We need thoughtful high-quality papers, not more piecemealed publications.
Priscilla Lui
@drpriscillalui.bsky.social
Your neighborhood scientist & teacher by day, amateur potter by night | clinical & multicultural psychologist studying mental health & drug use | Director @adapt206.bsky.social | Associate Professor | Views my own
I usually don’t like cutesy journal titles, but this really did catch my attention and I think it’s one of the more impactful but descriptive titles that I have seen in a while:
I personally mentored a record number of undergrad, postbac, masters, and doctoral trainees in a given year. It was challenging and stressful at times, we did a lot of good work as well!
UW ADAPT@adapt206.bsky.social · 3w agoThe latest ADAPT Lab newsletter is here! We've had an exciting season of research and are thrilled to share some of our recent milestones.
Sometimes people take misconceptions and piecemeal understanding into something complex and package into an agenda they push, decontextualizing such a thing and judge it for being decontextualized.
1/3 ONE MORE WEEK until the extended deadline for a special section in *Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology* (there will be no more extensions)! @apajournals.bsky.social @apadivision45.bsky.social #openscience
Priscilla Lui@drpriscillalui.bsky.social · 5mo agoThrilled to guest edit this special section in CDEMP: Transparency, Credibility, and Accountability: Open Science as Psychological Inquiry in Ethnic Minority and Multicultural Psychology Research. Would love to see LOI from diverse scholars! @apadivision45.bsky.social
Everyone should hear this: If there is a microphone in a conference room, USE IT. I used to be one who prides on projecting voices, and I’m short so hate being stuck behind a podium. 1/2
I am so thrilled to have worked with this fine group of trainees in @adapt206.bsky.social this academic year! (Not photographed is my graduate student who happened to be out of town)
I’m grateful for this community, our friendship, and our wonderful research team!
Black Adult Resilience Study@barsstudy.bsky.social · 3mo agoHuge thanks and much love to Dr. Ajimah Olaghere for guiding our community event on Healing through Storytelling. The energy, shared humanity and vulnerability, and presence in the gathering were why we organize the Learn. Connect. Build Community event series!
This is a record number of students I got to mentor in one year working on research presentations!! They had been busy learning the ropes for the past 6 months—all on top of their coursework, regular lab responsibilities, and other extracurriculars!
UW ADAPT@adapt206.bsky.social · 3mo ago🍾🍾🍾 Congrats to THIRTEEN (13) students in our lab for presenting at the 2026 UW Undergraduate Research Symposium this year! They are all amazing! Like:
What is “Black fatigue?” How do people use resources, relational and community strengths and capital to build resilience despite of racism and marginalization? @adapt206.bsky.social @barsdge.bsky.social Research Coordinator Nia Jones for guiding a community convo. #learn #connect #buildcommunity
Third event in our “Learn. Connect. Build Community” series, June 2, 2026. Pay what you can, register NOW. Race and Population Health 👇
Race and Population Health
This is a free event and open to all.
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Second event in our “Learn. Connect. Build Community” series. My dear friend and colleague (co)leading discussion on what storytelling is, how to engage with it to promote healing and empowerment. Register for a spot. Come for the dialog, stay for the connections. Pay what you can!
UW ADAPT@adapt206.bsky.social · 3mo agoJoin us May 18th for Healing Through Storytelling A space to explore how storytelling can be a tool for healing, empathy, and care within our communities. Speaker: Ajimah Olaghere her work centered on data sovereignty and designing empathetic digital experiences that foster healing and connection.
First in the lineup of our “learn.connect.build community” series: “The Weight of ‘Black Fatigue’: Lightening the Load” featuring my wonderful Research Coordinator on our working project. Join us, pay what you can to help keep our research going. May 11, 2026, 6-8pm.
UW ADAPT@adapt206.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe’re kicking off our series with: “The Weight of ‘Black Fatigue’: Lightening the Load.” A space to unpack, reflect, and be in community as we explore what Black fatigue looks like and how it shapes well-being. Happening May 11th at Fat's Chicken and Waffles! Reserve a spot using the link in bio.
Excited for this “learn.connect.build community” series in #seattle. We share emerging findings from our @barsstudy.bsky.social and stories we hear from our community and participants (deidentified, obviously). Series concludes with a reception by our research team and community advisory board!
UW ADAPT@adapt206.bsky.social · 4mo agoLearn. Connect. Build Community. The Black Adult Resilience Study, in partnership with Purpose. Dignity. Action. (PDA), invites you to join our upcoming community series. From May through August. Stay tuned for dates, details, and ways to join us. information in bio!
Everyone should hear this: it is ALWAYS a privilege and a treat for professors to hear from former students and trainees. I love to hear what you have been up to since you were in my lab, class, whatever.
