Stylianos Syropoulos

Stylianos Syropoulos

Assistant Professor,
School of Sustainability
Other ASU affiliations
Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
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    Campus: Tempe
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Stylianos (Stelios) Syropoulos is a social psychologist with expertise in understanding how individual, identity and societal factors influence decision-making. He directs the Intergenerational Decisions and Effective Action (IDEA) Lab. The main research goal of the IDEA lab is to create effective and durable interventions that seek to address sustainability issues. The majority of his work focuses on intergenerational decisions, namely actions (individual or collective) that impact not only present, but also future generations. He has pursued this research in different domains, including interpersonal relationships, intergroup conflict, and across different environmental issues. Syropoulos collaborates with non-academic partners such as the See Change Institute, Rare, DearTomorrow, Think Beyond The Pump and the Applied Cooperation Initiative. 

Syropoulos received his BA from Franklin and Marshall College, and he completed his graduate studies MSc and PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Morality Lab, the Social Influence and Social Change Lab and the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College. When he is not working, he likes playing or watching basketball (go Bucks!), playing board games, and playing with his cat, Mochi.

Education
  • PhD. Social Psychology (Psychology of Peace and Violence) University of Massachusetts Amherst: 2021-2022
  • MS. Social Psychology (Psychology of Peace and Violence) University of Massachusetts Amherst: 2018-2021
  • BA. Psychology (honors); Classics (minor) Franklin and Marshall College: 2014-2018
CV
Curriculum Vitae
ORCID Profile ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5622-1417
Research Interests

Intergenerational Decisions; Future Thinking; Environmental Decision-Making; Proenvironmental Behaviors; Group Identity; Intergroup conflict; Morality

Research Group
  1. Intergenerational Decisions and Effective Action Lab (Principal Investigator/Director)
  2. DearTomorrow: Research Associate (Oct. 2024-present)
  3. MIT Applied Cooperation Initiative: Affiliate (Feb. 2023-present)
  4. Think Beyond The Pump: Research Associate (Feb. 2023-present)
  5. See Change Institute: Research Scientist (May 2022-present)
Publications
  1. Selvanathan, H. P., Syropoulos, S., Louis, W., Adelman, L., Baka, A., Bauer, C., Baumert, A., Becker, M., Beran, E., Bilewicz, M., Chekroun, P., Greitemeyer, T., Hannover, B., Heibel, T., Jasinkja, I., Kardos, P., Li, M., Lindholm, T., Loughnan, S., Paladino, M. P., Rovenpor, D., Sadus, K., Vaes, J., Van Hiel, A., van Zomeren, M., Verkuyten, M., & Leidner, B. (2025). Far-Right Movements in the Western World: How Media Exposure Relates to Normative Beliefs and Attitudes Toward the Far-Right. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Accepted for Publication. 
     
  2. Cologna, V., Mede, N. G., Berger, S., Besley, S., Brick, C., Joubert, E., Maibach, E., … Syropoulos, S., … et al. (2025). Trust in scientists and their role in society: a global assessment in 66 countries. Nature Human Behaviour. Accepted for Publication. https://osf.io/preprints/osf/6ay7s?s=03
     
  3. Mede, N. G.*, Cologna, V.*, Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., van der Linden, S., … Syropoulos, S., … et al. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries: The TISP dataset. Scientific Data. Accepted for Publication. 
     
  4. Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., Kraft-Todd, G., & Young, L. (2025). Impartial Intergenerational Beneficence: The Psychology of Feeling (Equal) Intergenerational Concern for All Future Generations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241307800 
     
  5. Law, K. F., Collaizzi, G., & Syropoulos, S. (2025). Climate Change is an Intergenerational Challenge That Requires Intergenerationally-Focused Behavioral Solutions. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 61, 10146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101467 
     
  6. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., & Earp, B. D. (2024). Artificial Intelligence, Existential Risk and Equity: The Need for Multigenerational Bioethics. Journal of Medical Ethics. 50, 799-801. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2024-110583
     
  7. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., O’Connor, B. B., & Young, L. (2024). The Probabilistic Price of Life Across Time: Generational and Probabilistic Distance Render a Life Today Worth More Than Ten Tomorrow. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241303993 
     
