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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you to @spspnews.bsky.social for selecting me as a recipient of this year's Jenessa Shapiro Graduate Research Award. I’m so honored!

The funding will be applied to further my research on what drives public support/opposition to technological solutions to address climate change.

#SPSP #Award

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Aug 7

Don’t miss out on #APA2025 programming from Division 34: Society for Environmental Population & Conservation Psychology 🌎

Itinerary information below!

#APA2025 #APA #Div34

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Aug 7

Attending #APA2025 and interested in learning about how preferences for naturalness shape support of climate change solutions?

Join me on Saturday, August 9, from 8-9am for our session "Strategies for Enhancing Public Support and Behavioral Change in Climate Action and Sustainability" 🌎

#Div34

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Jul 3

I’ve really appreciated the interdisciplinary community of SCB SSWG over the last few years. This is a great service opportunity for folks interested in expanding community in conservation social science!

scbsocialscience.org

#ServicePosition #Volunteer #SocialScience #ConservationScience

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Jul 3

🎓 Undergraduates and future graduate students: free memberships are available today from the American Psychological Association! Available to the first 500 applicants.

sso.apa.org/apasso/idm/a...

#APA #ProfessionalSociety #FreeMembership #GraduateSchool #Psychology

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Jun 18

What a great certificate program on machine learning by Harvard University! I'm excited apply these new skills to advance my research on climate change decision making and technology adoption.

For anyone else interested in certificate programs by @harvard.edu: pll.harvard.edu/subject/data...

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · May 26

Fantastic paper, Jonah! Really enjoyable read. I wonder if you might see in-group/out-group effects on perceived intellectual humility of Rep and Dem politicians if you looked at those ratings split out by participant party identification.

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · May 21

“Low-carbon sources of energy such as wind and solar not only have huge climatic and energy security benefits, but also financial advantages related to less construction risk and less chance of delays.” - Benjamin Sovacool

www.bu.edu/igs/2025/05/...

Investment Risk for Energy Infrastructure Construction Is Highest for Nuclear Power Plants, Lowest for Solar | Institute for Global Sustainability

www.bu.edu

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · May 17

Want to jazz up your scientific posters? Check out this 15-minute tutorial I made about how to create scientific posters using Canva design software! 🌟

You can access this video and other resources here on my website: lnkd.in/gvJqC24V

#ScienceCommunication #Tutorial #Poster

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · May 14

🌎 Interested in organizing the 2026 SPSP Sustainability Psychology Pre-conference? We are recruiting organizing committee members & chair(s)!

Email Sarah Gonzalez Coffin ([email protected])& Danielle Goldwert ([email protected]). Organizers must be SPSP members.

@spspnews.bsky.social

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · May 6

The first book on my summer reading list has arrived! 📚💡Looking forward to learning from @kelseabest.bsky.social and colleagues about the latest research on how climate change interacts with population dynamics.

#Research #ReadingList

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Apr 28

Want to learn more about research-informed communication methods for novel carbon dioxide removal and low-carbon energy technologies? Don't miss my session at #APA2025 on August 9th from 4:30-5:30pm MT. Register today to join me! convention.apa.org

#TechnologyAdoption #Research

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · Apr 21

I am hiring a new Lab Manager to help run the NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation.

We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested!

Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620

See more details below:

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Mar 29

A thoughtful and inspiring perspective piece by Paige Nicklas (University of Rochester) about what it’s been like to be a PhD student during this time. With my graduation approaching this December, I appreciate and resonate with so many of the sentiments shared here: www.science.org/content/arti...

We started our Ph.D.s during COVID-19. Now, we’re graduating into political chaos

“It is difficult to absorb all the uncertainty and still hold on to hope,” this Ph.D. student writes

www.science.org

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Feb 28

What a great #SPSP2025! I’m honored to have co-chaired the 🌎 Sustainability Psychology 🌍pre-conference with @dgoldwert.bsky.social as we featured 58 outstanding speakers, and hosted a networking happy hour. Thank you to our wonderful organizing committee for your service. Cya next year! #SP32025

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Feb 19

We can’t wait to welcome everyone to Denver for the SPSP Sustainability Psychology pre-conference! 🌎 Join us this Thursday for breakfast, followed by a great morning of talks, then an evening networking happy hour. See you there! ❄️ 🏔️ #SP32025 #SPSP2025 @spspnews.bsky.social

SPSP sustainability preconference agenda 2025. See Whova app for program.

