Went back to Madison to celebrate graduation with the rest of my PhD cohort So incredibly proud of this fantastic group of scholars @zimnicki.bsky.social @ivetteco.bsky.social Kat Swerbenski and Ellie Breitfeld Thanks to @kushinm.bsky.social for letting me borrow his robes for the photos

First year on the tenure track completed Couldn’t have asked for a better year but I am very ready for summer

I challenge anyone to think of a better time to assess the cumulative knowledge my students gained over a 15-week semester than our university appointed Saturday 8 am final exam slot

I'll be recruiting PhD students (2027 entry) and a postdoc to join the lab at Berkeley. Interests: • continuous person perception in interactive contexts • impression management and its biases • social perception in digital spaces Get in touch if there's overlap. Very excited for this next chapter!

Probably going to assign the Atlantic article about finding the best free bread in America in next year’s methods class

🚨🚨 The Social Learning and Decisions Lab is hiring! 🚨🚨 We're looking for a postbacc project coordinator/research assistant to join our team this summer. More details about the position and how to apply here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ySeA... Please share widely and reach out with any questions!

The Brauer Lab is hiring a research specialist! We are looking for motivated aspiring researchers to manage the lab and assist with projects. Please consider applying, and spread the word! Applications are due May 20th: wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UW_Madison/j...

Our paper, “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception” (w/ Lauren Davenport & @hrendleman.bsky.social), has been conditionally accepted at Perspectives on Politics! Sharing abstract below. Long time coming, but we are really proud of this paper. More soon!

Today in class I made a pun and the students laughed I have done the impossible

Best part of this job students waving to you as they pass your office or on the way to class

Working on a meta-analysis and my number 1 piece of advice for anyone else considering doing their first meta-analysis is that there ARE other types of studies that one can conduct… you don’t have to suffer

📢 PhD position in the @cognition-zurich.bsky.social at University of Zurich I’ve been part of the lab for 7+ years, and it’s a genuinely collaborative and supportive place to grow as a researcher and do research on working memory and cognition 👇

We are recruiting a PhD researcher to study how flushed/poured medicines affect our water systems, and how to shift those behaviours - combining behavioural insights and applied environmental research 🔗 Full project details & how to apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline: 28 April 2026

Ooh I like this one!!

Here is a link where you can download a version of a Qualtrics survey that already has the needed code for keystroke tracking built into it (code developed by Asher et al., 2026) The survey was made by my student researcher, Luke Nelson benjaminddouglas.com/code

Does anyone have a good recommendation for measuring political orientations internationally? Hoping to conduct a study across multiple countries and want my political affiliation questions to be relevant to each location Thanks!

Bluesky, we need your help to count walrus! 🦭 Previously on "Walrus from Space", volunteers like you sifted through around 500,000 satellite images to support our conservation research. Now we're asking the you to help us count the walrus in those images 👀 ➡️ geohive.vantor.com/walrus/login

*screams in unemployed postdoc* THE STUDENTS ARE THE BEST PART OF THIS ENTIRE FREAKING RIDICULOUS JOB. WHY WOULD YOU GET RID OF THE GOOD BIT?? They're kind, they're funny, they'll sniff out every hole in your knowledge like a pack of foxhounds given a scent to chase.

I'm hiring a new lab manager for my lab @ UCSD! For more info on the lab, check out our website: lillab.ucsd.edu Target start date is June 1 (flexible) and application deadline is March 26. Please share with anyone you think might be a good fit! Apply here: employment.ucsd.edu/laboratory-c...

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Four more days left to apply for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Social Science Collaborartory. For the right candidate, I'm upping the offer: I will double the supply of toy dinosaurs that come with this position 🦕

Karpf: "If you think Claude Code is a better social scientist than you, then you’re probably right. But that means, at some point, you stopped trying to answer interesting/puzzling questions and started trying to win the publish-the-most-articles race." davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/can-ai-rep...

Our new measures of dating app aggression among MSM are here!! 🚨Now published in JSR with co-authors @jackiewoerner.bsky.social @ericschrimshaw.bsky.social and @ahlewis.bsky.social !! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

‼️ Postdoc recruitment Want to help build and understand the future of scientific collaboration? We are seeking a postdoc in computational meta‑science. 📍 UF (Gainesville, FL) 💰 $55–60k (1-3 years) 🧠 High intellectual agency 📅 Deadline March 10 Send us your idea. Details attached!

