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Rezarta Bilali, PhDPsychology and Social InterventionDepartment of Applied Psychology

New York University246 Greene Street, Kimball Hall, rm 801

New York, NY10003tel: +1(212)9985155

email: rezarta.bilali@nyu.edu

EMPLOYMENT

2013-present Assistant Professor, Psychology and Social InterventionDepartment of Applied PsychologyNew York University, USA

2009-2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, McCormack Graduate School of Policy StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts Boston, Mass.

2004-2009 Research Assistant, Department of PsychologyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, Mass.

2002-2004 Teaching Assistant, Department of Conflict ResolutionSabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

EDUCATION

2009 University of Massachusetts at Amherst PhD Social Psychology Concentration: Psychology of Peace and ViolenceMinor: Quantitative Methods

2004 Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey MA Conflict Resolution 2001 Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey BA Psychology

HONORS & AWARDS

2017 Daniel E. Griffiths Award for Outstanding ResearchNew York University – Steinhardt

2016 Roberta Sigel Early Career Scholar Paper Award International Society for Political Psychology

2014 Michele Alexander Early Career AwardAPA Division 9, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

2014 W. Gabriel Carras Research Award New York University – Steinhardt

2010 Outstanding Dissertation Award Finalist

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The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

2010 Unique Honorable Mention for Dissertation Thesis International Society for Political Psychology

2008/2004 Network Supplementary Grant Fellowship Open Society Institute and SOROS Foundation

2004 Merit-Based ScholarshipSabanci University, Istanbul

2003 High Honors Sabanci University, Istanbul

2001 Dean’s Honor ListBoğazici University, Istanbul

JOURNAL ARTICLES (Student co-authors are shown in italics)

Bilali, R., Iqbal, Y., & Erisen, C. (in press). The role of lay beliefs about group-based transgressions in acknowledgment of responsibility for ingroup harm-doing. European Journal of Social Psychology.

Stewart, A., Leach, C. L., Bilali, R., Celik, B., & Cidam, A. (in press). Explaining different orientations to the 2013 Gezi Park demonstrations in Istanbul, Turkey. British Journal of Social Psychology.

Bilali, R., & Vollhardt, J. R. (2019). Victim and perpetrator groups’ divergent perspectives on collective violence: Implications for attitudes toward political issues and intergroup relations. Advances in Political Psychology, 40(1), 75-108.

Iqbal, Y., & Bilali, R. (2018). Seeking justice in the aftermath of violence. Predictors of Bangladeshi youth’s interest in justice and preferences for retributive and restorative justice. Peace & Conflict. Journal of Peace Psychology, 24(3), 364-373.

Iqbal, Y., & Bilali, R. (2018). The impact of acknowledgment and denial of responsibility for harm on victim groups’ perceptions of justice, power and intergroup attitudes in Bangladesh. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 397-411.

Bilali, R., Iqbal, Y., & Celik, A. B. (2018). The role of national identity, religious identity and intergroup contact on social exclusion across multiple social divides in Turkey. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 65, 73-85.

Celik, A. B., Bilali, R., & Iqbal, Y. (2017). Patterns of ‘Othering’ in Turkey: A study of ethnic, ideological and sectarian polarization. South European Society and Politics, 22(2), 217-238.

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Bilali, R., Vollhardt, J. R., & Rarick, J. D. R. (2017). Modeling collective action through media to promote social change and positive intergroup relations in violent conflicts. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 68, 200-211.

*Roberta Sigel Early Career Scholar Paper Award, ISPP*Griffiths Research Award, NYU-Steinhardt

Leach, C. W., Celik, A. B., Bilali, R., Cidam, A., & Stewart, A. (2016). Being there: The 2013 anti-

government protests in Istanbul, Turkey. Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest, 4, 15-27.

Bilali, R., Vollhardt, J. R., & Rarick, J. R. D. (2016). Assessing the impact of a media-based intervention to prevent intergroup violence and promote positive intergroup relations in Burundi. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 26, 221-235.

Bilali, R., & Vollhardt, J. R. (2015). Do mass media interventions effectively promote peace in contexts of ongoing violence? Evidence from Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Peace & Conflict. Journal of Peace Psychology, 21, 604-620.

Vollhardt, J. R., & Bilali, R. (2015). The role of inclusive and exclusive victim consciousness in predicting intergroup attitudes: Findings from Rwanda, Burundi, and DRC. Political Psychology, 36, 489-506.

Bilali, R. (2015). Do terrorist threat alerts increase perception of threat and legitimization of in-group’s wars? The moderating role of perceived in-group homogeneity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 45, 300-310.

