Sumie Okazaki
@sumieokazaki.bsky.social
Retired NYU Applied Psychology professor, Asian American psychology, author, rescue dog mom, Asian+Jewish, foodie, wine nerd WSET3
New Yorkers protesting tyranny, malice, & incompetence
This 👇👇👇 - Reject false choice between Jewish safety & democracy jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...
BROAD COALITION OF MAINSTREAM JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS RELEASE STATEMENT REJECTING FALSE CHOICE BETWEEN JEWISH SAFETY & DEMOCRACY - Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Today, a coalition of ten organizations representing a broad swath of mainstream American Jewry – including three of the four denominations – issued a joint statement rejecting the false choice betwee...
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This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025. www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
Cancellation megathread
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One more really important thing that IES does: It runs a program in Statistical and Research Methodology in Education that has generated MANY important advances, e.g., about identifying causal mechanisms in quasi-experimental studies, understanding heterogeneity of effects, etc.
From the org I work at (AIR) about IES cancellations: "This is an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars, which have been invested—per Congressional appropriations and many according to specific legislation—in long-standing data collection and analysis efforts" www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
This is a moral horror and a five alarm fire. To be clear, Guantanamo has always been a moral horror. But Trump is going to use it to sweep anyone he designates as an unperson / enemy beyond the easy reach of advocacy, legal support and media attention. Migrants are just the first on the docket.
Thanks for lifting up our work @agamoran.bsky.social
Adam Gamoran@agamoran.bsky.social · 2y agoNew article in the American Journal of education by @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social grantees H-Y S Cherng, @sumieokazaki.bsky.social, Amy Hsin, & colleagues finds prior test scores can explain diffs among Whites in who pursues STEM majors, but not for other groups. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
My co-chairs and I, with amazing support from clergy & staff, planned and pulled off an engaging Mitzvah Day on this MLK Day. And the best part was that I didn’t look at the news all day!
Second time was just as magical as the first, maybe even a little more emotionally resonant. I love this show. #maybehappyending
Thinking of everyone in harm’s way in the terrifying fires in LA. Thank you to all the firefighters and those saving lives. The devastation is unimaginable.
First time venturing south of the 60th St since the congestion pricing went into effect. Park & 33rd around 5pm looked - well, non-congested.
Shaaray Tefila Manna for Chanukah: Because the 1st night of Chanukah falls on Christmas, we served Chinese food & donut holes. Kudos to our chef-in-residence Liz Alpern. And how cute are the takehome boxes with gelt, dreidels, & Pirket Avot fortune cookies? This is AsianJewish dream come true 😉
We had the first-ever “Cook the Book” potluck led by our chef-in-residence Liz Alpern at Temple Shaaray Tefila. We cooked recipes from Jeremy Salamon’s Second Generation cookbook filled with reimagined Hungarian Jewish cuisine. So flavorful. So good.
Good use of the giant message board overlooking the Millennium Park
Loved, loved, loved Maybe Happy Ending! If you’re in NYC, go see it!!
Attending ElluminateWomen convening - a gathering of feminist Jewish women leaders & philanthropists. In times like these, drawing inspiration from those who are relentless in moving forward.
@democracynow.bsky.social’s amazing Amy Goodman did a segment this morning on the short documentary Julie Cohen and I co-directed. Bummed I was unable to join, but well worth your time (on this of all days). Support peacemakers & visionaries not maximalists & extremists. youtu.be/y6smYM3gAhU?...
"The Path Forward": Palestinian and Israeli Activists Working Toward Peace Featured in New Film
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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A successful doctoral defense of my mentee is always a joyful moment. Congratulations Dr. Christina Lee! Photo credit Lauren Mims
The reason psych research does not generalize across the population is because we do not do our research on populations-we do it on convenience samples that are from groups of people mostly around institutions of higher educ. We have serious selection bias issues in our science.
This data visualization paper our team published was conceptualized, analyzed, written, & published in the shortest timeframe in my career, and it’s already been downloaded 700+ times in 3 weeks. Sometimes pictures are really worth a 1000 words journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Mapping Anti-Asian Xenophobia: State-Level Variation in Implicit and Explicit Bias against Asian Ame...
Using national data from Project Implicit, the authors examine state-level variations in implicit and explicit bias against Asian Americans held by non–Asian Am...
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Thanks @richleephd.bsky.social for bringing me in! Here for the academic community + more