Section on Social Psychology / Social Psychological Approaches to Collective Action and Social Movements

Brent Simpson, University of South Carolina

Jennifer Lynn McLeer, Christopher Newport University

A Theory for the Dynamics of Chiefdoms and an Origin of the State - David Willer, University of South Carolina; Pamela E. Emanuelson, North Dakota State University

Ferguson and the Death of Michael Brown on Twitter: #BlackLivesMatter, #TCOT, and The Evolution of Collective Identities - Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland; Melissa Brown

Social (Dis) Approval and Collective Action Participation: Reevaluating the Linearity Thesis - Daniel Blocq, UW-Madison; Marie-Louise Damen, VU University Amsterdam

Hope is the Last Thing You Lose: Motivated Reasoning and Continued Social Movement Participation - Sebastián G. Guzmán, Universidad Andrés Bello