Bilali, R., Celik, B. A., & Ok, E. (2014). Psychological asymmetry in minority-majority relations at different stages of ethnic conflict. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 43, 253-264.

Bilali, R. (2014). Between fiction and reality in post-genocide Rwanda: Reflections on a social-psychological media intervention for social change. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2, 387- 400.

Bilali, R. (2014). The downsides of a shared national identification for minority group outcomes in intergroup conflicts in assimilationist societies. British Journal of Social Psychology, 53, 21-38.

Bilali, R., & Vollhardt, J. R. (2013). Priming effects of a reconciliation radio drama on historical

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perspective-taking in the aftermath of mass violence in Rwanda. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 144-151.

* Gabriel Carras Research Award, NYU-Steinhardt

Bilali, R. (2013). National narrative and social psychological influences in Turks’ denial of the mass killings of Armenians as genocide. Journal of Social Issues, 69, 16-33.

Bilali, R., Tropp, L. R., & Dasgupta, N. (2012). Attributions of responsibility and perceived harm in the aftermath of mass violence. Peace & Conflict. Journal of Peace Psychology, 18, 21-39.

Bilali, R. (2012). Identity centrality and in-group superiority differentially predict reactions to historical victimization and harm doing. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 6, 322-388.

Bilali, R. (2010). Assessing the internal validity of international image theory in the context of Turkey – U.S. relations. Political Psychology, 31, 275-303.

Vollhardt, J., & Bilali, R. (2008). Social psychology’s contribution to the psychological study of peace: a review. Social Psychology, 39, 12-25.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Bilali, R., Iqbal, Y., & Freel, S. (2019). Understanding and counteracting genocide denial. In Newman, L. (Ed.). The social psychology of genocide and extreme group violence. Oxford University Press.

Bilali, R., & Mahmoud, R. (2017). Confronting history and reconciliation: A review of civil society’s approaches to tranforming conflict narratives. In C. Psaltis, M. Carretero, & S. Cehajic-Clancy (Eds), History education and conflict transformation: Social psychological theories, history teaching and reconciliation, (pp. 77-96). Switzerland: Palgrave Press.

Iqbal, Y., & Bilali, R. (2017). Community radio as a vehicle for social change in conflict-affected settings. In M. Seedat, S. Suffla, & Christie, D. J. (Eds.), Emancipatory and Participatory Methodologies in Peace, Critical, and Community Psychology, (pp. 33-45). Switzerland: Springer. (Peer reviewed book chapter).

Bilali, R., & Staub, E. (2016). Interventions in real world settings. Using media to overcome prejudice and promote intergroup reconciliation in Central Africa. In C. Sibley, & F. Barlow (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of the psychology of prejudice (pp. 607- 631). Cambridge University Press.

Leach, C. W., Bilali, R., Pagliaro, S. (2014). Groups and morality. In J. Simpson & J. Dovidio (Eds.) APA handbook of personality and social psychology, Vol. 2: Interpersonal relationships and group processes (pp. 123-149). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Bilali, R., & Ross, M. (2012). Remembering intergroup conflict. In Tropp, L. R. (Ed.), The

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Oxford handbook of intergroup conflict (pp. 123-135). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Staub, E., Pearlman, L., & Bilali, R. (2010). Understanding the roots and impact of violence and psychological recovery as avenues to reconciliation after mass violence and intractable conflict. In G. Salomon, & E. Cairns (Eds.). Handbook on peace education (pp. 269-286). Psychology Press

Bilali, R. (2012). Collective memories of intergroup conflict. In D. Christie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology (pp. 147-151). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Bilali, R. (2012). Image theory. In D. Christie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology (pp. 544-548). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Staub, E., Pearlman, L., & Bilali, R. (2008). Psychological recovery, reconciliation and the prevention of new violence: an approach and its uses in Rwanda. In B. Hart (Ed.). Peacebuilding in traumatized societies (pp. 131-154). American University Press.

Shapiro, I., Bilali, R., & Vollhardt, J. (2008). Peace. In Lopez, S. J. (Ed.) The encyclopedia of positive psychology (pp. 269-286). London: Blackwell.

TECHNICAL REPORTS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Bilali, R. (2019). Voices for Peace. Impact evaluation of a radio drama to counteract violent extremism in the Sahel region in Burkina Faso. Endline Report. United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Tropp, L., & Bilali, R. (2019). Evaluation Report. “Healing our communities: Promoting social cohesion in Rwanda.” Results USAID Rwanda Project for Karuna Center.

