Heads up! We are doing two searches this year—for an assistant prof in Clinical Science, and an associate/full prof in any domain of psychology. Want to learn more? Contact the dept chair, Mark Blumberg, at [email protected]. Ads will be posted soon on our homepage: psychology.uiowa.edu

Beyond excited to share, "Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Fathers in Parenting Research: Insights from Fathering Researchers", led by @aadeneault.bsky.social with amazing co-authors @julia-feldman.info @alpaytuglu.bsky.social @sjss.bsky.social and others not on BlueSky 😄

I will be looking to hire 2-3 post-docs over the course of the next few months to work on questions related to cognitive control in humans, using EEG, TMS, DBS, sEEG, fMRI, or related methods. If you know anybody, please tell them to email me. Formal ad to follow. Lab website: wessellab.org

I am overjoyed to share that as of this morning, I have successfully defended my dissertation and am the first graduate of @psychiowa.bsky.social 's individualized track in psychology, earning my Ph.D. in psychology specializing in Developmental Psychopathology 1/n

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

Audrey-Ann is an incredible researcher, mentor, and friend. She deserves ALL the awards, so I'm excited to see that she is being recognized as the rising star she is ⭐

🌟Our early career research spotlight this month is Jue Wang!🌟 Jue is a Project Researcher at the Center for Early Childhood Development, Education, and Policy Research Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo

Check out the Early Career Resources page on our website! 💻 Research Database: Articles about fathers by early career researchers 🔦 Researcher Spotlight: Learn about early career researchers who study fathers sirgfcar.wordpress.com/early-career...

🚨 We are still looking for nominations for next month's early career spotlight! Nominate a peer (or yourself!) here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

👋🏾 Here again to share that the deadline for our special issue for Developmental Psychology is approaching (Friday, 2/28). Looking forward to reviewing your submissions!

It's been 25 years since Peanuts creator Charles Schulz died. He drew Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends for 50 years before his death, and they still remain very popular.

Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

Hey - please help save jobs and lives! Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk! Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally. click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...

The best thing about teaching is learning. I love revisiting the literature in an area and realizing there is something new and interesting or even something old that I missed or overlooked. Teaching is an excellent way to make sure that you spend your whole life learning.

I worked with Annie (Dr. Ann Haynos) as a UG research assistant when she was in MN and can't recommend her enough -- what an incredible mentor and researcher!! You could work with her too in her REPEAT lab 😀 see thread for more info and link to job description

#infantstudies Founding Generation Summer Fellowship now open for student applications! The program pairs promising students with researchers from around the world who conduct cutting-edge science. Apply by February 14. infantstudies.org/founding-gen...

Women: You are invited to participate in a study of how identity characteristics influence women’s experiences of bias at work. Fill out the brief survey here: amy-diehl.com/study (And please repost and share this link).

New approaches to understanding how early experience shapes executive function and self-regulation skills Guest Editors: @sabinedoebel.bsky.social @damcotto.bsky.social Jennifer McDermott Abstracts Due: February 28 www.apa.org/pubs/journal... 2/3 @apajournals.bsky.social

Deadline is 2/28! Please email us with any questions you may have if you’re interested but unsure about your submission.

Here are some recent books on effective learning written for students. Though most are written by psychologists, all are appropriate for students majoring in any topics. I can't pick one, b/c each has its own strengths and weaknesses. I hope you (& other people) find this list useful. #edusky

This was a joy to create, especially with early career scholars in mind. All papers can be found here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The special issue of Development and Psychopathology entitled “The Future of Developmental Psychopathology: Honoring the Contributions of Dante Cicchetti” is published! My intro to the volume is doi.org/10.1017/S095... A link to all of the papers from luminaries is in the field is in the comments

🌍📚 Excited to share our new paper! Families today are diverse, encompassing many unique configurations. Yet attachment research often fails to reflect diverse configurations. We discuss this gap and propose actionable steps for greater inclusivity in research. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1461...

DevSci folks - I am looking for video examples of observational task coding to be used for teaching. It could be parent-child, LAB-TAB, or other tasks-based methods. I would love to highlight these methods and their value! @srcdorg.bsky.social

What a delight to read the first ever commentary on an article I've published! Thank you to Dr. Ross Thompson for the kind and thoughtful reflection on our work on the early relational origins of Theory of Mind in mother- and father-child dyads 😄

Affirmation of the week: Being intentionally kind takes nothing from me, but can mean everything to someone else.

So excited! A donor has made The Portable Mentor totally and completely FREE for anyone!!!!!! No royalties, no sign up, just download any/all of the 30 chapters of professional development advice!!! HOORAY!!!!! Equal access for everyone!!!! Check out the ToC! www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

And in developmental studies, put the mean age of the children in the abstract.

Little has been known about whether temperament plays a role in the development of parent-child attachment relationships. The study team behind this much-discussed research includes RCGD's Brenda Volling. #PsychSky #umichresearch @carloschuengel.bsky.social theconversation.com/difficult-ch...

A scientist new to Bluesky? @steveharoz.com and @markrubin.bsky.social have put together some great resources to get you started!

Here’s one article of many documenting the cost of using ChatGPT. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

⏰ Save the Date! Next semester's journal clubs are scheduled for 10am ET on the following dates: 🗓️ Tues Jan 21 🗓️ Tues Feb 18 🗓️ Tues Mar 18 Got article suggestions? Drop them below ⬇️ or DM us! #devpsy #PsychSkySci #AcademicSky

Who should you nominate as reviewers for your manuscript? After a long chat with a post-grad it appears that there's a lot of misguided advice out there. Thread 👇

Special Issue at Developmental Psychology! New Approaches to Understanding How Early Experience Shapes Executive Function and Self-Regulation Skills Guest Editors: Sabine Doebel, Dana Miller-Cotto, and Jennifer McDermott @sabinedoebel.bsky.social @damcotto.bsky.social 1/3

Several undergraduate students from my lab have received this fellowship and had incredible experiences! This is a wonderful program both for mentors and mentees 😄

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✨ Join Our Monthly Journal Club! ✨ 🗓 Tues Nov 19 @ 10 AM ET 📖 Fathering dynamics: Linking depressive symptomology, parenting stress, and paternal warmth with beliefs in paternal role (Speer et al., 2024): doi.org/10.1037/fam0... 💻 On Zoom – DM for link 🌟 Early career scholars encouraged to attend!

Check out our starter pack and help us grow it! go.bsky.app/K1yCvKe #devpsy #psychscisky #AcademicSky

#HiSciSky! We are a group dedicated to research on father-child relationships. Follow us for father-inclusive ideas, theory, and methodologies. #devpsy #psychscisky #AcademicSky

Please add to this list to help expand connections for folks doing work related to development, developmental psychopathology, family processes, and child and adolescent treatment or prevention go.bsky.app/H8Ae4Xu

New paper: Mentalizing in first-time fathers: reflective functioning as a mediator between #attachment representation and sensitivity www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ▶️Link btw dads' attachment representations and sensitivity is explained by their reflective functioning! #DevPsych #DevSci

#AttachmentScience #7 ▶️#Disorganised #attachment has seen widespread interest in recent years. ▶️Unfortunately, some of this interest is based on false & misleading assumptions. ➡️https://pvrticka.com/attachment_science/ & shorturl.at/exyBD #devpsych #psychscisky #ClinPsych

#HiSciSky I'm a Ph.D. candidate at UIowa doing research on mother- AND father-child attachment and relationships, children's early temperament, and interactions between the two in predicting positive socialization, especially self-regulation. Excited to meet you!! #PsychSciSky