I love this new paper b/c it shows how nuanced young kids' reasoning about gender is. For ex: Expectations about boys' (vs. girls') behaviors are more strongly informed by their looks, likely b/c boys face extra sanctions for non-conformity in looks, so fem appearance is extra informative. 👇

Our new paper is out! 🎉 Led by Echo Yan (along with @drmuenks.bsky.social), we used a vignette-based experiment to test the effects of perceived instructor and peer field-specific ability beliefs (FABs) on students' motivation, psychological experience, and anticipated behavior: t.co/WnzqHsvGyn

🚨Excited our review on the way brilliance-beliefs undermine educational equality just got accepted at Ed Psych Review 😍 In the paper, we introduce the Brilliance-Belonging Model (BBM), which helps us understand when and how brilliance-beliefs work... 🧵 tinyurl.com/5c4aez9w

All STEM fields are not the same! Gender stereotypes about computer science (CS) & engineering (ENG) strongly diverge from math & science. This was true for diverse students in Grades 1-12. Math stereotypes showed big variations and slightly favored girls rather than boys among many students. (4/13)

Got to present work on the longitudinal associations of field-specific ability beliefs with motivation among comp sci undergraduates at #AERA2025! Thanks to the co-chairs Echo Yan and Katharina Asbury for putting everything together! (Also pictured, fantastic presenter @lisalimeri.bsky.social)

🔭 Seeking STEM faculty teaching undergraduates this spring to complete a survey about their beliefs and teaching practices! Please share out widely and with anyone you know who is eligible. THANK YOU! #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky #STEM #SciSky #PhDSky utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@czpuede.bsky.social and I are excited to share the program for #AERA2025 Div C Sec 2B: Motivation & Learning in Social & Cultural Contexts! Today we're highlighting Wed (4/23) presentations ✨ More to come! @aera-motsig.bsky.social @aeradivcgrad.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Posting for my PhD student, Luke Rutten, who does not have BlueSky 👉 Luke's first-authored paper on Growth Rate Orientation (GRO) Beliefs was recently published in the mindset special issue of Social Psychology of Education! rdcu.be/d7wLf

New paper out! Across 3 large high school datasets, we found that girls and boys largely place similar value on math. No meaningful differences were found in the most recent dataset (2012), but some differences were found in the two older datasets (1990s and early 2000s). doi.org/10.1002/jad....

Very excited to share our new paper on mixed mindset messages recently published in Motivation Science! psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/... (with the fabulous @julieasievers.bsky.social @katiekroe.bsky.social and @canning.bsky.social) /1

I am hiring a postdoctoral position in queer quantitative educational research! This is a two-year position. I am more than happy to provide more information or talk with interested applicants. Apply by March 1st for full consideration. Full info and application: vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Digging in a bit more: One of the most important findings was that not all "STEM" stereotypes are same. For instance, "science" masks that biology stereotypes favors girls, but physics stereotypes favor boys. And math stereotypes are tiny, on average!

"In sum, the study provides further evidence that considering learning style in teaching methods such as presentation mode is not beneficial. Importantly, the present study used ecologically valid learning materials and a sufficiently powered sample." #AcademicSky #EduSky

Excited to have this paper out there (and even more excited to have it open access)! We used mixed-methods to expand on prior field-specific ability beliefs work and to challenge our own theoretical assumptions about these associations. Glad to have gotten to be a part of this team! 🎉