Interesting article about the adjunctification crisis in higher ed.

IMO, as a person who reviews manuscript submissions and their authors' responses), can we dispense with the formal niceties in response comments? I don't need to be thanked for every comment I make. Its tedious. I am re-reviewing a 32 page submission. And the response document is 16 pages. 😠

Now accepting submissions for a Special Issue on Challenges in Addressing Maternal & Infant Health Disparities — policy, methods, and equity-forward perspectives encouraged. Deadline: 5/31/2027. CFP: buff.ly/BNkfGnD

Code clearly, the most likely person who will have to read this mess is you in a few years. Turns out the same goes for names of folders ...

Already tomorrow May 6, We're hosting Giulio d'Urso (University of Reggio Calabria) whose talk is titled "Shadows and Shields: Risk and Protective Factors in Bullying and Victimisation."

My brother in Christ, this admin does not care about population health generally or immigrants. The likelihood of this admin caring about the health of immigrants is approximately 0.

Same energy:

You're not going to get everything done. Some things are important. Some things are urgent. Use this grid to help identify priorities. And focus on what is important. #PhDchat #PhDforum #ECRchat #postdoc #academicchatter

Brilliant post about literature reviews.

In his previous career as a goalkeeper, failure felt clear. Thinking that his sport taught him how to handle failure during his PhD, Javier Nion Fieira found his experiences in elite sport were easier to analyse and process than those in the lab: spklr.io/63325EKlXR #PhDSky #AcademicSky

#AcademicSky Gun debates largely focus on murders. But in US, nearly 2/3 of gun deaths are SUICIDES. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... We really do need to shift the conversation (which is stuck, anyway, when it comes to homicide)

Excellent piece by @ctrlaltpersuade.bsky.social that captures how many of us feel right now, particularly those of us in #teaching... "The Center Was Not Holding" open.substack.com/pub/controla... #AcademicChatter #Trump #RESIST!

The supervisory relationship can make the difference between a doctoral student thriving – or simply surviving. Here’s how to build productive, respectful relationships, grounded in mentoring principles: https://ow.ly/lM7C50YT85x #PhDSky #AcademicSky

Yes. But not mentioned is the declining share of tenured and tenure track professors doing this work. The adjunctification in higher ed means there are fewer people who can be incentivized to do this work, because when you’re an adjunct no one cares if you can do research. slate.com/technology/2...

demoscapes.org is a visual atlas of demographic surfaces hosted at @mpidr.bsky.social. It is also my passion project growing out of my 2016 human mortality database explorer. Did you publish something containing Lexis surfaces? Consider reaching out and having your work featured on the site.

Join us next week for the final POP Speaker Series talk of the season featuring @jnobles.bsky.social ! She’ll present research on how wildfire exposure shapes prenatal scarring and selection. In person or on Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/81954963223

Thrilled to share a recent publication I contributed to on life expectancy in Chicago. Using coincidence analysis, we show that in CCAs, difference makers for low average life expectancy were low birth weight, unemployment, and violence. #AcademicSky #structuralracism doi.org/10.1093/hasc...

Now accepting submissions 🎓 Special Issue on Challenges in Addressing Maternal & Infant Health Disparities—policy, methods, and equity-forward perspectives encouraged. CFP: buff.ly/BNkfGnD #PublicHealth #SpecialIssue #ESI

This is both good news and cool science, a combo that we don't see often enough.

CFP for a special issue on maternal and infant health disparities—welcoming quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods work. 🗓️ Deadline: May 31, 2026 📎 buff.ly/BNkfGnD #HealthEquity #AcademicSky

Did you know there is a scientific journal edited by and made for kids? It is called Frontiers for Young Minds. Consider publishing with them, it is fun! With Job Speelman, we wrote a short piece on neural networks (kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....) that you can use as an example. #AcademicSky

#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch Twin study Much right-wing authoritarianism (RWA)-education link (r = -.46) from heritable or shared-variance confounds But 28% is unexplained, so education might play role in reducing RWA (but likely less so than many expect) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Volume 8 of the Health Equity Reader is up on my Substack!! #academicsky #healthequityreader open.substack.com/pub/jessibis...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Working on research related to maternal or infant health inequities? We’re welcoming submissions for a special issue focused on real-world challenges and solutions. 📅 Deadline: May 31, 2026 🔗 buff.ly/BNkfGnD #SpecialIssue #HealthEquity #AcademicSky