  8. Mah, A., Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2024). Caring about one’s legacy relates to constructive coping with climate change. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 100, 102471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102471 
     
  9. Law, K. F., Syropoulos, S., Coleman, M., Gainsburg, I., & O’Connor, B. B. (2024). Moral Future-Thinking: Does the Moral Circle Stand the Test of Time? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241284324 
     
  10. Law, K. F.,* Syropoulos, S.,* Coleman, M., & Young, L. (2024). A Future Beyond Ourselves: Can Self-Oriented Prospection Motivate Intergenerational Responsibility? Personality and Individual Differences. 233, 112915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112915 
     
  11. Doell, K. C., Todorova, B., Vlasceanu, M., Bak-Coleman, J. B., Pronizius, E., … Syropoulos, S., … et al.,  & Van Bavel, J. J. (2024). The International Climate Psychology Collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries. Scientific Data. 11, 1066. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03865-1 
     
  12. Syropoulos, S., & Law, K. F. (2024). Cultural tightness and its association with national levels of peace: Evidence from a cross-national investigation. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 30(3), 445–453. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000725 
     
  13. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* Amormino, P., & Young, L. (2024). Mapping the Personality of (Exceptional) Intergenerational Concern. Personality and Individual Differences, 231, 112814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112814   
     
  14. Syropoulos, S., Ashraf, S., Gomez, O., Lowenstein, F., Tariq, A., Niles, T., Fischer, M., Young, L., & Yoeli, E. (2024). Changing community climate change attitudes: Evidence from a community exhibit intervention. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 98, 102369.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102369 
    Media Coverage: Nature Climate Change
     
  15. Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., Kraft-Todd, G. Mah, A., & Markowitz, E., Young, L. (2024). Responsibility to Future Generations: A Strategy for Combatting Climate Change Across Political Divides. British Journal of Social Psychology, 00, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12775
     
  16. Syropoulos, S., Law, K. F., & Leidner, B. (2024). Increased perceived safety in day-to-day life relates to critical national identification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241249057
     
  17. Tedaldi, E., Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2024). Re-examining perceived responsibility to address climate change as a predictor of pro-environmentalism: A replication across 31 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 96, 102289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102289 
     
  18. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. (2024). Caring for present and future generations alike: Longtermism and moral regard across temporal and social distance. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 27(8), 2010-2035. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241242115
     
  19. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. (2024). The Case for Longtermism: Concern for the far future as a catalyst for pro-climate action. npj Climate Action, 3, 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-024-00110-8 
     
  20. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.* Mah, A., & Young, L. (2024). Intergenerational concern relates to constructive coping and emotional reactions to climate change via increased legacy concerns and environmental cognitive alternatives. BMC Psychology, 12, 182. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01690-0
     
  21. Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B. Mercado, E., Li, M., Cros, S., Gomez, A.J., Baka, A., Chekroun, P., & Rottman, J. (2024). How Safe Are We? Introducing The Multidimensional Model of Perceived Interpersonal Safety. Personality and Individual Differences. 224, 112640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112640 
     
  22. Vlasceanu*, M., Doell*, K. C., Bak Coleman*, J. B., Todorova, B., Berkebile-Weinberg, M. M., Grayson, S. J., Patel, Y., Goldwert, D., Pei, Y., Chakroff, A., Pronizius, E., van den Broek, K. L., Vlasceanu, D., Constantino, S., Morais, M. J., Schumann, P., Rathje, S., Fang, K., Aglioti, S. M, ... Syropoulos, S., ... et al. (2024). Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries. Science Advances, 10(6), eadj5778. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj5778  
     
  23. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. (2024). Longtermist Education Interventions Increase Concern for and Action to Protect Future Generations. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241228465
     
  24. Syropoulos, S., Sparkman, G., & Constantino, S. (2024). The Expressive Function of Public Policy: Renewable Energy Mandates Signal Social Norms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Accepted for Publication, 379, 20230038.  https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0038 
     
  25. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K. F.,* & Young, L. (2024). National Differences in Age and Future-Oriented Indicators Relate to Environmental Performance. Sustainability, 16(1), 276. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010276 
     
