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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 6d

It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...

JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm open to accepting a #PhD student in #CDS beginning Fall 2026 at #UBuffalo!

Join me in tackling questions about precision rehab of #anomia to improve communication and quality of life of people living with #aphasia

A few things to consider, but also *please* reach out

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Arturo Hernandez @draehernandez.bsky.social · Sep 10

We live in an era of overproduction—AI, social media, megaphones everywhere. My new piece, “The Whisperers,” is about choosing a different path: words that don’t scream, but whisper.

open.substack.com/pub/arturoh/... #AI #SocialMedia #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters

The Whisperers

On bookstores, celebrity shelves, and what lingers beyond the noise

open.substack.com

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Federica Bulgarelli @fedebulgarelli.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our department is hiring! We're looking for a cognitive/developmental psychologist who uses computational approaches to study human cognition and behavior to address learning, development, and education. Feel free to reach out with questions!

Micheal Dent @mdent.bsky.social · Aug 17

We are hiring!
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Aug 29

New paper! This was a passion project for me. As first gen who received no career counseling, it took me a bit to find my through college & into the CSD field. When I taught our Intro course, I incorporated a lot of career counseling based on student feedback. Happy to put some data behind it!

ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · Aug 29

Collaboration w/ career counselors may help expand recruitment efforts in CSD, particularly when recruiting students w/ historically marginalized backgrounds who have no direct connection to CSD. https://on.asha.org/4mEf3O9

@nicholcastro.bsky.social @nicholcastro @CSDisseminate

Opening the Pipeline to the Field of Communication Sciences and Disorders Through Career Counseling

Purpose: The field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) has increased its efforts to recruit more students, particularly students with h...

on.asha.org

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Aug 15

#UBuffalo Dept of Psychology is hiring as part of SUNY's Empire Innovation program

Assoc or Full Prof at the intersection of behavioral development and AI models of detection and intervention

Job ad: www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58513

Buffalo is a great place to work and live!

Professor OR Associate Professor, Psychology

The Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo (UB). The State University of New York, is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Professor or Associate Professo...

www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu

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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · Aug 12

Important to check out if you're interested in discrete vs. gradient representations and notions like 'cascading activation' in speech production

Scott Nelson @esseeohteetee.bsky.social · Aug 12

I’m happy to share that my paper with Jeff Heinz on “the blueprint model of production” is finally published online in Phonology: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The blueprint model of production | Phonology | Cambridge Core

The blueprint model of production - Volume 42

www.cambridge.org

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Samuel Aeschbach @aeschbach.bsky.social · Aug 12

New semantic network paper in @plosone.org with @ruimata.bsky.social at @unibas.ch and @dirkwulff.bsky.social at @arc-mpib.bsky.social!

We ran large-scale simulations to test how well common behavioral tasks measure a person's semantic network.

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Measuring individual semantic networks: A simulation study

Accurately capturing individual differences in semantic networks is fundamental to advancing our mechanistic understanding of semantic memory. Past empirical attempts to construct individual-level sem...

doi.org

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Aug 11

Tx is way more complex than our research studies give it credit. It's multifactorial and highly individualized imo. Likely doing several "things" (mechanisms) at once in interactive, emergent ways. Dont think we have good grasp on measuring this yet. Shameless plug, my recent work is headed this way

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Aug 11

Maybe! Treatments without verbal production, outcomes not reliant on verbal production would be needed to test this. Reminds me of Mackenzie Fama's inner speech work!

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Aug 11

Relatedly.. all our anomia outcome measures tend to be verbal naming tasks. I think if we had other measures of word retrieval, we might see more/different across the scope of anomia treatments

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Aug 11

Such a good question! I think that's part of it. We have fewer phonemes than semantics/concepts too. So maybe also we're (weakly) strengthening the phonological encoding part for lots of words, even if our targets are limited.

