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Juan Del Toro, PhD

@drjuandeltoro.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota studying racism, heterosexism, & adolescent development. Him/his. First gen 🇲🇽 🏳️‍🌈 & globe-trotter 🌎 juandeltoro.com

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Juan Del Toro, PhD @drjuandeltoro.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I'm thrilled to share exciting news: I received an Early Career Research Award from the Society for Research on Adolescence!
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Juan Del Toro, PhD @drjuandeltoro.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I'm really looking forward to the opportunity to share my recent work with the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health (ISGH), reflecting a pivot in my research agenda that is especially meaningful to me.
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Hey friends, my new paper was just published in JAMA Psychiatry. I draw on biological species classification to sketch a new framework for psychiatric nosology. Brief summary follows below. Full text link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 🧪 #PsychSciSky #MentalHealth
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Mental Disorders as Homeostatic Property Clusters
This narrative review explores the idea of understanding mental disorders according to homeostatic property clusters rather than through typical classification systems.
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Natalie Brito @nataliebrito.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Neuroscience undergrad abducted at 6:30am. No judicial warrant. ICE lied to gain entry into the residence. State-sanctioned kidnapping. And I’m supposed to somehow teach class this afternoon?
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
ICE agents grabbed a 16-year-old asylum seeker--which they aren't supposed to do They kept him from his parents -which they aren't supposed to do They shipped him out of state, to a Christian ministry, which they aren't supposed to do. Then they *lost* him. www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...
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ICE detained a Minnesota teen, labeled him an ‘unaccompanied minor,’ and lost him
The Trump administration is apprehending and designating immigrant kids as “unaccompanied,” even as their parents in the U.S. search for them.
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Juan Del Toro, PhD @drjuandeltoro.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🥳 In a new paper, we show that when one sibling experiences more discrimination than another, they report more psychopathology symptoms one year later. If that youth engages in greater identity exploration than their sibling, the link between discrimination & symptoms is weaker.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
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ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
just building this awful camp system is a crime against humanity imo
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 06/02/2026
LawHelpMN is building out a clearinghouse of resources for people who are detained or at risk of detention by ICE. It'll be continually updated as new resources come online. Available in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali www.lawhelpmn.org/detained
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Resources for People Detained or Worried About Being Detained
This fact sheet talks about resources for people who were detained by ICE or think they might be detained.If you are worried about being detained, use this form to record information that might help y...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/01/2026
Journalism is not a crime. The Justice Department should investigate the federal agents who killed US citizens in broad daylight, not arrest reporters like Don Lemon. He should be released. It's a spine-chilling assault on press freedom and threatens the public's right to know.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2026
the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
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Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This figure and the size of the correlation continues to blow me away
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Reminder: If the Supreme Court upholds Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, some of the ICE officers currently brutalizing Minnesotans may be reassigned to apprehend newborns from the hospital for immediate deportation. Just read the Trump administration’s own memo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
To that end, USCIS declared flatly that the children of immigrants who are "unlawfully present" will "no longer be U.S. citizens at birth."
They will, instead, inherit the status of their parents, rendering them detainable and deportable as infants and throughout their lives.
There is no indication that the government will provide some grace period before snatching up and imprisoning this new underclass of noncitizen babies; they are apparently subject to arrest from the moment of birth.
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In the wake of another murder, I dropped off groceries at my local coffee shop. The coffee shop is coordinating distribution to families in hiding, and was overflowing with food. We will do this for as long as we need to. This regime cannot break our resolve.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
BREAKING: @schumer.senate.gov confirms after today's latest ICE murder, Senate democrats WILL sink funding for DHS and its Gestapo subsidiary
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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you’re feeling angry and helpless like me, then let’s go! I’ll be there tomorrow. Find a protest in your city. Protests do work. If you’re worried about surveillance, leave phone and dress like a 🥷 There are way more of us than them and they should be scared. No Nazis and secret police here!
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
How many January 6 insurrectionists were armed? Is the position now that Capitol police could have shot them all? Just trying to keep up
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We're mourning yet again in Minnesota — and struggling to square the gut-churning video of Alex Pretti's final moments with official accounts. I'm teaching techniques of neutralization this term, so I made this quick slide on the DHS statement. Share if it's useful. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
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Juan Del Toro, PhD @drjuandeltoro.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
If you have a second to email or call your state senator, congressperson, representative, parent, best friend, or just share with anyone to stop the ICE surge in Minneapolis, please do! Knowledge is power and part of the resistance! www.instagram.com/reel/DTg4wjJ...
