Andrea Howard
@drandreahoward.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology | Adolescence and the transition to adulthood | Mental health, alcohol, social media, ADHD | Open science and quantitative psychology | She/her.
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New essay about feminism, family formation, and why a lot of feminism is better than some feminism when it comes to the welfare of kids and parents. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/has-femini...
Has feminism weakened the family and crushed the birth rate?
Linking women's advancement to family formation
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January 20, 2026 at 7:50 PM
New essay about feminism, family formation, and why a lot of feminism is better than some feminism when it comes to the welfare of kids and parents. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/has-femini...
I thought this was a pretty good speech. 🇨🇦
Carney: "We stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine Greenland's future. Our commitment to NATO's Article 5 is unwavering ... Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland"
January 20, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I thought this was a pretty good speech. 🇨🇦
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The Journal of Cognition and Development is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief. Please consider applying or spreading the word to someone who you think would be a great fit!
The Journal of Cognition and Development, the official journal of the Cognitive Development Society, is seeking nominations for the Editor-in-Chief, with the term to begin on July 1, 2026.
Application materials are due February 16.
For more information, visit: cogdevsoc.org/journal/
Application materials are due February 16.
For more information, visit: cogdevsoc.org/journal/
Journal - CDS
cogdevsoc.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The Journal of Cognition and Development is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief. Please consider applying or spreading the word to someone who you think would be a great fit!
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Without increased funding, colleges like Algonquin will be forced to cut more programs & lay off more staff, leaving students with less options. If strengthening our workforce is part of Ontario’s economic strategy, the govt’s dramatic underfunding of colleges is taking us in the opposite direction.
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Without increased funding, colleges like Algonquin will be forced to cut more programs & lay off more staff, leaving students with less options. If strengthening our workforce is part of Ontario’s economic strategy, the govt’s dramatic underfunding of colleges is taking us in the opposite direction.
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A post in which a psychologist compliments economists.
*Monkey's paw curls*
*Monkey's paw curls*
A bit of a Festivus inspired post about CLPMs and RI-CLPMs: floggingpvalues.blog/2026/01/20/t...
The Inconceivability of the CLPM and RI-CLPM
Written by Brent Roberts and not ChatGTP. Really* The existence of an observational scientist can be a frustrating affair. Relegated to second class citizen status due to interest in phenomena that…
floggingpvalues.blog
January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
A post in which a psychologist compliments economists.
*Monkey's paw curls*
*Monkey's paw curls*
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"a lot of people are posting about the bus kidnapping story, surely it can't be that bonkers"
my friends this is an actual odyssey
my friends this is an actual odyssey
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 AM
"a lot of people are posting about the bus kidnapping story, surely it can't be that bonkers"
my friends this is an actual odyssey
my friends this is an actual odyssey
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“She always worked hard. But we didn’t know anything about this until 2018 when it came out. Everything she did was secretive.“
Didn’t mom say anything when you used GPS?” Zebra asked. “She was concentrating on her map in the backseat!” Oglesby laughed.”
Untouchable.
thezebra.org/2025/03/13/m...
Didn’t mom say anything when you used GPS?” Zebra asked. “She was concentrating on her map in the backseat!” Oglesby laughed.”
Untouchable.
thezebra.org/2025/03/13/m...
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 AM
“She always worked hard. But we didn’t know anything about this until 2018 when it came out. Everything she did was secretive.“
Didn’t mom say anything when you used GPS?” Zebra asked. “She was concentrating on her map in the backseat!” Oglesby laughed.”
Untouchable.
thezebra.org/2025/03/13/m...
Didn’t mom say anything when you used GPS?” Zebra asked. “She was concentrating on her map in the backseat!” Oglesby laughed.”
Untouchable.
thezebra.org/2025/03/13/m...
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Excited to be doing an AMA on the r/AskScience subreddit today!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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From the askscience community on Reddit: AskScience AMA Series: I am the founder of Stand Up for Science - AMA!
Explore this post and more from the askscience community
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January 20, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Excited to be doing an AMA on the r/AskScience subreddit today!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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@standupforscience.bsky.social
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I kept reading EMA studies claiming to test etiological theories of AUD, but I realized they never actually measured how people experience AUD in their daily lives. So we set out to see what we could learn with existing data.
1/19
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1/19
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Seven Symptoms Over Nearly 4,000 Days: Item-Level Variability in the Psychometric Properties of Daily Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms in Young Adult Drinkers - Kevin M. King, Dahyeon Kang, Megan E. Schu...
People experience symptoms of alcohol use disorders (AUD) in their daily lives, including more impairment-based symptoms (e.g., hazardous use, interpersonal pro...
journals.sagepub.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I kept reading EMA studies claiming to test etiological theories of AUD, but I realized they never actually measured how people experience AUD in their daily lives. So we set out to see what we could learn with existing data.
1/19
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
1/19
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Great read on some basic ideas in psychometrics. This quote was great, and reminded me of a stress induction that @jonasdora.bsky.social used. People told to think of a mild stressor reported everything from being cut off in traffic to a home invasion that caused them to move!
January 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Great read on some basic ideas in psychometrics. This quote was great, and reminded me of a stress induction that @jonasdora.bsky.social used. People told to think of a mild stressor reported everything from being cut off in traffic to a home invasion that caused them to move!
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Time for TVEM, tomorrow…
January 19, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Time for TVEM, tomorrow…
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This is a point that I often tell my students in my writing class and in my lab.
Writing is thinking
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
January 18, 2026 at 7:28 PM
This is a point that I often tell my students in my writing class and in my lab.
