#tbt to our @mcgilleducation.bsky.social Learning Sciences bonfire and potluck a couple Saturdays ago. Many thanks to Krista Muis for hosting and to everyone who attended for making it such a fun night! I was extremely touched by the way students organized to mark and celebrate my tenure. ❤️

Come be my colleague! We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of Denver. Please share with anyone on the job market this year! jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

🚀 Exciting news: I’m accepting new graduate students in the McGill Faculty of Education Learning Sciences! If you’re passionate about educational technology, games, AI, and learning sciences, this is your chance to join a dynamic and interdisciplinary research program.

Three Pines!

Check out our podcast with Dr Alyssa Emery and hosted by Dr Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social where we discuss how educational psychology can include students with disabilities in research and theory @apadivision15 m.soundcloud.com/user-8836504...

Beginning-of-semester problem: ~1 million people trying to schedule their stuff via when2meet polls and me never remembering what I said on the other polls = my answers on the polls are meaningless and I'm double-booked.

Excited to share my new paper in CEP! The part I’m most excited about: we modeled how students’ major intentions shift alongside their motivational beliefs (expectancy, value, cost), offering a snapshot of the beliefs students hold as they navigate decisions about their majors.

Reminder to @aera-motsig.bsky.social folks that @aeraedresearch.bsky.social #AERA26 reviews are due this Friday! Every review helps--let's goooo!

📢Newly published CEP piece "Make or break STEM course experiences: Profiles of situated expectancy, value, cost, and major intentions" led by @sanheeta.bsky.social is FREE for 50 days here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1liIQ,8E16... To look at how students make STEM decisions... @aera-motsig.bsky.social

We are hiring in the Department of Educational Psychology at UT-Austin for an open-rank position in Applied Data Analytics. Please share with anyone who may be interested! apply.interfolio.com/172695

OK I am SO excited to read this! 👏

You have been thinking about Canada. So just do it. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1661564...

The College of the Holy Cross is hiring for 2 tenure-track psychology positions: 1 in Cognitive Psychology (specifically, higher-order cognition) and 1 in Developmental Psychology. Please share widely! Developmental job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171704 Cognitive job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171698

🧠 Want to supercharge your students' learning? Then read this amazing article by @drmuenks.bsky.social and @carltonfong.bsky.social! Promoting positive motivationS (there are more than one!) is the key! 👀 #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

After a tough exam, the best next step isn’t cramming—it’s reflecting. 🔄 Our study shows: Honest review of what worked + clear plans for change = better results next time. Reflection is the bridge from struggle to success. 📈 #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Carlton & I wrote a response to a June article published in Inside Higher Ed that claimed "motivation" "is a word that means nothing" in the classroom and that it is not something that instructors should focus on. We strongly disagree and argue that it is actually *very* important!

Hey there @aera-motsig.bsky.social @aera-motsig-grad.bsky.social friends: review assignments can now be found in your email and in the #AERA2026 portal. They’re due September 5--looking forward to your thoughts on these submissions!

I was pretty bad at taking pictures but #APA25 sure was lovely! Missed seeing folks who couldn’t make it but it was a joy to see those who could! Many thanks to Div 15 for making a fantastic program!

Co-authored with @drmuenks.bsky.social, our @insidehighered.com piece "Beyond Behaviorism: Why Motivation Matters" is out! We reject behaviorist principles and argue that understanding the science behind motivation is crucial for supporting student learning. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Congrats to @emilyqr.bsky.social for receiving the #APA2025 Division 15 Snow Award! 🎉 Kudos to @drteyar.bsky.social for her wonderful Snow award address! 👏🏼 So proud to know these rockstar scholars and friends! 🤩 Pictured below: Snow Awardees 2023-2025 🤓

Division 15 folks! Find me or Wade to get your Social Justice and Equity in Education buttons and stickers: -Ask me about decolonizing my syllabus -Decolonization is not a metaphor -Ask me about an anti-colonial ed psych -Ask me about Takin' It to the Streets -Ask me about race-reimaging ed psych

My department is hiring an assistant professor of educational psychology who researches and teaches motivation in schools! My contact info is in the job posting, please reach out if you have any questions. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...

Evaluation is important and we have good ways of evaluating instructors (observations, audits, mentoring). But the evidence is clear that asking students to Yelp review their instructors the week before exams yields no valuable information on teaching or learning--just customer satisfaction.

There's plenty to like in the advice in this article. One thing that is mentioned that I would further emphasize is the importance of disciplinary knowledge in any attempt to get students to do anything "like" an expert. As I/we wrote... (1/3) www.chronicle.com/article/4-st...

