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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Apr 11

Congratulations, Dr. King, on an excellent dissertation! 🎉 You have a very bright career ahead of you, and I'm so happy for you! 😀

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Apr 7

Finally have that gender neutral title: Dr. King!

Shoutout to my dissertation chair! We did it, Joe (Cimpian) @joecimpian.bsky.social

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Mar 15

If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion
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Big picture:

Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)

- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review

-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means

Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · Mar 14

Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.

AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Mar 14

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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Yasemin Copur-Gencturk @copurgencturk.bsky.social · Feb 23

Please share! We're seeking scholars to help us design AI-supported learning activities for teachers, enhancing their knowledge for teaching numbers, operations, & proportionality. Join us in advancing math education!

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Apply here! usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Feb 24

An excellent and timely piece.

« Efficiency is about the payoff for an investment, not just about the price paid. Relative to other federal investments, the IES investment has been small, but its payoff has been mighty. »

Beth Tipton @statstipton.bsky.social · Feb 24

In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...

Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient

Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

www.brookings.edu

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Feb 15

This is the current CDC webpage for the most recent YRBS. www.cdc.gov/yrbs/results...

A word of advice: Pay attention to the trends reported in the blue box. This is more important than ever... partly because of what is written in the yellow box!

Support LGBTQ+ youth! 🏳️‍🌈

Support data! 📊

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Feb 11

Let's keep track of where progress is made! (and lost!)

#womeninscienceday

Women and men earn degrees in some STEM fields at about the same rate now.

But in physics, engineering, & CS, the representation gap is closing at elite schools and widening elsewhere.

www.science.org/stoken/autho...

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Andrei Cimpian @andreicimpian.bsky.social · Feb 10

This TICS paper turned out to be unexpectedly timely... We could have called it "Why DEI and Merit Go Hand in Hand" given recent developments... Valuing diversity and excellence/merit aren't opposing forces -- they're complementary.

Society for Philosophy and Psychology @socphilpsych.bsky.social · Feb 9

Why the belief in meritocracy is so pervasive

🚨Recent work from Ian R. Hadden, Céline Darnon, Lewis Doyle, Matthew J. Easterbrook, Sébastien Goudeau & Andrei Cimpian

Why the belief in meritocracy is so pervasive

People worldwide tend to believe that their societies are more meritocratic than they actually are. We propose the belief in meritocracy is widespread because it is rooted in simple, seemingly obvious...

www.cell.com

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thanks! And here's the link to the Educational Researcher article this piece is based on: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

Institute for Diversity Science @idswisc.bsky.social · Feb 11

New research by @joecimpian.bsky.social and IDS affiliate @drmcquillan.bsky.social suggests that stress around sexual identity might contribute to increased risks of suicide among teen girls.

theconversation.com/teen-girls-a...

Teen girls are facing an increased risk of suicide − and stress related to sexual identity might be contributing to it

While more young people openly identify as LGBQ, many still face substantial challenges that can contribute to a greater prevalence of mental health concerns.

theconversation.com

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Feb 3

🚨 ICYMI, the CDC has removed its data (incl. the Youth Risk Behavior Survey or YRBS) from its website.

👉 Someone has archived them, and you can download them here: archive.org/details/2025...

CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.

archive.org

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Sophie Arnold @sophieharnold.bsky.social · Jan 22

New paper! @katiemcauliffe.bsky.social + @andreicimpian.bsky.social

Men tend to ask for higher salaries and more promotions for themselves than do women. We examined kids' beliefs about negotiation and how they may contribute to developing gender differences in negotiation

doi.org/10.1037/dev0...

APA PsycNet

doi.org

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Jan 23

Dr. Adam Stanaland has a nice piece in @theconversation.com about masculinity in the workplace, discussing a controversial topic with tons of research. It's definitely worth a read--and a share! theconversation.com/mark-zuckerb...

