Nathan Honeycutt
Nathan is an experimental social psychologist with over a decade of experience leading and collaborating on experimental and correlational research studies. Broadly, Nathan studies higher education, and has longstanding research interests in topics including the views and experiences of university faculty, political bias, free speech, scientific integrity, and ideological diversity. Nathan is also an Adjunct Professor of psychology, and a founder of, and active participant in, the Society for Open Inquiry in Behavioral Science. Nathan earned a B.S. in psychology from California Polytechnic State University, a M.A. in social psychology from San Diego State University, and a Ph.D. in psychology from Rutgers University. Outside of ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ, he enjoys spending time outdoors with his family — hiking, biking, kayaking, or dirt-biking — and actively serves in his church.
Recent Writings
- DEI statements could function as ideological firewalls, new study finds,
- College faculty are more likely to self-censor now than at the height of McCarthyism,
- A tale of two universities: Why South Carolina soared, and Harvard didn’t, in ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ’s free speech rankings,
- Confidence in colleges and universities hits new lows, per FIREpolls,
- FIRE more likely to face arrest on campuses with poor free speech climates,
- University provosts have bleak outlook on free expression in higher ed,
- Were campus tensions around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict high before October 7?,
- FACULTY SURVEY: Support for free speech varies by academic discipline,
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