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Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · 5d

You’re ready to submit your first paper. What happens next?

Our workshop, Peer Review 101: Responding Effectively to Reviews, will help you understand how peer review works and provide you with concrete tools so you can respond to a reviewer comments.

Join us 12-1:30pm ET 10/30/25. Register here:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 We are seeking a Digital Presence Coordinator!

Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.

Job details:

💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters

🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term

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Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 7d

📣 🧪 Update: #GRFP petition went to #NSF and OSTP (w/ the growing* comments list) yesterday.

We are now working to get these impacts in front of Congress, so PLEASE keep signing/sharing the petition!

*nearly 900!

@danielbolnick.bsky.social @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social

Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 9d

🧪 Were you one of the many thousands of STEM students (and mentors) impacted by the sudden change in #NSF #GRFP eligibility last week?

We created a petition to NSF leadership and Congress to reverse the changes - please sign and share your stories here!!

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 21d

Three conversations I'm excited to be a part of this week 🧪:

1) Fri Sept 19th 2pm ET join me, @frankikung.bsky.social, Jon Freeman and Cynthia Pickett for an @spspnews.bsky.social virtual conversation on grant terminations and research funding challenges spsp.org/professional...

Networking Opportunities | SPSP

Advance your career and build community with SPSP through mentoring, events, and connections that strengthen professional growth in psychology.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 28d

What's going on with politically-motivated terminations of federal grants? How should social psychologists react and respond? Where do we go from here? No good answers but join me and other affected researchers for a virtual discussion next Friday.

Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · 29d

FYI - New @spspnews.bsky.social session on Navigating Uncertainty: A Community Conversation on Research Funding Challenges

Friday, September 19
2 - 3 PM ET (free and virtual)

Sign up: community.spsp.org/events/sNhWo...

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · 29d

Three @spspnews.bsky.social members will discuss their grant terminations and next steps, followed by Q&A, story sharing, and community discussion.

Moderator: Cynthia L. Pickett, Professor; Past SPSP President
Speakers: @lkfazio.bsky.social, @freemanjb.bsky.social, and @frankikung.bsky.social

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · 29d

FYI - New @spspnews.bsky.social session on Navigating Uncertainty: A Community Conversation on Research Funding Challenges

Friday, September 19
2 - 3 PM ET (free and virtual)

Sign up: community.spsp.org/events/sNhWo...

SPSP

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Aug 20

@apadivision45.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social @marginaliascience.bsky.social @apadivision44.bsky.social @apadivision38.bsky.social @blackinneuro.bsky.social @spssi.bsky.social

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Aug 20

Submissions can be theoretical, conceptual, or perspective-based papers (e.g., expanded theoretical framework in a grant proposal), as well as papers reporting empirical data with multiple studies or a single study (e.g., findings from a funded but interrupted longitudinal study).

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Aug 20

Initial submission only requires a Letter of Intent: 500 words max by Oct 15, 2025.

This special issue's scope and format are broad.

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Aug 20

This special issue "invites submissions on research areas recently de-prioritized and/or de-funded that address or discuss how social cognition approaches can aid in the understanding of these critical societal issues."

Plz consider submitting!

Keith Maddox @maddblackprof.bsky.social · Aug 19

Social Cognition invites papers for a special issue on disrupted scholarship guest edited by Galen Bodenhausen, Jacqueline Chen, & Franki Kung.

bit.ly/3HkcyBf

Call for Papers Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption.docx

Call for Papers: Special Collection Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption Deadline for Letters of Intent: October 15, 2025 (https://bit.ly/4mlowtf) Guest Editors: Gale...

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Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · Jul 23

How can developmental science journals promote equity, transparency, and shared responsibility?