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WCCO on Instagram: "City, state, and community leaders gathered in Minneapolis Tuesday to denounce the increase of immigration enforcement across the metro. During the news conference, Governor Tim Wa...
46K likes, 2,305 comments - wcco on December 23, 2025: "City, state, and community leaders gathered in Minneapolis Tuesday to denounce the increase of immigration enforcement across the metro. During ...
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion! pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
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JOIN OUR INNOVATIVE PROGRAM!

Fellows in this Population Health Science Training Program work closely with academic mentors in social and health science fields to build skills in interdisciplinary population health research to prepare them for academic careers focused on addressing pressing public health problems. We seek
exceptional candidates in either social science or health science fields who have earned a PhD to join our diverse and accomplished cohort of trainees, and we particularly welcome candidates from backgrounds underrepresented in research.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building. Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained. The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
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Justin Lehmiller @justinlehmiller.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Alcohol users (31%) were also the most likely to report regrets about sex while intoxicated; sexual regrets were less common among ecstasy (13%) and marijuana users (7%). www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2019/…
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How the Sexual Effects of Alcohol, Marijuana, and Molly Compare - Sex and Psychology
Alcohol, marijuana, and ecstasy/MDMA/Molly are among the most popular substances people use to enhance their sexual experiences. But when it comes to their effects, how similar or different are these drugs? A recent study published in the journal Psychology and Sexuality offers some insight.
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Project Implicit @projectimplicit.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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...
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Bill Ackman, who pressured Harvard to fire Claudine Gay (ostensibly over plagiarism allegations), is...funding Francesca Gino's lawsuit against Harvard; Harvard fired Gino for *checks notes* committing research misconduct. This man...
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a man in a black shirt is making a funny face with his finger .
Alt: a man in a black shirt starts to talk then stops himself
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Juan Del Toro, PhD @drjuandeltoro.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🚨 Are you looking for a postdoc or know of someone looking? If so, there is a postdoc opportunity at the University of Chicago to work with faculty, including my former postdoc mentor Dr. Ming-Te Wang! See attached ad for details!
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The district court injunction that prevented NIH from capping indirects at 15% was upheld today on appeal! www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rules
District Judge Angel Kelley last year blocked the cuts, and on Monday the appeals court agreed.
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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Just learned I've won the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the area of psychopathology, and am feeling pretty delighted!! So grateful to @aidangcw.bsky.social for nominating me, and very proud of the work it's based on.
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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
For researchers interested in semantic change over years and decades... I've created a toolkit — lexichron — for measuring long-term shifts in word meanings using Google Ngrams and other corpora (e.g., COHA, COCA). Here's the public GitHub repo: github.com/eric-d-knowl... 🧵
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GitHub - eric-d-knowles/lexichron
Contribute to eric-d-knowles/lexichron development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.
A Toni Morrison quote embedded in a yellow, black, and white graphic design reads: "I tell my students, ‘When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.’”
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
New paper building a theory of stereotype negotiation. How people don't just let stereotypes happen to them; instead they constantly and actively navigate social impressions and others' evaluations by @cydneydupree.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A theory of stereotype negotiation
Inequality is pervasive, challenging people and organizations. Yet we lack a clear picture of how people navigate inequality in everyday social and or…
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The Research Center for Group Dynamics @rcgd-isr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🎊 Congratulations to RCGD's Linda Chatters on receiving the James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America in recognition of her outstanding dedication to mentoring minority researchers in the field of aging. #GSA2025 #PRBA
Linda Chatters receiving the James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America 2025
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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
tfw the ceremony is scheduled at peak bedtime (thank you apa!! and everyone!!)
screenshots of a zoom featuring chaz and two boisterous (but overall well-behaved) children
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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
At a time when so much funding for diversity science has been pulled, I am SO thankful to the American Psychological Foundation (APF) for awarding me & former student (now PhD student!) Lizy Szanton the Springfield Grant to examine kid biases at the intersection of race and gender nonconformity.
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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We have at least TWO postdoctoral fellowship openings on our @unm.edu @casaa.bsky.social T32 NIAAA Training Grant, best consideration date for applications is Nov 15 2025. Join our phenomenal community and enjoy incredible quality of life in beautiful New Mexico. casaa.unm.edu/training/ins...
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Application Process :: Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA) | The University of New Mexico
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Brenden Beck @brendenbeck.net · 06/12/2024
When times are tight, do cities cut police or social service budgets more? In a 🚨new study🚨, I find revenue loss is associated with shallow, temporary cuts to policing and deep, enduring cuts to social services. The article, in Criminology, is free, and I summarize it below. doi.org/10.1111/1745...
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Do austerity cuts spare police budgets? Welfare‐to‐carceral realignment during fiscal crises
Did governments shift funding from their social welfare functions to their criminal justice functions after the 1980s? Studies investigating this possible “punitive turn” have been inconclusive and h...
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Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
If we keep saying this generation is being destroyed, how will adolescents ever believe in their own potential? My TEDx talk is live on @ted.com. Changes in their brains, bodies, and social worlds create opportunities for young people to grow & thrive - with our support. www.ted.com/talks/jennif...
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The surprising science of adolescent brains
Neuroscientist Jennifer Pfeifer digs into the fascinating brain changes driving young people’s behavior during the critical years of adolescence. She debunks some of the biggest misunderstandings abou...
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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Excited to announce a new special issue on Passive Sensing for behavior in psychopathology at JoPaCS led by Dan Fulford and Nick Jacobson Check out their overview paper here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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APA PsycNet
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 23/10/2025
Genuinely excited to read this one 👀
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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🎉 Get ready for Black In Neuro Chapters Week 2025! 🗓 Oct 27–31 — a week of connection, community & celebration 🖤 📣 Chapter Roll Call 🤝 Community Call 🍸 Manhattan Mixer 🧠 1st-ever Chapters SURP Symposium! ✨ Register: linktr.ee/BINchapters #BlackInNeuro #BINTogether #ChaptersWeek2025
White and orange text on a deep red ombre background reads “Black In Neuro Presents Chapters Week October 2025.” Event schedule listed vertically for each day: “Mon 27 – Chapter Roll Call: Share with us on social media about your community and who you can call on using the hashtag #BINTogether. Tue 28 – Community Call: Hear from our Black In Neuro Chapters Committee about how to start or become a member of a BIN chapter. Wed 29 – Manhattan Mixer: Join BINManhattan for a night of networking and career connections designed to inspire, empower, and expand your professional horizons. Thu 30 – SURP Symposium: Support early-career researchers at the inaugural BIN SURP Symposium with professional development workshops, roundtable discussions, and more! Fri 31 – Leaders Retreat with asterisk that denotes retreat is exclusively for our chapter leaders, the Chapters Leaders Retreat is a time to connect, reflect, celebrate, and strategize.”
White text at the bottom has registration link and states that any events with asterisk are closed to chapters members only. The Black In Neuro logo featuring a stylized profile illustration is in the top left corner, with soft waveform border accents in the top right and bottom left.
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BSPH Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health @hopkinspfrh.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
📅 Friday 10/24 at 2pm ET, PFRH's @drdylanbjackson.bsky.social will be speaking with Univ. Minnesota's Juan Del Toro on their work examining the intergenerational consequences of incarceration, focusing on its effects on family dynamics and the health of children: events.tc.umn.edu/event/25066-...
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Juan Del Toro & Dylan B. Jackson, Phds - “Beyond the Badge: The Ripple Effects of Policing and Incarceration on Youth”
This event is open to all. Part of the Department of Psychology Colloquium Series on Critical Collaboration. Juan Del Toro, PhD Assistant Pr...
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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
We are proud to include Jennifer Eberhardt (Stanford University) on the SPSP Heritage Wall, recognizing her research on the the psychological associations between race and crime. Learn more + consider donating to our Heritage Initiative to support future scholars: ow.ly/at7o50XeVkP
A headshot of social psychologist Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt.
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Elizabeth Page-Gould: Black Lives Matter @page-gould.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
It was my honour to accept the Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend. 💖 For the acceptance speech, I created an “Allegory for a Career Trajectory.” Thank you, to Everyone! Animated version: youtu.be/Svjw7JBddPw
This image, titled "Allegory for a Career Trajectory" depicts a forest. The trees have different colours, like a technicolor rainbow. The trees bear the names of people who influenced the development of Elizabeth Page-Gould's ideas, knowledge, abilities, and career--and certainly personal growth. There is a tree that goes sideways across the image labelled "LP-G." This tree has many names coming off it's branches, representing the incredible students whom Page-Gould has had the honour to mentor. This image served as the backdrop to Page-Gould's acceptance speech for the SESP Career Trajectory Award.
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
LOVELY people, collaborative place, excellent top 10 program! Incredible opportunity, please help us share widely!
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11/10/2025
After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Why do some ideas spread widely, while others fail to catch on? Our new review paper on the PSYCHOLOGY OF VIRALITY is now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social (it was led by @steverathje.bsky.social) Read the full paper here: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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