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Eric Dearing

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Professor and Executive Director, Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College; Visiting Professor, CREATE, University of Oslo

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Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social · 4d

Career highlights getting to speak with 250 first-year elementary (primary) education students at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland…followed by giving a keynote at the Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years inaugural conference ☘️

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Kristen Bottema-Beutel @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social · Aug 22

We are hiring! The Lynch School of Education and Human Development is seeking applications for a tenure track assistant professor position in counseling psychology. Come be my colleague! apply.interfolio.com/171121

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Nicole McNeil @nicolemmcneil.bsky.social · Jul 31

Check out four posters at #CogSci2025 featuring CLAD Lab and Tutor-ND research trainees. Find them in Poster Sessions 1 and 3 and support these enthusiastic early career researchers! Quick overview thread below!🧵 @cogscisociety.bsky.social

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Drew Bailey @drewhalbailey.bsky.social · Jul 25

Random Intercepts and Slopes in Longitudinal Models: When Are They "Good" and "Bad" Controls?

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Illusory Traits 2: Revenge of the Slopes

Led by Siling Guo, with Nicolas Hübner, Steffen Zitzmann, Martin Hecht, and Kou Murayama.

Comments welcome!

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Mary DePascale @marydepascale.bsky.social · Jul 14

✨New publication✨

The Role of Math Games for Children’s Early Math Learning: A Systematic Review

doi.org/10.5964/jnc....

with @gbramani.bsky.social

The Role of Math Games for Children’s Early Math Learning: A Systematic Review| Journal of Numerical Cognition

Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social · Jun 19

Looking for a power calculation tool for indirect effects? I love this one!

Sample size and power calculations for causal mediation analysis: A Tutorial and Shiny App - Behavior Research Methods

When designing a study for causal mediation analysis, it is crucial to conduct a power analysis to determine the sample size required to detect the causal mediation effects with sufficient power. Howe...

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Mary DePascale @marydepascale.bsky.social · Jun 17

✨New publication✨ #MathActivities on #SocialMedia: Examining content, design, and alignment with mathematical cognition research

doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

with Juyun Lee and Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social

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Larry Hamilton @ichiloe.bsky.social · May 2

Were Moon landings real? Does Earth orbit Sun? Do rabies vax cause dog autism? I asked 14 science/conspiracy questions on a recent research survey (IRB approved). Many respondents said they enjoyed answering, so here’s an open version for anyone. #sociology 🧪

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · May 2

Lynch School Professor Elida Laski discusses the effect of income-based differences in how children approach math as early as in kindergarten in the @hechingerreport.org.
bit.ly/Laski_Heching...

The building blocks of math students need to excel

A flexible understanding of how numbers work is as important to math as phonics is to reading

Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social · Apr 4

Such an encouraging experience at #SMU Simmons College of Education “fireside” chatting with Drs. Bianca Baldridge
& Toni Harrison-Kelly about educational equity…yep, equity. Shout out to Simmons students, faculty, and administration for putting on this event in these times.

Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social · Apr 3

Postdoc opening! Great chance to join a fantastic interdisciplinary team on the Segregation of Opportunity project at the U of Oslo.

www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Postdoctoral Fellow - SEGOP (277092) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow - SEGOP (277092), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social · Mar 30

🙋‍♂️Teaching a class session on #stereotype threat and achievement disparities assoc with race. Dang, getting a handle on what has/hasn’t replicated, the meta-analyses (and re-meta-analyses), & intervention meta-analyses is no gimme. Any rec’s for good summary pieces I could assign to undergrads?

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · Mar 29

another student was disappeared at the University of Minnesota

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Mar 29

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation.

Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:

EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest

Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.

www.thehandbasket.co

Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social · Mar 29

Please take a moment to visit the Tufts Eliot-Pearson department home page. One of their…one of OUR young child development scholars was kidnapped. Disappeared. Feeling great yet? as.tufts.edu/epcshd/

Homepage | Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · Mar 28

ICE is transferring innocent people to torture prison in El Salvador.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

U.S. sent Venezuelan man with pending political asylum case to El Salvador mega prison

Frengel Reyes Mota was supposed to be dealing with his ongoing asylum case as he fought for his chance to stay in the United States. Suddenly, he instead found himself locked up in a mega prison thous...

www.miamiherald.com

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Detroit Free Press @freep.com · Mar 27

BREAKING: The University of Michigan is closing its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a major retreat for a school that has long championed its progressive values.

University of Michigan, a longtime champion of progressive values, to close its DEI office

University President Santa Ono informed staffers in an email, saying Michigan remains committed to diversity among its students, faculty and staff.

