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Neil Lewis Jr.

Neil Lewis Jr.

Neil Lewis Jr. is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University and the Division of General Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is a behavioral, intervention, and meta-scientist who studies how people’s social contexts and identities influence their motivation to pursue their goals, and success in their goal pursuit efforts.

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What Happens When American Children Learn About Racism?

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A woman sits at a school board meeting with a sign against the teaching of Critical Race Theory

How White Victimhood Fuels Republican Politics

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Democrats Helped Build The Social Safety Net. Why Are Many Now Against Expanding It?

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Why Many Americans Underestimate Who Is Most Concerned About The Environment

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Universities Say They Want More Diverse Faculties. So Why Is Academia Still So White?

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On Black Wall Street, Hope And Fear As Trump Comes To Tulsa

Why Many Americans Can’t See The Wealth Gap Between White And Black America

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COVID-19 Reminded Us Of Just How Unequal America Is

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How To Convince People The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is As Good As The Others

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Re-opening Continues Across Densely Populated New York And New Jersey Areas

Why Coming Up With Effective Interventions To Address COVID-19 Is So Hard

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