This work suggests that mindfulness can support learning and persistence in STEM courses by empowering students to remember that they are braver than they believe, stronger than they seem, and smarter than they think.
PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
In a preregistered RCT, a brief, 5-day mindfulness training reduced students' feelings of psychological threat and increased course engagement, with effects lasting up to three months after the intervention.
We tested whether mindfulness, which centers attention to subjective experiences, can help students with how they interpret and respond to stress in this high-stakes environment.
🚨 New paper out in PNAS! 🚨
Intro physics is a gateway course to many STEM majors -- but for many students, it's also a *psychologically threatening* experience.
So excited to announce that the first paper out of my postdoc at Pitt has just been accepted for publication at PNAS!!! Preprint below and more details to come soon! ❤️🎉
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PowerPoint slide with Purple block with the quote "Let grief convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it." From Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Amazing day at the gender precon yesterday at #SPSP2026! Always such an energizing community with amazing research being shared. Loved this quote from Macbeth at the end of Will Beischel's incredible talk on gender pleasure among trans women.
A graphic showing four speakers and their talk titles: Katie Kroeper presenting "Who Gets to Belong? Belonging Opportunities in College Vary by Race and First-Gen Status," Carlton Fong presenting "Exploring College Students' Costs to Belong," Joel Le Forestier presenting "Belonging According to Whom? The Effects of Distancing from a Stigmatized Identity on Felt and Perceived Belonging," and Kevin Binning presenting "Transforming Social Contexts with Ecological Belonging Interventions."
Going to #spsp2026? Interested in belonging, diversity, or stigma? Come to our symposium, "The Journey to Belonging: Challenges, Costs, and Ways Forward" on Friday at 9:30AM CST. Featuring @katiekroe.bsky.social, @carltonfong.bsky.social, Kevin Binning, and myself.
Excited to present at #SPSP2026 alongside such wonderful researchers and to share our latest work on belonging with collaborators @pedram-zarei.bsky.social, @chrisrozek.bsky.social, and our research teams!
Thanks to Joel Le Forestier for organizing this session at @spspnews.bsky.social!
I'll be presenting work on the Development and Validation of our new Behavioral Objectification from a Partner (BOP) Scale at SPSP, which demonstrates implications of experiencing sexual objectification from a partner for women's sexual/relationship wellbeing. Fri, Feb. 27th at 9:30 am! #SPSP2026
SPSP 2026 Annual Convention, Saturday Feb 28 2-3:10PM. Session title: What now? NGO, industry, and international resources for early-career researchers". Background is a microphone and some polka dots
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Heading to #SPSP2026? Come check out our professional development session from the Early Career Committee on alternative paths for research in these times of limited federal funding. We'll discuss other sources of funding, secondary data analysis, and more!
The 2026 Presidential Symposium at #SPSP2026 will feature Eran Halperin on doing research amid atrocity and Rebecca Covarrubias witness and resistance in higher education. 🧪
This is amazing! Thank you so much to @jinxungoh.bsky.social and @lydiaemery.bsky.social for putting together an amazing guide to the Chicago food scene for those coming to #SPSP2026!
Heads up #SPSP2026 - no excuses!
(please share widely!) With the start of August quickly approaching, I wanted to announce that the usual slack for fellow people on the Psych Academic Job Market for the coming cycle has been activated. If you are interested, feel free to fill out this form to join!
forms.gle/2DBgs8S1fktS...
Newly accepted in PSPB! We examined whether Asian and Black Americans perceived one another through a zero-sum lens. Inspired by the SCOTUS affirmative action decisions, I wanted to know if Asians thought they were losing to Black people and how this mindset affects coalition
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My new piece in Nature Human Behavior: "We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers"
All trainees need 3 things to thrive. In the US, those things have been ripped away. Let's brainstorm and fight to get them back.
(share link):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
😂Every once in a while, I get a student who says Beefaroni instead of Bonferroni on an assignment and it never fails to make my entire week so much better #teachstats #PsychSciSky
If you haven't in a bit, check on your early career researchers with temporary appointments (e.g., postdocs). It's rough out here right now #SocialPsych #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky
I am eternally grateful for the amazing colleagues/friends/mentors I get to reconnect with each year at #2025MPA ❤️ it's just the best community
First day of #2025MPA!!!
Just need a moment to shout into the void about something: intentions 👏🏻do not 👏🏻 negate 👏🏻 harm 👏🏻you can accidentally hit someone with your car - it was not intentional but it still caused harm 👏🏻
@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social is happy to announce its first Call for Papers for the Special Issue entitled, "Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research!" You can read all about it at the link below. Submissions are due Nov 30th. Please share with your networks!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
#AcademicChatter #HigherEdJobs #PhDForum Given the volatile situation in US academia and job market insecurities - If you are looking for a post-doc #SocialPsychology #CognitiveScience
#CompSocialSci #AgentBasedModeling, Sam & I have a position @uwaterloopsych.bsky.social #Canada!
My approach to social media these days is remarkably similar to my approach to dating apps: how many minutes can I scroll through without losing hope for society? (The answer in both cases is usually less than 5 minutes...) 🙃
So excited and energized about research following #SPSP2025 but also in need of 2-3 days of post-conference recovery sleep 😂
If you weren't able to make it to the session and/or still have burning questions, feel free to reach out via Whova, email, or bluesky!
Advice from the Trenches: Navigating Early Career Transitions" Saturday February 22 2025, 1:45-2:55PM at SPSP Annual Convention 2025
Are you an early career member searching for some solidarity and/or a graduate student tentatively looking ahead to the academic job market? Come talk to scholars in various early career roles at 1:45 to hear their experiences and ask questions! #SPSP2025