  26. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2024). Responsibility towards the future is a strong predictor of proenvironmental engagement. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 93, 102218, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102218 
     
  27. Law, K. F.,* Syropoulos, S.,* & Young, L. (2023). Why do longtermists care about protecting the environment? An investigation into the underlying mechanisms of pro-climate policy support. Sustainability, 15(24), 16732. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416732 
     
  28. Syropoulos, S. (2023). Improving the lives of future people. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-023-00249-x  
     
  29. Syropoulos, S.,* Mah, A.,* & Markowitz, E. (2023). Personal legacy: A psychological mechanism for increasing climate action and coping with climate change stressors. Journal of Mental Health and Climate Change, 1, 16-29. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8320457 
     
  30. McLamore, Q., Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B., et al. (2023). Tightness shifts in the U.S. and China: Implications of tightening or loosening norms during the Coronavirus pandemic. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12883. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12883  
     
  31. Syropoulos, S., & Leidner, B. (2023). Emphasizing Similarities Between Politically Opposed Groups and Their Influence in Perceptions of the Political Opposition: Evidence From Five Experiments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231192384
    Media Coverage: Character & Context Blog
     
  32. Syropoulos, S., Watkins, H., Goodwin, G. P., & Markowitz, E. (2023). Disentangling the effects of impact-oriented versus reputation-focused legacy motives on intergenerational concern and action. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 90, 102092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102092 
     
  33. Syropoulos S., Markowitz, M., Demarest, B., & Shrum, T. A. (2023). A letter to future generations: Examining the effectiveness of an intergenerational framing intervention. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 90, 102074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102074 
     
  34. Wu, D. J., Syropoulos, S., Rivera-Rodriguez, A., & Dasgupta, N. (2023). From Model Minority to Yellow Peril: The impact of COVID-19 on negative emotions and anti-Asian prejudice. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12833. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12833
    Media Coverage: SPSSI Forward Newsletter
     
  35. Syropoulos, S.  & Gkinopoulos, T. (2023). Who do we trust? Differences in types of trust and beliefs in conspiracy theories between vaccinated and unvaccinated Europeans across 17 European countries. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12792. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12792
     
  36. Syropoulos, S. & Markowitz, M. (2023). Our responsibility to future generations: The case for intergenerational approaches to the study of climate change. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 87, 102006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102006
     
  37. Shrum, T. R., Platt, N., Syropoulos, S. & Markowitz, E. (2023). A review of the Green Parenthood effect on environmental and climate engagement. WIRE Climate Change, 14(2), e818. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.818
     
  38. McLamore, Q.,* Syropoulos, S.,* Leidner, B., et al. (2022). The distinct associations of ingroup attachment and glorification with responses to the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from a multilevel investigation in 21 countries. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(2), 992-1012. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12614
     
  39. Syropoulos, S. (2022). The association of urban environment quality and perceived safety: Evidence from seven nationally representative samples. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000647
     
  40. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2022). Perceived responsibility consistently relates to increased pro-environmental attitudes, behaviors and policy support: Evidence across 23 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 83, 101868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101868
     
  41. Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou A., Aczel, B., … Syropoulos, S., et al. (2022). A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255 
     
  42. McLamore, Q*, Syropoulos, S.*, Leidner, B., Hirschberger, G., Young, K., Zein, R. A., et al. (2022). How (dis)trust in scientific information links political ideology and reactions towards the Coronavirus pandemic: Evaluating associations in the U.S. and globally. Scientific Reports, 12, 3724. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07508-6 
     
  43. Syropoulos, S.,* Lifshin, U.,* Greenberg, J., Horner, D. E., & Leidner, B. (2022). Bigotry and the human–animal divide: (Dis)belief in human evolution and bigoted attitudes across different cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(6), 1264–1292. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000391
    Media Coverage: IFL Science, Psychology Today, Science Daily, PsyPost
     
  44. Syropoulos, S., †Puschett, E., & Leidner, B. (2022). The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on firearm sales in the American public. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 4(3), 250-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743603.2021.2018931.
     
  45. Lifshin, U., Greenberg, J., Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B., Helm, P. J., Sullivan, D., Horner, D., & Mikulincer, M. (2022). Perceived Similarity of the Self to Animals, Creativity, and Anxiety—: A Terror Management Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211063260.
     
