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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD

@kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social

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Affective scientist studying flexibility, goals, & emotion. Incoming Lecturer at Univ. Adelaide. Research Fellow in Affective Psychology at Univ. Tartu. NIH Postdoc in the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Univ. Oregon. www.kaitlynmwerner.com

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · Nov 22

🚨Thrilled to share that I will be a lecturer (Assistant Prof) in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide starting July 2025! 🇦🇺🦘

My lab will focus on affective science and self-regulation from a conceptual, measurement, and practical perspective.

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 1d

UNC Chapel Hill is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Social Psychology area. Deadline Nov 6. #psychjobs unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Assistant Professor

Primary responsibilities of the position will include conducting high-quality research, publishing in peer-reviewed journals and broader dissemination, seeking external funding for research, teaching ...

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Dani Cosme @dcosme.bsky.social · 2d

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Katie Gates @kgates.bsky.social · 5d

UNC is hiring in Quantitative Psychology! Assistant Professor (tenure-track). Please share widely! Find details here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 5d

New job 🚨:

Our #SCIMaP (scienceimpacts.org) team is searching for a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research.

Application review starts Oct 10:
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Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist

Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP: https://scienceimpacts.org/) is committed to visualizing and communicating the lo...

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William Ngiam | 严祥全 @williamngiam.github.io · 2d

What annotations / metadata do you wish was included with every #cogsci dataset (especially #workingmemory folks 👀)? My current list includes the experiment task, stimulus, level of data (trial-, subject-, or group-level), format, and whether analysis code is provided. Any more?

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 3d

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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 8d

If you're a data scientist interested in a full-time or part-time role working with developmental psychologists on cross-cultural data from parents and children, check out this position with the Developing Belief Network. Application review begins October 15, 2025. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network

Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network Description: We are looking for a full-time data scientist to join the Developing Belief Network, a global team of psychologists studying...

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 7d

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Lexi Decker @lexidecker.bsky.social · 7d

Excited to share that I'm joining WashU in January as an Assistant Prof in Psych & Brain Sciences! 🧠✨!

I'm also recruiting grad students to start next September - come hang out with us! Details about our lab here: www.deckerlab.com

Reposts are very welcome! 🙌 Please help spread the word!

DeckerLab

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 7d

This is AMAZING, congratulations!! WashU Psych is really hitting it out of the park with all the fabulous recent hires. They're so lucky to have you!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 7d

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Lorne Campbell @lornejcampbell.bsky.social · 7d

New ad for an open rank position in Psychology at Cornell. That Human Bonding course seems very popular! May be a good fit for a relationship scientist out there. Below is a snippet of the job ad.

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 7d

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 7d

Two open positions on COS's research team!

Project Coordinator: Undergraduate degree in research, or equivalent experience ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...

Program Manager: 10 yrs of project management experience or 2+ program management ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...

Please share w/colleagues

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 8d

Excited to share my new preprint. My work focuses on solitude, but I am not one to advocate for a "solitude theory"; psych has too many theories so one less would be good. So, what I did the past 2 yrs is talking to people, reading work outside of my literature, essentially to shop for a framework 🧵

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 7d

I was recently looking into different survey platforms to see what AI capabilities they had. There are a few companies out there using AI to generate your surveys for you. So, AI surveys get sent to AI "respondants." That's totally not a problem at all 🙄

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 7d

This part is particularly horrifying. Like, whaaatttt? Don't ever do this.

Also, if you don't like doing science, you know that you can literally do anything else with your time, right? Stop taking shortcuts to pad your CV. This is beyond ridiculous.

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René Mõttus @renemottus.bsky.social · 8d

Early career personality researchers coming to the Edinburgh ECP22: If you want to get a link to a slightly more affordable uni accommodation option later this year, leave your email here:
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Advance Accommodation Information

Primarily for Early Career Researchers (PhD, post-doc): If you would like to receive advance information about a limited number of more affordable accommodation options available for the 22nd Europea...

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Center for Contextual Psychiatry @ccp-kuleuven.bsky.social · 9d

👀 New on the ESM Item Repository website: the ESM-Q!
A comprehensive quality evaluation tool for ESM items - featuring 10 core and 15 supplementary criteria.

Developed by @gudruneisele.bsky.social and Anu Hiekkaranta in a Delphi study with 40+ ESM/EMA experts!

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ESM-Q | ESM Item Repository

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 13d

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩

Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea...

(P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 14d

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Shannon Sauer-Zavala @shannonsauerzavala.bsky.social · 14d

👋🏻 I am so excited to announce that I'll be hiring a postdoc at the University of Kentucky!

We study mechanism-focused (e.g., personality traits), transdiagnostic treatment development and personalization.

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More details in the 🧵 👇🏻

Psychology Post-Doctoral Scholar

The Treatment Innovation for Psychological Services (TIPS) Research Group in the Psychology department of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, KY is seeking a fu...

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Dani Cosme @dcosme.bsky.social · 14d

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Anna Weinberg @annaweinberg.bsky.social · 15d

Delighted to share that we are currently hiring for a tenure-track position (open rank) in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at McGill University. Come join a great department! Link to apply: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill....

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Dr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 15d

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 15d

#AffectSci peeps - go work with Matt! He's absolutely fabulous!

Matt Southward @mattsouthward.bsky.social · 15d

Re-upping this thread for anyone thinking about applying for grad school who wants to know what life in Columbus is like!

(I’m also more than happy to answer questions, snap pics, or provide food recs as needed to give you a better sense of Columbus & OSU 🌰)

Matt Southward @mattsouthward.bsky.social · Nov 21

And I should clarify for everyone who wasn’t on Twitter 1-2 months ago:

For anyone considering Ohio State for grad school, but only knows ohio as a meme, I'm gonna try to tweet about what Columbus can actually be like!
That way you can see if you can imagine yourself here or not #WhyColumbus

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 15d

rushing to put in my application right now 😜

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 16d

Oh yes, sauna is a given. Winter swimming (jumping into a frozen body of water) also came up, but was not recommended to us newbies unless we were very carefully advised by an Estonian, preferably in a swimming club.

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 16d

I want to say yes but then I remember the trauma of the CCV in Canada. But it's very close.

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 16d

They also advocated for crying as part of the acceptance strategy. But only for a few hours. If it lasts a few weeks, see a psychiatrist.

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 16d

This afternoon I went to a workshop on how to cope with the darkness during winter here in Estonia. Other than the usual advice of eat healthy, exercise, and socialize, the key advice was to "accept that it is annoying" and reappraise LOL. I love it here so much.

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