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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · Feb 18

If you are at #SPSP, please check out the talks and posters presented by Social Neuroscience Lab members! (And don't forgot your jackets 🥶)

@spspnews.bsky.social #SocialPsyc

A listing of 4 CU Social Neuroscience Lab presentations at SPSP.
Emily Brown will present "The Impact of Kamala Harris's Social Identities on Political Perceptions" [poster 148] at the Social Cognition Preconference, 9:00-10:00 am. She will also present "Gender and Professional Stereotypes in STEM Professors: A Double Bind" [poster 67] at Poster Session D, Friday 4:30-5:30 pm, Exhibit D.

Charlotte Moser will present "Communicating Inclusion: Effects of Interpersonal Allyship versus Organizational Diversity Statements" on
Saturday 3:15-4:45 pm, Bluebird Ballroom 2A.

Chelsea Taylor will present "College Classes Getting You Down? TA Support Promotes Belonging and Persistence for Undergraduates" [poster 50] at Poster Session E, Saturday 12:30-1:30 pm, Exhibit D.

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Feb 15

CU Boulder Colleagues: join us next week for this special speaker event that I am co-hosting in partnership with the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies & STEM Routes. Open to all! RSVP here: bit.ly/STEMRoutesFeb19

#CUBoulder #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateChange

Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Jan 18

I’m excited to share that a new article I wrote with Pamela Buckley, Charleen Gust, Sheba Aikawa, Christine Steeger, and Fred Pampel has been published in Prevention Science! Read our open-access paper here: rdcu.be/d6ybQ

#PreventionScience #Preregistration #HealthPsychology #HealthEquity

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Jan 9

The technological innovations we invest in now have cascading economic, social, and environmental effects for generations to come. It’s great to see wind turbines being designed with a circular economy in mind 🌟

www.energy.gov/eere/article...

#DecarbonizedEnergy #WindEnergy #ClimateChange

America Can Recycle 90% of Wind Turbine Mass, According to New DOE Report

Report suggests investing in strategies and innovations to process the remaining 10%, improving sustainability and supporting a circular economy.

www.energy.gov

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Jan 7

Don’t miss out! Join us in Denver, Colorado at the Sustainability Psychology Pre-conference this year on Feb. 20, 2025.

#Conference #Denver #SustainabilityPsychology #EnvironmentalPsychology #SP3 #SP32025 #SPSPSP2025 #SPSP2025

Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · Jan 7

👋Reminder: #SPSP2025 Early Bird registration is closing soon! Looking forward to seeing our personality/social psych community in Denver (February 20-22) 🏔️

If you're planning to join us, grab your spot before January 16 to get the best rate: spsp.org/events/annu...

SPSP 25th Annual Convention
February 20-22
Denver, Colorado
Register now and save!

Don't miss out - save your spot for #SPSP2025 today!

Early Bird Deadline: January 16

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Jan 7

Scholarships for Native Students in STEM fields are available through AISES! Applications are due April 30, 2025. Learn more here: aises.org/scholarships/

#Scholarships #STEM #CollegeScholarships #AISES #NativeAmerican #AlaskanNative #AmericanIndian #StudentScholarships

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Dec 28

Agreed - that would be the ideal goal! Politically & behaviorally I think it will take some time to get to full decarbonization and that change will come incrementally. But that shouldn’t stop us from aiming high.

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Dec 28

Really interesting perspective on the future of climate technology the role of corporate buy-in in this conversation with Jigar Shah, Director of the Loans Programs Office at the Department of Energy.

#EnergyTechnology #DOE #CarbonDioxideRemoval #ClimateChangeTech

youtu.be/LQOWz52NebE?...

Yes, Biden’s Green Future Can Still Happen Under Trump

YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · Dec 28

Implementing technological solutions to social problems requires us to be intentional in planning for interconnectedness.

To expand promising AI interventions, we need to also invest in an energy infrastructure that is more efficient and less carbon-intensive.

phys.org/news/2024-09...

Conversations with AI can successfully reduce belief in conspiracy theories

Have you ever tried to convince a conspiracy theorist that the moon landing wasn't staged? You likely didn't succeed, but ChatGPT might have better luck, according to research by MIT Sloan School of M...

phys.org

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