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Emma Templeton

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Psychology Postdoc at Dartmouth. Incoming Assistant Professor at Chicago Booth (summer 2026). Trying to answer the question, "What makes conversation good?" she/her https://emmatempleton.com/

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Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jul 2

thank you, Erik!!!

Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jul 2

awww... thank you, friend!

Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jul 2

Oh, yay! I'd love to join the social psych restaurant crew! Can't wait :)

Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jul 1

awww... thanks, Rafael!

Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jun 30

We're excited to embrace Chicago's local traditions and start building a new community there. We've heard rumblings that Chicago might have more people and restaurants than Hanover, and we are feeling optimistic. 4/4

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Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jun 30

In the meantime, I'm looking forward to my tenth (!!) and final year at Dartmouth. Jason and I absolutely love our life in this Stars-Hollow-esque town and are grateful to experience all of our favorite local traditions one more time. 3/

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Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jun 30

Huge thank you to my mentors and letter writers, @thaliawheatley.bsky.social, @lukejchang.bsky.social, and Jamil Zaki. And to the many, many friends who shared materials and support along the way. 2/

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Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jun 30

Next summer I will start as an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. I couldn't be more excited! 1/

Jason and I wearing Chicago Booth swag, inadvertently looking like new MBA students. We are smiling and celebrating at a restaurant!

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Ashwini Ashokkumar @ashwinia.bsky.social · Apr 22

🚨🚨 I’m looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join my lab at Harvard's Psychology Department starting Fall 2025 🚨📣

Please share widely and spread the word to interested candidates! 🧵

🗓 Application review begins April 30

Apply here: rb.gy/k7q9kf (1/2)

Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology

Dr. Ashwini Ashokkumar’s lab at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to start in Fall 2025. The lab conducts research related to i...

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Joshua Conrad Jackson @joshcjackson.bsky.social · Mar 5

I'm hiring a new lab manager!

Deadline to apply is April 1st. More details here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu...

I formed some of my deepest and most impactful partnerships as a lab manager, and it's a position that I highly value.

If you are a PI, please circulate to possible applicants!

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Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jun 3

Yay!!!!!

Eshin Jolly @eshjolly.bsky.social · May 31

Some very exciting news... after many, many, winter beards, I'm overjoyed to be joining sunny @UCSDPsychology as an Asst Prof in Jan 2025!

Looking to recruit folks interested in doing some fun science, while building some cool (and useful) toys! Details: eshinjolly.com/lab/

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I'm joining @UCSDPsychology as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2025! I'll be starting a lab group and hiring, checkout for more details.

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Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · Jan 3

This was so fun! Thanks @bethfisher.bsky.social and @avamadesousa.bsky.social!

Beth Fisher @bethfisher.bsky.social · Jan 2

New Minds Matter episode! We speak with
@emmatempleton.bsky.social
about conversation ! Emma explains why we feel like we 'click' with some people and how gap time in conversation can be different between strangers and friends
www.mindsmatterpodcast.com/s3-ep-9-your...

S3 Ep 9: Your Mind on Conversation

What makes a for a good conversation? Why do we feel we 'click' with some people and not others? This week we speak to Dr. Emma Templeton about research on conversation. She discusses why gap length...

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Kiara Sanchez @kiarasanchez.bsky.social · Dec 15

📢Postdoc alert!📢
Come work with me as a Guarini Dean’s Postdoc Fellow at Dartmouth! This 2-year fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses questions about intergroup dynamics in social interactions and relationships. Apply by Feb 1! Position begins this summer apply.interfolio.com/137922

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Thalia Wheatley @thaliawheatley.bsky.social · Dec 18

My first bsky post! New paper in Perspectives with my fantastic colleagues on why we need to better understand social interaction & how new tools are accelerating that progress.👇

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Kiara Sanchez @kiarasanchez.bsky.social · Nov 30

I'm hiring a lab manager! The Social Identity in Dialogue (SID) Lab at Dartmouth is seeking a full-time lab manager interested in the social psychological study of interracial interactions, relationships, and conversations about race. Pref. apply by Jan 9

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Research Assistant I

The Dartmouth Social Identity in Dialogue Lab (PI: Kiara L. Sanchez) seeks a full-time research assistant to design, conduct, and analyze studies of interracial interactions, relationships, and conver...

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