Bilali, R. (2018). Counteracting violent extremism in Burkina Faso: Baseline report of the impact evaluation of “Voices for Peace” in Burkina Faso. United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Bilali, R., & Iqbal, Y. (2017). Counteracting violence through narrative media. Evidence review prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Bilali, R., Vollhardt, R. J., & Rarick, J. R. D. (2014). The impact of role modeling for social change through media in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Report submitted to Radio LaBenevolencija.

Bilali, R. (2014, Spring). Grant writing in political psychology: Advice from an early career scholar. International Society of Political Psychology's Junior Scholars' newsletter.

Bilali, R., Vollhardt, J. R., & de Balzac, H. (2011). La Benevolencija popularity survey and impact evaluation: Final report. Evaluation report submitted to Radio La Benevolencija.

Bilali, R. & Vollhardt, J. R. (2011). Impact evaluation of Murikira Ukuri in Burundi. Evaluation report submitted to Radio La Benevolencija.

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Bilali, R. & Vollhardt, J. R. (2011). Impact evaluation of Musekeweya in Rwanda. Evaluation report submitted to Radio La Benevolencija.

Vollhardt, J. R., & Bilali, R. (2011). Impact evaluation of Kumbuka Kesho in the DRC. Evaluation report submitted to Radio La Benevolencija.

Bilali, R. (2007, August). Knowledge, attitudes and behavior: Intergroup conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Report of quantitative data analysis of the pre-audience research in Democratic Republic of Congo submitted to LaBenevolencija.

Bilali, R. (2007, March). Knowledge, attitudes and behavior: Intergroup conflict in Burundi. Pre-audience research in Burundi, Report submitted to LaBenevolencija.

Staub, E., Pearlman, L., Bilali, R., Haven, T., & Vollhardt, J. (2006, July). The origins of intractable conflict and mass violence, the prevention of violence, the impact of violence, psychological healing and recovery and reconciliation after mass violence. Training manual for LaBenevolencija.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

Bilali, R., Godfrey, E. B., & Freel, S. H. (R&R). Opposing Trump: A longitudinal study of collective action in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. (Under review in British Journal of Social Psychology.)

Feuchte, F., Neufeld, K., Bilali, R., & Mazziotta, A. Addressing intergroup conflict to promote reconciliation: Comparing the effects of two forum theatre interventions in multi-ethnic Liberian communities. (Under review in Political Psychology.)

Freel, S. H., Bilali, R., Godfrey, E. B. ‘We are the Resistance’: Predictors and consequences of self-categorization into the emerging movement to oppose Trump. (Under review in Social Psychology and Personality Science.)

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

Bilali, R., & Godfrey, E. Perspective taking in conflict settings: The effect of perspective taking among Trump and Clinton supporters in the aftermath of 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Bilali, R., Neufeld, K., & Goncalves, I. Confronting history to promote inter-group reconciliation after conflict: Integrating research, theory and practice.

Bilali, R. The impact of a radio soap opera to counteract violent extremism in Burkina Faso.

Bilali, R., Iqbal, Y., Taylor, R. Assessing the impact of a lay theory intervention to increase acknowledgment of past ingroup harm-doing in the United States and Northern Ireland.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

2017-2019 Impact evaluation of “Voices for Peace” media project to counteract violent extremism

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in Burkina Faso (PI), USAID (research contract: $1.25 million)2017-2018 The University Research Challenge Fund, NYU ($13,000)2017-2018 Global Research Incubator Award (PI), NYU - Steinhardt ($10,000)2017 Professional Development Funds, NYU – Steinhardt ($6,000)2015 Steinhardt Summer Grant Proposal Development Award, New York

University ($5,000)2014 Steering Committee Member. Pluralistic Memories Project Project, Swiss National

Science Foundation (PI: Guy Elcheroth, University of Lausanne) 2012 Visionary and the Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program

Innovation Grant, American Psychological Foundation ($19,600)2012 Psychology Beyond Borders Mission Awards (PI) ($13,400)2012 Joseph P. Healey Research Grant, University of Massachussetts Boston ($11,900)2011 Grants-in-Aid award. The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

($2,000)2011 Faculty Study Abroad, University of Massachusetts Boston ($5,000)2008 The Harry Frank Guggenheim Dissertation Grant ($20,000)2008 International Peace Research Association Foundation, Small Peace Research Grant

($3,000)2007 Grants-in-Aid award, The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

($2,000)2007 Graduate School Travel Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst ($500)

INVITED TALKS

2019 UMass Amherst, Social Psychology Colloquium (March).

2019 CUNNY, Psychology Club (February).2018 Vanderbilt University, Political Science Department.

2018 (invited roundtable panelist) “Edutainment and Popular Media Advocacy,” “Africa at a Crossroads” Trans-Institutional Program, Vanderbilt University.

