Final grades are in! :)

Three meetings canceled this week! Is it Christmas already?!? In all seriousness, this is very well appreciated because it's letter of recommendation season and I have a million letters due by 12/1.

Reminder! We have an upcoming Special Issue at Developmental Psychology. LOIs are due to the guest editors by November 30. @apajournals.bsky.social

Volunteers with the LiTEArary society read to children who live in "book deserts" and bring them their own books. n.pr/47sxHCe

Check out recent work from UGA HDFS by lead author Cory Carvalho!

The Department of Psychological Sciences at Western Kentucky University is hiring a chair! Spread the word! wku.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

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

University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... #socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob #psycjobs #psychology 1/n

🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!) To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website: www.sinclairlab-rice.com Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...

Delighted that PINE Lab will be accepting applications for PhD students to start Fall 2026! Please share with applicants looking for developmental & neuroscience programs? Our website is updated with current studies, questions, and guidance about fit: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us

Any RL grad students/postdocs who want to get in this starter pack? Comment on the post below.

Like a parent, AI can guide or smother. It's time to think about how we build this relationship. Check out my new essay with Brett Smith www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/deve...

When I became a faculty member I had no idea how many letters I would write (grad/med/vet school, promotion etc). I've been told I write strong letters, here are some things I do to write the best letter possible

Want to do a PhD with me and the Emotions in Context Lab? We’re looking for new grad students to join us next fall! Check out the lab website to learn what we’re working on now and in the near future: www.emotionsincontextlab.com/join/

My lab has an open post-doc position! We will begin reviewing applications as they come in. The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic... 1/3

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

Obituary for John Flavell, who passed away this spring. He was a wonderful guy. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

OK, It is not just the HBCD release... docs.hbcdstudy.org It’s the ABCD Release time too! docs.abcdstudy.org nbdc-datahub.org That means the ABCC 3.0.0 is live!!! The largest release yet from the ABCD-BIDS Community Collection. This is going to be fun!! 👇 Let’s dig in.

Alert! ... for the child development world! @fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪ The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive. Check here: docs.hbcdstudy.org and here: nbdc-datahub.org Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼

A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S. revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.

The Department of the Interior is requiring the National Park Service to post signage nationwide by June 13, asking visitors for feedback on any information they feel misrepresents American history.

Over 90% of NIOSH employees have received “reduction-in-force” letters, placing them on administrative leave ahead of permanent layoffs.

Now out in Current Directions in Psychological Science-- The Wobbly Bits of Development: Variability, Fluctuations, and Synchrony as Temporal Markers Linking Temperament and Psychopathology With @aliciavallorani.bsky.social & @kgunther.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2

Interesting. When comparing expectant mother's responses to infant crying, there was no difference between whether the tests were carried out at home in in a lab setting. The authors suggest this means that some types of research data can be collected...1/2 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Considering everything that's going on, this seems likely a timely announcement: Our primer on emotion regulation is out now! 🤩 We break down what emotion regulation is, why it matters, and how to assess & improve it. 🤓 doi.org/10.1093/acre... #PsychSciSky #AffectiveScience #EmotionRegulation

Post-doc position available from Sept 2025 for 18 months on a @leverhulme.bsky.social project into children's perceptual decision-making using diffusion models. Closes 10th March. Pls share! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #VisionScience #PsychSciSky

New on the Baby Blog - Investigating individual differences in social and emotional development by @santimoralesphd.bsky.social infantstudies.org/investigatin... #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #EarlyYears #infantstudies

The Department of Psychological Sciences @wkuhilltoppers.bsky.social M.S. in Psychology program is accepting applications (3/1/25 deadline). We have two concentrations: I/O and Psych. Sciences. Please share! www.wku.edu/psychologica...

My department at Ohio Wesleyan University is hiring a one-year visiting assistant professor in psychology! Core teaching responsibilities include Intro Psych, Personality, and another course such as Psych of Women & Gender or Behavioral Decision Making. Please share! #psychjobs #PsychSciSky

The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later. guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...

On difficulties with power analysis using complex statistical models @ AMPPS Cole, @abitantegeorge.bsky.social , Kan, Liu, Preacher, & Maxwell. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving. osf.io Contact [email protected] if you need assistance

If anyone needs the Yrbs raw data that used to be on the cdc website, LMK. #devsci #academicsky #edusky

🎉 I'm hiring a lab manager to start August 2025 and help build my lab at Lehigh. Submit a CV, cover letter, transcript, and 2 reference contacts by March 14th. The full job description is linked below. Please share with any students or mentees who might be interested! #devpsy tinyurl.com/33vtvy79

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

Happy to share that this article is now out in the world!

Here's a nice summary of our recent paper on fathers' empathy by @growkudos.bsky.social www.growkudos.com/publications...

The Neuroscience of Risk and Development Laboratory loves postdocs!!! Please see the attached ad and email me if you have an interest in developing a T32 project alongside the work going on in the lab. Focus is developmental psychopathology, neuroimaging, and sleep!

Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪 It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/ www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...

Getting a paper acceptance notification this time of year is a great gift!

Not every study needs to have a power analysis, but every study needs a sample size justification. I discuss 6 approaches, and 6 ways to think about which effect sizes are of interest in the study you are planning. online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

APA allows editors to designate one manuscript from each issue for special recognition. Given the stellar work, this is one of the hardest & most challenging parts of the job. So, to finish up the calendar year, here are the 12 Editor's Choice Articles from 2024 in Developmental Psychology. 1/13

Our department is looking for a chair! Come work in an amazing department with awesome faculty and students! wku.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

@20thofmay.bsky.social: Poverty in childhood influences the neurophysiological basis for language processing into adulthood. #PsychSciSky #DevPsych #NeuroSky 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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...