I am pleased to announce the launch of our new diamond open access journal Psychology Across Development (accepting submissions starting today!). We are a lifespan developmental journal. (1/3) escholarship.org/uc/psycdev

I’ll be reviewing PhD apps for the 27-28 AY! My lab studies questions related to how people (1) talk and think about (their own/experiences with) racism, (2) have difficult conversations, (3) socialize their children about racism and identity. Learn more here: www.sciplab.com

Psychological Science special issue call 📣 Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?" Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Proud to announce that New York City has registered a record 4,200 New Yorkers in our doula care program.  Pregnancy and childbirth are life-changing moments. No one should be forced to navigate them alone.

Mayor Mamdani Expands Access to Doula Care Across NYC as Citywide Initiative Surpasses 4,000 People Served

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Job ad - please share! wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

New Blog post: Which Data Repository Should you Use? In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends! daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...

Which Data Repository Should You Use?

The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After F...

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Almost every letter of recommendation I write for students includes a section about how their liberal arts education makes them a stronger researcher, practitioner, etc. Excited to add this paper to reading lists for my dev psych classes to help students explore that idea for themselves!

Rebecca Peretz-Lange@rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · 3mo ago

💥 New paper: Children Need Structural Explanations for Social Inequalities, and Educators Who Can Provide Them I enjoyed the opportunity to yap about two of my favorite things: Structural explanation and liberal arts education! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We are pleased to share our SOGIE Caucus Member Spotlight for April, Krystal Cashen! Krystal is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Ohio Wesleyan University. Watch the video to learn more about Krystal and her amazing work!

We made an open repository of close relationships measures. Our goal is to catalogue all of the published self-report measures in relationship science. You can help us expand the database by suggesting measures you tend to use in your research, or by uploading your own measures! relascale.com

RelaScale - Psychological Measures and Constructs

RelaScale is a searchable database of psychological measures and constructs for relationship researchers.

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This post on the APA Style blog includes practical tips for students to identify and thus avoid citing articles from predatory journals. https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/predatory-journals

Real or fake? What students should know about predatory journals and journal hijacking

What students should know about predatory journals and journal hijacking.

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In our Queer Joy Project, we asked participants who had positive influence on their understanding of their LGBTQ+ identity. Overwhelmingly they told us it was other queer folks: peers, chosen family, siblings, teachers, social media creators, & others. Read more👉 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JSUNR...

It Takes More than a Village: Involvement in Positive LGBTQIA+ Socialization from Origin Family, Chosen Family, Community, and Parasocial Relationships

Parents remain the focus of LGBTQIA+ socialization, and contributions of other family and non-family relationships remain unknown. We identified who contributes to positive LGBTQIA+ socialization u...

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Eric Layland, PhD 🏳️‍🌈@ericlayland.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Who plays a part in positive LGBTQ socialization? In our new study in the US and NZ, queer others were the biggest players in helping LGBTQ+ youth understand their queer identity, especially queer peers, family, teachers, and media. #LGBTQ Read the article👉 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JSUNR...

A lot of great advice in this post!

Association for Psychological Science@psychscience.bsky.social · 8mo ago

APS Fellow @juliafstrand.bsky.social offers resources and recommendations to run a productive #ResearchLab

want new content for your conservation of matter slides? I caught my toddler claiming that we could give our cat "more food" by spreading out his existing food in his bowl to cover a wider area. youtube.com/shorts/DJBdV...

Conservation of matter with cat food

YouTube video by Rebecca Peretz-Lange

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Have you noticed how we often describe people from disadvantaged backgrounds as “strivers” or “go-getters” (💪🏼) rather than naturally gifted (🧠)? This may sound benign, but our new KiDLAB research shows that it reveals a harmful, early-emerging stereotype. (1/5)

Project Implicit is one of the longest-running data collection projects in social psychology. In addition to IATs, Project Implicit has been collecting data on visitors’ attitudes, explicit bias, and stereotypes for almost thirty years. Now it is in danger. I will be donating; I hope you will too.

Project Implicit@projectimplicit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Project Implicit is a research nonprofit behind tools millions use to understand bias. Like many public science orgs, sustaining this work has become increasingly difficult. We are at risk of closing without additional support. Help protect this impt work by donating here: 4agc.com/donate/impli...

