RED(es) advances the study of Coloniality Beliefs—a psychological and politico-ideological construct capturing how colonial logics persist in contemporary political cognition, judgment, and social arrangements. Our research examines descriptive and prescriptive beliefs that frame non-Western and Indigenous cultural expressions, knowledge systems, and social structures as outdated or incompatible with modern society and dominant models of development. Across national contexts and power positions, we examine how these belief systems shape attitudes toward inequality and intergroup relations among Western, non-Western, and Indigenous peoples.

This line of research investigates how collective memory and social representations of history shape identity, perceptions of legitimacy, and intergroup relations. RED(es) examines how different societies remember, silence, or reinterpret their colonial pasts through education, monuments, and public discourse. Ongoing work focuses on how both what is remembered and how it is remembered vary across generations, group positions, and ideological orientations, often shaped by processes of motivated reasoning about the past.

RED(es) examines acculturation as both a cultural and ideological process shaped by complex, interconnected histories of colonialism and migration. We explore how individuals—particularly those from diasporic or colonized (or formerly colonized) communities—navigate identity, belonging, and cultural adaptation in contexts of structural global inequalities. A particular focus is given to the Puerto Rican diaspora in the U.S., as well as to other transnational populations.

This research line examines how material and political realities shape the rise and appeal of left-wing and right-wing ideologies, including different forms of populism, nationalism, and political extremism. RED(es) investigates how institutional arrangements and strategic political communication (top-down “supply”) interact with individuals’ group positions, needs, and motivations (bottom-up “demand”) to produce distinct ideological alignments across contexts. The research focuses on how ideological appeal and alignment reflect and emerge from structural and dispositional influences.

RED(es) advances the study of Coloniality Beliefs—a psychological and politico-ideological construct capturing how colonial logics persist in contemporary political cognition, judgment, and social arrangements. Our research examines descriptive and prescriptive beliefs that frame non-Western and Indigenous cultural expressions, knowledge systems, and social structures as outdated or incompatible with modern society and dominant models of development. Across national contexts and power positions, we examine how these belief systems shape attitudes toward inequality and intergroup relations among Western, non-Western, and Indigenous peoples.

This line of research investigates how collective memory and social representations of history shape identity, perceptions of legitimacy, and intergroup relations. RED(es) examines how different societies remember, silence, or reinterpret their colonial pasts through education, monuments, and public discourse. Ongoing work focuses on how both what is remembered and how it is remembered vary across generations, group positions, and ideological orientations, often shaped by processes of motivated reasoning about the past.

RED(es) examines acculturation as both a cultural and ideological process shaped by complex, interconnected histories of colonialism and migration. We explore how individuals—particularly those from diasporic or colonized (or formerly colonized) communities—navigate identity, belonging, and cultural adaptation in contexts of structural global inequalities. A particular focus is given to the Puerto Rican diaspora in the U.S., as well as to other transnational populations.

This research line examines how material and political realities shape the rise and appeal of left-wing and right-wing ideologies, including different forms of populism, nationalism, and political extremism. RED(es) investigates how institutional arrangements and strategic political communication (top-down “supply”) interact with individuals’ group positions, needs, and motivations (bottom-up “demand”) to produce distinct ideological alignments across contexts. The research focuses on how ideological appeal and alignment reflect and emerge from structural and dispositional influences.

RED(es) advances the study of Coloniality Beliefs—a psychological and politico-ideological construct capturing how colonial logics persist in contemporary political cognition, judgment, and social arrangements. Our research examines descriptive and prescriptive beliefs that frame non-Western and Indigenous cultural expressions, knowledge systems, and social structures as outdated or incompatible with modern society and dominant models of development. Across national contexts and power positions, we examine how these belief systems shape attitudes toward inequality and intergroup relations among Western, non-Western, and Indigenous peoples.

This line of research investigates how collective memory and social representations of history shape identity, perceptions of legitimacy, and intergroup relations. RED(es) examines how different societies remember, silence, or reinterpret their colonial pasts through education, monuments, and public discourse. Ongoing work focuses on how both what is remembered and how it is remembered vary across generations, group positions, and ideological orientations, often shaped by processes of motivated reasoning about the past.

RED(es) examines acculturation as both a cultural and ideological process shaped by complex, interconnected histories of colonialism and migration. We explore how individuals—particularly those from diasporic or colonized (or formerly colonized) communities—navigate identity, belonging, and cultural adaptation in contexts of structural global inequalities. A particular focus is given to the Puerto Rican diaspora in the U.S., as well as to other transnational populations.

This research line examines how material and political realities shape the rise and appeal of left-wing and right-wing ideologies, including different forms of populism, nationalism, and political extremism. RED(es) investigates how institutional arrangements and strategic political communication (top-down “supply”) interact with individuals’ group positions, needs, and motivations (bottom-up “demand”) to produce distinct ideological alignments across contexts. The research focuses on how ideological appeal and alignment reflect and emerge from structural and dispositional influences.