2017 (invited workshop facilitator) “Conducting Research in Conflict Settings: Navigating Practical and Ethical Challenges,” Challenging the Narrative of Intractable Conflict Conference funded by European Association of Social Psychology, Queen University, Belfast

2017 (invited plenary session facilitator) Interventions in conflict settings. Challenging the Narrative of Intractable Conflict Conference funded by European Association of Social Psychology, Queen University, Belfast

2017 Griffiths Research Award Talk, New York University - Steinhardt

2017 Countering Violent Extremism: Evidence Review. United States Agency of International Development (USAID), Washington DC.

2016 (keynote speaker) Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, International Section Keynote Address, New York (March, 2016).

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2014 (keynote speaker) Social psychological dynamics of historical representations in the enlarged European Union, Working Group Meeting of EU-Funded Consortium (Cost Action IS 1205), Cyprus

2014 W. Gabriel Carras Award Talk, New York University - Steinhardt

Department of Psychology, Princeton University

International Society of Political Psychology Annual Conference, Panel on “Financing your research and getting published”. Rome, Italy

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Counseling Forum, Department of Applied Psychology, New York University

2013 Catalysts and Obstacles of Peaceful Behavior (Interdisciplinary workshop organized by Peter Verbeek and Douglas Fry), Lorentz Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

2012 Social Psychology Brownbag Series, Psychology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Workshop on Advancing the Psychology of Genocide, Political Repression, and Mass Violence: Integrating Social Psychological Theories and Historical Data, Luxembourg.

(Invited discussant) Identity Politics and Politicized Identities (Chair: M. Ozden). The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Chicago, USA.

Mass Atrocity Education Workshop: Teaching about the Holocaust and Genocide Prevention. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and United States Military Academy at West Point, Washington, D.C.

2011 (Roundtable panelist) Intergroup Conflict: Bridging Multiple Perspectives from Psychology and Beyond. International Society for Political Psychology Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.

(Roundtable panelist) Toward a psychology of genocide - theoretical and methodological advances, practical implications. International Society for Political Psychology Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.

(Roundtable panelist) Institutionalization of the conflict resolution field in non-American settings: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Program at Sabanci University. The 24th Annual Conference of International Association of Conflict Management. Istanbul, Turkey.

2010 Bridging Social Psychological and Peace Perspectives Conference, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Department of Psychology, Clark University.

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J. Sidanius’ Lab Group Meeting, Department of Psychology, Harvard University.

Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution. University of Massachusetts Boston.

2009 Institute of Global Health. University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

2009 NSP Global Supplementary Grant & Doctoral Fellow Program. Open Society Institute. New York.

CONFERENCE SYMPOSIA CHAIRED

Bilali, R. (July, 2019). Field Experiments in Conflict Settings: Designing and Testing Theory-Driven Interventions to Prevent Violence and Address its Consequences. Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Bilali, R. (July, 2015). Promoting Social Change in Difficult Settings. What works? Evidence from Field Experiments in Nigeria, DRC, and Israel. Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, San Diego.

Bilali, R. (July, 2014). Using social psychology to guide social interventions in conflict and post-conflict settings. European Association of Social Psychology, Amsterdam.

Bilali, R. (July, 2012). Perpetuating or overcoming war and oppression: Bridging collective representations, political rhetoric, and psychological processes. Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Chicago.

Bilali, R. (September, 2012). Building bridges locally and globally: Initiatives in crossing community divides in the US, Nigeria, Israel, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Annual Meeting of Association for Conflict Resolution, New Orleans.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Bilali. R. (February, 2019). Using media to counteract violent extremism and increase police-community collaboration. 20th Annual Convention of Society for Personality and

Social Psychology, Portland, Oregon.

Bilali, R., Godfrey, E., & Freel, S. (July, 2018). Do reactions to shocking political events influence action over time? Resistance and collective action in the aftermath of 2016 U.S. presidential election. The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, San Antonio, Texas.

Bilali, R., Godfrey, E., & Burston, E. (June, 2018) Assessing the impact of perspective taking following the 2016 presidential election. Bi-annual conference of Society of Psychological Study of Social Issues. Pittsburgh.

Bilali, R. (July, 2017) Designing and implementing social psychological interventions in conflict

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settings. Meeting of European Association of Social Psychology, Granada, Spain.

