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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 9d

Say it often, say it loud:

"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

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Protzko @protzko.bsky.social · 21d

Preschool-aged kids whose parents are working class are less likely to be called on when they raise their hand compared to kids with middle/upper class occupations.

Early socialization indeed.
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From @lewisdoyle.bsky.social & @andreicimpian.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

#psych #phdsky

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Rebecca Peretz-Lange @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · 20d

My RAs had a blast showing off their research findings at the #URSI2025 Sympsium at @vassar.bsky.social!

Results coming soon to a conference near you (if you live in Chicago or Montreal…)

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Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · 28d

🚨We're hiring!🚨 The Dept of Psychology at Rutgers is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology. Review of applications begin on Oct 18. Details here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259...

I'm chairing the search committee and am happy to field questions about the position. 🧵

Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, Tenure-Track

The Department of Psychology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ, plans to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, with a start date of September 1, 2026. We seek a candidate...

jobs.rutgers.edu

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Sep 8

hi, i'm an academic. my primary skills involve condensing a grant proposal to 60% of its current size, and emailing

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Larisa Heiphetz Solomon @drlarisa.bsky.social · Sep 8

My lab is hiring a lab manager! Application deadline = 11/1, start date sometime between June & September 2026 (to be arranged with finalist). Please spread the word & apply here: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/a3f80f7....
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs

Research Staff Assistant - Morningside, New York, United States

Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union Regular/Temporary: Regular Hours Per Week: 35 Salary Range: $41,000- $41,000 The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of fa...

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Rebecca Peretz-Lange @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · 29d

Origins of the Social Mind is back at #SPSP2026! This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality).

Submit your work by 10/13! (It need not be related to our theme of prosociality). See you there!

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Keith Maddox @maddblackprof.bsky.social · Aug 29

The Department of Psychology at Tufts University is conducting a search for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Computational Psychology with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, beginning September 1, 2026.

Details can be found here: apply.interfolio.com/172807.

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Aug 26

#Psychjobs
My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can.
apply.interfolio.com/172552

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · Aug 15

New paper accepted at JEP:G with @sakierahudson.bsky.social, Brandon Kinsler, & former students Ian Davis and Alissa Vandenbark!

Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO!

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Rebecca Peretz-Lange @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · Aug 15

omg such a great point! of courseee

Rebecca Peretz-Lange @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · Aug 15

anyway, yes re the implicit pressure to help your kid develop object permanence! thank god she’s going to this particular daycare or she’d never understand occlusion!

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Rebecca Peretz-Lange @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · Aug 15

yeah! the blurbs are often about object permanence even though this classroom is for 1.5-3yos. my working theory is either (1) the author took Dev Psych and wants to flex, or (2) the author knows parents will feel good/superior because their toddler certainly has obj permanence (pretty smart tbh).

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Norman Lab @ptoncompmemlab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Come work with us! @princetonneuro.bsky.social and the Department of Psychology at Princeton University are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of human cognitive neuroscience, to be hired jointly in Psychology and Neuroscience: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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Erin Cooley @erincoo-psych.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our Psychological and Brain Sciences department at Colgate University is hiring a TT position in Clinical/Developmental! Please share or apply! After 10 years here, I feel confident it’s a really special place with strong support for both teaching and research: apply.interfolio.com/171967

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Maureen Ritchey @maureenritchey.bsky.social · Aug 11

Call for submissions: Boston College and Marginalia Science will be hosting a one-day conference highlighting diverse perspectives in psychology and social science research. Apply for a featured talk (with travel award), data blitz, or poster presentation! More info: forms.gle/TdB2esuePVN3...

Flyer for the Boston College and Marginalia Science 2025 event on Oct 24. Applications are due Sept 10, and participation is free. Follow the link in post for more info.

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Dara Greenwood @daragreenwood.bsky.social · Aug 6

important lines of summer research on justice and empathy by my colleagues and students in Psych Science! @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social, www.vassar.edu/news/student...

Student Researchers and Their Professors Seek to Understand Prejudice and Empathy | Vassar College

www.vassar.edu

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · Aug 5

this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · Aug 5

"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."

cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy

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Rebecca Peretz-Lange @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · Aug 4

a block quote from Susan Gelman herself in her new review paper??? I'll retire now.

& related to these points: keep your eyes peeled 👀 for some emerging work from my lab on early homophobia & kids' (lack of) essentialist beliefs about homosexuality! 🏳️‍🌈

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Steve Flusberg @sflusberg.bsky.social · Jul 29

We’re hiring a tenure track assistant professor in our amazing Vassar cognitive science department! If you have any questions, let me know. I’ll be at Cog Sci in San Francisco all week if you’d like to chat in person

Josh de Leeuw @joshdeleeuw.bsky.social · Jul 29

Vassar College is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in cognitive science. vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar...

I'll be at #CogSci2025 - happy to chat about the position and life at Vassar.

Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, Tenure Track

Department Cognitive Science Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Deci...

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Jul 20

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/27/about-1-in-4-us-adults-worry-they-or-someone-close-to-them-could-be-deported/

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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Rebecca Peretz-Lange @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · Jun 27

NO I DON'T have any funding to disclose for this manuscript, okay?? Stop making me say it

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Jan Engelmann @janengelmann.bsky.social · Jun 19

Check out our new TICS paper on disagreement and metacognition! We argue that disagreement drives metacognitive development by expanding children's consideration sets.
With Antonia Langenhoff, Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social and Mahesh Srinivasan
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Disagreement drives metacognitive development

Metacognition improves significantly over childhood, but the mechanisms underlying this development are poorly understood. We first review recent rese…

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Joan Kim (she/her) @joankim052.bsky.social · May 8

Our paper is finally out! 🎉🎉🎉

Mental Models Matter: Conceptualizations of the Human–Nature Relationship Predict Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions (www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...)

www.mdpi.com

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Rebecca Peretz-Lange @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · Jun 18

As #SPSP2026 submission season begins, please consider me for your symposia! My students & I have recent work on:
- Parents' estimates of their children's prejudices
- Development of homophobia in childhood
- Gender essentialism & domestic work disparities
- Structural explanations & stereotypes

👋!

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