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July 1, 2026, Filed Under: Lab News

Op-ed: What anti-DEI legislation means for the future of psychological science

Dr. Williamson has an op-ed out this week in the Houston Chronicle, drawing on the lab’s recently published research on how the lack of diversity in psychology’s research samples affects undergraduate students.

The piece argues that legislation restricting DEI discussions in university classrooms threatens to undermine exactly the kinds of conversations that our data show matter most to students, and to the pipeline of future scientists.

Here is the full text of the op-ed.

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