What the US government is doing to Dr. Fauci is the embodiment of what they are doing to scientific infrastructure overall.
David A. Sbarra
@dsbarra.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist. Professor of Psychology. All views are personal, expressed as a private citizen.
the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding
How often are multiverse analyses implemented, not just cited/discussed? How are they implemented? 🧵 New preprint on the uptake and implementation of multiverse-style analyses 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Uptake and Implementation of Multiverse-style Analyses Across 613 Studies
Empirical conclusions can depend on the many individual choices researchers make when analyzing data. Multiverse-style analyses address this by computing results across a set of specifications rather ...
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A graduate student working with me will be teaching positive psychology this summer, which is a new class for our dept. Can anyone point me/us to some resources for teaching on this topic and/or share course materials? Would love any help you can provide! 🙏
Collabra: Psychology is seeking a new senior editor for the clinical section and new associate editors for the social section. If you are interested in either of these positions and you believe you are qualified, please fill out the application form before 30 April 2026! forms.gle/DgM3484SuLVD...
Application Form Senior Editor Clinical/Associate Editor Social Section Collabra: Psychology
Starting from 1 July 2026, Collabra: Psychology is on the look-out for a new senior editor for the clinical section as well as several new associate editors for the social section. If you are interest...
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If you're interested in AI and programming, I highly recommend this fun video-- it's an amazing project from a Cornell CS grad student . Also, this class is no joke! youtu.be/56HJQm5nb0U?...
Can AI Pass Freshman CS?
YouTube video by mt_xing
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This program has grown into quite a terrific opportunity-- I encourage anyone with the interest to apply: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
APS Editorial Fellowship Program: Call for Applications
Deadline: February 6, 2026APS is pleased to announce the application process for the next cohort of the Editorial Fellowship Program (EFP) is now open. This program aims to increase opportunities for ...
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If you haven’t been inspired by APS in the last few years, give us another look. We want the society to be the leader in rigorous psych science that connects all the parts of the Society together. Hope to see you in Barcelona!!
This is a great resource!
I also want to share some resources that were created for the community based on AMPPS papers. First, there is a new article out in the APS Observer that puts together 9 practical guides for research methods including papers and tutorials www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
AMPPS recently accepted a new paper "Registered Replication Report: Johns, Schmader, & Martens (2005)" on stereotype threat (osf.io/preprints/ps...); full paper is forthcoming on our website). AMPPS is now soliciting Commentary articles on this paper. @psychscience.bsky.social /cont
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From my master’s thesis to my first PhD project — excited to share that this work (together with @jordanrvl.bsky.social, @ginettelafit.bsky.social, Anja Franziska Ernst, Josip Razum, Eva Ceulemans, and @bringmannlaura.bsky.social) is now published in AMPPS! Link: doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Meeting the Bare Minimum: Quality Assessment of Idiographic Temporal Networks Using Power Analysis and Predictive-Accuracy Analysis - Yong Zhang, Jordan Revol, Ginette Lafit, Anja F. Ernst, Josip Razu...
The network theory of psychopathology inspired clinicians and researchers to use idiographic networks to study how symptoms of an individual interact over time,...
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Looking forward to this next week! During waking hours for people in Europe, Africa, & the Americas. And the Middle East. And parts of Asia. Really almost everywhere except Eastern Asia & Australia/NZ. Link to register: univ-cotedazur.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📣 Save the date for the 13th PCI webinar on December 1st, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Simine Vazire (University of Melbourne, Australia) will present "Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis: Lessons from Psychology". For more details and registration, visit: buff.ly/wZNoD2v
My time as Editor of AMPPS is coming to an end-- here are some parting thoughts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... .
Taking Stock of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science at the End of the Beginning - David A. Sbarra, 2025
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There is no reason why systematic reviews can't be open. The data used for synthesis is *already* open and there are many excellent open source tools that can facilitate the easy sharing of analysis scripts. Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Sage webinar on Registered Reports (RRs/RRRs)! I'm excited to participate, and if you have any curiosity about writing a RR or reviewing a RR, please consider joining the webinar. Spread the word-- thanks! @psychscience.bsky.social
📢 Join our upcoming Registered Reports webinar! Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your research! We will cover the following topics: - Two-stage review explained - Tips for Stage 1 protocols - Common author challenges Register now: https://ow.ly/R6yH50Xptt0 #RegisteredReports #Webinar
Found this gem of a paper in the AMPPS archives on using containers in psychological science. What's a container, you ask? Read on...
Just when you were getting used to the term preregistration... New paper at AMPPS calling for improved terminology in the field and better alignment with TOP 2025 . journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Call for Commentary articles at AMPPS! We recently accepted a "Effects of Psychological Distance on Mental Abstraction: A Registered Report of Four Tests of Construal Level Theory" (osf.io/preprints/ps...) and are soliciting Commentary articles on this paper.
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The Arizona Daily Star ran a great story on @uarizona.bsky.social's decision not to sign the compact for academic excellence. I especially loved this quote
If you do online data collection, this paper is worth checking out! I especially like the access to the codebook, which helps operationalize best practices: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Papers from July to Sept 2025 at AMPPS are killer. We don't have formal print issues, but we have this-- journals.sagepub.com/toc/ampa/8/3
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science - Volume 8, Number 3
Table of contents for Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8, 3
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APCS (www.acadpsychclinicalscience.org/)-- the Academy-- is a major training organization in clinical psychological science. We worked with the Academy's leadership team to craft this letter and to encourage programmatic self-study in open science training. Let's get to work!
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Exciting news from the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science--a joint effort to enhance open science training in clinical psychology! If you are interested, you can the papers mentioned in the email here: Van Til et al. osf.io/h34jg/files/... OSC paper (Lynam et al.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
We're searching for a tenure track assistant professor in clinical psychology here at the University of Arizona! Come to Tucson-- great place to live and work! 🌄🌵🏀 @uarizona.bsky.social arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant Professor, Psychology (T/TE)
The candidate will be expected to build and sustain an externally funded, nationally recognized research program, provide effective instruction at the...
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Apropos of recent open science conversations - this paper is an awesome primer for grad students and faculty who want to learn more: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
Easing Into Open Science: A Guide for Graduate Students and Their Advisors
This article provides a roadmap to assist graduate students and their advisors to engage in open science practices. We suggest eight open science practices that novice graduate students could begin ad...
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Rigorous science is transparent science.
New paper led by @drlynam.bsky.social on the need for more training in and engagement with open science practices in clinical psych programs. It has been difficult to make progress due to a variety of barriers, including students working in labs uninterested or hostile to these approaches.
A Faustian bargain- it’ll never end well. These schools must together to oppose this “compact.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
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US-based 2025 NSF GRFP Competition is severely reduced, with dramatic exclusions added in the dark. Here's a petition you can sign. Please consider signing and circulating. Also see: jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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