Bilali, R., Iqbal, Y., & Erisen, C. (July, 2017). The role of lay beliefs about group-based transgressions in acknowledgment of responisbility for in-group harm-doing. The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Edinburgh, UK.

Iqbal, Y., & Bilali, R. (June, 2016) Does acceptance of responsibility for in-group atrocities matter? Biannual Conference for Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis.

Bilali, R., Vollhardt, R. J., Rarick, R. D. J., & Iqbal, Y. (January, 2016). Promoting social change and conflict reduction by modeling collective action through media in the ongoing conflict

in the DRC. 17th Annual Convention of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego.

Erisen, C., & Bilali, R. (August, 2015). Acknowledgment of responsibility for harm doing. A comparative approach. Third Annual WZB Conference on Migration and Diversity: National Identity in Motion, Berlin.

Iqbal, Y., & Bilali, R. (July, 2015). Why does acknowledgement of harm matter? A study of the impact of acknowledgment of harm in the context of the Bangladesh-Pakistan war of 1971. The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Bilali, R., Vollhardt, J. R., & Rarick, J. R. D. (July, 2015). Promoting social change and conflict reduction by modeling collective action through media in the ongoing conflict in the DRC. The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Bilali, R. (June, 2015). Promoting violence prevention and social change through media in the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 14th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace. Johannesburg & Pretoria, South Africa.

Bilali, R., Iqbal, Y., & Erisen, C. (May, 2015). Lay theories about groups and violence influence responses to collective harm-doing. 27th Annual Convention of Association for

Psychological Science, New York.

Bilali, R., & Vollhardt, J. R. (July, 2014). Promoting violence prevention and social change through media in the ongoing conflict in the DRC. Meeting of European Association of Social Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Feuchte, F., Mazziotta, A., Pietsch, S., & Bilali, R. (July, 2014). Theatre for reconciliation in Liberia: Development and application of a nine steps guideline for interventions. Meeting of European Association of Social Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Feuchte, F., Bilali, R., Mazziotta, A., & Pietsch, S. (July, 2014). Theatre for reconciliation in Liberia: Development and application of a nine steps guideline for interventions. Annual Meeting of International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, REIMS, France.

Celik, B., Bilali, R., & Ok, E. (July, 2014). Psychological asymmetry in minority-majority

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relations at different stages of ethnic conflict. The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Bilali, R. (September, 2012). Radio reconciliation media in Great Lakes Region in Africa. Building bridges locally and globally: Umass Boston’s initiatives in crossing community divides in the US, Nigeria, Israel, and Sub-Saharan Africa (R. Bilali, chair). The Annual Meeting of Association for Conflict Resolution, New Orleans, USA.

Bilali, R. (September, 2012). Psychological victimhood among perpetrator groups and strategies to address it. European Association for Social Psychology Small Group Meeting: Intergroup reconciliation in intergroup contexts. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Vollhardt, J. R., Bilali, R., & Nair, R. (September, 2012). Understanding consequences of collective victimhood: The importance of divergent construals of ingroup victimization. European Association for Social Psychology Small Group Meeting: Intergroup reconciliation in intergroup contexts. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Bilali, R., & Leach, W. C. (July, 2012). Moral (Mis-)engagement: Moral Self-image and Third Party’s Support of War. Paper presented as part of the symposium, Perpetuating or Overcoming war and Oppression: Bridging collective representations, political rhetoric, and psychological processes (R. Bilali, chair). The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Chicago, USA.

Bilali, R. (July, 2012). National Narrative and Social Psychological Influences in the Turkish Denial of the Armenian Massacres as Genocide. Paper presented as part of the symposium, The Power of a Word: Social Psychological Processes and Consequences of Using the Term “Genocide” (J. R. Vollhardt, chair). Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Chicago, USA.

Bilali, R. (July, 2011). Conflict Construals in Majority and Minority Groups: The Role of Ethnic and National Identities. Paper presented as part of the symposium, Competing Allegiances?

The Multiplicity of Identities in Multi-cultural Nation-States (C. W. Leach, J., Kang, & R. Garcia, chairs). European Association of Social Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Bilali, R. (July, 2011). Barbarian or Imperialist? Turks’ Images of the U.S. Paper presented as part of the symposium Image Theory: Theoretical Advances and Empirical Evidence (chair: E. Castano). Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey.

Vollhardt, J. R., & Bilali, R. (July, 2011). Inclusive and exclusive victimhood and interventions in East Africa. Paper presented as part of the symposium, Understanding and dealing with victimhood in political conflict (chair: A. McNeill). Annual Meeting of International Society for Political Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey.

