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Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 1

Rezarta Bilali, PhD Department of Applied New York University 246 Greene Street, Kimball Hall, rm 801 New York, NY10003 tel: +1(212)9985155 email: [email protected]

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2020- Associate Professor, Psychology and Social Intervention Department of New York University, USA

2013-2020 Assistant Professor, Psychology and Social Intervention Department of Applied Psychology New York University, USA

2009-2013 Assistant Professor, Department of , Human Security, and Global Governance, McCormack Graduate School of Studies University of Massachusetts Boston, Mass.

EDUCATION 2009 University of Massachusetts at Amherst PhD Concentration: Psychology of Peace and Violence Minor: Quantitative Methods 2004 Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey MA Conflict Resolution 2001 Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey BA Psychology

HONORS/AWARDS 2020 Otto Klineberg Intercultural and Award, Honorable Mention Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

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

2017 Goddard Fellowship Award New York University – Steinhardt

2016 Roberta Sigel Early Career Scholar Paper Award International Society for

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

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

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2010 Outstanding Dissertation Award Finalist The International Association for Cross-

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

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

PUBLICATIONS (* denotes student co-authors)

Journal Articles (peer reviewed)

Ulug, M., Bilali, R., Karasu, M., & Malo, L. (in press). Obstacles to reconciliation and forgiveness among victim groups of unacknowledged past trauma and genocide. European Journal of Social Psychology.

Freel, S. H.*, Bilali, R., & Godfrey, E. B. (in press). ‘We are the Resistance’: Predictors and consequences of self-categorization into the emerging movement to oppose Trump. Group Processes and .

Feuchte, F., Neufeld, K.*, Bilali, R., & Mazziotta, A. (in press). Forum theatre can improve intergroup attitudes, sense of community, and collective action intentions: Evidence from Liberia. Peace & Conflict. Journal of Peace Psychology.

Bilali, R., Godfrey, E. B., & Freel, S. H.* (2020). How an loss leads to a social movement: Reactions to the 2016 U.S. presidential election among liberals predict later collective action and social movement identification. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(1), 227-247.

Bilali, R., Iqbal, Y.*, & Erisen, C. (2019). The role of lay beliefs about group-based transgressions in acknowledgment of responsibility for ingroup harm-doing. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(5), 992-1006.

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. *Honorable Mention, Otto Klineberg Award, SPSSI

Stewart, A., Leach, C. L., Bilali, R., Celik, B., & Cidam, A. (2019). Explaining different orientations to the 2013 Gezi Park demonstrations in Istanbul, Turkey. British Journal of Social Psychology, 58(4), 829-852.

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.

Iqbal, Y.*, & Bilali, R. (2018). Seeking justice in the aftermath of violence. Predictors of Bangladeshi Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 3

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’ of justice, power and intergroup attitudes in Bangladesh. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 397-411.

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, International Society for Political Psychology *Griffiths Research Award, NYU-Steinhardt

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 , 22(2), 217-238.

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.

Leach, C. W., Celik, A. B., Bilali, R., Cidam, A., & Stewart, A. (2016). Being there: The 2013 anti- protests in Istanbul, Turkey. Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest, 4, 15-27.

Bilali, R., & Vollhardt, J. R. (2015). Do mass media interventions effectively promote peace in contexts of ongoing violence? Evidence from Eastern Democratic 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 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.

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Bilali, R., & Vollhardt, J. R. (2013). Priming effects of a reconciliation radio drama on historical 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. (2010). Assessing the internal validity of international image theory in the context of Turkey – U.S. relations. Political Psychology, 31, 275-303.

Book Chapters

Dehrone, T., Burrows, B., Tropp, L. R., Bilali R., & Morrison, G. (in press). Contact-based programs to strengthen social cohesion in post-genocide Rwanda. In A. Nordstrom, & W. Goodfriend (Eds.), Innovative stigma and discrimination reduction programs. Routledge.

Vollhardt, J., Jeong, H., & Bilali, R. (in press). Reconciliation in the aftermath of collective violence. In D. Osborne, & C. Sibley (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of political psychology. Cambridge University Press.

