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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 3d

As someone whose taught at four different US universities over a 20 year period I can state with some confidence that the "talking to peers" stuff doesn't really happen here either unless you happen to be in a department where multiple researchers study the same topic.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 3d

100% agree. But how does one actually develop a network of identiable peers? In 20 years post-PhD I have honestly never had a face-to-face conversation with a peer about my work.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 3d

Brown County is not too far away and has some lovely walking trails in the woods and Nashville is a cute town with a lot of artist galleries.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 5d

Knopfler is just amazing.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 6d

Only very serious management scholars get to conduct an experiment that shows no difference between the treatment and control group and then report that the treatment had an effect because of "mediation" ™.

a poster for only murders in the building shows a man in a blue suit

ALT: a poster for only murders in the building shows a man in a blue suit

media.tenor.com

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Lauren S. Hallion, Ph.D. @laurenshallion.bsky.social · 16d

United States academic landscape got you down? Apply to join my lab at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada!

I’m planning to accept a graduate student in Clinical Psychology. Additional information:

https://www.uregina.ca/academics/programs/arts/master-phd-clinical-psychology.html

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 12d

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts

Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 13d

I sure hope that all those psychology academics making fun of the causal claims made by Trump et al about the Tylenol - Autism observational data will stop reporting mediation analyses based on observational data. I'm not holding my breath.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 15d

Can we add "learn about survivorship bias" to the list?

Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 16d

Consider this your annual reminder that Cosmic Crisp is King/Queen of apple varietals.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17d

Who could have imagined that a guy who uses the moniker “Ka$h” would take over the FBI and shut down the bribery investigations of his buddies?

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 17d

Probably means black cumin oil (nigella sativa). Very popular in middle eastern cuisine with many supposed health benefits.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah - I quit too after about 15 years of having an account.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 17d

Happy to report that I was able to get a Covid shot in Iowa without any problem.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 20d

Does anyone know if the International Cognitive Ability Resource is still active? I've been hoping to get access to some of their resources but have not heard back after applying a week ago. If not, is there another resource for open-source cognitive ability assessment that someone can point me to?

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 20d

Nuts. I immediately deleted my profile.

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 20d

isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/IowaSt...

Assistant Professor in Psychology

Position Title: Assistant Professor in Psychology Appointment Type: Faculty Job Description: Summary of Duties and Responsibilities: The Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sci...

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 22d

When I read old(ish) social psych papers like this one I am reminded how far we've come methodologically. Tiny sample sizes even for tests of interactions, unvalidated manipulations etc.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Even an apparent GRIM failure in study 2? (@jamesheathers.bsky.social)

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 22d

For someone who has lived here for over a decade I must say that the data for Iowa are very surprising. 43rd most religious state and only 28% say religion is very important in their lives (46th rank in nation).

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 22d

We have tallied all the data ... and now, for your pleasure, we present "HOW RELIGIOUS IS YOUR STATE?"
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Map of US states shaded to indicate the share of adults in the state who are highly religious.

Graphic showing that Mississippi is, on average, the most religious state in the U.S.

Graphic listing the rankings of U.S. states, by religiousness.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · 25d

This won't mean much to most people but 43-10! Wow!

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hey everyone, I'm hoping to get some sense from academics on what kind of financial support (if any) they get from their university/college employers for conference travel. Please chime in and repost if willing.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · Sep 6

If you control for random responding I would imagine it would be around 1% (considering the correlations among traits). Random responders can inflate that substantially because central limit theorem will get random responses to items very close to the scale midpoint on all scales.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hopefully non-controversial take: Universities that consider conference presentations in their performance evaluation of faculty should pay for at least one conference attendance per year.

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · Sep 6

I can pretty much guarantee you that this is still happening at US Business Schools. Not as in "Here is a suitcase of cash" but as in "Hey, great job publishing that paper that will boost our rankings. By the way, the Dean has stumbled across some extra money; do you want it for your summer salary?"

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Alex Browman @alexbrowman.bsky.social · Aug 20

The College of the Holy Cross is hiring for 2 tenure-track psychology positions: 1 in Cognitive Psychology (specifically, higher-order cognition) and 1 in Developmental Psychology. Please share widely!

Developmental job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171704

Cognitive job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171698

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