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Tara Behrend

@behrend.bsky.social

Professor at Michigan State University, Past President of SIOP (siop.org). Thinking about work, mobility, technology, and psychology. Fan of crosswords and chairs. Pro-empathy.

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Tara Behrend@behrend.bsky.social ยท last yr.

Happening now! ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! ๐Ÿ“š Launch event for the culmination report of the Futures Project on Education and Learning for Longer Lives: ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง-๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“

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Tara Behrend@behrend.bsky.social ยท last yr.

If you want to study people's interactions with chatbots, or use LLMs to generate novel experimental materials, this paper will walk you through it. Technical and practical considerations included. #iopsychology link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Participant Interactions with Artificial Intelligence: Using Large Language Models to Generate Research Materials for Surveys and Experiments - Journal of Business and Psychology

Researchers are increasingly exploring the use of large language models (LLMs) to develop materials for surveys and experiments. However, clear guidance on effective implementation remains limited. In...

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Techdirt@techdirt.com ยท last yr.

A 23-Year-Old Crypto Bro Is Now Vetoing NSF Grants While Staring At His Waterย Bottle Picture this: You're a researcher who has spent years developing a grant proposal, gone through layers of expert review, and received National Science Foundation (NSF) approval. Then some kid barely out of collegeโ€ฆ

A 23-Year-Old Crypto Bro Is Now Vetoing NSF Grants While Staring At His Waterย Bottle

Picture this: You're a researcher who has spent years developing a grant proposal, gone through layers of expert review, and received National Science Foundation (NSF) approval. Then some kid barely out of college โ€” whose main qualification appears to be founding a company that puts ads on the blockchain โ€” logs into a Zoom meeting, pays more attention to his fingernails than the discussion, and kills your grant with a disinterested thumbs down.

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Dr. David Miller ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ@davidimiller.bsky.social ยท last yr.

๐Ÿšจ Action alert: Two days left!! Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference. ๐Ÿ‘Ž A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees. โžก๏ธ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.

Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

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Erica Groshen@ericagroshen.bsky.social ยท last yr.

Want to trust federal statistics, like jobs & inflation? If so, you should object to a rule to make senior federal stats staff more like political appointees. Find out more & how to comment on it here: (www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...). Deadline: 5/23/25. Quantity matters, so repost.

Schedule Policy/Career Rule is a Threat to Federal Statistical Agencies. Take Action Today. โ€” The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is very concerned about the potential impact on federal statistics of Schedule Policy/Career Rule, a proposed change to federal employment policy....

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Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social ยท last yr.

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

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...

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Acyn@acyn.bsky.social ยท last yr.

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

Dr. David Miller ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ@davidimiller.bsky.social ยท last yr.

๐Ÿงช Tip: You have the right to contest a grant termination, even though NSF says you don't. ๐Ÿงต On Friday, NSF terminated 402 grants (per Musk's DOGE). The notification letters had one of the most egregious violations of fed regulations I've seen so far in these cases: "not subject to appeal"

Megan Zahneis@mzahneis.bsky.social ยท last yr.

Here's a copy of an NSF grant termination notice that went out today. "NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant...on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities." Not subject to appeal. #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Text of email: Dear [redacted], The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a review of its award portfolio. Each award was carefully and individually reviewed, and the agency has determined that termination of certain awards is necessary because they are not in alignment with current NSF priorities. Effective immediately, the following are terminated: [redacted] NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant to NSF Grant General Conditions (GC-1) term and condition entitled Termination and Enforcement; on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities. This is the final agency decision and not subject to appeal. Costs incurred as a result of this termination may be reimbursed, provided such costs would otherwise be allowable under the terms of the award and the governing cost principles. In accordance with your award terms and conditions, you have 30 days from the termination date to furnish a summary of progress under the award and an itemized accounting of allowable costs incurred prior to the termination date. Sincerely, [redacted] Division Director Office of Budget Finance and Award Management (BFA) Division of Grants and Agreements (DGA)
Tara Behrend@behrend.bsky.social ยท last yr.

Join us in Amsterdam to talk about AI in Entrepreneurship: www.linkedin.com/posts/etpjou...

๐Ÿค– Interested in AI and Entrepreneurship (Research and/or Practice)? ๐Ÿ“…โ€ฆ | Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

๐Ÿค– Interested in AI and Entrepreneurship (Research and/or Practice)? ๐Ÿ“… Save the Date: Join our focused Research Workshop in Amsterdam, connected to the Special Issue in ETP on AI, scheduled for Octobe...

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The New Republic@newrepublic.com ยท last yr.

โ€œThis moment did not come out of nowhere,โ€ AOC told the crowd. โ€œThe destruction of our rights and democracy is directly tied to the growing and extreme wealth inequality that has been growing for years in America.โ€

Bernie and AOC Are Starting a New Political Movement Before Our Eyes

Forget the era of โ€œBernie Bros.โ€ Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drew a record crowd in Los Angeles with a new message aimed squarely at Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

10,000 Health and Human Services employees are being laid off. These are the people who track diseases, conduct research, make sure our food and medicine is safe, and administer health insurance for nearly half the country. Tell me how this will "make America healthy again."

Mass layoffs are underway at the nation's public health agencies

Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.

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WIRED@wired.com ยท 2y ago

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

DOGEโ€™s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

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Tara Behrend@behrend.bsky.social ยท 3y ago

So excited about this new book. An opportunity to reflect on the "why" of research- how do your #iopsych research choices in topics, methods, and approaches reflect your values? With lots of practical advice and resources. www.routledge.com/Research-Met...

Research Methods for Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Science and Practice

This important and useful book offers a clear and comprehensive foundation for research methods in industrial and organizational (IO) psychology. The text provides readers with a key understanding of ...

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Scott Santens@scottsantens.com ยท 3y ago

For far too long, jobs have been equated with meaningful work. We must decouple income from work, and in doing so liberate work from employment. It is only through an unconditional basic income (UBI) that our best and most meaningful work, paid or unpaid, will be supported and enabled.

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