Trevor S. Lies

Graduate Student Trevor S. Lies
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Biography —

Advisor: Dr. Glenn Adams

Research Lab: Cultural Psychology Research Group (CPRG)

Trevor is a Ph.D. student in Social Psychology. His most recently published research explores the concept of environmental concern in a U.S. state park after historic flooding. The paper situates climate change skepticism and "cult of wilderness" forms of environmental concern within a decolonial perspective as an alternative foundation for environmentalism and environmental psychology

Education —

B.A. in Psychology, The University of Kansas, 2019, Lawrence, Kansas
M.A. in Psychology, The University of Kansas, 2021, Lawrence, Kansas

Research —

Trevor's research applies insights from cultural psychology and decolonial theory to important questions in environmental psychology.

Selected Publications —

Lies, T. S., Adams, G., & Santangelo, B. (2022). Decolonial Considerations of Environmentalism: Observations from a (US) State Park. Psychology in Society. 64, 21-43.

Awards & Honors —

Society for Personality and Social Psychology Graduate Student Travel Award, 2021

Grants & Other Funded Activity —

Libraries Open Educational Resources Grant, KU, 2021

Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Tinker Field Research Grant, KU, 2021

Center for Undergraduate Research, Research-Intensive Course Mini-Grant, KU, 2020

Memberships —

Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

The Resilient Activist