[Poscgrad] Lunch Talk: Personality in Social Structure by Stephen Antonoplis (May 29, 11-12 @HMNSS1500)

[Social Sciences Laboratory]

This is a reminder about the upcoming talk titled "Personality in Social
Structure" by Professor Stephen Antonoplis of Psychology on May 29.
If you planning to attend in person, please register here
<https://forms.gle/pT5ov1GuxVPUpGoM9> by *May 22* so we can finalize the
headcount and accommodate any dietary restrictions!

On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM Social Sciences Laboratory <ssl at ucr.edu>
wrote:

> Dear UCR social science community,
>
> As the end of the quarter approaches, we invite you to take a brief
> respite from the end-of-term rush for our final two lunch talks of the
> academic year. Our next talk on May 29 will be delivered by *Professor
> Stephen Antonoplis*, with research titled "Personality in Social
> Structure."
>
> *Date and Time*: May 29 (Fri), from 11am to 12pm.
> *Location*: HMNSS 1500
> *Speaker*: Stephen Antonoplis (Assistant Professor of Psychology)
> *Registration*: Please register here <https://forms.gle/pT5ov1GuxVPUpGoM9>
> by *May 22* so we can finalize the headcount and accommodate any dietary
> restrictions.
>
> *Title*: Personality in Social Structure
>
> *Abstract: *Personality science has been defined as the study of people’s
> characteristic adaptations to their environments. Two environmental
> features people must interact with are the acquisition of social and
> material resources and the navigation of intergroup boundaries. These
> correspond to the societal questions of “Who gets resources?” and “Who is
> part of ‘us’?”. In this talk I present three studies that demonstrate the
> importance of using a personality perspective in studying these questions.
> The first two studies address “Who is part of ‘us’?”, first mapping
> normative patterns of cross-race contact across adulthood and then honing
> in on how open-mindedness vs. interpersonal kindness guide engagement in
> more or less cross-race contact. The third study addresses “Who gets
> resources?” and examines the development of Americans’ class identity in
> response to the 2008 Great Recession. Overall, these studies show the
> importance of personality and personality traits to understanding how
> people engage with social structures.
>
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> 📍SAVE THE DATE:: Please also mark your calendars for our final lunch talk
> of the year on June 11, 1-2pm, featuring *Professor Amy Kroska *from
> Sociology.
>
>
> [image: SSL Lunch Talk_Antonoplis_May29.png]
>
>
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