Bilali, R., Iqbal, Y.*, & Freel, S.* (2020). Understanding and counteracting genocide denial. In L. S. Newman (Ed.). Confronting humanity at its worst: Social psychological perspectives on genocide (pp. 284-311). Oxford University Press.

Bilali, R., & Mahmoud, R.* (2017). Confronting and reconciliation: A review of ’s approaches to transforming 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 , (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 Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 5

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

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. (2012). Collective memories of intergroup conflict. In D. Christie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of peace psychology (pp. 147-151). Hoboken, NJ: .

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. (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

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

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 (pp. 269-286). London: Blackwell.

Publications Under Review and in Preparation

Bilali, R., & Godfrey, E. (revise & resubmit). Perspective taking in conflict settings: The effect of perspective taking among Trump and Clinton supporters in the aftermath of 2016 U.S. presidential election. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Freel, S.*, & Bilali, R. (revise & resubmit). Putting the past into action: How historical narratives shape collective action participation. European Journal of Social Psychology.

Storz, N., Martinovic, B., Bilali, R., & Maloku, E. (under review). Victim consciousness and support for joint political decision-making among Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo: The role of shared territorial ownership perceptions.

Bilali, R. (in prep). The power of storytelling. Fighting violent extremism with narrative intervention.

Bilali, R. (in prep). The diffusion of the effects of a media narrative intervention to counteract violent extremism on listeners’ social networks: Findings from a field experiment in Burkina Faso.

Bilali, R., Iqbal, Y.*, & Taylor, L. (in prep). Assessing the impact of a lay theory intervention to increase acknowledgment of past ingroup harm-doing in the United States and Northern Ireland. Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 6

TECHNICAL REPORTS

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. NORC and United States Agency for International Development. Available online: https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00W4G3.pdf

Tropp, L., & Bilali, R. (2019). Healing our communities: Promoting social cohesion in Rwanda. Evaluation report. 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. NORC and United States Agency for International Development.

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

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

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

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

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

Staub, E., Pearlman, L., Bilali, R., Haven, T., & Vollhardt, J. (2007, 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 submitted to Radio La Benevolencija.

OTHER WRITING

Bilali, R. (2014, Spring). Grant writing in political psychology: Advice from an early career scholar. Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 7

International Society of Political Psychology's Junior Scholars' newsletter.

RESEARCH FUNDING

2019 Disrupting the narrative: Mobilizing collective action to reduce racial, economic and gender inequality. Seed grant submitted to Institute of Human Development and Social Change, NYU ($14,600) 2017-2019 Bilali, R. (PI). Impact evaluation of “Voices for Peace” media project to counteract violent extremism in Burkina Faso. United States Agency for International Development (Research contract through NORC at University of Chicago: $1.2 million) 2017 Bilali, R. (PI). The University Research Challenge Fund, NYU ($13,000) 2017 Bilali, R. (PI) & Taylor, L. (Co-PI). Global Research Incubator Award, NYU – Steinhardt ($10,000) 2017 Bilali, R. (PI), & Godfrey, E. (Co-PI). Professional Development Funds, NYU – Steinhardt ($6,000) 2015 Bilali, R., Steinhardt Summer Grant Proposal Development Award, New York University ($5,000) 2012 Bilali, R. Visionary and the Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Grant, American Psychological Foundation ($19,600) 2012 Bilali, R. (PI), & Vollhardt, J. (Co-PI). Psychology Beyond Borders Mission Awards ($13,400) 2012 Bilali, R. (PI), & Vollhardt, J. (Co-PI). Joseph P. Healey Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Boston ($11,900) 2011 Bilali, R. (PI). Grants-in-Aid award. The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues ($2,000) 2011 Bilali, R. Faculty Study Abroad, University of Massachusetts Boston ($5,000) 2008 Bilali, R. The Harry Frank Guggenheim Dissertation Grant ($20,000) 2008 Bilali, R. International Peace Research Association Foundation, Small Peace Research Grant ($3,000) 2007 Bilali, R. Grants-in-Aid award, The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues ($2,000)

