Alex Browman
@alexbrowman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology at College of the Holy Cross. I study how students, teachers, and the public think about education and the implications for improving education. Lab: alexbrowman.com
I’m looking for a good article about people’s personal experiences deeply embracing and then eventually retreating from conspiracy theories. Suggestions?
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I’m looking for a good article about people’s personal experiences deeply embracing and then eventually retreating from conspiracy theories. Suggestions?
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science
On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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“When Dr. Andrew Boozary and his team at Toronto's University Health Network looked deeper into the issue, they discovered that about 100 patients accounted for more than 4,500 emergency department visits in one year.”
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto ER costs, visits by frequent patients reduced with new housing model | CBC News
The Dunn House, a long-term housing project with easy access to healthcare, is helping 48 of Toronto's most-frequent visitors to the ER. The program has greatly reduced the number of hospital visits a...
www.cbc.ca
October 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“When Dr. Andrew Boozary and his team at Toronto's University Health Network looked deeper into the issue, they discovered that about 100 patients accounted for more than 4,500 emergency department visits in one year.”
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, died Wednesday, Oct. 1. She was 91.
Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Environmental Activist, Dead at 91
Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91.
www.rollingstone.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, died Wednesday, Oct. 1. She was 91.
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One week left (Sept. 15) to apply for our positions in Cognitive Psychology and Developmental Psychology. Please share widely, and happy to answer questions!
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
Developmental job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171704
Cognitive job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171698
September 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
One week left (Sept. 15) to apply for our positions in Cognitive Psychology and Developmental Psychology. Please share widely, and happy to answer questions!
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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Turn off AI in search results. I just did this in Chrome and it works.
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
August 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Turn off AI in search results. I just did this in Chrome and it works.
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
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
Developmental job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171704
Cognitive job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171698
August 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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
Developmental job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171704
Cognitive job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171698
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If you are making a syllabus at the start of this semester, you might find the generic syllabus make a helpful tool (I did not make this, I just use it every semester)
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
Generic Syllabus Maker
wcaleb.rice.edu
August 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If you are making a syllabus at the start of this semester, you might find the generic syllabus make a helpful tool (I did not make this, I just use it every semester)
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
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Thrilled to share our new @NatureComms
paper: "Exploration is associated with socioeconomic disparities in learning and academic achievement in adolescence." www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵1/7
paper: "Exploration is associated with socioeconomic disparities in learning and academic achievement in adolescence." www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵1/7
Exploration is associated with socioeconomic disparities in learning and academic achievement in adolescence - Nature Communications
Children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds often show lower academic achievement, commonly linked to limited resources. Here, the authors show that reduced exploration–a behavior tuned for learning...
www.nature.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thrilled to share our new @NatureComms
paper: "Exploration is associated with socioeconomic disparities in learning and academic achievement in adolescence." www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵1/7
paper: "Exploration is associated with socioeconomic disparities in learning and academic achievement in adolescence." www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵1/7
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Thanks to @equityaccelerator.bsky.social for covering my new paper on belonging in school!
The paper (open-access!): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And a summary: bsky.app/profile/alex...)
The paper (open-access!): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And a summary: bsky.app/profile/alex...)
New research identifies four core elements of student belonging at college
open.substack.com/pub/theequit...
open.substack.com/pub/theequit...
New research identifies four core elements of student belonging at college
A new theoretical model broadens student belonging beyond social connection, identifying four key components of what it means to belong.
open.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Thanks to @equityaccelerator.bsky.social for covering my new paper on belonging in school!
The paper (open-access!): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And a summary: bsky.app/profile/alex...)
The paper (open-access!): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And a summary: bsky.app/profile/alex...)
New (and first solo) publication on belonging in school, which I'm presenting at AERA today (April 24 @ 5:25 in Bluebird Ballroom Room 3C). Here's the open-access link, and a very quick summary:
What do researchers vs. students really mean when we say “belonging”?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What do researchers vs. students really mean when we say “belonging”?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Centering Social Fit, Self-Concept Fit, Goal Fit, and Resource Fit as Core Elements of Students’ Experiences of Belonging at School - Educational Psychology Review
A common theme across psychological research on belonging in school has been a focus on the social—on the quality of students’ connections to others in the school environment. In this review, I argue ...
link.springer.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New (and first solo) publication on belonging in school, which I'm presenting at AERA today (April 24 @ 5:25 in Bluebird Ballroom Room 3C). Here's the open-access link, and a very quick summary:
What do researchers vs. students really mean when we say “belonging”?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What do researchers vs. students really mean when we say “belonging”?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Social psychology lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend and collaborator. Still processing the loss of Sam Sommers, and probably will be for some time. Cherish the time you have with your people, folks.
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
Remembering Psychology Professor Sam Sommers
Sam Sommers, longtime professor at Tufts, studied the psychological causes and consequences of racism
now.tufts.edu
March 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Social psychology lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend and collaborator. Still processing the loss of Sam Sommers, and probably will be for some time. Cherish the time you have with your people, folks.
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
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AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
March 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
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AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
www.aera.net
February 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
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If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I told myself I couldn’t open this new bottle I’ve been wanting to try until a pressing R&R was finished and back with the journal. Well, it’s done! (And the bottle’s pretty good!)
October 1, 2024 at 4:28 AM
I told myself I couldn’t open this new bottle I’ve been wanting to try until a pressing R&R was finished and back with the journal. Well, it’s done! (And the bottle’s pretty good!)
This is wonderful
Chuck Jones' rules for writing a Road Runner cartoon - this is the original Dogme manifesto
March 5, 2024 at 2:35 AM
This is wonderful