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Angel Armenta serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Kentucky, where his research investigates societal change dynamics and intergroup relations. His work addresses critical issues like majority-group anxiety amid demographic shifts and interventions for reducing prejudice.
His research program examines reactions to societal transformations—including violent radicalization—and how individual differences exacerbate or mitigate negative responses. He develops evidence-based solutions for intergroup conflict, focusing on real-world applications like immigrant prejudice reduction and pandemic-related social polarization.
Recent publications analyze cultural inertia frameworks, collective nostalgia phenomena, and prejudice toward racial minorities through lenses of social identity and political extremism. These studies connect theoretical social psychology to contemporary movements like Black Lives Matter and national identity crises.
Dr. Armenta actively mentors the next generation of researchers by accepting new Ph.D. students and undergraduate research assistants, emphasizing hands-on training in societal change dynamics.