  46. Ge, F., Syropoulos, S., Gensler, J., Leidner, B., Loughnan, S., Chang, J.-H., Harada, C., Mari, S., Paladino, M. P., Shi, J., Yeung, V. W. L., Kuo, C.-Y., & Tsuchiya, K. (2022). Constructivist Self-Construal: A Cross-Cultural Comparison. Cross-Cultural Research, 56(1), 29–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971211055276
     
  47. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2021). Mechanisms of intergenerational environmental action activated by COVID-19: Gratitude, fairness and legacy motives. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3, 707888. doi:10.3389/frsc.2021.707888
     
  48. Syropoulos, S.*, Wu, D. J.*, Burrows, B., & Mercado, E. (2021). Psychology doctoral program experiences and student well-being, mental health, and optimism during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 629205. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.629205
     
  49. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2021). Perceived responsibility towards future generations and environmental concern: Convergent evidence across multiple outcomes in a large and nationally representative sample. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 76, 101651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101651
    Media Coverage: LSE Business Review 
     
  50. Syropoulos, S., †Puschett, E., & Leidner, B. (2021). Positive and negative peace as predictors of effective governmental responses to the covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from a micro and macro level investigation. Political Psychology, 42(5), 729-745. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12773
     
  51. Syropoulos, S., & Markowitz, E. (2021). A grateful eye towards the future? Dispositional gratitude relates to consideration of future consequences. Personality and Individual Differences, 179, 110911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110911
     
  52. Rottman, J., Crimston, C. R., & Syropoulos, S. (2021). Tree-huggers versus human-lovers: Anthropomorphism and dehumanization predict valuing nature over outgroups. Cognitive Science, 45(4), e12967. Doi:10.1111/cogs.12967
     
  53. Syropoulos, S. & Markowitz, E. (2021). Prosocial responses to COVID-19: Examining the role of gratitude, fairness and legacy motives. Personality and Individual Differences, 171(5), 110488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110488
     
  54. Syropoulos, S., Rivera-Rodriguez, A., Gómez, A., Baka, A., Cros, S., Martel, F. A., & Rottman, J. (2021). Deadly but protective: Americans’ unique perception of weapons. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 27(1), 81–84. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000507
     
  55. Syropoulos, S., Watkins, H. Shariff, A., Hodges, S., & Markowitz, E. (2021). The role of gratitude in motivating intergenerational environmental stewardship. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 72, 101517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101517 
     
  56. Syropoulos, S. (2020). Personal safety and positive life outcomes: Cross-national evidence from the World Values Survey. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 26(3), 281–292. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000444
     
  57. Piazza, J., Sousa, P., Rottman, J., & Syropoulos, S. (2019). Which appraisals are foundational to moral judgment? Harm, injustice, and beyond. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(7), 903–913. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618801326
Research Activity

Manuscripts Under Revision

  1. Barbett, L., Syropoulos, S., et al. Nature Connectedness and Well-Being: Evidence from a Multi-National Investigation Across 76 Countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
     
  2. Burrows, B., Silverblatt-Buser, S., & Syropoulos, S. Collective Confinement: Intrapersonal and Community Benefits of Shared Artistic Expression During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
     
  3. Cologna, V., Meiler, S., Kropf, C. M., Lüthi, S, Mede, N. G., Bresch, D. N., Lecuona, O., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., van der Linden, S., & TISP Consortium. Global evidence on the relationship between extreme weather events and support for climate policies. Nature Climate Change.
     
  4. Lifshin, U., Greenberg, J., Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B., Helm, P., Mikulincer, M., Horner, D., Sullivan, D. I Am Not an Animal – I am an American: Disassociation from animals and cultural worldview defense. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
     
  5. Loustau, T., McManus, R., Syropoulos, S., & Young, L. Contextualized Helping: The Impact of Social Ties on the Perceived Motives of Prosocial Actors. Open Mind.
     
  6. Syropoulos, S., Mah, A., Dixon-Gordon, K., Markowitz, E., Reid, A., Nteta, T., Ginn, J., Min, S. M., & Lickel, B. A Changes in Dangerous and Competitive Worldviews During the Coronavirus Epidemic: Evidence from a Large-Scale U.S. Panel Study. Journal of Social and Political Psychology.
     
