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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 1d

#goals

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Dana Miller-Cotto @damcotto.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 New publication! Our registered report in Journal of Educational Psychology examines whether common executive function (EF) tasks demonstrated measurement invariance across racial/ethnic groups. Spoiler: they don’t. ⚠️
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...

APA PsycNet

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Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · 2d

This weekend, I had the honor of participating in a panel that combined two things dear to my heart: digital mental health and selective mutism. I had a blast and learned a lot from my fellow panelists!

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · 6d

How cool is this during Hispanic Heritage Month? Bravo University of California Office of the President! Muy orgulloso de ser parte de esta familia 🤓

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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 7d

I continue to believe sharing example materials is useful in academia, so in that spirit, my tenure statements and CV are now available on our Resources for Researchers website (bottom of the New PI page: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/resourcesfor...)

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Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 8d

Great resource for prospective clinical psychology students.
(And BTW I'm recruiting)

Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · 11d

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely so all applicants can benefit 🤓.

And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

docs.google.com

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Samantha Jade Withnell, MSc @sjwithnell.bsky.social · 11d

Would be great to see some more Canadian profs on this list for students looking for clinical psych programs! I think @kvonranson.bsky.social is the only one I spotted 👀

Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · 11d

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely so all applicants can benefit 🤓.

And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

docs.google.com

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Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · 11d

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely so all applicants can benefit 🤓.

And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

docs.google.com

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Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd @vjrp.bsky.social · 19d

@qmmmmliu.bsky.social and I just gave a presentation for the UChicago internship program on writing faculty job statements.

We talked through what makes them compelling (and what to avoid).

Slides are here if interested 👉 osf.io/3skx4/?view_...

Thanks to Dr. Shona Vas inviting us!!

Faculty Jobs

Hosted on the Open Science Framework

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Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · 22d

My former postdoc, Nina, is looking for grad students! You will have the best time with Nina - she is awesome!

Nina Wang @ninawang.bsky.social · 22d

I am recruiting (Canadian🇨🇦) graduate students at York University for Fall 2026 in Social and Personality Psychology! If you are interested in misinformation, political polarization, and/or computational social science, I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out with any questions.

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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 23d

Penn State Psychology is hiring in Child Clinical!
Assistant or Associate Professor

*This is a 2nd position*
We're also hiring in quant-computational.

Q's app process: [email protected]
Q's position: [email protected], Cynthia Huang-Pollock

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Assistant or Associate Professor, Child Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · 25d

This is a fantastic resource for students applying to clinical/counseling programs this cycle: A list of PIs, organized by areas of research, accepting students!

Please share widely!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

docs.google.com

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Amitai Shenhav @ashenhav.bsky.social · 29d

I'm happy to now be able to share a talk I gave at TEDx New England last Fall!

The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.

I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...

How to make a choice when the options suck | Amitai Shenhav | TEDxNewEngland

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

www.youtube.com

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Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social · 29d

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Sep 6

QUESTION for folks recruiting grad students:

Pre-emails are always a topic of ✨discord✨…have you all noticed an increase or decrease in emails? Does it seem like people are using AI to generate the emails?

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Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · Sep 6

Compared to last year, a decrease in the sheer number, but also an increase in AI-generated messages 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · Sep 5

UPDATE: due to unforeseen circumstances I will NOT be reviewing students this cycle.

Apologies to anyone who was interested.

This is NOT a program issue, other Michigan clin psych faculty still on!

Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · Aug 12

I will be reviewing applications for the University of Michigan Clinical Psychology doctoral program this fall. If you are interested in applying, here’s some info I prepared for applicants: sites.lsa.umich.edu/aidangcw-lab...

2026 Applicants – Personality Processes and Outcomes Laboratory

sites.lsa.umich.edu

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UC Berkeley School of Education @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social · Sep 2

As U.S. students struggle with grade-level math, the research of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Asst. Prof. @damcotto.bsky.social is sure to have immense impact on how early childhood education can set them up for success. #math #UTK

Dana Miller-Cotto @damcotto.bsky.social · Aug 30

I’ve spent the last 15 years thinking about math skills that set kids up for success at school entry. Now, I’m excited to dive into new work on how math is conceived in California’s universal transitional kindergarten (UTK) funded through the Barbara White Bequest @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social

Picture of Dana Miller Cotto with captioned text.

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Dana Miller-Cotto @damcotto.bsky.social · Sep 3

First day of teaching Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving ✅! Had a great first class with a lively discussion spatial reasoning and math cognition 🤓 @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social

Selfie with prof. Miller-Cotto and students in a classroom.

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · Sep 3

Definitely ask to be nominated especially if you are from outside the U.S. but also from Universities that you often don’t normally see award recipients. Look at the APS fellows list for names to ask

Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Aug 19

Ask to be nominated for an APS Award or Honor! Rising Star and Spence Award nominations are due October 1!

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors

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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · Sep 2

How do the brain’s event representations change as we gain familiarity with an experience?

Brain regions’ representations can become coarser or finer as event familiarity increases. Fine-tuning predicts memory recall.

Excited to share this work with Narjes Al-Zahli & @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social!

Repeated Viewing of a Narrative Movie Changes Event Timescales in The Brain

Many experiences occur repeatedly throughout our lives: we might watch the same movie more than once and listen to the same song on repeat. How does the brain modify its representations of events when...

www.biorxiv.org

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Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · Aug 30

"Authors should be applauded for using an outstanding dataset..."

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Dana Miller-Cotto @damcotto.bsky.social · Aug 30

I’ve spent the last 15 years thinking about math skills that set kids up for success at school entry. Now, I’m excited to dive into new work on how math is conceived in California’s universal transitional kindergarten (UTK) funded through the Barbara White Bequest @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social

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Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · Aug 30

Congrats, Dana! 🎉

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