Chag Purim sameach (a day early but close enough) (Blueberry sage and savory curry hamentashen)

Tomorrow I’ll be presenting results from a recent meta-analysis and 3 field experiments testing the effects on social norms messages. Come find my poster at the sustainability preconference #spsp2026

Apologies, here is the right link to apply for postdoc positions in the lab: forms.gle/Hb8rS9hD3BV7... Please repost to help us spread the word!

I will be hiring a full-time pre-doctoral Research Professional to work with me at Chicago Booth. Know someone interested in studying conversation and connection? Please help spread the word! More details, including application instructions, are here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu...

My lab at UW Madison is hiring a new lab manager! I’m looking for a motivated and detail-oriented person to help run the lab’s day-to-day, including our ongoing neuroimaging and behavioral studies. This is especially well suited for graduating undergrads thinking about grad school. Link below

I’d like to announce that I am repealing gravity. Please start floating accordingly

There is nothing I would like more for @spspnews.bsky.social to do than provide a searchable PDF version of the conference schedule. Sorry if I miss your talk, I cannot navigate the Whova app

Exam day Also known as the day you finally meet all of your students

Today, one of my students - who entered stats this semester saying she was not a math or computer person - was confidently raising her hand to debug our class code A good teaching moment

This is Emily. She is 6 and a half. She just discovered I'm a scientist. Immediately upon learning this, she asked if I knew any "Black Hole" scientists, and if I did, could I ask this question. So, from Emily: Can black holes swallow other black holes?

Academics: If you’re trying to make sense of how people you know knew Epstein, it’s book agent John Brockman. He’s savvy enough to lay low, but we should be talking about him. Friends don’t let friends sign with Brockman. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pete... And newrepublic.com/article/1548...

McGill is hiring a faculty lecturer in social psychology, in a (non-adjunct) permanent teaching position. Please consider being my colleague, Montreal is really great: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

Just out—a piece I wrote a piece for the APS Observer (@psychscience.bsky.social) in which I share recommendations and resources for running a research lab at a small, liberal arts college. I hope it helps others in the same boat! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Another 8 copies of "A Field Guide to Grad School" were dropped in the mail today bringing the total to 836! This endeavor started in 2020 and I haven't given up on reaching my goal of 1,000 since! I'm eager to reach all 50 states and still need: AK, ME, NE, ND, SD, VT, WV, and WY. Can you help?

RA job alert. We are looking for a fearless experimentalist to join our experiments on cortical neuromodulators during visually guided learning, lead by @michael-lynn.bsky.social . Opportunity to learn 2p imaging, design and conduct experiments. RT plz. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Well, I have done it! For the past month I have been keeping daily notes on my research progress and the small decisions I make as I work. I have also been posting them to my lab website benjaminddouglas.com/labnotes Overall I have found the process very helpful Long term will save backup to OSF

We have a lot of research showing just how susceptible people are to the pressure of social norms, particularly if norms are perceived as changing The conversation nationally around ICE is changing; keep calling your representatives. It takes 5 minutes and has a far bigger impact than you may think

Went for a ski, and class has been canceled I really do like winter

I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊 Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.

The carmina burana started playing in someone’s office near mine and at the same time as a test of the university emergency system went out. Kinda hoping this was not just a coincidence

Someone resurrected this thread as potentially helpful for instructors trying to figure out how to manage disruptions to schoolwork due to ICE occupation. If it’s helping, I’m happy to repost it too:

📣 Our lab is hiring a full-time RA/lab manager! Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara to study the neural bases of affect-cognition interactions using fMRI and brain stimulation. Great stepping stone to a PhD in cognitive/affective neuro 🧠🐬🏖️ Apply by Jan 22: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03048

I'm looking for resources/slides for teaching undergrads about causality in research design and statistics--anyone have any recommendations? Thanks so much! @stpteachpsych.bsky.social

Music is good I like music I must keep this in mind as my upstairs neighbor discovers their new apparent interest in trumpet while I complete my course prep 🫠

We’ve come across Toasty. Has anyone used this service and found it useful?

Has anyone used e-gift cards to reward research participants? We’re looking for something that isn’t Amazon and that avoids exorbitant service fees