some thoughts, with folk like Barry Lam, Ethan Kross, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Michele Tugade, and Dave DeSteno in mind! @hiphination.bsky.social @lisafeldmanbarrett.com @micheletugade.bsky.social @daviddesteno.bsky.social @vassar.bsky.social www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mirr...

important lines of summer research on justice and empathy by my colleagues and students in Psych Science! @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social, www.vassar.edu/news/student...

I haven't even started the interview part yet, but @marcmaron.bsky.social's breathless and hilarious rant about locking his keys in his car is one of the best antidotes to anxiety in these times I've heard..."I have control over nothing, but sometimes, there's ice cream." Amen brother.

great interview w/my brother: "With his signature precise, erudite sentences, he brings humor and lightness to otherwise bleak portraits of what it means to be a person. He’s a tightrope walker crossing a chasm of loneliness, doing cartwheels." @bombmag.bsky.social bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

Elegant evidence of @vassar.bsky.social reunion weekend 🥂🥳

Can’t beat summer @vassar.bsky.social 😎

And then there were none; final over. Next up: graduation 👩🏻‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓(and grading)! @vassar.bsky.social

He’s soo excited! We can’t wait to read it! 🙏🎉

Proud that Vassar's president has signed on to this long list of concerned academic leaders. A rational collective message for these seemingly irrational times... www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c... @vassar.bsky.social

Professor Peipei Qiu talked to students in Media Studies (and beyond) about her important work yesterday afternoon. What a privilege to hear how technology can give voice and humanity to those who have suffered and been silenced for so long. @vassar.bsky.social www.vassar.edu/news/profess...

Come for the scenery, stay for the vibrant and engaged community! @vassar.bsky.social

Lloyd was also so generous with his time and advice to our students!

Proud to see the president of my alma mater standing up for egalitarian values and exposing toxic hypocrisy, particularly at a time when few have the courage to speak out. @wes-alumni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

reposting my blog about parasocial loss in honor of my and so many others' connection to Val Kilmer (Top Secret, Real Genius, and Willow were childhood staples!), who died today. 💔 @vassar.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mirr...

Great time at Mike’s final Beacon theater show, complete with post-show cupcakes and awkward selfies! @birbigs.bsky.social #thegoodlife

So proud of senior John Tuttle for doing a fantastic job presenting his work (on toxicity and online gaming) at the Eastern Psychological Association annual conference! @vassar.bsky.social

Enjoying the start of my first TASP conference (The Association for the Study of Play) in South Padre Island! Just heard an interesting talk about Youtube content creators and intrinsic/extrinsic motivation by Bhoomi Thakore (Sociologist at UConn). studyofplay.org

What she said! 👇

proud to have participated in my fabulous colleague's fascinating study with my son!

Fun to see that @vassar.bsky.social has leaned into the Parks and Rec tradition! #parksandrec

Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.

Jan is 99 today! @vassar.bsky.social www.vassar.edu/news/embraci...

perception is powerful, but it is also malleable. 👇👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

@stephenking.bsky.social I picked the "wrong" month to read The Stand! Oy. But it was fantastic, of course. One q-I was SO hoping that Larry would *sing* to the Vegas crowd by way of a mystical, rallying cry. Was that ever a consideration plot-wise?

So excited to screen the powerful film: "The World According to Allee Willis" for an @vassar.bsky.social audience next Wed, followed by a Q&A with the talented Prudence Fenton '75 who co-produced the doc about her late partner. Join us!

From Vassar Pres., Betsy Bradley: "The peace that Dr. King espoused was...not simply the absence of violence, but the presence of justice, fairness, and understanding, the courage to confront hatred with love, and the humility to seek common ground even when the path forward seems unclear."

The students chose the show (thanks to the generous Vassar Ticket Fund) and it was indeed spectacular--bursting with creative talent/tech and psychological themes (fame, gender, narcissism, etc.). Great piece by MEDS senior Ben Richardson @vassar.bsky.social miscellanynews.org/2024/12/04/a...

My favorite day of Social Psych is when I get to talk about altruistic behavior, embodied by Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat, who wrote thousands of illegal exit visas to help Jewish refugees fleeing Lithuania in WW2..my grandfather among them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vugr...