Happy New Year folks!! Start the year off with a submission into Black In Neuro’s first ever special issue. 18 days until the deadline, keep an eye out for the release 📝 ✨ @binmanhattan.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Oxford Academic@academic.oup.com · 12mo ago

Oxford Open Neuroscience is committed to celebrating diversity, and showcasing the breadth and impact of Black neuroscientists worldwide. In partnership with 'Black in Neuro', our special issue "Picture a Black In Neuro Scientist" is now open for your submissions: oxford.ly/4hflzsw

This platform is so important! It allows researchers regardless of their university prestige to do research! So important for leveling the playing field for many developmental psychologist scientist from under resourced institutions. Please consider donating - donations will be matched!

Melissa Kline Struhl@mekline.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This is a fundraising post! An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure! giving.mit.edu/search/node/... Details below...

We want to share some of the amazing work presented by SOGIE Caucus members at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference. Thank you to all Caucus members who participated in conference programing. Your outstanding research and community contributions enriched the experience!

Who can relate to conducting research with little to no financial support? The Research on a Small Budget Presidential task force, chaired by Guy Boysen, is here to help! Posted on behalf of Stephanie Afful, STP President https://teachpsych.org/TaskForceResources

Just finished my last class of the semester🎉Reminded of how much I love teaching this academic writing class for grad students. We focus on improving our writing but also reducing anxiety and becoming a more consistent & productive writer Some of the students favorite writing tips/learnings below:

One thing the events of the last couple of days have made clear is that we cis professors, especially those of us with tenure, need to have some definite clarity about what, tangibly, we are willing to do when someone comes for our trans colleagues and especially our trans grad students who teach.

A great spotlight on a fabulous student (@willowbryn.bsky.social)! Willow is applying for grad school this cycle so keep an eye out for them!

SRCD Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression Caucus@srcdsogie.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We are so happy to share our second SRCD SOGIE Caucus Member Spotlight for November, Willow Bryn Rosser! Willow is a post-baccalaureate looking to continue their academic journey in graduate school. Scroll through to learn more about Willow and how to connect with them!

As the government shutdown continues and SNAP benefits remain uncertain, we are reminded that 2 million LGBT adults in the U.S. rely on these benefits to feed themselves and their families. #SNAP #Food #Report #Research #governmentshutdown

We invite you to join us for the 2025 Diverse Majority Society Lecture Series (DLS) on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EST. Register here: https://bit.ly/4nnR8BY Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST Cost: No Cost

@impactinstitute.bsky.social is taking up to 4 postdoctoral fellows next year! Please see the flyer in the link below. If my own funding holds, I will be hiring one of the four postdocs, so if you have interests in women's health and need a postdoc, apply! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Nearly one in five (17%) same-sex couples in the U.S. are raising their own children, including 22% of married same-sex couples. Raising their own children is defined by the Census as a householder raising a biological or adopted child. Learn more at tinyurl.com/CensusSnap

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, keep in mind that nearly six in 10 Latinx LGBT adults live with low incomes, more than any other race/ethnicity. bit.ly/LGBTracediff

If you have tenured and would share your own tenure application materials, I would love to build this section out on our Resources webpage! Please email me for eternal gratitude and as always, credit on the site: l.gabard-durnam@northeastern.edu Please repost to help me reach folks to share!

Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam@laurelgd.bsky.social · last yr.

I continue to believe sharing example materials is useful in academia, so in that spirit, my tenure statements and CV are now available on our Resources for Researchers website (bottom of the New PI page: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/resourcesfor...)

The Black Families Flourishing project is studying how federal job losses affect Black families and is looking for participants. See flyer below and please share widely! For more info on Black Families Flourish, visit blackfamiliesflourishing.org

What a great title! Study of 138 trans & nonbinary parents finds kids develop typically—parent gender identity isn’t linked to child outcomes. Parenting stress, not identity, predicts behavioral challenges. Counters unfounded claims TGNB parents harm children. #SOGI #LGBTQParenting #FamilyResearch

Parenting Stress, Rather Than Gender Identity, Predicts Child Adjustment Among Children of Nonbinary and Binary Transgender Parents

Social scientists know little about the experiences of transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) parents and their children's development. In this study of 138 transgender parents (age M = 35.28 years; 86.2% ...

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