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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 22h

Absolute best breakdown of this "compact" and its inherent ridiculousness. Thanks!

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Dan Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social · 3d

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Josh Miller @jdmiller.bsky.social · 5d

Apropos of recent open science conversations - this paper is an awesome primer for grad students and faculty who want to learn more: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

Easing Into Open Science: A Guide for Graduate Students and Their Advisors

This article provides a roadmap to assist graduate students and their advisors to engage in open science practices. We suggest eight open science practices that novice graduate students could begin ad...

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 5d

I've obtained the Trump compact document, let me summarize it for you.

Screen cap of a document reading "COMPACT FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
INTRODUCTION
American higher education is the envy of the world and represents a key strategic benefit for our
Nation. In turn, the U.S. university system benefits in a variety of ways from its extraordinary relationship
with the U.S. government. These include (i) access to student loans, grant programs, and federal contracts;
(ii) funding for research directly or indirectly; (iii) approval of student and other visas in connection with
university matriculation and instruction; and (iv) preferential treatment under the tax code. To advance the
national interest arising out of this unique relationship, this Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher
Education represents the priorities of the U.S. government in its engagements with universities that benefit
from the relationship. Institutions of higher education are free to develop models and values other than
those below, if the institution elects to forego federal benefits." with bits circled in color and translated to "Nice college you've got there. We hold all your money. It'd be a real shame if anything happened to it."

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 6d

Rigorous science is transparent science.

Josh Miller @jdmiller.bsky.social · 6d

New paper led by @drlynam.bsky.social on the need for more training in and engagement with open science practices in clinical psych programs. It has been difficult to make progress due to a variety of barriers, including students working in labs uninterested or hostile to these approaches.

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 6d

The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science: https://osf.io/s46wd

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 6d

A Faustian bargain- it’ll never end well. These schools must together to oppose this “compact.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 8d

US-based 2025 NSF GRFP Competition is severely reduced, with dramatic exclusions added in the dark. Here's a petition you can sign. Please consider signing and circulating. Also see: jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 8d

Great news-- @felixthoemmes.bsky.social to be the next EiC at AMPPS! See below for information about joining his team.

Felix Thoemmes @felixthoemmes.bsky.social · 8d

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 11d

I was so unimpressed with this interview. I could go on and on, but simply: there’s no there-there. Just culture war cudgels to the moon. She also uses a deeply weird logic that universities wanted to change, and we gave them a permission structure to do so with our draconian mandates. Hahaha

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 21d

Love to hear it! I felt similarly about the paper.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 21d

This report shows us that 1.7% of N = 919 papers studied were preregistered and 6.0% had a pre-study power analysis. Transparency goes way beyond preregistration... read the paper to find out more!

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 21d

We have a great new paper taking stock of transparency reporting in the MRI/fMRI literature... "Results call for recentering transparency in reporting practices in MRI and fMRI studies, with direct implications for study generalizability." doi.org/10.1177/2515...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 21d

Do you want to get serious about specifying your random-effect structures? This paper might be for you.. plus lots of good stuff about multilevel and dyadic modeling: doi.org/10.1177/2515...

A Practical Guide to Specifying Random Effects in Longitudinal Dyadic Multilevel Modeling - Kareena S. del Rosario, Tessa V. West, 2025

Analyzing over-time dyadic data can be challenging, particularly when using multilevel models with complex random-effect structures. In this tutorial, we discus...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 25d

Obvious preregistered hypothesis: soon most all psych science will involve AI in some form. You'll get ahead of the curve with this paper is about "Transformer Architecture" (also a good band name) and how embeddings operate within a NLP workflow. Really nice! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

From Embeddings to Explainability: A Tutorial on Large-Language-Model-Based Text Analysis for Behavioral Scientists - Rudolf Debelak, Timo K. Koch, Matthias Aßenmacher, Clemens Stachl, 2025

Large language models (LLMs) are transforming research in psychology and the behavioral sciences by enabling advanced text analysis at scale. Their applications...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 25d

Outstanding new paper on machine learning at AMPPS-- hit the virtual stands this summer. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Bridging Traditional-Statistics and Machine-Learning Approaches in Psychology: Navigating Small Samples, Measurement Error, Nonindependent Observations, and Missing Data - Rosa Lavelle-Hill, Gavin Smi...