Cohrs, C. J., & Bilali, R. (June, 2011). Images of the United States in Northern Ireland. German Peace Psychology Conference, Marburg, Germany.

Bilali, R. (2010, October). Turkish Construals of Armenian Massacres between 1880s -1920s: Social-

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Psychological Perspectives. Conference on the Psychology of Genocide and its Aftermath, Clark University, Massachusetts, USA.

Bilali, R. (2010, July). Beyond Denial: Responsibility and Accountability in the Aftermath of Mass Violence, Paper presented as part of the symposium, Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Psychological Dynamics in the Aftermath of Intergroup Violence (J. R. Vollhardt, chair). The Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society for Political Psychology Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA.

Bilali, R. (2010, July). The Differential Effect of Identity Centrality and Ingroup Superiority on Construals of Past Intergroup Conflict. Paper presented as part of the symposium, The group as a psychological and political resource (P. M. Rodriguez Mosquera, chair). The Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society for Political Psychology Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA.

Leach, C.W. & Bilali, R. (2010, July). Moral mis-engagement: How the moral self defends group violence. Paper presented as part of the symposium, The social psychology of interpreting group harm and violence (C.W. Leach, chair). XIX International Society for Research on Aggression world conference, Storrs, CT, USA.

Bilali, R., Tropp, L., & Dasgupta, N. (2010, June). Group Identity and Construals of Past Intergroup Violence, Annual Conference of International Association for Conflict Management Conference, Boston, USA.

Bilali. R. (2010, April). Fluid Memories: Identities and Construals of Intergroup Violence. Tearing down the Walls: Rethinking the Political in Political Psychology. Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Bilali, R. (2010, January). Assessing the Internal Validity of Image Theory in the Context of Turkey-U.S. Relations, Political Psychology Pre-Conference. The 11th Annual Conference of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, USA.

Bilali, R. (2008, June). Remembering the Ingroup's Conflictual Past: The Effect of Group Identity. 7th

Biennial Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Chicago, USA.

Bilali, R. (2008, June). Remembering the Past: The Effect of Group Identity on Memories of Ingroup's Conflictual Past. European Association of Experimental Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Opatija, Croatia.

Bilali, R. (2008, April). How Do Groups Construe Events of Mass Violence? Perceptions of Intergroup Violence in Burundi and Turkey. Landscapes of Violence: Conflict and Trauma Through Time, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.

Bilali, R. (2008, August). Representations of the In-Group’s Conflictual Past: The Effect of Turkish Identification on Construal of Turkish-Armenian Massacres. 12th International Lab

Meeting, Social Representations, Collective Memory and Socially Shared Emotions: Narrative and Experimental Approaches. The European PhD on Social Representations & Communication Research Center and Multimedia LAB, Rome, (worldwide on-line connection).

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Bilali, R. (2007, July). Social Trust: Comparing Dimensions of Trust in the U.S. and Albania. Annual Scientific Meeting of Political Psychology, Oregon, USA.

Bilali, R. (2007, February) Peacebuilding and Trauma Recovery: A Public Educational Approach in East Africa.”, Panel presentation with Ervin Staub and Laurie Pearlman, Peacebuilding and Trauma Recovery: Integrated Strategies in Post-War Reconstruction, Denver, USA.

Bilali, R. (2006, April). International Image Theory, Emotions, and Social Identifications: Turks’ Images and Action Tendencies toward the U.S.” Day Without Violence Conference, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, organized by Peace and Conflict Studies Institute.

POSTERS

Freel, S., Bilali, R., & Godfrey, E. (July, 2017). Opposing Trump: A longitudinal study of collective action in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Edinburgh, UK.

Bilali, R., & Goncalves-Portelinha, I. (June, 2015). Confronting the past. Integrating research and practice to promote peaceful intergroup relations in the aftermath of violence. Launch event of Global TIES for Children: Transforming Interventions at Scale, New York.

Iqbal, Y., & Bilali, R. (July, 2014). How Beliefs about Groups Influence Acknowledgment of Responsibility for Ingroup’s Misdeeds? Annual Conference of International Society of Political Psychology, Rome.

Bilali, R. (January, 2010). The Effect of Group Identity on Memories of Past Conflicts”, The 11th Annual Conference of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas.

Bilali, R. (February, 2009). The Differential Effects of Identity Centrality and Glorification on Construal of and Emotional Reactions toward Past Intergroup Violence”, The 10th Annual Conference of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa.

