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Dr. Catherine Wall

@catherinesjwall.com
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Social health Psychologist; Term Assistant Professor at VCU; Defiantly queer. I study trans health and (health) misinformation www.catherinesjwall.com

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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 14/04/2026
New publication alert! After four years of analysis, synthesis, and careful writing, I am pleased to announce a brand-new article, “Desistance”: A Multimethod Review of the Literature on Gender Identity Variability in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth (1) 🧵 psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...
An image of the article "Desistance": A Multimethod Review of the Literature on Gender Identity Variability in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 12/07/2026
So trans kids just "grow out of it"? Our work,highlighted here by Society Workshop, suggests that the previous claims about desistance that have been normalized for years are incredibly unreliable
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
There are actors within this ecosystem that transplanted fringe positions onto front pages, and then used the reaction to justify the article retroactively. It’s been the most successful avenue of attack, far and away above all others. The DW’s millions didn’t make a fraction of the dent this did.
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VCU Health Psychology @vcu-healthpsych.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Common claim that most transgender youth renounce that identity is not supported by statistics, VCU research finds
The argument that studies show transgender youth desist from that identity on average has been used to support anti-gender-affirming care legislation nationwide.
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 24/04/2026
The end of the semester can't come soon enough. I love teaching, but I really can't wait to get back to having more time for research, writing, and science communication work
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John Sakaluk @johnsakaluk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The preprint is now available: osf.io/preprints/ps... Thanks to the PsyArXiv moderators for their speedy review! Freely available to any who want to read about the many ways in which the oft-cited literature on desistance spectacularly fails to support the claim of widespread desistance
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 14/04/2026
There's something about a Japanese mascot ( @chiitan.love) liking my post that delights the hell out of me ありがとうございます!
Chiitan liked my post!
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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I am so happy that this has finally seen the light of day. On the one hand, it seems an obvious answer to an obvious question, but it needed to be done. And I'm never gonna start harping on the bit about the Spice Girls. Ever.
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 14/04/2026
Thanks to @johnsakaluk.bsky.social and @ghawinriver.bsky.social for working with me on this article!
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 14/04/2026
New publication alert! After four years of analysis, synthesis, and careful writing, I am pleased to announce a brand-new article, “Desistance”: A Multimethod Review of the Literature on Gender Identity Variability in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth (1) 🧵 psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...
An image of the article "Desistance": A Multimethod Review of the Literature on Gender Identity Variability in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth
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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
One thing I want to stress--beyond admiration and joy that this is being exposed and discussed at all--is that the work I, and others did, cited in here on how modern conversion practices are laundered and sanitized has been ongoing for decades at this point. As has its inexorable inroads into NHS.
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Society Workshop @societyworkshop.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Hello! We're interested in bringing social science to the public through community partnership, through public teaching, and through training. We are here to connect with all kinds of organizations and people interested in promoting a more engaged and knowledgeable public!
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Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Are you interested in using science to improve policies and training? Supporting future generations of scholars? Helping to ensure critical knowledge production is not compromised by funding disruption and political interference? Check this out and consider supporting! www.societyworkshop.org
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 16/03/2026
The work of science can, and must, extend beyond the hallways and offices of university settings. I am so excited about the possibilities of Society Workshop to engage with scientists and community members alike to bridge the gap and to make real the work that we care so much about.
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Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Study promotion for a great PhD student! If you and/or your romantic partner are experiencing depressive symptoms, consider participating in this online study. Your participation can help researchers better understand romantic partner support. Open to couples of any gender or sexual orientation 🌈
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Nina Wang @ninawang.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Interested in doing a postdoc on misinfo/belief change with me and @gordpennycook.bsky.social? We are looking for candidates to apply for a Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowship, based at York University. Contact me for more details! #PsychJobs
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Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowships - Connected Minds
INTRODUCTION: New technologies are revolutionizing society, creating a 'techno-social collective' where humans and intelligent technologies are deeply interconnected. While such advances present excit...
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 18/12/2025
How is it that there are no lightsaber hanukiahs out there? Like... Lightsaber hilts would make the best holders for candles
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 18/12/2025
The "Make America Healthy Again" crowd is, once again, taking actions that harm Americans. Not only will this lead to higher rates of depression and suicidality for youth, it will impact those youth for the rest of their lives. Trans youth deserve care
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 14/12/2025
Yesterday, I had the honor of being the invited speaker at the VCU Department of Psychology's commencement ceremony. While I would love to share all of those words here, apparently character limits exist I encourage you to check out the brand new blog entry on my website:
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 14/12/2025
Happy Hanukkah!
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 02/12/2025
Every so often I relisten to the musical The Last Five Years just to remind myself how fucking awful Jaime is (and how wonderful Jeremy Jordan is)
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 18/11/2025
Today is my 40th birthday. It is also my first day of being officially Jewish. I had an amazing Beit Din, including Rabbi Ahuva Zaches, Rabbi Ariel Tovlev, and @thatrabbicohen.bsky.social. It is so cool to have had numerous queer Rabbis, and a trans Rabbi, on my Beit Din.
