Trevor S. Lies, Ph.D.

Research

EPRG is an interdisciplinary, mixed-methods research group interested in the mutual constitution of psychological experience and our everyday environments.

We are located in the Department of Psychology at Norfolk State University.

Two related foundational insights guide the scholarship of EPRG: (1) our habits of mind and ways of being are not "just natural," but rather represent the product of our engagement with cultural ecologies that have been shaped to reflect and promote particular sets of beliefs and desires, and (2) everyday spaces of human existence are not "neutral," but instead reflect the charged, psychological residue of prior (and ongoing), culturally-constituted human activity.

Though the specific research projects and interests of EPRG vary, we are generally interested in understanding how our habits of mind and ways of being interact with the ecological crisis and matters of environmental (in)justice.

Publications

Manuscripts & projects in prep.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Lies, T. S., Omar, S. M., Schmitt, H. J., & Adams, G. (2025). Conserving Nature, Resisting Change: Political Conservatism and Evasion of Anti-Systemic Environmentalisms. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102724.

Lies, T. S., Omar, S. M., & Adams, G. (2024). Does Environmental Psychology Afford an "Effective Context" for the Study of Structural Racism?. Journal of Environmental Psychology.

Lies, T. S., Omar, S. M., Roennengart, A., Adams, G., & Santangelo, B. (2024). Attributing Extreme Weather to Climate Change: State Park Employees as Institutional Actors. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 1–23.

Lies, T. S., Adams, G., & Santangelo, B. (2022). Decolonial Considerations of Environmentalism: Observations from a (US) State Park. Psychology in Society. 64, 21-43

Nagel, J. & Lies, T. S. (2022). Re-Gendering Climate Change: Men and Masculinity in Climate Research, Policy and Practice. Frontiers in Climate. 77.

Nagel, J., Cooper, D. H., Lee, T., & Lies, T. S. (2021). Unmasking the Racial and Gender Politics of the US Pandemic. Peace Review. 33(1), 24-32.

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters

Lies, T. S., Omar, S. M., Adams, G. (2025). Decolonial Considerations of Environmentalism. In: Barnes, B.R., Fernandes-Jesus, M., Trott, C. D., Barnwell, G. (eds) Community, Psychology and Climate Justice. Community Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99223-0_11

Schmitt, H. J, Schwartzman, L., & Lies, T. S. (Under review). “What’s our color? Poor!”: Exploring Race & Justice Evasion in Environmental Exposure Frames.

Lies, T. S., Omar, S. M., Morin, H., Russin, E., Roennengart, A., & Adams, G. (In prep). (Hegemonic) Conceptions of Environmentalism: Wilderness Preservation, Ecomodernism, & Racism-evasion.

Miller, J., Lies, T. S., & Crandall, C. (Under review). Tuning Arguments to the Audience: Selecting Justifications to Suit Audience Prejudice.

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