Bilali, R. (April, 2008). The Trouble with Truth: The Effect of Group Membership and Ingroup Identification on Construal of Mass violence in Burundi and Turkey. Psychology and Social Justice Conference, The School for New Research, New York.

Bilali, R. (January, 2007). International Image Theory, Emotions, and Social Identifications: Turks' Images and Action Tendencies toward the U.S., The 8th Annual Conference of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis.

Bilali, R. (January, 2007). The Structure of Images and Intergroup Emotions as a Function of Group Identification and Perceived Structural Relations. Intergroup Relations Pre-conference, Memphis.

Bilali, R. (August, 2006). Emotions and Social Identifications; Turks Images and Action Tendencies toward the U.S. International Society for Research on Emotions Annual Conference, Atlanta.

Bilali, R. (April, 2006). Social Trust: Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Cooperation in the U.S.

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and Albania. Psychology and Social Justice Conference (PASJ), Tufts University, Boston.

MEDIA COVERAGE

Featured in Steinhardt at a Glance. Using Media to Promote Social Change in Conflict-Affected Countries: An Interview with Rezarta Bilali https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/site/ataglance/2017/11/an-interview-with-rezarta-bilali.html

NYU Research Digest, Spring, 2016 EurekAlert: The Global Source of Science News:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/sfpa-mnc012116.php NYU Research Digest, Spring, 2015 New York Magazine, November 25, 2014

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/11/homogeneous-groups-make-us-feel-safer.html Hurriyet Daily, October, 11, 2014, http://sosyal.hurriyet.com.tr/yazar/melis-alphan_350/biz-

barismadan-baris-gelmeyecek_27364901 Featured in ISPP junior scholars blog, Kudos Column, December 12, 2014,

http://www.ispp.org/jsc/blog/kudos-column-dr.-rezarta-bilali Featured in Albanian-American Success Stories, albaniansuccessstories.com  APA monitor, April 2013, http://www.apamonitor-digital.org/apamonitor/201304?

folio=74#pg76 and http://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/04/apf-ideas.aspx

TEACHING

New York University CoursesProject Research Seminar (graduate level) Research Methods (graduate level)Intervention and Social Change (graduate level)Psychology and Social Change (undergraduate level)Conflict Analysis and Resolution (graduate level)Social Psychology (undergraduate level)Advanced Seminar in Psychology and Social Intervention (graduate level)

University of Massachusetts Boston Reconciliation and Intergroup Relations (graduate level) Introductory Theory of Conflict Resolution (graduate level)Cross-Cultural Conflict (graduate level)Research Methods (graduate level)

University of Massachusetts AmherstPrejudice and Intergroup Relations (undergraduate level)Methods of Inquiry in Psychology (undergraduate level)Introduction to Political Psychology (undergraduate level)Power-Up: Succeeding in College (undergraduate level)

ADVISING

Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellows Sandra Penic, Spring 2017 Isabelle Portelina Goncalvez, January 2015- December 2016

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New York University Doctoral Advisees and Collaborators Yeshim Iqbal (primary advisor)*Awarded Phillip J. Zlatchlin Memorial Award; APA Div. 48, Peace Psychology Research Grant; Bernard R. Ackerman ScholarshipSamuel Freel (primary advisor)Tess Yanisch (reader on 2nd year projet)Esther Burston (reader on 2nd year project and qualifying exam paper)Jason R. D. Rarick (collaborator on research projects)Katelin Neufeld (visiting doctoral candidate)

New York University Masters and Undergraduate Advisees Lu Meng, Undergraduate research advisee (2017-2018)Diana Samtani, Fieldwork advisee (2017)Oana Groza, Undergraduate research advisee (2017)Sophia Wang, Undergraduate research advisee (2017)Casey Elizabeth Moran, Master’s advisee (2016)Cecilie Kran Lovestam, Fieldwork advisee (2015-2016)Bradley Faust, Master’s advisee (2014-2016)Kim Nguyen, Masters/Research advisee (2014-2015)Renee N. Antoine, Fieldwork advisee (2014-2015)Julie Ciccolini, Fieldwork advisee (2013-2014)Tremaine Owen Wright, Fieldwork advisee (2014-2015)Emil Hafeez, Fieldwork advisee (2014-2015)Gavriella Rubin, Research advisee (2013-2015)