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Invited Talks 2021 • Limerick University, Psychology Department Speaker Series • Utrecht University, ERCOMER 2019 • University of Geneva Graduate Institute, and EGAP (Evidence on Governance and Politics), Evidence and Policy Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland • NYU – Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Social Psychology Brownbag Series • University of Massachusetts Amherst, Social Psychology Colloquium • City University of New York, Psychology Club 2018 • Vanderbilt University, Department Colloquium Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 8

• Vanderbilt University, Africa at a Crossroads, Trans-Institutional Program (roundtable panelist) 2017 • Queen University, Belfast, Conducting Research in Conflict Settings: Navigating Practical and Ethical Challenges. (workshop facilitator) • Queen University, Belfast, Challenging the Narrative of Intractable Conflict Conference. (plenary session facilitator) • United States Agency of International Development (USAID), Washington DC 2016 • (keynote). Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, International Section Keynote Address, New York 2014 • (keynote). Working Group Meeting of EU-Funded Consortium (Cost Action IS 1205), Cyprus • Princeton University, Social Psychology Program Speaker Series • International Society of Political Psychology Annual Conference, Rome, Italy (roundtable panelist) • University of Lausanne, Switzerland • New York University, Counseling Forum - Department of Applied Psychology 2013 • Leiden University, Lorentz Center, The Netherlands 2012 • University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Social Psychology Brownbag Series • Workshop on Advancing the Psychology of Genocide, Political Repression, and Mass Violence: Integrating Social Psychological Theories and Historical Data, Luxembourg. • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and United States Military Academy at West Point, Washington, D.C. (Mass Atrocity Education Workshop: Teaching about the Holocaust and Genocide Prevention) 2011 • 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. The 24th Annual Conference of International Association of Conflict Management. Istanbul, Turkey (Roundtable panelist) 2010 • University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Bridging Social Psychological and Peace Perspectives Conference • Clark University, Department of Psychology 2009 • University of Massachusetts Amherst, Institute of Global Health • Open Society Institute, NSP Global Supplementary Grant & Doctoral Fellow Program

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE SYMPOSIA CHAIRED

Bilali, R. (July, 2019). Field experiments in conflict settings: Designing and testing theory-driven Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 9

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: in crossing community divides in the US, Nigeria, Israel, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Annual Meeting of Association for Conflict Resolution, New Orleans.

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (* denotes student co-authors)

Storz, N., Bilali, R., & Martinovic, B. (July, 2020). Reconciliation intentions in Kosovo: The roles of ingroup superiority and exclusive and inclusive collective psychological ownership and victim consciousness. The 21st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Bilali., R. (July, 2019). Can narrative media counter violent extremism and increase community- police collaboration? Evidence from a field experiment. The 21st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Freel, S.*, Bilali, R., & Godfrey, E. (July, 2019). Welcome to the “Resistance”: Social movement identity development and collective action. The 21st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Bilali. R. (February, 2019). Using media to counteract violent extremism and increase police- community collaboration. The 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 20th 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 Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 10

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 responsibility for in-group harm-doing. The 19th 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. The Annual Convention of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego.

Erisen, C., & Bilali, R. & Iqbal, Y.* (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 18th 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 18th 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.

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Celik, B., Bilali, R., & Ok, E. (July, 2014). Psychological asymmetry in minority-majority relations at different stages of ethnic conflict. The 17th 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 15th 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). The 15th 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). Meeting of 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). The 14th 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). The 14th 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, July). Beyond denial: Responsibility and accountability in the aftermath of mass Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 12

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 13th Annual 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 13th Annual Meeting of International Society for Political Psychology Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA.

Leach, C.W. & Bilali, R. (July 2010). 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. (June, 2010). Group identity and construals of past intergroup violence, Annual Conference of International Association for Conflict Management Conference, Boston, USA.

Bilali, R. (October, 2010). Turkish construals of Armenian massacres between 1880s -1920s: Social- Psychological Perspectives. Conference on the Psychology of Genocide and its Aftermath, Clark University, Massachusetts, USA.

Bilali. R. (April, 2010). 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. (January, 2010). Assessing the internal validity of image theory in the context of Turkey- U.S. relations, Political Psychology Pre-Conference. The Annual Conference of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, USA.

