Franki Kung
frankikung.bsky.social
Franki Kung
@frankikung.bsky.social
Interested in a career teaching I-O PSY?

Consider this full-time Lecturer position (4 courses per semester; renewable) at @purduepsych.bsky.social @purduehhs.bsky.social 🎉 Come join us and be our colleague!!

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November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Your voice matters! —whether you’re an int'l researcher, engaged in global collaborations, or simply curious about publishing dynamics. Let’s work together to make the field more inclusive and accessible.

2nd session coming soon:
Dec 5 | 8–9 AM ET | 1 PM CET | 7/8 PM (Southeast Asia)

Plz share!
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Two @spspnews.bsky.social committees unite for a global conversation on publishing!

Friday, Nov 14
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Do you publish in social and personality journals? Have Qs or stories to share? Curious abt the latest resources and opportunities? Join us! community.spsp.org/events/NNh2R...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Want to join our organizing committee? There's still time to apply!
🚨 We are seeking a Digital Presence Coordinator!

Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.

Job details:

💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters

🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term

Apply 👉 go.iu.edu/8vxh
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October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Open-access publication alert!! This is a special one; it represents two years of work with an amazing team of researchers, teachers, educational stakeholders, and technology experts to identify infrastructure that would advance equity in STEM education: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A field-initiated vision of research infrastructure for STEM education - International Journal of STEM Education
STEM education research has historically been under-equipped, relying on standardized tests and questionnaires while other fields deploy space telescopes and particle accelerators. What would happen i...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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You’re ready to submit your first paper. What happens next?

Our workshop, Peer Review 101: Responding Effectively to Reviews, will help you understand how peer review works and provide you with concrete tools so you can respond to a reviewer comments.

Join us 12-1:30pm ET 10/30/25. Register here:
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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🚨 We are seeking a Digital Presence Coordinator!

Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.

Job details:

💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters

🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term

Apply 👉 go.iu.edu/8vxh
go.iu.edu
October 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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📣 🧪 Update: #GRFP petition went to #NSF and OSTP (w/ the growing* comments list) yesterday.

We are now working to get these impacts in front of Congress, so PLEASE keep signing/sharing the petition!

*nearly 900!

@danielbolnick.bsky.social @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
🧪 Were you one of the many thousands of STEM students (and mentors) impacted by the sudden change in #NSF #GRFP eligibility last week?

We created a petition to NSF leadership and Congress to reverse the changes - please sign and share your stories here!!

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
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October 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Three conversations I'm excited to be a part of this week 🧪:

1) Fri Sept 19th 2pm ET join me, @frankikung.bsky.social, Jon Freeman and Cynthia Pickett for an @spspnews.bsky.social virtual conversation on grant terminations and research funding challenges spsp.org/professional...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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What's going on with politically-motivated terminations of federal grants? How should social psychologists react and respond? Where do we go from here? No good answers but join me and other affected researchers for a virtual discussion next Friday.
FYI - New @spspnews.bsky.social session on Navigating Uncertainty: A Community Conversation on Research Funding Challenges

Friday, September 19
2 - 3 PM ET (free and virtual)

Sign up: community.spsp.org/events/sNhWo...
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September 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Three @spspnews.bsky.social members will discuss their grant terminations and next steps, followed by Q&A, story sharing, and community discussion.

Moderator: Cynthia L. Pickett, Professor; Past SPSP President
Speakers: @lkfazio.bsky.social, @freemanjb.bsky.social, and @frankikung.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
FYI - New @spspnews.bsky.social session on Navigating Uncertainty: A Community Conversation on Research Funding Challenges

Friday, September 19
2 - 3 PM ET (free and virtual)

Sign up: community.spsp.org/events/sNhWo...
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September 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Submissions can be theoretical, conceptual, or perspective-based papers (e.g., expanded theoretical framework in a grant proposal), as well as papers reporting empirical data with multiple studies or a single study (e.g., findings from a funded but interrupted longitudinal study).
August 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Initial submission only requires a Letter of Intent: 500 words max by Oct 15, 2025.

This special issue's scope and format are broad.
August 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This special issue "invites submissions on research areas recently de-prioritized and/or de-funded that address or discuss how social cognition approaches can aid in the understanding of these critical societal issues."

Plz consider submitting!
August 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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How can developmental science journals promote equity, transparency, and shared responsibility?

Join us August 13, 2pm ET, for “Editors for an Inclusive Future: A Community Conversation” tinyurl.com/DevEditors @lehersingh.bsky.social ‪@mattgoldrick.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Congratulations Rick!! 🎉 You will be missed here. Looking forward to seeing all that you'll accomplish @cuny.edu ❤️
I’ve defended my dissertation and wrapped up 5 years of my PhD! Grateful to my advisor, committee, mentors, colleagues, students, friends, and family. I’m thrilled to be joining Baruch College, CUNY as an Assistant Professor in I-O Psychology and to start this new chapter in NYC!
July 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Happy to report that the @sparksociety.bsky.social NSF grant has been reinstated!
June 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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🧪 National Science Foundation update alert ⚠️⚠️

NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.

It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.

❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.

The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

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May 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Job alert! We're now accepting applications for a Postdoc Research Fellow who will work with restricted and hard-to-access data related to the sources of class-based income #inequality on cutting-edge research topics. Apply by June 15! 👇 myumi.ch/155qg
#academicjobmarket #nowhiring #academicsky
May 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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May 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Today (April 30) is the day! Please support DEI Science #purduedayofgiving by donating at purdue.university/HHSConsortium 🎉🎉

Your contributions will support research, future scholars, education, outreach, and more.

No gift is too small - together, let's make a difference!
April 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I feel so honored to be President-Elect of @sansmeeting.bsky.social.

These are dark times for science, but together we are stronger.

With President @dfareri.bsky.social, I look forward to advocating for science, bringing together our community, and finding a path forward.
Introducing our new president Dominic Fareri and @jenikubota.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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“These reinstatements show us that legal action still has the power to hold the federal government accountable to its obligations.”

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These NIH Grants Were Terminated. Now They’re Back.
A handful of scientists whose funding was canceled by the Trump administration are now seeing those decisions reversed — and it’s not always clear why.
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April 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM