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December 11, 2014

No Gray Area: Beliefs Shape Views of Brown Killing→

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September 1, 2014

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December 11, 2014

One Day U: The Fast, Fun Approach to Adult Ed→

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Next Avenue
October 27, 2012

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December 11, 2014

Plous’s “Action Teaching” Model Gaining Traction Worldwide→

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News @ Wesleyan
August 30, 2012

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December 11, 2014

Chan, Higgins, Plous Honored with Binswanger Awards for Excellence in Teaching→

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News @ Wesleyan
May 24, 2011

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December 11, 2014

Plous Nationally Recognized for Innovative “Action Teaching”→

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The Wesleyan Argus
March 3, 2009

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December 11, 2014

Choosing Not To Choose: One Man Embraces Indecision and Leaves All His Decisions Up to Others→

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December 14, 2008

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December 11, 2014

Bringing Lessons to Life (PDF)→

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APA Monitor on Psychology
December 2008

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September 29, 2008

How a Race About Race Could Be Less About Race→

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September 29, 2008

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September 01, 2008

Plous Wins Brewer Award→

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September, 2008

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May 21, 2007

Are We Judging Actions, Or the People Behind Them?→

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May 21, 2007

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In the News

  • The World's Most Compassionate 24 Hours

    Scott’s online course has enrolled more than a million students since it opened in 2013, making it one of the world's largest courses. And the final challenge for this vast number of students is to spend 24 hours in the most compassionate way possible. — BBC News

  • The Science of Compassion

    Scott appeared on a National Public Radio podcast to discuss the “Day of Compassion” — an experiment in which people live as compassionately as possible for 24 hours and see what happens. — Hidden Brain, NPR

Featured Publications

  • Action Teaching

    S. Plous (2012). The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology (ed. D. Christie)

  • Are You an Action Teacher? Win $1,000 While Making the World a Better Place

    S. Plous (2009). Psychology Teacher Network

  • How Social Science Can Reduce Terrorism

    S. Plous and P.G. Zimbardo (2004). Chronicle of Higher Education

Recommended Sites

  • UnderstandingPrejudice.org ➞

  • eInterview.org ➞

  • ActionTeeaching.org ➞

  • Research Randomizer ➞

  • Stanford Prison Experiment ➞

  • The Jigsaw Classroom ➞

  • JoeChemo.org ➞

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