📢 Call for Papers! I’m guest editing a special issue on Challenges in Addressing Maternal & Infant Health Disparities. Deadline: May 31, 2026. Submit your work here 👉 buff.ly/BNkfGnD #AcademicSky #PublicHealth #MaternalHealth

This timeline is deeply weird. This is a screengrab from an official federal government website, which includes the note: "Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from truth... 1/

Hey all, any suggestions for researchers who are really well-versed in the methodological issues with Wakefield's autism studies? I'm looking for someone to interview for an upcoming article. Re-posts for visibility appreciated! #EpiSky #AcademicSky

Career Advice Reminder | The Update Desk A simple five-minute practice can build community in the college classroom, Niles Mattier writes. https://bit.ly/3NePiXF #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Wanna stronger online presence but don't wanna spend more time on social media? You're not alone. Good news: there's ways for you to be more intentional about your online presence beyond socials 💡 Here's a list for faculty and grad students 🔖 Please share with a friend #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Meta-analysis shows student ranks based on achievement test scores are relatively stable over time whereas those based on school grades are not. Overall, this suggests placement decisions based on these measures should be reassessed at least every 1-2 years. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Co-Author Jennifer Caputo is a FSU Sociology alum!!

We are thrilled to have Laura Schechter join us Monday to present her Dakar study investigating the extent to which collusion can explain the under-provision of clean sanitation technologies in developing countries. psc.isr.umich.edu/events/zivin... @uwcsde.bsky.social

Join the Program in Survey and Data Science for Curtiss Cobb (VP of Research, Meta): Balancing Theory with Practice: How to Develop Successful Industry Research Practitioners Wednesday, October 1, 12:00-1:00 EDT Details including abstract & zoom link: myumi.ch/R3yJX 1070 ISR-Thompson

#academicsky #open #skybrarians

I am looking for absolutely stellar examples of specific aims' pages. Does anyone have one that they wouldn't mind sharing? I am talking about, basically the perfect one-pager. TIA. #academicsky #proposalwriting #writing

A paper in Nature reports that people cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails. 🧪

🎯 One project per stage = a strong scholarly identity. 🌐 Many projects = a wide network and multiple outlets. ⚖️ The balance? That’s the art of career design. My post describes my own experience (and discusses others I've witnessed) www.raulpacheco.org/2025/06/doin... #RPVSky

📚 “Reading more” is on every scholar’s to-do list… but it’s hard to sustain it. I wrote about 4 reasons to commit and 5 practical tips to help you build a reading practice that lasts. My post can be read here 👉 www.raulpacheco.org/2025/04/deve... #RPVSky

You're not alone if you struggle saying everything you want in your paper and keep to the word limit! Here are 7 tips for you to avoid hours of last-minute word cutting: https://annaclemens.com/blog/reduce-word-count-scientific-paper-grant-proposal/ #AcademicSky #phd #Postdoc

Where did political conflicts about race, gender, and education erupt? Maybe not where you expected... Nicely complements this piece by @mirya.bsky.social, @simko.bsky.social, and Rebecca Johnson that explores a similar question using school board meeting videos: edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1102

🚨from Jammer (@AcrossTheMersey) on Twitter: "The US became an example of how not to handle a pandemic. Prioritizing profits over people led to devastating outcomes, particularly for working class and high risk professions..." Full 🧵: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19603...

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

Here's GREAT news for educators! You know all the hard work you put in to design outside of class activities to help your students learn? Well, when they do those things, in the order you intended, they actually learn more! Check it out: dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

This is such a great idea. Excess mortality estimates are so crucial... and *so* tricky. We have very little expert consensus about how they should be done. Changing that is a really smart, consequential research frontier to focus effort on.

1/7🧵Ignoring race, gender & income doesn’t deliver fairness—it deepens inequity. 🚫 Policies that erase demographic data in admissions don’t level the field. They hide barriers and advantage those already holding resources. Check out the evidence below! #EduSky #SciSci @aaascsew.bsky.social 🧪 🎓

If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, he’d likely: 1. Purge govt of non loyalists 2. Weaponize law against opponents 3. Use military to police opposition strongholds 4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel 5. Change election rules in his favor.

"But sometimes you have to be like Tom Hanks in the scene near the end of Saving Private Ryan, duty-bound to fire your last six bullets at the approaching Tiger tank, in the hope that it just might explode. Occasionally the editor does step up and sends some rocket-firing P-51s.”