{"id":755,"date":"2025-01-16T02:22:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T02:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/risclab\/?page_id=755"},"modified":"2025-01-21T23:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:07:48","slug":"postdoc-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/risclab\/postdoc-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Postdoc Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Eduardo J. Rivera Pichardo<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. in Social Psychology \u2013 New York University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>M.A. in Political Philosophy \u2013 Universitat Pompeu Fabra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>B.A. in Psychology \u2013 Universidad de Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email:\u00a0er911@psychology.rutgers.edu<\/li>\n<li>Google Scholar: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=t3DBDqwAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=t3DBDqwAAAAJ&amp;hl=en <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Research and Background:<\/strong> Originally from Bayam\u00f3n, Puerto Rico, I am currently an NSF Postdoctoral Associate at Rutgers University, collaborating with the University of Puerto Rico on a project examining the impact of colonialism on social identities, historical knowledge, and ideological beliefs. My research focuses on the social-psychological effects of colonialism and coloniality, particularly in intergroup relations, acculturation, and the ideological justification of neo-colonial practices. Additionally, my work also investigates left-wing and right-wing populism, political psychological dynamics in the Global South, and broader system-justifying ideological processes.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Minghui Ni<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. in Social Psychology \u2013 Cornell University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BSocSc in Psychology \u2013 University of Hong Kong<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email: minghui.ni@rutgers.edu<\/li>\n<li>Personal website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minghuini.com\">www.minghuini.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-743 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/risclab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/906\/2025\/01\/Minghui_photo-300x273.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/risclab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/906\/2025\/01\/Minghui_photo-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/risclab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/906\/2025\/01\/Minghui_photo-1024x933.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/risclab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/906\/2025\/01\/Minghui_photo-768x700.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/risclab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/906\/2025\/01\/Minghui_photo-1536x1399.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/risclab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/906\/2025\/01\/Minghui_photo.png 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Research and Background:<\/strong> My research examines fundamental psychological processes of human cognition and attitudes, as well as the emergence and perpetuation of bias in everyday contexts. Before joining the RISC lab, I obtained my Ph.D. in Social Psychology with a minor in Cognitive Science from the Department of Psychology, Cornell University.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eduardo J. 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