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Nature @nature.com · Mar 27

The massive changes in US research brought about by the new administration of President Donald Trump are causing many scientists in the country to rethink their lives and careers

https://go.nature.com/41OhAgK

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Mar 27

Closing rural post offices will do the same thing that closing rural schools has done: Empty out rural towns.

Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity.

It’s been the plan for decades.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · Mar 27

I am calling on all #devpsyc colleagues to condemn & speak out about the abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk by the US govt on March 25, 2025. She is a developmental psychology graduate.

#childpsyc #developmentalpsyc #lifespanpsyc #acadmicsky #childrenandyouth @srcdorg.bsky.social @issbd.bsky.social

Dear Developmental Colleagues,
I’m a developmental psychologist, Associate Professor (Teaching), and Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. I specialize in social emotional learning, peer relationships, and children’s media.
On March 25th, a developmental psychology graduate student at Tufts University in Massachusetts was abducted by the United States government. Rumeysa Ozturk is a PhD student in Child Study & Human Development with a focus on prosocial development and children’s media. She is from Turkey and was studying in the USA on a student visa. Her visa was revoked when she participated in political letter writing asking Tufts University to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide. This political activity made her a target.
No peaceful political activity should ever lead to unlawful detainment. The Palestinian-Israel conflict is heartbreaking. My spouse and child are Jewish, we lost an Israeli family member on October 7th, 2022. I’ve seen increases in anti-semitism on university campuses in the past two years, but I know and I acknowledge that the majority of protestors are not hateful, and they want peace and human rights.
Rumeysa Ozturk is one of us. Therefore, I am calling on leaders in Developmental Psychology to stand up for Ozturk, to pressure academic societies such as SRCD, SRA, & ISSBD to release a statement regarding her unjust abduction. We need to shine a spotlight and put international pressure on this abduction to help ensure her safety and release. Please also consider writing your political representatives. Ozturk has been relocated from Massachusetts to Louisiana. Her lawyer has lost contact with her in the past day. Our efforts can make a difference during these critical days.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Hughes, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Undergraduate Program Director
University of Calgary

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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek @kathyhirshpasek.bsky.social · Mar 26

Decided to speak out on the state of our union. Just published in the Philadelphia Inquirer eedition.inquirer.com/infinity/art...

Coming home to a foreign land

Coming home to a foreign land

eedition.inquirer.com

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Tristan A.F. Long @thelonglab.bsky.social · Mar 26

My university is accepting applications for the Visiting Researcher - Scholars at Risk Program, established to support scholars who are facing threats to their life, liberty or academic career, &/or have been forced to leave their academic position because of such threats. www.wlu.ca/academics/re...

Visiting Researcher-Scholars at Risk | Wilfrid Laurier University

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · Mar 6

The Walton Family Foundation has awarded Boston College a grant to advance its mission of formative education by transforming K-12 education nationwide. The initiative will develop innovative approaches to student engagement and teacher well-being.
on.bc.edu/WaltonFoun...

Grant supports BC formative education mission

$2.25M Walton Family Foundation funding will support initiative focused on K-12 student engagement, teacher well-being

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · Mar 5

To every one of my neighbors back in Boston, know this: You belong here. This is your home. Boston es tu hogar. Boston se lakay ou. 這是你的家.

This is our city.

We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone.

#Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration

Mayor Michelle Wu's Opening Statement to the United States House Committee on Oversight

YouTube video by City of Boston

Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social · Feb 28

After spending Friday finishing up reviews: why aren’t more journals assigning AI as 1 of the 3 reviewers? With it able to use curated knowledge (& detect stats errors etc.), is there a downside, if 1-2 humans are in the mix? You had me at “33% less time reviewing.” #giverobotsthenotsofunjobs

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · Feb 24

On Wednesday, memoirist and poet Javier Zamora visits the Heights for the Lowell Humanities lecture series.

Learn More & Register to attend: on.bc.edu/LHS25_JZamora

Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social · Feb 13

Let the brain drain begin
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Elizabeth Linos @elizabethlinos.bsky.social · Feb 12

Truly one of the greats. He gave us the words and the permission to study inequality in a way that has shifted so many careers and in turn impacted so many lives.

Christopher Jencks, a Shaper of Views on Economic Inequality, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...

Christopher Jencks, a Shaper of Views on Economic Inequality, Dies at 88

His clear prose, illuminating data and novel arguments helped transform debates around issues like public education and welfare reform.

www.nytimes.com

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Trajan Hammonds @starlord37.bsky.social · Feb 8

Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n

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Ariel Kalil @arielkalil.bsky.social · Feb 3

For 2 years, I've worked with a bipartisan group of scholars on the "State of the Nation." We released our report today at Brookings. Big disconnect between the US economic performance and individual well-being. David Leonhardt's analysis in tomorrow's NYT.

Check out the report at stateofnation.org

stateofnation.org