Now hiring: 2 Postdocs in my lab. Salary: $70,000. Start Jan-Aug of 2026. Work with me on multiple completed and ongoing pilot & NIH-funded mHealth studies. Details below. Please repost! @cpddorg.bsky.social @sbm.org @abctstudentsig.bsky.social @abctabsig.bsky.social @treatmentsrnt.bsky.social

It is interesting (derogatory) that productivity is operationalized as "uploading to preprint servers"

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

This is an important and information rich article. I wondered about the effects by Institute. The table below (which is snipped here but is in the article) has that info. Broken down by # of grants and $ amounts.

Are you a US-based PhD student WITHOUT summer funding who is interested in adolescent development, trans youth, and/or gender? Reach out to me about applying to join my lab in Summer 2026 for the VIPS program! psych.princeton.edu/diversity/vi...

For everyone who replies to stuff like this with "obviously" - it's NOT LEGIBLE TO MANY INSTITUTIONS UNTIL IT'S MEASURED - WE NEED TO HAVE EVIDENCE FOR THE THINGS "we all know" - ACTUALLY SEEING THE MAGNITUDE AND NUANCES OF THESE KIND OF EFFECTS MATTERS AND IT MATTERS OVER TIME TOO

We are doing a pilot survey about how prospective PhD students in PSYCHOLOGY make decisions about applying to grad programs. If you are thinking of applying to a program in the future, and have 2-5 minutes to spare, could you take this survey? 🫶 northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.

What are the effects of the shutdown on SNAP users? Propel provides an app to SNAP users to allow them to track their spending and so can offer real-time estimates of needs. About 70% of SNAP households have a $10 or less balance on their SNAP card accounts. www.propel.app/shutdown-fun...

A new permanent R&T position at Lecturer level was just advertised at my favourite department @rhulpsychology.bsky.social (yes, I am biased but for very good reasons). Consider applying if you are looking for an academic home. And please spread the word !

Defend Public Health is hiring an Organizing Director (full time), and Organizing and Operations managers (part time). www.defendpublichealth.org/jobs-defend-... @defendpublichealth.bsky.social #jobs

The words a woman chooses to call her genitals reveals something about her sexual well-being. Using playful/childish terms in non-sexual contexts is linked to negative outcomes; using vulgar terms during sex is connected to positive sexual experiences. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I’m picking up my preorder later!

Yong people are broke bc they buy Starbucks daily ($42) Became bc they buy avocado toast in a sitdown restaurant weekly ($20) Became bc of a weekly to-go pastry ($6) Will soon be You're broke bc you buy one non-gruel item EVERY month Even the inequality-absolving caricature is shrinkflating

Exclusive: Most of the government editorial staff at Preventing Chronic Disease, an academic journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more than 2 decades, have been told they’re being terminated, leaving the publication’s future uncertain. https://scim.ag/3LAtvJ6

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness. Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

Calling all 18-24 year-olds in Boston! 📢 Join our study on young adults’ media habits at @comatbu.bsky.social @bucomresearch.bsky.social. Your insights matter! See below to learn more & sign up. Please share with friends! #Boston #Research #MediaStudy

Help to memorialize our federal datasets with Dearly Departed Datasets from @essentialdata.us 🎃 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Timeline cleanse.

Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases. www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...

Register for Don't Use This Code's free Open Science Skills virtual training! Learn to: - Use tools like GitHub, Python & Zenodo - Make research accessible, transparent & reproducible - Understand concepts like FAIR & CARE - Draft Open Science & Data Management plans 🔗: www.opensciencetraining.org

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education. We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

University administration: "We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible." Also university administration:

Hey, I'm an @insidehighered.com reporter writing today about how the ongoing shutdown may be affecting, or about to affect, university research. If you have a story to share, please DM me or email [email protected] today. Thank you.

I shared this with my students in my most writing intensive class today.

BSAM is welcoming submissions on any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine for a special issue for protocols and data notes! Goal is to support open/transparent research culture. Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026.

📢 CALL FOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS 📢 The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JSPR) and SAGE invite applications for three Associate Editor roles (three-year term, annual stipend, renewable) For more information, contact Sophie Donnelly ([email protected]

Applications for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research Grant will be accepted until 11/7 at 11:59pm Eastern!

McGill psych is hosting a panel for under rep minority folks possibly interested in attending grad school on Oct 20. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/246051...

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN

I am hoping to recruit a Ph.D. student to join the SPARC (Social Psychology of Activism, Resistance, & Change) Lab at @UVAPsyc in Fall 2026! You can find more info about my research on my website (ericshuman.com), and the program here (psychology.as.virginia.edu/social-psych...).

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below. It's especially for journalists covering this story! Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

“It’s like cruelty is the point,” said a graduate student at Texas Tech who advocates for the transgender community. “It’s such an injustice to the students who came here to learn.” www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t... via @texastribune.org

Alter said that the Texas State University president's post was how he learned he was fired: “It was heart-wrenching. I mean, it was at my son’s soccer practice ... Besides watching them play soccer, I was preparing for class next day," he said.

NSF GRFP is out, but they’ve unexpectedly made 2nd year students ineligible.

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name! #clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

For those interested in a neuroscience PhD - the University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Neuroscience www.neuroscience.umn.edu is hosting virtual open house events coming up on Oct 6th and Oct 30th. Learn about the program and meet students and faculty! Register here: forms.gle/kANEp4Fmd3ut...

NEW: Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX has told faculty that they can't discuss trans people in curriculum. When I asked the justification for the policy, they referenced Texas state law - but Texas law doesn't forbid discussions of trans people in higher ed. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

For a moment I truly thought (hoped) this was the Onion.

We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position at CIMCyC (Granada, Spain) to work on the psychology of dis(mis)information. Apply before 26th September. Nice city, great environment ☺️ Please share! 🔃 cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati... #socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob #PhDJob

New essay today about how parents of the olden days were actually TERRIBLE, the phenomenon of "baby farming," and why intensive parenting is a modern invention. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/the-bad-pa...

Incredibly timely news, journalist/researcher friends: @righttobe.bsky.social just launched Expert Voices Together - a FREE service that helps journalists and researchers who are being intimidated/harassed! Check it out at expertvoicestogether.org !

As I wrote about for @motherjones.com, people are already crossing state lines to get the Covid vaccine—which may become more common if the CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends limiting them this week. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Help @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social understand what early-career neuroscientists need. Take just a few minutes to fill out the survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career... #neuroskyence

JUST IN: Virginia State University is on lockdown, and Hampton University says classes are canceled, and students are urged to stay inside. *As well as Alabama State Stay safe 🙏🏾 www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...

About that phd in your pocket…

In a new paper, my colleagues and I set out to demonstrate how method biases can create spurious findings in relationship science, by using a seemingly meaningless scale (e.g., "My relationship has very good Saturn") to predict relationship outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Does anyone have good sources to share with students (in my case, undergrad psych students) on why/how LLMs can “hallucinate” sources/citations? This question came up in class today and I shared a couple of anecdotes as well as some links, but wondering if there’s a nice approachable resource.