Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D.

About

Lonny Douglas Meinecke, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of psychology at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. His research focuses on justice for Life.

Books by Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D.

Recent Posts

Do Plants Care What Happens to Them?

Recent evidence suggests that plants can cry, mourn, and feel pain. What does that mean for humans?

Habitat Fragmentation Is Turning Commuters Into Roadkill

Many of the risky behaviors of both men and small animals can be attributed to human inventions—such as roads separating living things from the things they need to survive.

The Benefits and Consequences of Magical Thinking

Does your baby have an unexplained mark on her body? Are you afraid to play baseball without your lucky glove? Superstitions are here to stay, but why?

Denial of Gender-Affirming Care Could Result in Suicide

A Personal Perspective: Maybe we should leave kids a way out, no matter what we believe.

Are We Seeing the Death of Trust?

Personal Perspective: Have you noticed the loss of trust in our society? Wouldn't you like to get it back? Maybe reverence is the way.

Personal Perspective: Have you noticed the loss of trust in our society? Wouldn't you like to get it back? Maybe reverence is the way.

Can Touch Help Us Overcome Fear?

When what you're seeing is making you anxious, try focusing on what you're feeling instead.

When what you're seeing is making you anxious, try focusing on what you're feeling instead.

The Unexpected Consequences of Becoming an Organ Donor

Did you know that the business of brokering human bodies is legal and unregulated? Maybe we should be better informed before we become organ donors.

Did you know that the business of brokering human bodies is legal and unregulated? Maybe we should be better informed before we become organ donors.

Bias and Hate Over a Vaccine

Has our war with the pandemic become more important than our respect for one another? Could an equal distribution of the vaccine help us remember the principle of mercy?

Has our war with the pandemic become more important than our respect for one another? Could an equal distribution of the vaccine help us remember the principle of mercy?

Bias in the Competition for Scarce Kidneys

Is the process of kidney allocation unbiased? Maybe it can't be fair. But as life and death decisions get harder to make, random selection seems more just than human criteria.

Is the process of kidney allocation unbiased? Maybe it can't be fair. But as life and death decisions get harder to make, random selection seems more just than human criteria.

No Child Should Think About Suicide

A Personal Perspective: Children are thinking about suicide more often now. If we honor the epoch of childhood instead of making them ashamed of it, we can extinguish these thoughts.

A Personal Perspective: Children are thinking about suicide more often now. If we honor the epoch of childhood instead of making them ashamed of it, we can extinguish these thoughts.