In recent years, machine learning has propagated into different aspects of psychological research, and supervised machine-learning methods have increasingly bee...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 26d

This was a true mess with a ton of AI-generated word salad slop being submitted as preprints. The field owes these moderators a huge thanks for all the work and energy! 🙏👏

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 26d

PsyArXiv's amazing team of 100+ moderators has now approved all preprints that meet the requirements outlined in the updated PsyArXiv policies (is.gd/paxpolicy). Thank you to everyone who volunteered, this was a true community effort! #PsychSciSky

About PsyArXiv – PsyArXiv Blog

What is PsyArXiv? PsyArXiv (psychology archive) is an open preprint archive designed to facilitate rapid dissemination of psychological research. PsyArXiv is a creation of the Society for the…

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 26d

Don’t @ me for ignoring the many causes of polarization or the long arc of American sectarian conflict. We all know our history is violent and divided. My point here is narrower: to connect some dots about the deterioration of social trust & cohesion in the US from 9/11/01 to 9/10/25.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 26d

Of course polarization has many homegrown causes. But 9/11 intersected with them, and the wars & mistrust that followed created fertile ground. Social media poured gasoline on the fire. 24 years later, political violence feels tragically plausible—an ironic fulfillment of bin Laden’s strategy.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 26d

9/11 wasn’t the only accelerant. Commercialization of outrage grew from the affordances of social media— optimized for anger & identity politics. Sectarian divisions follow too from cable news designed to stoke out-group disdain. When politics becomes a spectator bloodsport, division only deepen.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 26d

In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, there was video of bin Laden saying that al-Qaeda’s goal was to provoke America into overreaction and internal conflict. Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, civil-liberty fights at home, and the mistrust that followed all deepened social divides.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 26d

On the anniversary of 9/11, I’m struck by how little discussion links yesterday’s tragic act of political violence with the attacks 24 years ago. To me, the throughline is clear: bin Laden sought to divide America, draw us into costly wars, and erode social cohesion. We are living in that long game.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 27d

Excellent paper alert!!!

Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 27d

In a new paper, my colleagues and I set out to demonstrate how method biases can create spurious findings in relationship science, by using a seemingly meaningless scale (e.g., "My relationship has very good Saturn") to predict relationship outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Pseudo Effects: How Method Biases Can Produce Spurious Findings About Close Relationships - Samantha Joel, John K. Sakaluk, James J. Kim, Devinder Khera, Helena Yuchen Qin, Sarah C. E. Stanton, 2025

Research on interpersonal relationships frequently relies on accurate self-reporting across various relationship facets (e.g., conflict, trust, appreciation). Y...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · Sep 2

We encourage clinical psychologists at different career levels to apply, including doctoral students on internship, postdoctoral fellows, and established clinical psychologists.
To read more about the position and apply, please go to: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Director, Psychology Clinic

Provision of clinical training and supervision to clinical graduate studentsCoordination and administration of day-to-day BHC operationsFacilitating c...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our new Clinic Director will join a great group of clinical scientists (15 clinical faculty and 40 doctoral students) and will work in a recently renovated clinic! We will begin reviewing applications at the end of September and will continue our review until we fill the position.

Director, Psychology Clinic

Provision of clinical training and supervision to clinical graduate studentsCoordination and administration of day-to-day BHC operationsFacilitating c...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · Sep 2

Please share far and wide! The Psychology Department at the University of Arizona is recruiting a new Director for our Behavioral Health Clinic. The Clinic Director is a core member of our clinical faculty who helps lead clinical training in our program.

Director, Psychology Clinic

Provision of clinical training and supervision to clinical graduate studentsCoordination and administration of day-to-day BHC operationsFacilitating c...

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