Join us August 13, 2pm ET, for “Editors for an Inclusive Future: A Community Conversation” tinyurl.com/DevEditors @lehersingh.bsky.social ‪@mattgoldrick.bsky.social

Join us for a dialogue on advancing diversity, inclusivity, and equity in developmental psychology publications. Photos left to right, top row: Sudha Arunachalam, Editor-in-Chief, Language Acquisition; Shauna Cooper, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Child Development; Vaishali Raval, Associate Editor, Journal of Research in Adolescence; Leher Singh, Co-Editor-in_Chief, Developmental Science. Bottom row: Sponsored by Reviewer Zero, "We're reimagining peer review to grow a diverse new generation of scholars in psychology and neuroscience." Matt Goldrick Moderator. QR code and link for registration.

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations Rick!! 🎉 You will be missed here. Looking forward to seeing all that you'll accomplish @cuny.edu ❤️

Zhixu (Rick) Yang @zrickyang.bsky.social · Jun 30

I’ve defended my dissertation and wrapped up 5 years of my PhD! Grateful to my advisor, committee, mentors, colleagues, students, friends, and family. I’m thrilled to be joining Baruch College, CUNY as an Assistant Professor in I-O Psychology and to start this new chapter in NYC!

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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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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 14

🧪 National Science Foundation update alert ⚠️⚠️

NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.

It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.

❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.

The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

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3. UPDATED: What types of awards are being terminated?

Awards that are not aligned with program goals or agency priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), environmental justice, and misinformation/disinformation.

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · May 16

Job alert! We're now accepting applications for a Postdoc Research Fellow who will work with restricted and hard-to-access data related to the sources of class-based income #inequality on cutting-edge research topics. Apply by June 15! 👇 myumi.ch/155qg
#academicjobmarket #nowhiring #academicsky

The Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics is now accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. A Now Hiring stack of post-its is ont he left side of the graphic.

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · May 15

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Purdue HHS DEI Science Consortium @deiscience.bsky.social · Apr 30

Today (April 30) is the day! Please support DEI Science #purduedayofgiving by donating at purdue.university/HHSConsortium 🎉🎉

Your contributions will support research, future scholars, education, outreach, and more.

No gift is too small - together, let's make a difference!

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · Apr 29

I feel so honored to be President-Elect of @sansmeeting.bsky.social.

These are dark times for science, but together we are stronger.

With President @dfareri.bsky.social, I look forward to advocating for science, bringing together our community, and finding a path forward.

SANS @sansmeeting.bsky.social · Apr 26

Introducing our new president Dominic Fareri and @jenikubota.bsky.social

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Apr 30

“These reinstatements show us that legal action still has the power to hold the federal government accountable to its obligations.”

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These NIH Grants Were Terminated. Now They’re Back.

A handful of scientists whose funding was canceled by the Trump administration are now seeing those decisions reversed — and it’s not always clear why.

www.chronicle.com

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Apr 28

haha it could be. this tells you how confused I was...

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Apr 28

I like the movie too, but this is so real. It was so bad that I kept thinking, 'Wait, do I still understand Mandarin?' A supposedly scary reveal turned out to be too funny.

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Apr 25

I'm so sorry for your loss too. What a time we live in.. if there's anything I can do, please don't hesitate to reach out. Standing with you together.

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Apr 25

DEI Science Consortium @deiscience.bsky.social #purdueuniversity is not slowing down. We're expanding our efforts to support DEI scholars and scholarship - Boiler up!

On April 30, you can help us make a difference. Let's do this together.

#PurdueDayofGiving @aauppurdue.bsky.social

Purdue HHS DEI Science Consortium @deiscience.bsky.social · Apr 25

Get ready to support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Science on Purdue Day of Giving (April 30)!

You can help us make a difference in improving lives and communities by donating to the HHS DEI Science Consortium via this link purdue.university/HHSConsortium on April 30.

Please spread the word!

Support College of Health and Human Sciences | Purdue Day of Giving 2025

I’m ready to support College of Health and Human Sciences on April 30, 2025 during Purdue Day of Giving 2025. Learn more about College of Health and Human Sciences and all the other units participating in Purdue Day of Giving 2025.

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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Apr 25

So sorry. This shouldn't have happened.. As a person who was uplifted by the program, I see it firsthand how you and your team are doing incredible work. I hope this will keep going, and I'm here to help in any way I can.

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