  7. Syropoulos, S., & Sparkman, G. Most American Religious Leaders Silently Believe in Climate Change and Informing Their Congregation Can Help Open Dialogue. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Manuscripts Under Review

  1. Chukwudebe, A., Manalili, M. M. C., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. Independence of Intellect and Ego Relates to Increased Subjective Well-being and Decreased Psychopathology. Personality and Individual Differences. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/vdf58?view_only= 
     
  2. Fowler, Z., Law, K. F., Young, L., Schooler, J., & Syropoulos, S. Gratitude Towards Our Past Self and General Gratitude Enhance Self-Continuity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/3gb8w?view_only=
     
  3. Garau, T., Lo Destro, C., Rullo, M., Syropoulos, S., Prati, F., & Visintin, E. P. Cultural humility: A Catalyst For Increasing Future Contact Intentions And Improving Intergroup Relations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
     
  4. Goldwert, D., Constantino, S. M., …. Syropoulos, S., … & Vlasceanu, M. A Megastudy of Behavioral Interventions to Catalyze Collective Climate Action. Nature
     
  5. Law, K.F.,* Syropoulos, S.,* Signorini, A., Young, L., & O'Connor, B. B. Why Global Poverty in the Present Matters for Intergenerational Concern and the Future of Humanity. Nature Communications. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/2a5qn?view_only= 
     
  6. Law, K. F.,* Syropoulos, S.,* Young, L., & O’Connor B. B. What We Owe the Present: The Perceived Morality of Longtermism and Helping Distant Future People. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/s5jkc 
     
  7. Loustau, T., Mah, A., BoKyung, P., Dixon-Gordon, K., Markowitz, E., Nteta, T., Reid, A., Ginn, J., Se Min, S., Lickel, B., Young, L., & Syropoulos, S. Social Network Diversity and Mental Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
     
  8. Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J. C., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., & TISP Consortium. Public communication about science across 68 countries: Global evidence on how people get information and communicate about science-related matters. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/xb3ha 
     
  9. Rovenpor, D. R., Syropoulos, S., O’Brien, T. C., Siev, J. S., & Leidner, B. Motivational Underpinnings of Meaning in Life: Promotion Focus is Related to Meaning Presence, Whereas Prevention Focus is Related to Meaning Seeking. Motivation and Emotion.
     
  10. Syropoulos, S.,* Law, K.F.,* Young, L, & O’Connor, B.B. Mapping Prescriptive Beliefs on Seventh Generation Stewardship and Increasing the Temporal Scope of Intergenerational Concern. Scientific Reports. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4j8sn 
     
  11. Toribio-Florez, D., Altenmuller, M. S., Douglas, K. M., … Syropoulos, S., … et al. Victims of Conspiracies? A cross-national examination of the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and victim justice sensitivity, Social Psychological and Personality Science.
     
  12. Versteegen, L., & Syropoulos, S. E Pluribus Whom? Status Threat and American Identity in a Multiracial Democracy. Political Behavior. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/uyw2s 
Courses
2026 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SOS 499 Individualized Instruction
SOS 499 Individualized Instruction
SOS 320 Society and Sustainability
SOS 499 Individualized Instruction
SOS 110 Building a Sustainable World
2025 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOS 499 Individualized Instruction
SOS 110 Building a Sustainable World
2025 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SOS 499 Individualized Instruction
SOS 499 Individualized Instruction
SOS 499 Individualized Instruction
Honors / Awards

2025

  • APA Interdivisional Collaboration Grant ($6, 348)

2024

  • Schiller Institute Grant for Research in Targeted & Emerging Areas ($33,441)

2023

  • Boston College Postdoctoral Training Grant ($1,500)
  • Boston College Knowledge Dissemination Program Award ($750)
  • Civic Health Project Research Grant  ($9,264)

2022

  • National Survey for Religious Leaders Honorarium ($2000)
  • Toloka Small Research Grant ($500)
  • BECC Fellows Student Scholarship ($395)
  • Psi Chi Unrestricted Travel Grant ($1040)
  • ISPP Early Career Committee Travel Award ($500)
  • Center for Research on Families Methodology Scholarship ($500)
  • ISSEP Worth Publishers Student Registration Award ($50)
  • SPSP Inside the Grant Panel Finalist ($1000)
  • APA Division 34 Grants in Aid ($1000)

