A colorful graphic advertising the Science Advocacy Crash Course taught by Leslie Berntsen, Ph.D., Founder of stemEDify. It features two checkboxes with text that reads "Persuasively speak and write about science + social issues for wide audiences" and "Apply these skills to your classroom teaching. It also includes the logistical details: Multiple one-hour sessions, taking place online, on February 13th, 17th, and 18th starting at 1:00 PM EST // 10:00 AM PST, with registration details available at stemedify.com.

Lots of questions about what to do before March 7th!

If you'd like to learn Science Advocacy 101 from one of our lead organizers, @leslie-bern.bsky.social teaches this stuff professionally and has opened up some extra seats in her workshop on Tuesday the 18th

Learn more + sign up at stemedify.com!

A colorful graphic advertising the Science Advocacy Crash Course taught by Leslie Berntsen, Ph.D., Founder of stemEDify. It features two checkboxes with text that reads "Persuasively speak and write about science + social issues for wide audiences" and "Apply these skills to your classroom teaching. It also includes the logistical details: Multiple one-hour sessions, taking place online, on February 13th, 17th, and 18th starting at 1:00 PM EST // 10:00 AM PST, with registration details available at stemedify.com.

What'll be covered in the crash course? So glad you asked!

☑️ The fundamentals of advocating for and with science

☑️ How to talk about science + social issues without lapsing into Scientist Voice™ or sounding preachy

☑️ Making concrete plans for using what you've learned

Full details: stemedify.com

Sign up for this and learn from an engaging and thoughtful advocate who practices what she preaches!

@leslie-bern.bsky.social is the best!

It happened, I'm here, I finally caved

You can all thank/blame @paolopalma.bsky.social and @shoshanajarvis.bsky.social in any order of your choosing lmao

Pls repost: I am preparing a new undergrad course on the psych of social interactions, and I need your help! Do you have materials from courses on related topics (e.g., social perception, conversation science, communication, interpersonal processes) you can share w/ me? My DMs are open—many thanks!

2/ Just run

grateful::cite_packages()

and you'll get a report with formatted citations and references for all the #rstats packages used in your analysis, ready to paste into your manuscript or report

Thousands of Israelis take to streets of Tel Aviv to demand cease-fire and Netanyahu's resignation Protesters are demanding the government reach a deal to bring the hostages back from Gaza, for new elections and the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Your regular reminder that "the actions of the Israeli government" /= "all Israelis"

apnews.com/video/israel...

Be my Duolingo friend!!

This goober ❤️

Thinking about the transition to industry? Come join Michelle Lee, Helena Karnilowicz, Elizabeth Creighton, Zachary Heinemann, and @tcarpenter.bsky.social with @psychscience.bsky.social on May 1 as they share their networking journey within and outside of academia.

#PsychSciSky

bit.ly/3OSs1Jb

Thinking about the transition to industry? Come join Michelle Lee, Helena Karnilowicz, Elizabeth Creighton, Zachary Heinemann, and @tcarpenter.bsky.social with @psychscience.bsky.social on May 1 as they share their networking journey within and outside of academia.

#PsychSciSky

bit.ly/3OSs1Jb

Do people have policies on what they do when undergrads use Chat-GPT to complete surveys for course credit?

Asking for a very tired me.

#psychscisky #academicchatter

Reviewer: 2 Comments to the Author. (There are no comments.)

Just got this on a first round R&R and cheered all the way to the scroll at the end of the email where there was a 3pg pdf of additional reviewer 2 comments attached 🫠

Dog awkwardly sitting on pillow

Dog curled up on pillow

I feel like the first gives “child drew dog and knew there should be legs but not sure where they go” and the second gives “child drew dog and forgot legs so added some feet at the end”

Thank you!

Thank you! Hmm that sounds like perhaps the presentation @paolopalma.bsky.social live bleeted from SPSP?

And yes, I do use qualtrics, and that sounds AMAZING. Can I please email you for the code?

It is easy enough to say "well, clearly they didn't watch the video so I will exclude their responses," attention check working as it should and what not.

But it makes me sad that this happens now and that there are no consequences which tacitly says that this behavior is acceptable.

💔

My hope is that in this case it is pretty straightforward because the question was "Describe the presentation you just watched," and the answers I'm concerned about said a lot of fluffy words but no key terms from the actual content.

Do people have policies on what they do when undergrads use Chat-GPT to complete surveys for course credit?

Asking for a very tired me.

#psychscisky #academicchatter

Duke ends full-ride scholarship program for select Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling The scholarship is named in honor of Reginaldo “Reggie” Howard, Duke’s first Black student government president who died in an automobile accident during his sophomore year in 1976.

the idea that it is invidious discrimination to recognize the specific challenges faced by a particular group of applicants and provide financial assistance for them is infuriatingly insane www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024...

Measurement folks out there, has anyone played around with the (new to me) qualtrics fraud score? What is it indexing? How good is it? Is it worth paying attention to?

#AcademicChatter

For context, the regret rate amongst cis women for breast implants is 19.5%, breast reduction 5% and knee surgery (across genders) is between 6-30%.

Gender affirming care for trans folks is some of the most successful medical intervention possible

Pink budding flowers

Bee flying to pink flowers

Bee on pink flowers

Flowery branch

Happy bees happy trees 🌸🐝

Black dog lying down and looking up at the camera

Is it time for the weekend yet??

Black dog in lap looking at screen

Black dog on legs in front of three screens

Black dog resting on legs

Happy black dog resting on legs

Check out my new work set up! 🤣

Cultural Threat, Outgroup Discrimination, and Attitudes toward Transgender Rights

Image description Attitudes toward Various Policies Related to Transgender Rights.

Image description Average Predicted Margins by Cultural Threat, Public Restroom Policies.

Image description Average Predicted Margins by Cultural Threat and Transgender Discrimination, Transgender Girls in K-12 Sports.

With Trans Day of Visibility entering the culture wars, important research from Lewis et al. finds that perceptions of cultural threat from the LGBTQ community is linked with support for restrictive policies against trans people doi.org/10.1007/s111...

And the Mechanical Turk is usually operated by people being paid lower wages in a different country

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

Oh my god, Amazon's Just Walk Out "tech" was a mechanical Turk. Looked automatic, but was really workers in India watching the camera feeds to figure out what to charge you.

gizmodo.com/amazon-repor...

I'm hiring a full-time lab manager to join me at Pitt starting late summer 2024. Come study intergroup relations, stigma, and interventions with me!

Please circulate widely and feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...