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Aug 11

Check out our new paper on #phonological treatments for #anomia in #aphasia. Lots of good data to support phonological treatment but more work needed for maximizing treatment generalization, expanding outcome measures, and assessing treatment ingredients for patient matching.

ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · Aug 11

Treatment characteristics, participant demographic characteristics, and outcomes in the research literature for phonological treatment for anomia are summarized in this new #AJSLP scoping review.

on.asha.org/3HahgRY
@sigperspectives.bsky.social

Phonological Treatment for Anomia: A Scoping Review

Purpose: The aim of this scoping review was to summarize treatment characteristics (with a focus on treatment ingredients), participant demograph...

on.asha.org

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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · Aug 11

Treatment characteristics, participant demographic characteristics, and outcomes in the research literature for phonological treatment for anomia are summarized in this new #AJSLP scoping review.

on.asha.org/3HahgRY
@sigperspectives.bsky.social

Phonological Treatment for Anomia: A Scoping Review

Purpose: The aim of this scoping review was to summarize treatment characteristics (with a focus on treatment ingredients), participant demograph...

on.asha.org

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Jul 24

5. PhD program: arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/cds/grad/phd...

UB Graduate School: www.buffalo.edu/grad.html

UB PhD Funding: www.buffalo.edu/grad/explore...

Lab Website: sites.google.com/view/alnlab

Again - please reach out if interested. Happy to talk prior to submitting an app (and paying app fee!)

Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Jul 24

4. Our PhD curriculum is flexible to meet a variety of student backgrounds and needs. I’m open to accepting students with backgrounds in SLP/CSD, Psych, Ling, Comp Sci, Rehab Sci, and related

My work is interdisciplinary and you'll be trained similarly

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Jul 24

3. I am a firm believer in a mentorship model (vs say a trainee model). I will teach you some things, but I will also point you in lots of directions. I don't know everything and I certainly don't want you to do exactly what I do

The best part of mentoring is growing and learning *with* someone

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Jul 24

2. Good oral and written communication. I can certainly help you grow (side story - I used to have debilitating stage fright) but know that this is going to be required

And it's not just through pubs and presentations. It's also communicating to broad and varied audiences and with me directly

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Jul 24

1. Prior research experience is desirable but I also want to see these qualities in a PhD student that (I think) make a good researcher:

-openness to new ideas, methods, experiences
-a desire to explore and ask questions (aka initiative)

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm open to accepting a #PhD student in #CDS beginning Fall 2026 at #UBuffalo!

Join me in tackling questions about precision rehab of #anomia to improve communication and quality of life of people living with #aphasia

A few things to consider, but also *please* reach out

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Brielle Stark, PhD {she} @briellestark.bsky.social · Jul 21

I'm delighted to share my picture book written for young kids who are experiencing a loved one with #aphasia. Filled with inclusive language as well as resources, it's made for young kids (3 - 10 years old).

More info & how to buy: www.neuralresearchlab.com/childrens-book

Children's Book — NEURAL Research Lab

www.neuralresearchlab.com

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Chujun Lin @chujunlin.bsky.social · Jul 8

First paper from my lab out @commspsychol.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00275-w

Latent factor models are popular for mental representation of people, e.g. warmth & competence

But we show in naturalistic contexts, more complex representations are needed: high-dimensional networks

www.nature.com

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Ayanna Kim Thomas @ayannakim.bsky.social · Jun 30

Happy to report that the @sparksociety.bsky.social NSF grant has been reinstated!

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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Jun 27

I was nominated for creating a welcoming environment for faculty, staff, students, community members, and for organizing speaker events and faculty/student trainings to advance DEI in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

I love that this is (part of) what I get paid to do, even in this climate!

Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · Jun 27

I received the Human Resources' Pillars of Pride Employee Recognition Award for Inclusion! #UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social @ubuffalo.bsky.social

Thank you to Jon Chirico for the nomination, my department for engaging in DEI work, and my mentors for guiding me on this path!

Nichol with Pillars of Pride lanyard and pin

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