2021

  • UMass Amherst Predissertation Grant ($950)
  • UMass Amherst Keith Rayner Memorial Graduate Student Research Award ($1,500)
  • APA Division 52 Graduate Student International Research Award ($100)

2020

  • APA Division 48 Small Research Grant ($2,600)
  • Love Consortium Graduate Student Research Grant ($10,000) 

2019

  • Psi Chi Graduate Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant ($1,000)
  • APA Division 52 Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award ($300)
  • SPSSI Conference Graduate Student Travel Award ($500)
  • UMass Amherst Social Psychology Division Graduate Student Travel Grant ($300 x4)

2018

  • Psi Chi Undergraduate Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant ($3,300)
  • Franklin & Marshall College Charles J.G. Mayaud Endowment Fellowship ($3,000)
  • ASC Division of Victimology Graduate Student Paper of the Year Award ($300)
  • ICPS Conference Travel Grant ($300)
  • SPSP Conference Graduate Travel Award ($500)                
  • APA Division 48 Conference Student Travel Award ($500)
  • Franklin and Marshall College Kenneth A. Brookshire Memorial Prize ($400)
  • Southeastern Psychological Association Regional Travel Grant ($400)

2017

  • Franklin & Marshall College Lesser Grant for Independent Research ($1,000)
  • Franklin & Marshall College Hackman Fellowship ($5,000)
  • SPSP Diversity Fund Undergraduate Registration Award ($160)
  • Franklin and Marshall College Psychology Department Travel Award ($500 x 2)
  • Franklin and Marshall College Conference Travel Award ($400 x 2)
Editorships
  1. Journal of Environmental Psychology (Early Career Advisory Board)
  2. Personality and Social Psychology Review (Emerging Editor Board)
Professional Associations

APA Division 34: Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation

  • President (August 2024-present)
  • SPSP 2025 Sustainability Psychology Preconference Organizing Committee (member)
  • 2024 Virtual conference organizing committee (member)
  • President-elect (August 2023 – August 2024)
  • SPSP 2024 Sustainability Psychology Preconference Organizing Committee (co-chair)
  • 2023 Virtual conference organizing committee (co-chair)
  • SPSP 2023 Sustainability Psychology Preconference Organizing Committee (co-chair)
  • 2022 Virtual conference organizing committee 
  • Student Committee Chair (2021-2022)
  • Student committee Member-at-Large (2020-2021)

APA Division 8: Society for Personality and Social Psychology

  • Advocacy Advisory Board Member for Climate Change (February 2023 – present)
  • Board of Directors Member (February 2023 – February 2024)
  • Student Committee Past-chair (February 2023 – February 2024)
  • Student Committee Chair (February 2022 – February 2023)
  • Student Committee Vice-chair (February 2021 – February 2022)

APA Division 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence

  • Member at Large (January 2023 – November 2023)
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Chair (January 2023 – November 2023)
  • Inclusion Committee Member (Spring 2020)
  • Elections and Appointments Committee Member (Spring 2021, Spring 2023)
  • Small Grants Review Committee Member (Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024)
Work History
  • Assistant Professor: School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
    Arizona State University (2025-present)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
    Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Boston College (2023-2025)
Service
  • Sept. 2023-Dec. 2024: Diversity and Inclusion Committee Member, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College
  • Oct. 2021-May 2021: Graduate Studies Committee Member, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst 
  • Sept. 2019-May 2021: Social Psychology Division Brown Bag Organizer Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst 
  • Sept. 2018-Aug. 2022: Graduate Diversity Committee Member, Co-Chair of Action Group Highlighting the work of BIPOC Scholars (Aug. 2020 – August 2022), Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • May 2018-present: Alumnus Leader of Tomorrow, Franklin and Marshall College
  • Sep. 2017-May 2018: Psi Chi (International Honor Society for Psychology) Chapter’s President, Franklin & Marshall College
Consulting

See Change Institute

Board

Think Beyond the Pump

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