Bilali, R. (June, 2008). 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. (June, 2008). Remembering the past: The effect of group identity on memories of ingroup's conflictual past. Annual Meeting of European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, Opatija, Croatia.

Bilali, R. (August, 2008). 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, and Socially Shared : Narrative and Experimental Approaches. The European PhD on Social Representations & Communication Research Center and Multimedia LAB, Rome.

Bilali, R. (April, 2008). 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.

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Bilali, R. (July, 2007). Social trust: Comparing dimensions of trust in the U.S. and Albania. The 10th Annual Meeting of Political Psychology, Oregon, USA.

Bilali, R. (February, 2007) Peacebuilding and trauma recovery: A public education 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. (April, 2006). International Image Theory, Emotions, and Social Identifications: Turks’ Images and Action Tendencies toward the U.S.” Day Without Violence Conference, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Peace and Conflict Studies Institute.

CONFERENCE POSTERS

Dehrone, T. A., Tropp, L. R., Bilali, R., & Pensky, H. (July, 2020), Coming Together after Genocide: How interventions promote dialogue and reconciliation between survivors and non- survivors in Rwanda. Poster presented at the ISPP Annual Meeting (online).

Dehrone, T. A., Tropp, L., Bilali, R., & Pensky, H. (February, 2020). Coming together after genocide: How interventions promote dialogue and reconciliation between survivors and non- survivors in Rwanda. Annual Convention of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans.

Freel, S.*, Bilali, R., & Godfrey, E. (July, 2018). Welcome to the ‘Resistance’: Mechanisms of social movement identity development over President Trump’ first 100 days in office. The Annual Meeting of International Society of Political Psychology, San Antonio, Texas.

Freel, S.*, Bilali, R., & Godfrey, E., & Iqbal, Y. (July, 2017). Opposing Trump: A longitudinal study of collective action in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential . 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? The 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 : 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.

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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, The 8th Annual Conference of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 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. and Albania. Psychology and Social Justice Conference (PASJ), Tufts University, Boston.

TEACHING New York University Undergraduate Courses APSY-UE 13: Social Psychology (Fall, 2015; Spring 2014, 2015, 2018) APSY-UE 1032: Psychology and Social Change (new course; Fall 2016, 2018)

Graduate Courses APSY-GE 2205: Conflict Analysis and Resolution (new course; Spring 2014, 2015, 2019; Fall 2017) APSY-GE 2826: Intervention and Social Change (major course revision; Fall, 2016) APSY-GE-2839: Project Research Seminar (Fall & Spring: 2018-2019, 2019-2020) APSY-GE 2830: Advanced Seminar in Psychology and Social Intervention (2014-2015) APSY-GE-2070: Research and Evaluation (online course; Fall 2017, Spring 2018) APSY-GE 2663: Program Development and Evaluation in Counseling (online course; Winter, 2020)

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

University of Massachusetts Amherst Methods of Inquiry in Psychology (undergraduate) Introduction to Political Psychology (undergraduate) Prejudice and Intergroup Relations (undergraduate)

MENTORING New York University

Doctoral Advisees: 2 Yeshim Iqbal (2019), Research Scientist at Global TIES, NYU Samuel Freel (expected: 2022)

Doctoral Advisees’ Awards, Fellowships and Grants Yeshim Iqbal Steinhardt School Student Challenge Grant for Doctoral Research (2017) Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 15

Linda & Arthur Carter Family Fellowship (2017) APA Travel Grant for US to Attend International Conferences (2016) APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs Travel Grant (2016) Society of Multivariate Underrepresented Student Workshop Travel Award (2016, 2017) Chein Lehman Professional Development Award (2016, 2017) Bernard Ackerman Scholarship (2015) Steinhardt Competitive Professional Development Award (2015, 2016) Society for Community Research and Action Mini-grant Recipient (2015) New York University Student Senators Council Travel Award (2015, 2017) Ambassador for Action 2015 Campaign, Bangladesh (2015) Phillip J. Zlatchin Memorial Award (2014) Peace Psychology Grant Recipient, APA Peace Psychology Division (2014) Steinhardt Doctoral Student Travel Grant (2014)