Credible research relies on transparency, independent verification (reviewers!) + inclusivity. Yet multicultural scholars may face barriers and see facilitators to use open science differently, don’t always get review training and experiences. Join us in understanding and changing these!
Priscilla Lui@drpriscillalui.bsky.social · 5mo agoThrilled to guest edit this special section in CDEMP: Transparency, Credibility, and Accountability: Open Science as Psychological Inquiry in Ethnic Minority and Multicultural Psychology Research. Would love to see LOI from diverse scholars! @apadivision45.bsky.social
We want to highlight a professional development opportunity on conducting peer reviews aiming toward advanced doctoral students and early career professonals.
Priscilla Lui@drpriscillalui.bsky.social · 5mo agoThrilled to guest edit this special section in CDEMP: Transparency, Credibility, and Accountability: Open Science as Psychological Inquiry in Ethnic Minority and Multicultural Psychology Research. Would love to see LOI from diverse scholars! @apadivision45.bsky.social
Thrilled to guest edit this special section in CDEMP: Transparency, Credibility, and Accountability: Open Science as Psychological Inquiry in Ethnic Minority and Multicultural Psychology Research. Would love to see LOI from diverse scholars! @apadivision45.bsky.social
Enrique Neblett@eneblett.bsky.social · 5mo ago📢 CFP: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Special Section: Open Science in Multicultural Psychology Empirical & conceptual work welcome across quant, qual, mixed & CBPR approaches, including supportive & critical perspectives 📅 LOI due May 15, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/CDEMP-OpenSc...
My grad school advisor influenced my writing a lot. That includes using em dashes. Generative AI has shamed me for using em dashes—an unfortunate reality in which we live.
I agree with this sentiment on some levels, but we also have written similar conclusion and reviewers noted “please tone that down, much more research is needed.” 🤷♀️
David Powell@davidpowell.bsky.social · 5mo agoBelieve in your work. Stop ending papers with “More research is needed” and start concluding with “No more research on this topic is needed.”
Busy week @adapt206.bsky.social! 3 abstracts from @barsstudy.bsky.social accepted for @cpddorg.bsky.social, led by (postbac) trainees who’d been in the lab for 1+yr. 13 seniors/juniors new to the lab submitted 3 abstracts for UW’s Undergrad Research Symposium. That’s what I call a training pipeline!
More emerging findings. Want to learn more? Follow us @barsstudy.bsky.social @adapt206.bsky.social
UW ADAPT@adapt206.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew from our ongoing Black Adult Resilience Study! Direct & vicarious exposure to racial discrimination are reported frequently and across locations by Black young adults. There seems to be a difference in #SEA vs #DFW. Critical to promote awareness, support, & resilience! @barsstudy.bsky.social
My lab submitted 6 conference proposals this week featuring 7 undergrad, postbac, masters, and predoc trainees. I think that’s a pretty good end to an academic term.
Most recent and a new auto-correct fail (caught in time before submission!): “reproducibility” and “reproductivity”…
Priscilla Lui@drpriscillalui.bsky.social · last yr.“Ethnic” and “ethic,” and “assess” and “asses.” What are words you use in your scientific papers that Word’s autocorrect/proofread does not detect? 🫥
Today hits particularly hard. Gotta find ways to keep going ... Like, finding fulfillment in supporting (former) students’ pursuits for graduate training because they will carry on the mission despite challenges… or keep the science going with any resources left because it’s the right thing to do.
Priscilla Lui@drpriscillalui.bsky.social · 9mo agoResearch is… hard work that is worth doing.
Research is… hard work that is worth doing.
a green and black poster that says will it be easy nope worth it absolutely
ALT: a green and black poster that says will it be easy nope worth it absolutely
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Priscilla Lui@drpriscillalui.bsky.social · 10mo agoResearch is… refining study protocol and materials, and documenting everything. The documents can help our future selves to remember what we were thinking and enhance transparency and others’ verification of our procedures and findings. #NewResearch #OpenScience
Why I engage in “open science”? Transparency for myself and promotion of collective knowledge production. Here’s one example…
Fun to listen to @edyong209.bsky.social talk about discovering joy, cultivating a sense of wonder and stillness, building community, and instilling hope despite challenges—thru birding. What do others do for these things? Mine had been kickboxing, rockclimbing, and recently pottery.
an owl is sitting on a wall with its eyes closed and a quote that says `` hope is the thing with feathers '' .
ALT: an owl is sitting on a wall with its eyes closed and a quote that says `` hope is the thing with feathers '' .
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We wanted to share some insights from what we’ve learned so far through our participants’ experiences. These experiences help us recognize important patterns and identify resources that support well-being. Representation in research matters and this is just the beginning of what we’re uncovering.