Mark Zuckerberg thinks workplaces need to ‘man up’ − here’s why that’s bad for all employees, no matter their gender

Do companies need to embrace a more diesel-fueled, meat-eating mentality? Many already do – and the results aren’t pretty, according to business research.

theconversation.com

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Jan 16

New study with @drmcquillan.bsky.social
- suicidal ideation in HS girls rose, from 23% in 2015 to 29% in 2021
- Girls' LGBQ identification rose 15% -> 34%
To address suicidality, reduce stressors on LGBQ youth, now over 1/3 of HS girls
@aeraedresearch.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

Figure showing rising LGBQ identification among high-school girls from 15% in 2015 to 34% in 2021, and smaller increases among high-school boys, from 6% in 2015 to 9% in 2021. Data Source: YRBS 2015 to 2021, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Cimpian, J. R., and McQuillan, M. T. (2025), Educational Researcher.

Figure showing rising rates of suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts when looking among all high-school girls 2015 to 2021, in the first row of the figure. The second row of the figure shows that LGBQ-identified girls have higher rates for reporting all outcomes than heterosexual-identified girls. The third row shows that after accounting for the rising LGBQ-identification rates among girls, there is no longer any significant difference in any of the outcomes across the years. Data Source: YRBS 2015 to 2021, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Cimpian, J. R., and McQuillan, M. T. (2025), Educational Researcher.

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Jan 14

New @brookings.edu post on the widening gender gap in engineering at computer science at the least selective universities and what it means for women's economic advancement. Co-authored with @joalkhafajiking.bsky.social
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

The hidden STEM gender gap: Why progress at top universities masks a growing crisis

Joseph R. Cimpian and Jo R. King examine the widening STEM gender gap at colleges serving lower math achievers.

www.brookings.edu

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Dec 10

"Children, unlike adults, were more lenient toward discriminatory acts." Wow! Younger kids in the study were more ok with doing something mean (e.g., knocking over toys) if the reason given was not liking members of a specific group rather than just not liking the victim. 🤯

Andrei Cimpian @andreicimpian.bsky.social · Dec 10

New paper in Cognitive Psychology with first author Vivian Liu! We investigate U.S. children's and adults' perceptions of discrimination. authors.elsevier.com/c/1kEp32Hxod...

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Ben Lebovitz @balebo.bsky.social · Nov 14

Sharing recent work that feels especially relevant to the sociopolitical moment.

In a recent research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics (MT McQuillan, JR Cimpian, me, @erinkgill.bsky.social) we show:

School staff provide critical support for trans youth.

Table showing adjusted relative risk ratios (aRR) for transgender vs. cisgender adolescents across school climate, mental health, and social support factors. Three models are displayed: raw (unadjusted), covariate-adjusted, and with potentially invalid observations removed. Factors include bullying, mental health symptoms (depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidal thoughts/behaviors), and adult support levels. Data includes significant risk differences, with higher risk for transgender adolescents in areas like bullying, self-harm, and lack of adult support.

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James Noonan @jmnoonan.bsky.social · Nov 23

This paper by @drmcquillan.bsky.social and @balebo.bsky.social and others, presented at #UCEA24, amplified both the mental health struggles of trans and questioning youth and also how networks of adults in schools are able to uplift and support them. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Transgender Adolescent School Climate, Mental Health, and Adult Social Support

This cross-sectional study describes gender differences in adolescent school climate, health, and social supports, including who depressed or anxious youth seek help from.

jamanetwork.com

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Nov 21

🔬 Major new findings on STEM gender gaps: Looking across institutions over time, physics, engineering & computer science (PECS) show stark divides—gaps are closing at selective colleges but widening elsewhere. w/ @joalkhafajiking.bsky.social [<--🌟 on the job market 😉] www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An institution-level analysis of gender gaps in STEM over time

Gender gaps in engineering and computer science narrow at math-selective schools and widen in others

www.science.org

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Joe Cimpian @joecimpian.bsky.social · Nov 20

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