Samuel Freel Steinhardt Doctoral Research and Travel Grant (2019) Chein-Lehman Professional Development Award (2018, 2019) International society of Political Psychology Early Career Travel Award (2018)

Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Reader: 6 Jason Rarick (2018) Eric Finegood (2017) Nia Gordon (2016) Zachary Barletta (2016) Molly J. Kingdon (2014) Anjali Alimchandrani (2013)

Doctoral Dissertation Reader: 1 Alyssa Pintar-Breen (2018)

Master’s Thesis Chair: 2 Jiani Gong (ongoing) Bradley Faust (2016)

Master’s Thesis Committee Member: 1 Lauren Kelly Dougherty (2019)

Master’s Thesis Proposal Reader: 3 Shimeng Weng, 2019 Casey Moran, 2019 Shavonnea Brown, 2014

Masters & Undergraduate Research Lab Advisees: 19 4 Master’s advisees 15 undergraduate fieldwork and research lab advisees

Visiting International Students and Scholars: 4 Nora Storz, doctoral student at Utrecht University, The Netherlands (Fall 2019) Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 16

Katelin Neufeld, doctoral student at University of Manitoba, Canada (Fall 2018) Sandra Penic, PhD, Post-doctoral fellow at Lausanne University, Switzerland (Spring 2017) Isabelle Portelinha-Goncalvez, PhD, University of West Paris Nanterre, France (2015-2016)

University of Massachusetts Boston: 9 Master’s Thesis Supervised

SERVICE

New York University Service to the Applied Psychology Department 2017- Chair, Comprehensive Exam Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention 2017- Member, HDSI Master’s Program Committee, Department of Applied Psychology 2014- Member, Global Committee, Department of Applied Psychology 2013- Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Applied Psychology 2017-2018 Member, Counseling Clinical Faculty Search Committee, Department of Applied Psychology 2016-2017 Member, Comprehensive Exam Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention 2015-2016 Member, Admissions Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention 2014-2015 Chair, Admissions Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention 2013-2014 Member, Admissions Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention

Service to NYU-Steinhardt 2019 - Member, Faculty Affairs Council and Faculty Senate, Steinhardt 2019 - Member, Student Affairs Committee, Steinhardt Fall 2019 & Spring 2017 Member, Global Committee Affairs, Steinhardt 2015 Member, Griffiths/Carras Research Award Committee, Steinhardt

University of Massachusetts Boston 2012-2013 Member, Faculty Council Academic Affairs Committee 2011-2013 Member, Academic Affairs Committee, McCormack Graduate School 2009-2013 Member, Departmental Admissions Committee 2010-2012 Member, Admissions Committee, Graduate Student Conflict Resolution Conference

Service to the Field 2020- Associate Editor, British Journal of Social Psychology 2020- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2018 Chair, Roberta Sigel Early Career Award Committee, International Society of Political Psychology 2018 Conference Section Chair, International Society of Political Psychology Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas 2013-2016 Member (Elected), Governing Council, International Society of Political Psychology 2012-2017 Editorial Board Member, Journal of Social and Political Psychology 2012-2014 Member (Appointed), Internationalization Committee, Society for the Study of Social Issues 2012-2014 Member-at-Large (Elected), Committee of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division (Div 48 of APA) 2011-2012.1 Applied Social Internship Committee Society for the Study of Social Issues. 2010 Judge, Best Poster Award, The 11th Annual Conference of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas. Rezarta Bilali CV- 2021 17

AdHoc Reviewer (since 2013) Analyses of Social Issues and ; European Journal of Social Psychology; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Personality and Social Psychology Compass; Proceeding of National Academy of Sciences; Journal of Conflict Resolution; Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology; British Journal of Social Psychology; Journal of Social and Political Psychology; Political Psychology; Political Research Quarterly; Social Psychology; Social Psychology and Personality Science; Oxford University Press (2013); Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Biennial Conference (2013)

Grant Reviewer German Foundation for Peace Research (2020); William T. Grant Foundation (2020); American Psychological Foundation, Visionary Grants (2017); International Peace Research Association (2014- 2016)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Association for Psychological Science Evidence in Government and Politics (EGAP) International Society for Political Psychology Society of Personality and Social Psychology Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues

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