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Yin Chen, PhD

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Assist. Prof. of Educational Psychology @ UT-Knoxville 🧡 | 🔎 Socialization of Motivation in Education | Appal-Asian ✨

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 11

‼️New Publication Alert! 🎉

1/Ever wonder who inspires high school students to pursue STEM careers and how they do it?

In our new study, @emilyqr.bsky.social and I asked high schoolers about who their real-life STEM career models are and what makes them motivating.

Read ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s112...

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 6d

Not that it matters, but I beat @benheddy.bsky.social to a ed psych jobs posting 😎🤣

Guess y’all should go follow @aeratepsig.bsky.social job postings too!!

AERA TEPSig (Teaching Educational Psychology SIG) @aeratepsig.bsky.social · 6d

#edpsychjobs

The Educational Psychology program at the University of New Mexico is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognition and Learning!

Link to posting: unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology: Cognition and Learning

University of New Mexico's College of Education and Human SciencesAssistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Educational PsychologyStarting in August 2026T...

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AERA Motivation in Education SIG Graduate Students @aera-motsig-grad.bsky.social · 22d

First Motivation Monday of the year! We’re kicking things off with a panel on how to run a research lab featuring Drs. @andreicimpian.bsky.social , @nikkilobczowski.bsky.social, Dionne Cross-Francis, and Daeyon Jong. Don’t miss it!

Register here: tinyurl.com/MotMondays25...

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AERA TEPSig (Teaching Educational Psychology SIG) @aeratepsig.bsky.social · 26d

👀 We are seeking nominations for…

✨ Chair-Elect/Program Chair ✨
✨ Graduate Student Coordinator ✨

Please e-mail any nominations to [email protected] by Oct 15.

Include the following:
*Full Name
*Institution
*Email address
*200-word bio statement

We are excited to expand our team! 🤩

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Sep 1

Huge thank you to Yichi Zhang (UGA), Harlee DiNello (UGA), & @emilyqr.bsky.social for their major contributions to this project!

Off the publish our findings 🏃🏻‍♀️

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Sep 1

The takeaway:

Black & Hispanic youth see STEM as worthwhile, but concerns about cost and confidence may hold them back.

👉 To broaden STEM career participation, we must highlight STEM’s value and reduce these motivational barriers.

Pfiat euch, Graz! ✨

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Sep 1

Key findings:
✨ Most salient motivators = value beliefs (STEM careers were seen as useful, important, interesting to pursue)

🚧 Most salient barriers = cost (time/effort) + low confidence (esp among Hispanic girls)

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Sep 1

We qualitatively coded responses using situated expectancy-value theory to see:

👉 which beliefs were most salient in their minds
👉 whether patterns differed by gender × race/ethnicity

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Sep 1

This year I presented on racially marginalized Black & Hispanic HS students’ motivational beliefs toward STEM careers.

🔎 We asked ~400 students to write about their perceived benefits & challenges of pursuing STEM.

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Sep 1

So grateful to share my work in beautiful Graz 🇦🇹 at #EARLI2025 🌍✨

I’m feeling so inspired by global perspectives and thankful for new colleagues & friends I met during my stay!

Me presenting my poster in action

Selfie of me on top of Schlossberg hill

Bottom of Schlossberg hill, view of the steps

Nightsky view of Graz, Austria from my hotel balcony

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Aug 24

I’m on my way! ✈️ So glad to know other peeps joining from the states 😊

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Aug 22

My (WFH) partner and I have a daily “floor time” ritual, where we lie on the home office floor for 10 minutes with our pugs and let the existential dread wash over us. 😃

We get up feeling…weirdly better? Honestly a surprisingly good coping strategy for…ya know, ✨everything✨ 10/10 recommend.

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Congrats!! 🤩

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Dr. Brooke Harris-Thomas @drbrookeedu.bsky.social · Jul 16

My first, first author publication is out! It was a joy to be with and write about Black girls in math! ✨

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jul 2

Life of the eldest daughter of immigrants ✨

Back home today to help out with our family restaurant! This place put me through college and grad school. I’ll forever be thankful 💕

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 23

Did you miss it? Don't worry, we recorded the session here: youtu.be/GjZsiyFVeCw!

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨 TODAY!! 🚨 Join us to learn about using Sharing Circles at 2pm ET. Hope to see you there!

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 9

Join us on Friday, 6/20 at 2pm EST for the APA Div 15's Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Research Methods series! Our final event will focus on using Sharing Circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) w/ Macy Bowman 🤩

Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles

Flier: Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Approaches to Research Series hosted by the APA Division 15's Race & Diversity Committee

Convene with us virtually to learn about using sharing circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) to enact anti-racist and anti-colonial research in educational psychology.

Friday, June 20th at 11am PT / 2pm ET
Zoom registration link: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles

For questions about the session, please contact Dr. Kori Nicolai at knicolai@iu.edu.

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you! 🥰

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 11

3/Findings offer new insights for educators and equity-focused STEM programs.

If we want to broaden career participation in STEM, we need to rethink how we use role models—starting with who students actually see. 🤩

doi.org/10.1007/s112...

The who and how of STEM career models in high school - Social Psychology of Education

Successful individuals with careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, or STEM career models, are often used to encourage students towards pursuing STEM careers. However, exi...

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 11

2/Spoiler 🚨: It’s not always who you think. Most students named someone they already know—not a celebrity or scientist from the media.

We dig into what makes these everyday models inspiring, how this varies for students from different groups, & how models are tied to students’ STEM motivation 🔍

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 11

‼️New Publication Alert! 🎉

1/Ever wonder who inspires high school students to pursue STEM careers and how they do it?

In our new study, @emilyqr.bsky.social and I asked high schoolers about who their real-life STEM career models are and what makes them motivating.

Read ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s112...

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 10

I have been ✨influenced✨

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · Jun 9

Join us on Friday, 6/20 at 2pm EST for the APA Div 15's Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Research Methods series! Our final event will focus on using Sharing Circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) w/ Macy Bowman 🤩

Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles

Flier: Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Approaches to Research Series hosted by the APA Division 15's Race & Diversity Committee

Convene with us virtually to learn about using sharing circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) to enact anti-racist and anti-colonial research in educational psychology.

Friday, June 20th at 11am PT / 2pm ET
Zoom registration link: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles

For questions about the session, please contact Dr. Kori Nicolai at knicolai@iu.edu.

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · May 23

Ended the spring semester with a picnic and rock painting in the park with my grad TAs ☀️

Cheers to a successful year 1 here at UTK! 🥂🎉

Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · May 20

If you missed APA Div 15's Race & Diversity webinar last Friday, don't worry - we recorded it!

"A CritQuant Measurement Perspective: MIMIC Models to Identify & Remediate Racial (and Other) Forms of Bias" by Drs. Matthew Diemer, Aixa Marchand, & Michael Frisby.

➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHZb...

Division 15 Race & Diversity Webinar: A Critical Quantitative Measurement Perspective

YouTube video by APA Division 15

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Dr. Suzanne Le Menestrel @drsl.bsky.social · May 2

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.

www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

www.spencer.org