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 17/10/2025
I know that it is a little weird to discuss a paper that you were 7th author on, but this is work that I am particularly proud of: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.5...
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An autoethnographic critique of a past report of inpatient psychiatric treatment for gender diverse children
Objective To review reporting on a case series of “inpatient therapy” administered to pre-pubertal children presenting with gender expansive behaviours previously published in the MJA and to compare.....
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 20/08/2025
Some absolute rockstars in my department are accepting student -- each and every one of these researchers is amazing. If you have students interested in health psychology, tell them to consider VCU!
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 15/08/2025
In 2015, @pinknews.bsky.social published a feature on Trans Broken Arm syndrome which I cited in my Social Science & Medicine article about trans broken arm syndrome. A couple of months ago, a PinkNews referenced my article. It just feels so... cyclical. And I am here for it
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What is 'trans broken arm syndrome'?
Trans broken arm syndrome is an especially common term within academic fields on trans healthcare, but what does it mean?
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 06/08/2025
Some folks go to conference host cities early to sightsee. I go early to visit the local roller derby league
Roller Derby gear packed in a carry on luggage suitcase
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 24/07/2025
I have a tough time convincing my students that ChatGPT is not a substitute for actual work. There's no way in fuck I have ever pushed students left or manipulated university structures to push my "woke" agenda
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 24/07/2025
So far, I agree with like... 98% of your opinions (Windows PCs are better than Macs). I'll have to share the name for a group of Rabbi with my rabbi. I think she'll get a kick out of it
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 18/07/2025
It's wild to me how "defund the police" ended up leading to similar (or increased) funding in most majority democrat cities, while defunding science and public radio have effectively been done with the stroke of the pen
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 15/07/2025
This is fucked. Science has been *made* political by people who are fighting against truth
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 08/07/2025
One month left! Who is coming to my invited talk at APA? #APA2025
A screenshot of the APA division 8 email encouraging individuals to attend the division's invited talks on August 8th. At 11:30 AM Mountain Time, Dr. Catherine Wall will be presenting her talk "Examining the broader implication of research on transgender and gender diverse issues."
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 18/06/2025
I wish I could say that I was surprised by this decision. I listened to the arguments in real time, and there wasn't a single part of me that had hope that any of the conservative judges could be swayed by rational arguments on this highly (and stupidly) politicized issue
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 19/05/2025
As I watch grant after grant after grant get cancelled, I can't help but think about what this means for the future of research in the United States. We have seen how quickly the damage can be done. We have seen how an administration can use grants as cudgels to get their way
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 14/05/2025
I am incredibly excited to share my work in a couple months at #APA2025 in Denver, CO. In this talk, I will be demonstrating how understanding issues that face minoritized populations (such as trans folks) can help us better understand issues that face the individuals broadly
The title of an upcoming talk at the annual conference for the American Psychological Association. The title reads, "From the specific to the general: Examining transgender and gender diverse issues can provide broader understanding of health, misinformation, and policy
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 14/05/2025
Ew
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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Trump abolishes 37 NSF divisions #academicsky #psychscisky #sciencesky www.science.org/content/arti...
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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 07/05/2025
I think it's really important to consider context when suggesting that science should engage in more "adversarial collaboration." If the topic is trans lives and trans health, my "adversaries" often seem to believe that trans individuals are trans because of social contagion or mental illness
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 01/05/2025
And suddenly the pseudoscientific bullshit makes even more sense
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 01/05/2025
This reminds me a lot of the work that @gordpennycook.bsky.social did on pseudo-profound bullshit
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 01/05/2025
One of the biggest, and most interesting, things I have noticed about recent anti-trans bullshit is the use of scientific language to push an ideological agenda
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
dlvr.it
Nicola Coughlan raises more than €115k for trans charity after UK gender ruling
The judgment by the UK’s highest court said that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex”
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 15/04/2025
Getting a gaming computer to complete things for grad school was 100% the correct option. Bootstrapping is infinitely quicker. It really is something to be able to run an SEM with 10000 bootstrap samples in less than 3 minutes
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 10/04/2025
Apparently people are "it" now, and ideas can be illegal. What are these "illegal ideas", ICE?
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 09/04/2025
Funnily, I never broke 1k followers in the Bad Place I'm so happy to have you all with me, and I can't wait to share my upcoming research (and eventually job outcomes) with you all
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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
These are classical techniques used to spread and reinforce misinformation online.
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 04/04/2025
Just a reminder that I am still looking for a new position. My work fits well within multiple contexts ranging from Public Health to Psychology to Political Science. Don't let anti-science fear mongers win -- #HireWall #PsycSciSky #PublicHealth 🌈
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 01/04/2025
Dear USA, Do you really want to make healthcare more efficient? Spend more money on research so that we can make advances that help everyone, and switch over to a single payer healthcare system. Each of these ultimately SAVES money and, more importantly, lives
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Dr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 29/03/2025
This is absolutely vile. I am so tired, and it's only March
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