Hey folks: A little while aback, @jschleiderphd.bsky.social and I created a repository of SOPs to help folks prepare for grad applications. If you'd like to add your SOP, feel free to use this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Of note, mask as you desire as I will be posting them as is.

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Are you an ECR in the US? Thinking about moving to Europe? If you work on computational psychiatry, neuroscience, metacognition, or brain-body interaction, I’d love to support your application for a Lundbeck Fellowship to join our group this fall. Key details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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

Exciting news!

One week left 'til submissions are due, @aera-motsig.bsky.social! As you polish your submissions, don't forget about this excellent resource created by former program chair @alisonkoenka.bsky.social with tried & true tips for maximizing your submission's success: drive.google.com/file/d/1499J...

Teachers should have and show empathy. But how can they do so in ways that support rather than hinder students? In this episode of the APA Division 15 podcast on Emerging Research in Educational Psychology, Dr. Jeff Vomund helps me be a better empath! #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Here’s the link to the article - available for anyone to read: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZPQJR...

A meta-analysis of meta-analyses substantiates that teacher-student relationships matter for academic & other outcomes. "Thus, it is central to train teachers to develop positive TSRs to give their students a sense of safety and belonging." #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/bul0...

Western University is offering new scholarships of up to 40k CAD for four years to doctoral students who are studying at, have an offer from, or have had an offer rescinded from one of the top 100 American universities. Come and study with me or one of my colleagues!

I cannot stress enough how important it is for education researchers to ground their work in experience - to do a "natural history" of the phenomena of interest. For more on natural history's critical role in theory development: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

While doing natural history work, one might discover things that contradict established ideas and theory. That's a good thing! Embracing, developing, and promoting those ideas requires boldness mixed with intellectual humility per @krisarob.bsky.social and me: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

@westernu.ca has joined the fray of recruiting doctoral talent from the American political hellscape. Funding available to come to Western if you study at, received offer from, or had offer rescinded by doctoral program at a "Top 100" (QS or THE) American university. grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...

1. One more thought about publishing: When I was a student, I thought that differences in experience were largely driven by journals. Eg I might get different feedback from social & dev journals but within one journal I'd get a pretty consistent reception. Nope! #AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky

It's here! The newest issue of @edpsychjournal.bsky.social asks: why aren't you including students with disabilities in your research? Then, an amazing group of scholars demonstrate how and why they DO. I want to highlight a few aspects of the special issue in particular:

Reviewing is a powerful way to learn, give back, and stay inspired. 🧠💬✨ Join us in shaping the #AERA2026 program by volunteering to review for #MotSIG! Let’s build something great, together. 🥳 www.aera.net/Membership/M... 📍 Click “2026 AERA Annual Meeting – Call for Reviewers” Thank you! 🤗

If you are an associate or full professor, do work in mental health, and are fed up with where you are, consider Canada: hr.cf.torontomu.ca/ams/faculty/...

Heeey @aera-motsig.bsky.social friends: we're about halfway to the goal number of reviewers we'll need to make things manageable for each reviewer (and to get approx. the same number as last year)! If you haven't already, please follow the instructions below to accept your invite. :) #AERA2026

On request I'm sharing a youtube link to an IRT workshop I provided last year with the talented Dr. Matthew Truwit. Happy viewing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALN...

Just today discussed this with students diving into this area of work--what a GREAT resource that we will be diving into with gratitude this summer!

SO excited for the new @edpsychjournal.bsky.social issue on including students with disabilities in research & theory! Kudos to guest editors @benheddy.bsky.social @alyssaemery.bsky.social Rebecca Louick and @jchow.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky www.tandfonline.com/toc/hedp20/6...

Excellent thread! In case authors are wondering what's going on behind the scenes. This definitely tracks with my experience as an AE thus far. #EdPsych

🚨 TODAY!! 🚨 Join us to learn about using Sharing Circles at 2pm ET. Hope to see you there!

Pre-sabbatical summer starting off strong--I'm working my way through the important articles (+ their rich reference lists) in the fantastic special issue of CEP on Moving Educational Psychology Towards Anti-Racist Bodies of Knowledge: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... HIGHLY recommended!

Really pleased to see John Sweller's article getting due praise. It's an important contribution to the topical collection on "The Past, Present, & Future of Theory Development in Educational Psychology" co-edited by the fabulous @krisarob.bsky.social & yours truly. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky