Virginia Tech earned the 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, and I’m grateful to have served alongside admirable colleagues on this meaningful and rewarding committee. Link: news.vt.edu/articles/202... #CommunityEngagement #HigherEd #PublicImpact

Not all STEM grads will work in STEM professions. Many pursue adjacent paths such as analytics, finance, etc.; and seeking opportunities for growth and community while still using STEM skills. My full take in WalletHub’s 2026 analysis: wallethub.com/edu/best-wor... #STEM #CareerPaths #Workforce

Looking for brain breaks that feel purposeful? Educator Donna Paul has 8 activities that combine mindfulness, movement, and meaning! 🏃🧠 #BrainBreaks #EduSky

Just received IRB approval for a study on graduate students’ wellbeing. What a way to start the New Year and new semester. Wishing everyone a healthy, productive Spring! #GraduateEducation #HigherEd #Wellbeing

Wishing everyone a Happy and Festive Holiday Season!

Our annual research roundup is here! Here are 10 takeaways from this year’s must-read education studies—from the power of brain breaks to groundbreaking research on AI, cell phones, and handwriting in the classroom. 🧠✍️ #EdResearch #EduSky

Two fall takeaways: • Students want more readings from diverse scholars (Indigenous epistemologies really landed). • Letting students analyze policies they care about drives engagement. What readings/policy prompts lit up your class? #InclusiveTeaching #HigherEd

Finals week (or nearly there)? A quick reminder to be kind to yourself; small breaks, sleep, and grace go a long way. #FinalsWeek #HigherEd

How could educators encourage GenAI use that actually stimulates metacognitive processes (planning, monitoring, reflection)? #AIinEducation #GenerativeAI nextlevellab.gse.harvard.edu/2023/07/28/n...

If you’re going to be in Philly, don’t miss this session!

We raise our library voices to celebrate our Indigenous neighbors 💜 How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨ Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡

In this episode, Drs. Dionne Cross Francis & Francesca López shared their insights & innovations on a humanizing approach to race-focused research in education. I was thrilled to hear about their affirming, positive vision and what it will take to realize it. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Policy discussion lit up class last night. I plan to weave policy more into my courses and engage more with Educational Psychology for Policy and Practice (www.apa.org/pubs/journal...). If you teach Ed Psych: how do you integrate policy into coursework? #EdPsych #EducationPolicy

Thrilled to partner with Virginia Tech Graduate School on an Academic Job Market workshop. One takeaway: in your teaching statement, explicitly name your pedagogy, the philosophies, theories, and practices that guide what you do. #AcademicJobMarket #HigherEd

This month's Motivation Monday will be over Researching in Unprecedented Times. Join us in conversation with @stephenaguilar.com, @christymbyrd.bsky.social, and @jeffgreene.bsky.social on November 24th.

It's a must-read: Our new November newsletter, guest edited by @royeljohnsonphd.bsky.social. "Defending the Public Mission of #HigherEd" is the theme, with a timely exploration of academic freedom: conta.cc/4nC0Osw @akezar.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social

Interesting review documenting the rise in scholarship on visual misinformation, how it is more persuasive than text misinformation, and how #GenAI is both increasing visual misinformation content and being used to combat it. (!) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1080/1520...

New Special Issue of Educational Psychologist titled: "Race-Focused Research in Educational Psychology"! Four articles + one commentary on what I think is one of the most important issues facing the field today. www.tandfonline.com/toc/hedp20/6... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

New meta-analysis showing pre-bunking (inoculation treatments) on misinformation techniques (I might call this "manipulation techniques" but whatevs) increases people's ability to spot misinfo w/o making them less trusting of news in general. I need to dig into the study, but this seems promising.

Today, my doctoral advisee Mackenzie Rose will be defending her dissertation "Empathetic Educational Environments: Advancing Cultural Sensitivity of Trauma Through Storytelling in the Secondary-level English Classroom."

Universal social and emotional learning (SEL) programs had positive effects on academic achievement, detectable in elementary but not beyond. Effects stronger in literacy than math, and for longer compared to shorter programs. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Learning how to translate one's findings to the public in ways that make clear its value is becoming an essential skill for researchers. Seems like we should be teaching this in graduate programs.

Deliberate ignorance is "the conscious decision to forgo available, potentially highly relevant information." The authors seem to align deliberate ignorance w/critical ignoring, but the "highly relevant information" part != critically ignoring unhelpful information. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Science belongs to the public. That’s why it was so special to share our Community Science Data Talks project on public radio! When climate science and public media are under pressure, I’m reminded that informed, empathetic conversation is a form of civic action.