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Writing is thinking
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Writing is thinking
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
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Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
There is nothing quite as satisfying as finally getting around to completing a 5-minute task you’ve been putting off for six months
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM
There is nothing quite as satisfying as finally getting around to completing a 5-minute task you’ve been putting off for six months
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Hey Ottawa, hope to see you on Feb 10 for this amazing event on health misinformation! In person and virtual options are available. empireclubofcanada.com/event/ottawa...
Ottawa Event — Diagnosing and Combatting Health Misinformation: 2026 CMA Health & Media Tracking Survey Launch - Empire Club of Canada
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January 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Hey Ottawa, hope to see you on Feb 10 for this amazing event on health misinformation! In person and virtual options are available. empireclubofcanada.com/event/ottawa...
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For the Canadians (but also the non/Canadians) I highly recommend RMMA for summer stats and methods training. Extra plus, you get a hiking day in Banff!!! 🇨🇦🍁🫎
Rocky Mountain Methodology Academy in Calgary, July 2026, is now enrolling. Seven courses in behavioural science design and analysis. Seats are limited. A trip to Banff is included. haskayne.ucalgary.ca/ccram/academy
And CCRAM is coming to Toronto! May 2026. haskayne.ucalgary.ca/ccram/sessions
And CCRAM is coming to Toronto! May 2026. haskayne.ucalgary.ca/ccram/sessions
January 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM
For the Canadians (but also the non/Canadians) I highly recommend RMMA for summer stats and methods training. Extra plus, you get a hiking day in Banff!!! 🇨🇦🍁🫎
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The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood has opened nominations for the #editorship of Applied Studies in Emerging Adulthood, a new APA journal to be launched in 2026. Nominations due by January 30, 2026! https://bit.ly/49bRqrM
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood has opened nominations for the #editorship of Applied Studies in Emerging Adulthood, a new APA journal to be launched in 2026. Nominations due by January 30, 2026! https://bit.ly/49bRqrM
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Example of the broader impact of media representation:
"Kortuem said Heated Rivalry had 'sparked' something in him and inspired him to come out publicly. 'I realised it is finally time to share a journey I have kept close to the vest for a long time,' he said."
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"Kortuem said Heated Rivalry had 'sparked' something in him and inspired him to come out publicly. 'I realised it is finally time to share a journey I have kept close to the vest for a long time,' he said."
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Hockey player Jesse Kortuem comes out as gay crediting Heated Rivalry
The former hockey player, Jesse Korteum has come out as gay and credited Heated Rivalry for helping him do so.
www.thepinknews.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Example of the broader impact of media representation:
"Kortuem said Heated Rivalry had 'sparked' something in him and inspired him to come out publicly. 'I realised it is finally time to share a journey I have kept close to the vest for a long time,' he said."
www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/15/h...
"Kortuem said Heated Rivalry had 'sparked' something in him and inspired him to come out publicly. 'I realised it is finally time to share a journey I have kept close to the vest for a long time,' he said."
www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/15/h...
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We need to be investing in Ontario's future and that includes investing in our post-secondary sector before it's too late. Algonquin's 37 program closures and the loss of the Perth campus are a small preview of what's coming if cuts to the sector continue.
#onpoli
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#onpoli
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Algonquin College CEO urges province to fix 'broken' post-secondary funding model | CBC News
Algonquin College CEO Claude Brulé attended a pre-budget consultation in Ottawa on Wednesday, where he asked the Ontario government to invest about $1.6 billion dollars in the province's college secto...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
We need to be investing in Ontario's future and that includes investing in our post-secondary sector before it's too late. Algonquin's 37 program closures and the loss of the Perth campus are a small preview of what's coming if cuts to the sector continue.
#onpoli
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#onpoli
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The Queensway Carleton Hospital has a ready-to-go proposal to expand its capacity and meet the needs of our local population, it just needs provincial funding. We need urgent investments so that people in the west-end of Ottawa can have timely access to urgent care.
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Queensway Carleton Hospital pitches expansion to province | CBC News
As Ottawa’s western population continues to grow, the Queensway Carleton Hospital is looking to more than double capacity of its emergency room.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The Queensway Carleton Hospital has a ready-to-go proposal to expand its capacity and meet the needs of our local population, it just needs provincial funding. We need urgent investments so that people in the west-end of Ottawa can have timely access to urgent care.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It was a better time
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It was a better time
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If you're into open science, consider attending SIPS2026: www.improvingpsych.org/SIPS2026/ If you want to present, the submission deadline is coming up on January 30.
SIPS 2026 – June 8-10, 2026
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January 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
If you're into open science, consider attending SIPS2026: www.improvingpsych.org/SIPS2026/ If you want to present, the submission deadline is coming up on January 30.
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City teams are out in full force to clear roads and sidewalks as fast as they can today. But the heavy snow will affect the afternoon commute and OC Transpo is reducing the number of stops available. Please keep an eye on the Alerts before heading home.
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Alerts | OC Transpo
Winter Weather Advisory
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January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
City teams are out in full force to clear roads and sidewalks as fast as they can today. But the heavy snow will affect the afternoon commute and OC Transpo is reducing the number of stops available. Please keep an eye on the Alerts before heading home.
www.octranspo.com/en/alerts/#a...
www.octranspo.com/en/alerts/#a...
Please take this advice seriously!!
Peer Review is broken because a generation of Editors were trained that peer review is sacrosanct. Thus we have Editors who are clerks, sending and re-sending manuscripts to reviewers until they are happy. That's not the job. Be an Editor, not a clerk. Use your skill and judgement. Make decisions.
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Please take this advice seriously!!