NeoAcademia is a biweekly exploration of the shifting walls of the ivory tower.

For the final episode of our inaugural season, I explored the psychology of social media as it pertains to academia with psychologist Steve Rathje, Ph.D. Steve is a postdoctoral fellow at NYU in the social identity and morality lab of Jay Van Bavel. His research centers on social media, and polarization - and his own TikTok account has over a million followers. Steve is an author on a number of research articles, and articles on Psychology Today.

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