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Billie Holiday on a skiing holiday in Zurich, Switzerland in 1954

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

Dr. Manmohan Singh said that history would remember him kindly. I’m happy to see that’s the case on social media today. He had a sense of humour. Leaders mean different things to different people, I can only speak to my experience. Personally, I remember being in my 20s and doing jokes about him on prime time bulletins at CNBC with our team having been made fully aware his office was watching and we’re okay with it. He was the most powerful man in the country and we were doing jokes about him five nights a week on a mainstream news channel, that weren’t even that great because we were utterly immature. Mind you this wasn’t even on a comedy show but as a part of a 9pm news bulletin that every businessperson in the country watched. Think about how far fetched that seems today. The mark of a truly great, secure, and humble leader, to my profession, is the ability to take a joke. Great leaders understand that’s part of the job, that powerful politicians and jest have always been historically intertwined for centuries, and that taking humour within grace makes them so much greater. A politician who can take a joke is truly powerful, and a politician who can make a joke about themselves is admirable, and invincible. In that respect, he stood tall above any Indian leader in my lifespan. Rest in peace sir 🙏