A new large-scale analysis of existing research in Review of Educational Research finds that school-provided social and emotional learning programs improve students’ academic achievement in addition to their social and emotional development. Read about it here: www.aera.net/Newsroom/Soc...

Oh the . . . www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Curation matters as much as literacy. "...recommendations include broadening the scope of media literacy interventions beyond a narrow focus on misinformation detection. Interventions should prioritize developing comprehensive competencies, such as..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Delighted to share @drkellyallen.bsky.social's paper reformulating the Integrative Framework of Belonging through interviews of other esteemed belonging researchers! This open-access paper does a deep dive on the theory––a must read for anyone using the framework! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Attend, "A Green Book for Higher Education: Exploring ‘External’ Forces Shaping Black Student Life” by alum @tichavakunda.bsky.social, a winner of the 2025 Alumni Award: shorturl.at/XTYpf @uscrossier.bsky.social, @drkalebbriscoe.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social

TBT: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... Had my students read me and Dr. Emma Burns' article on peer models last night, and had a lively discussion about how educators pair or group students for hands-on and PBL activities.

Congratulations to @uscpullias.bsky.social and @uscrossier.bsky.social's own @adrianhuertaphd.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #AscendFellow at the Aspen Institute! We couldn't be prouder! shorturl.at/WyKu6 @akezar.bsky.social, @drmikemunoz.bsky.social, @usc.edu, @aspeninstitute.bsky.social

In this webinar, join higher education experts as we discuss how institutional factors can facilitate or inhibit environments for Black students. shorturl.at/EI5ah @uscrossier.bsky.social, @tichavakunda.bsky.social, @drkalebbriscoe.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social

"...embrace opportunities for quick and meaningful wins. These are the common-sense education initiatives that share three critical features: evidentiary support, low financial costs, and scalability." - @tomdee.bsky.social www.edweek.org/leadership/o...

I’ve spent the last 15 years thinking about math skills that set kids up for success at school entry. Now, I’m excited to dive into new work on how math is conceived in California’s universal transitional kindergarten (UTK) funded through the Barbara White Bequest @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social

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

Science denial is real — but so are tools for teaching #evolution effectively. @galesinatra.bsky.social unpacks both in her #Scopes100 talk, now on YouTube: https://loom.ly/8SIzwSA#evolution#Scopes100@ncse.bsky.social

I'm fine with experts, like teachers, using GenAI if they find it helpful (e.g., developing & differentiating lesson plans). What I'm worried about is non-experts (e.g., students) using GenAI to avoid the desirable difficulties necessary for learning. #AI #GenAI

In an Inside Higher Ed piece, AERA members ‪@drmuenks.bsky.social‬ and @carltonfong.bsky.social‬ write that understanding the science behind motivation is crucial for supporting student learning. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Why are young children & older adults more prone to stick to their prior beliefs and/or to be influenced by anchors (e.g., "This costs $500.")? The authors argue it's b/c cognitive processing is more costly for children & older adults, so... doi.org/10.1037/rev0... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Thanks Jeff and APA Division 15 for this honor!

"I think we assume that if you have formal authority, you have power, and you'll be able to get things done...It turns out that most things are accomplished through a large measure of informal authority." —Liz City for the @harvardeducation.bsky.social‬ EdCast https://bit.ly/3IDpylA

Provocative new article by Jennifer Allen, @gordpennycook.bsky.socal and @dgrand.bsky.social on ways to shift misinformation research to extend beyond "fake news." I like the suggestions, which align with articles I've published recently... (1/3). linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...

If you've been wondering how people learn, or how things like GenAI affect how people learn, or how to help people teach and learn effectively, then you should talk to an educational psychologist. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky youtu.be/Nm1EXUm023s?...

Royel M. Johnson, Jihye Kwon, and Adrián Trinidad surveyed nearly 30,000 students at California Hispanic‑Serving Community Colleges to see how faculty interactions shape campus racial. Dive into the article via this link: lnkd.in/gcswC9zh #HigherEd #RacialClimate

As many work to finish up #AERA26 submissions, @agustingarcia.bsky.social just told me that #AERA27 is going to be in Toronto, Canada! 🇨🇦

A meta-analysis of meta-analyses substantiates that teacher-student relationships matter for academic & other outcomes. "Thus, it is central to train teachers to develop positive TSRs to give their students a sense of safety and belonging." #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/bul0...

For years, US teachers already had more face-to-face instructional time than teachers in any other country. The daily hour of planning time (which is not always guaranteed) is inadequate for the planning, grading, parent outreach, tutoring, & meetings that are part of the job. (cont'd)...

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