Trevor S. Lies

- Graduate Student
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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 —
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