So thrilled to see this paper in print at PSPR—I propose a new theoretical model of self-protection motivation that reimagines how people might think, feel, and act when navigating self-threats. I enjoy this sort of theoretical work & excited to share it! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Self-Protection Motivation and Its Psychological Construction: A Process Model Distinguishing Two Unique Motivational Orientations - William B. Meese, 2025

Academic This article introduces the Modern Constructivist Model of Motivated Self-Protection (MCM-MSP), an integrative and novel theoretical account of two dis...

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Postdoc Job What: Two-year position looking at minority ethnic students in higher education Where: Danish School of Education, Aarhus University When: Starts 1st June 2026 More Info: au.career.emply.com/ad/postdocto... #SocialPsyc #Ethnography #HigherEd #AcademicSky #PhDSky

We are excited to announce our partnership with @inclivio.com's software for #SAS2026. We’re counting down to the conference with a series of posts. Enter a drawing for 3 EMA study licenses by liking (1 point) and reposting (3 points)! #SAS #AffectiveScience #EMA #EmotionDynamics

Help my sons as we advocate for rare disease research. Until midnight, all donations will be doubled (up to $25,000) thanks to an anonymous family donor. With rare disease research and disability advocacy under threat, support matters especially now.

The MED13L Foundation@med13lfoundation.bsky.social · 8mo ago

You could be unlocking extra funds for rare disease research just by donating. Ask your HR department today and use the QR Code (or this link: med13l.org/donate/) to get started! #CorporateMatching #MED13L #RAREDISEASERESEARCH #careaboutrare #med13lsyndrome #RareDisease

🧪Our (me + UMD undergrad psychology alum Sarah Liu) new study is published in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social! Title: Endorsement of the neurodiversity framework and self-esteem among autistic and non-autistic adults. Read more here: www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/... + thread below

Endorsement of the Neurodiversity Framework and Self-Esteem Among Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults | Autism in Adulthood

Background: Many autistic individuals struggle with poor mental health and low self-esteem, in part, due to internalized stigma. Given the strengths-based perspective of the neurodiversity framework, ...

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So thrilled to see this paper in print at PSPR—I propose a new theoretical model of self-protection motivation that reimagines how people might think, feel, and act when navigating self-threats. I enjoy this sort of theoretical work & excited to share it! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Self-Protection Motivation and Its Psychological Construction: A Process Model Distinguishing Two Unique Motivational Orientations - William B. Meese, 2025

Academic This article introduces the Modern Constructivist Model of Motivated Self-Protection (MCM-MSP), an integrative and novel theoretical account of two dis...

journals.sagepub.com

New paper out with Heidi Vuletich and Ayla Winegar: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... We discuss public policy implications of the Bias of Crowds model: How do environments activate and perpetuate biases and what can we do against it?

Systemic Problems Require Systemic Solutions: How Regional Variation in Implicit Bias Can Inform Public Policy - Heidi A. Vuletich, Maximilian A. Primbs, Ayla Winegar, 2025

Traditional psychological approaches to reduce discrimination typically focus on addressing the biases of people. This paper recommends policies aimed at changi...

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New post with grad student @ugurozkusen.bsky.social out in @spspnews.bsky.social's Character & Context on a new JEP:G paper using intergroup contact on social media to reduce prejudice. Read the Character & Context post: tinyurl.com/28hyccs7 Read the full paper in JEP:G: tinyurl.com/mpkhsjay 1/n

🚨We're hiring!🚨 The Dept of Psychology at Rutgers is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology. Review of applications begin on Oct 18. Details here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259... I'm chairing the search committee and am happy to field questions about the position. 🧵

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth

In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

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The School for Environment and Sustainability at University of Michigan is recruiting another postdoc aimed at improving community resilience and protecting vulnerable populations from compound wildfire hazards! Link: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2... Please share far and wide!!

Does anyone else’s word processor randomly switch between French and English within the same manuscript? It seems to happen for me now once per manuscript, and idk why. It’s always just a sentence or two…

U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)? Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions. U.S. Applicant Week: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool

It's that time of year again: I'm teaching Linear Regression. As such I've updated my writing guide for linear regression. Tips and tricks for writing accurate and clear interpretations and inferences in regression. You can check it out on OSF osf.io/aeqn6

Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary. I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.

I am looking for code that someone wrote to obtain a frequency count of these words, to share with a colleague. I used it but forgot to save the code… anyone have any idea?

Darby Saxbe@darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

It's Rare Disease Day. With rare disease research ever more important, as institutional support reduces, please consider giving your attention, empathy, willingness to learn, other resources to MED13L Foundation, who support research on MED13L syndrome. Thee world still cares. Learn more: med13l.org

THE MOMENT YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! Go sign up to help with the organization efforts in state!

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last yr.

We want you to help us #standupforscience2025 📣 We’re currently recruiting local leads and volunteers across all state capitals and other major cities across the US! If you’re interested in helping us organize, please fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...

Friends tend to agree if you're ready or not for a long-term, committed relationship. Friends are important for forming/maintaining relationships, so that can be either good OR horrible for you/your relationship. Congrats Hyewon Yang on her first first-author paper! doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships@josoperrel.bsky.social · last yr.

Online First Publication: Yang et al explored the level of perceived romantic commitment readiness as well as whether to see if someone perceived as insecurely attached was also perceived as not ready for commitment from others and self. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #ResearchPublishing

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Philip Bump@pbump.com · last yr.

Ugh, the Declaration of Independence includes words that would trigger a review by the NSF. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Give this a read folks! "Since 1980, Congress has mandated that the agency [NSF] seek to broaden participation of underrepresented groups, including women and other minorities, within STEM. 'The [Trump] orders are illegal,' says an NSF employee. 'The statutory framework of NSF is being violated.'"

Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders

The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.

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This is what my husband has been telling me, too!

Mac Ross@punchingprof.bsky.social · last yr.

I guess the consumer protection bureau is now being told to stop everything, so ….

Update: the Department of Justice has ruled that the Temporary Restraining Order issued by the Federal Court applies to all NSF award recipients. This means I was able to request a portion of my funds (about 10%) to cover my costs this month and provide a small safety net.

So, time to stop submitting to any journal operated by the CDC? Not sure I fully understand the implications of the OP’s post and the CDC email referenced.

Jeremy Faust, MD@jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies... 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

Hello out there scientists. If you're having meetings or grants or anything else impacted by freeze of NSF meetings, please feel free to reach out to me to share your story. Signal: thealexknapp.79 Email: aknapp@forbes.com

A thread on the research and science that is done at the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan @um-src.bsky.social. I think many people think we just collect surveys--but we are so much more! Our focus is on interdisciplinary social science to understand human behavior through surveys

I'm hiring two part-time, paid research assistants! Must be fluent in Spanish and able to work in the UK. Please share with your networks. Ideal for UK post-baccs looking for more research experience to supplement MSc work, other RA work etc. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Research Assistant

The Psychology department in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to recruit two Research Assistants on an 8-month fixed term, Guaranteed Hours contract.

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