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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨 TODAY!! 🚨 Join us to learn about using Sharing Circles at 2pm ET. Hope to see you there!

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 9

Join us on Friday, 6/20 at 2pm EST for the APA Div 15's Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Research Methods series! Our final event will focus on using Sharing Circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) w/ Macy Bowman 🤩

Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles

Flier: Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Approaches to Research Series hosted by the APA Division 15's Race & Diversity Committee

Convene with us virtually to learn about using sharing circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) to enact anti-racist and anti-colonial research in educational psychology.

Friday, June 20th at 11am PT / 2pm ET
Zoom registration link: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles

For questions about the session, please contact Dr. Kori Nicolai at knicolai@iu.edu.

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Errin Haines @errinhaines.bsky.social · Jun 19

"We celebrate our history, and we celebrate our contributions to this country. We don’t have to have a proclamation from anyone else but ourselves." My Juneteenth Amendment column on resistance and radical imagination in the age of erasure w/@kayewhitehead: 19thnews.org/2025/06/june...

‘We don't wait to be celebrated’: What Juneteenth means this year

Thursday marks the first national observance under President Donald Trump of Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

19thnews.org

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · Jun 19

Also…block him. ✌️😮‍💨

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · Jun 18

I'm an Associate Editor at Current Directions in Psychological Science and I have a new Special Issue call on Intergroup Allyship. Proposal submissions are due by July 18. Please share widely!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Call for Manuscript Proposals: Special Issue on Intergroup Allyship

Current Directions in Psychological ScienceEditor: Dr. Sylvia PerryIntergroup allyship–referring to actions taken to support, advocate for, or stand in solidarity with members of marginalized groups b...

www.psychologicalscience.org

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · Jun 19

Great time today giving a workshop on working w/worked examples in enVision math to DE math teachers & specialists for the School Success Center at @udelaware.bsky.social. Enjoyed developing the session w/PhD candidates @elenamsilla.bsky.social @meg-botello.bsky.social & Dr. @sarcler.bsky.social

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · May 22

🤗 it’s just begun! 🥳

Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · May 22

🥹🥹 Stop! 😭

Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · May 21

Hooding a Doctoral student is really one of the BEST feelings EVER. Congratulations Dr. Clerjuste! @sarcler.bsky.social It has been an honor to serve as your advisor and a pleasure to watch you grow and thrive! SO PROUD! 🥹 @udelaware.bsky.social

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · May 16

Congrats @sarcler.bsky.social aka Dr. Clerjuste on passing her dissertation defense today! SO proud of all you’ve accomplished & looking forward to supporting you as you continue to succeed! Thanks to supportive committee members @mandymathed.bsky.social Henry May & Emily Fyfe (on Zoom-not pictured)

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · May 14

My ongoing request:

If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.

NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...

NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...

Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 14

NSF appears to be terminating hundreds of its grants to Harvard, per internal sources at NSF and at Harvard. At least one division has had all its grants cut.

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · May 15

It is difficult to find joy in our work when science is under attack. Today I led a professional learning session for math teachers based on my research w/ @elenamsilla.bsky.social. I also presented stellar grad students (including @sarcler.bsky.social) w/awards for their research. Joy unlocked 🤩

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · May 15

Clear summary of just what got cancelled in the recent misinformation grant terminations - lots of valuable research on how to improve the information environment and ensure that people have easy access to accurate information

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 5

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.

Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET

Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations

Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 8

🧪 Data update on NSF grant terminations

Including last Friday's terminations, STEM education grants now account for...

54% of terminated NSF grants (751 of 1381)
75% of terminated NSF funding ($590M of $783M)

The next generation of scientists is being targeted.

#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF

Office of the Director (OD) $4
Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) $5
Biological Sciences (BIO) $15
Engineering (ENG) $25
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) $34
Geosciences (GEO) $34
Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) $35
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) $41
STEM Education (EDU) $590

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · May 8

Check out Meg’s new paper on motivational messaging during fraction instruction! Our students are so stellar 🤩 Love to see them shine ☺️

Meg Botello @meg-botello.bsky.social · May 5

Grateful to share that my very first, first-authored manuscript has been published! Thanks to my advisors & community❤️It feels surreal to have added a very small piece to the field that I care about so much. Check out my highlights and read more about it here:
journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/KVUY6...

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Dr. Suzanne Le Menestrel @drsl.bsky.social · May 2

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.

www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

www.spencer.org

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · Apr 30

I typically teach our doctoral level intro stat course and use exams. This semester I replaced exams with research proposals - data analytic plans & r-scripts included. These are infinitely more fun to grade. New personal rule: don’t assign anything that’s annoying to grade. Ever.

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · Apr 29

Looking forward to #SRCD2025! Here are presentations from folks in the Cognitive Development & Communication Lab!

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · Apr 30

a young man with curly hair is singing into the camera .

ALT: a young man with curly hair is singing into the camera .

media.tenor.com

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · Apr 30

Same girl, same 🤗

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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · Apr 25

Check if your university has signed. Write to your President if not.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Apr 23

Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · Apr 25

I’m so sorry

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Apr 25

The NSF is in a crisis. its director is out, hundreds more grants have been cut, and it is staring down catastrophic budget cuts and layoffs. Our reporting:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resigns

Sethuraman Panchanathan abruptly leaves helm of US funding agency after Elon Musk’s DOGE arrives.

www.nature.com

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · Apr 25

At #AERA25? Check out some work by M^3 lab members, lab alumni, & lab affiliates! @elenamsilla.bsky.social @meg-botello.bsky.social @kamalc31.bsky.social Taylor-Paige Guba & Andrew Rodrigues! Some work w/their advisors/mentors included! @drteyar.bsky.social @juliebooth.bsky.social

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · Apr 22

@rodriguesjm.bsky.social 🤩

Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · Apr 22

🚨New Pub Alert!🚨 Check out our new paper in Educational Psychologist w/@rodriguesjm.bsky.social Leveraging cognitive load theory to support students with mathematics difficulty! Really enjoyed working on this piece w/Jess & hope we provide some useful recommendations! tinyurl.com/BarbieriRodrigues25

Leveraging cognitive load theory to support students with mathematics difficulty

We propose that cognitive load theory (CLT, Sweller) may be particularly relevant for informing research and instruction focused on supporting students with disabilities (SWDs), specifically studen...

www.tandfonline.com

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