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Joseph I. Eisman, PhD
@joeyeisman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Kean University studying emotions, empathy, motivation, and identity using complex dynamic systems approaches. (he/him)
Using AI helps people get higher grades and get their work done faster, but they learn less & suffer on actual exams I saw this in my own large Intro Psych class: -the exam average is 85% -after AI, it shot up to 95% -after I made the final in person it went to 68% www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
RSVP today for the Division 15 Early Career Social at APA 2026! RSVP at tinyurl.com/ECEP2026Soci.... @appliededpsych.bsky.social
🚨New publication!🚨 We investigated the moment-by-moment motivation of one preservice teacher and found that her actions were framed by the situated activity system. To do this, we developed a new DSMRI method: Analytical Ledger (see below). Check it out! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Situated Motivation and Action: A Complex Dynamic Systems Perspective on a Preservice Teacher’s Action While Facilitating a Discussion
Researchers have increasingly investigated the relations between teacher motivation and teacher actions; however, like most motivation research, teacher motivation studies commonly focus on indepen...
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The APA Division 15 Committee on the Development of Early Career Educational Psychologists (ECEP) is seeking new committee members! We are a fun group that does great work. Join us! Applications due June 14. purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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The APA Division 15 ECEP Committee is hosting one final webinar before APA this August. Please join us as we learn from the APA Division 15 Public Committee Tuesday May 5th, 12 EDT! (Scan QR code to register)
🚨New Practice Brief!🚨 We offer recommendations on how to enhance teacher well-being. Check it out! @appliededpsych.bsky.social apadiv15.org/education-pr...
🥳 Congratulations to Shuangting Li for presenting our research at MPA this week on a new method that combines sentiment and topic analysis. His work pushes my thinking on how to capture situated emotions. Keep him on your radar!
Webinar [on April 21st]: Advancing Research Through Policy: Tools for Emerging and Early Career Scholars I am looking forward to moderating a timely conversation and learning from our panelists: Drs. Michael Nussbaum, Dalal Katsiaficas, Ross Whiting & Lupe Díaz Lara Registration link below:
🚨Check this🚨 An amazing conversation facilitated by @destinywd.bsky.social about translating research into practice! @appliededpsych.bsky.social #ECEPWebinar You can view the recording and additional resources here: youtu.be/Vd_OITeKWU8
Translating Research into Practice: Tools for Emerging & Early Career Scholars
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📣 📣 Webinar 📣 📣 Translating Research into practice: Tools for Emerging & Early Career Scholars Join us are partnering with the Practice Committee for a webinar on translational research and practice briefs. Please register at tinyurl.com/ECEPWebinarA... #ECEPWebinar #appliedEdpsych #ECEPWebinar
@spspnews.bsky.social conference was really fun! I presented on identity dynamics using the #DSMRI; met Dr. Clore (Affect-as-Information) saw @aera-motsig.bsky.social friends; and reconnected with @sarabchadwick.bsky.social, a friend from high school!
This is very delayed (sorry!). Last semester, Dr. @yinchen.bsky.social presented her research on perceived similarities with social models to my undergraduate Learning Science students. It was a wonderful session. I highly recommend you invite her to speak to your students. Thank you, Dr. Chen!
Writing is thinking Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
In this chapter, I align creativity theory with the #DSMRI and reimagine a case study to demonstrate the utility of employing DSMRI protocols that center on roles, action, and motivation for describing human creativity and work.
Facilitating contentious discussions on volatile topics may disrupt curricular aims. That is why we present this theory-to-practice paper, which outlines clear classroom strategies for navigating emotions during controversial discussions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
An important outcome of my dissertation research was the identification of recommendations to support adaptive forms of teacher empathy. In this chapter, we outline several recommendations, including encouraging teacher educators to be specific about what they mean by #empathy.
While outside my normal research agenda, I loved working on this paper. Using the life and work of Fritz Haber, we demonstrated that legacy is controlled by gatekeepers. "From Haber we learn that legacy is not something we as creators can control. We never will." A humbling reminder.
In this paper, we explored the influence of a school task on engagement, task value, emotions, and John Henryism (i.e., high-effort coping). Using these context- and race-sensitive constructs, we found a strong relationship between John Henryism and task value, in relation to student identities.