Umass Boston Masters Thesis SuperviseesJennifer Pessolano (Spring, 2011)Sheilah J. Davidson (Spring, 2011)Joe Bettencourt (Spring 2012)Git Nahmens (Fall 2012)Cathleen Finn (Spring 2012)Janet Hunkel (Spring 2013)Baris Mumyakmaz (Spring, 2013)Colina Cole (Spring 2013)David D’Alessandro (Spring 2014)

Guest lectures Criminal Case Study in Trauma Studies (Instructor: Judie Alpert), NYU, Spring 2014. Social Psychology and Social Change (Instructor: Erin Godfrey), NYU, Fall 2013 Phd Colloquium on Global Governance and Human Security. Umass Boston, Fall 2013. Perspectives on Global Health (Instructor: Courtenay Sprague). Umass Boston, Spring 2013. Phd Colloquium on Global Governance and Human Security. (Instructor: Courtenay Sprague).

Umass Boston, Fall 2012. Genocide and World Politics. (Instructor: Prof. Robert Weiner). Umass Boston, Fall 2011. Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: Theory, Research, and Practice. (Instructor: Ilana

Shapiro). Umass Amherst, Spring 2006.

SERVICE

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University Service New York University

2017- (Chair of committee) Comprehensive Exam Committee, PSI, NYU2017- (Committee member) HDSI Master’s Program Committee, Department of Applied

Psychology2014- (Committee member) Global Committee, Department of Applied Psychology, NYU 2013- (Committee member) Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Applied

Psychology, NYU2017-2018 (Committee member) Counseling Clinical Faculty Search Committee, Department of

Applied PsychologySpring 2017 (Committee member) Global Committee Affairs, Steinhardt, NYU2016-2017 (Committee member) Comps Exam Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention, 2015-2016 (Committee member) Admissions Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention, 2015 (Committee member) Griffiths/Carras Research Award Committee, Steinhardt, NYU2014-2015 (Chair of committee) Admissions Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention, 2013-2014 (Committee member) Admissions Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention,

University of Massachusetts Boston 2012-2013 Faculty Council Academic Affairs Committee, University of Massachusetts Boston2011-2013 Academic Affairs Committee, McCormack Graduate School, University of

Massachusetts Boston2009-2013 Departmental Admissions Committee, University of Massachusetts Boston2010/2012 Admissions Committee, Graduate Student Conflict Resolution Conference, University

of Massachusetts Boston

Service to Profession2018 Chair, Roberta Sigel Early Career Award Committee, International Society of Political

Psychology2018 Section Chair of International Society of Political Psychology Annual Conference in

San Antonio, Texas2017 Grant Reviewer, American Psychological Foundation, Visionary Grants. 2012-2017 Editorial Board Member, Journal of Social and Political Psychology2014-2016 Grant Reviewer, International Peace Research Association 2013-2016 Governing Council Member (Elected), International Society of Political Psychology 2012-2014 Internationalization Committee (Appointed), Society for the Study of Social Issues. 2012-2014 Member-at-Large (Elected), Executive Committee of the Society for the Study of

Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division (Div 48 of APA)2011-2012 Applied Social Internship Committee (Appointed), Society for the Study of

Social Issues.

2010 Judge for “Best Poster Award” at the 11th Annual Conference of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas.

AdHoc ReviewerAnalyses of Social Issues and Public PolicyEuropean Journal of Social PsychologyJournal of Personality and Social PsychologyPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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Personality and Social Psychology CompassJournal of Conflict ResolutionPeace & Conflict: Journal of Peace PsychologyBritish Journal of Social PsychologyJournal of Social and Political PsychologyItalian Journal of Social PsychologyPolitical PsychologyPolitical Research QuarterlySocial PsychologySocial Psychology and Personality ScienceOxford University Press (2013)International Association of Conflict Management Annual Conference Papers (2010)Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Biennial Conference (2012)

Service to Community Consultant, Follow up, provide feedback, and lead workships on educational radio programs on evolution of conflict, intergroup violence, and reconciliation developed by La Benevolencija-Humanitarian Tools and Foundations, Burundi and Rwanda, 2005 - 2015.

Facilitator, “The Connect Program: A bridge between university students in the U.S. and the Arab and Muslim World.”, Organized by Soliya, Multimedia-videoconferencing environment, Fall and Spring Quarter, 2005.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Experiments in Government and Politics (EGAP)Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity (PACH), New York UniversityGlobal TIES for Children: Transforming Intervention Effectiveness and Scale, New York UniversityAssociation for Psychological ScienceInternational Society for Political PsychologySociety of Personality and Social PsychologySociety for Psychological Study of Social IssuesSociety for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division

LANGUAGES

Albanian (native); English and Turkish (active); Italian and French (passive).