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Dr. Holly F. Levin-Aspenson

@hfla-phd.bsky.social
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Clinical *psychologist researching assessment and quant dimensional models of psychopathology. Ass't prof at UNT sites.google.com/view/optima-lab

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Kasey Stanton @kstanton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Checkout our lab's brief editorial reviewing ideas for better connecting the HiTOP with social-cognitive vulnerability research and third-wave, transdiagnostic treatment approaches. acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library
Various avenues of transdiagnostic research hold promise for improving diagnosis and treatment but remain fragmented in some ways. We provide recommendations for integrating dimensional assessment gu....
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement
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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Terrifying attack on APA accreditation, threatening psychological training at a time when our mental health system desperately needs *more* providers, not fewer. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
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Accreditation Panel Recommends Suspending APA, Punts on ABA
But, the panel also didn't make a decision about the status of the law school accreditor, deadlocking once again on the issue.
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Ashley Watts @ashleylwatts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🌟 Vanderbilt Psychology has an open rank position available in our clinical area! Job ad here: apply.interfolio.com/194049 (Note that this position is separate from our other psych department's asst prof search: apply.interfolio.com/194058) RTs appreciated!!
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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pretty excited to have just published our latest video, a clinical case example using HiTOP. This was a team effort with the Clinical Translation Workgroup, but very much led by the brilliant @tashtc.bsky.social ✨ We hope it might be useful, and are keen to hear any feedback! youtu.be/Hl6bA4roCNU
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HiTOP Case Example
YouTube video by HiTOP
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Ashley Watts @ashleylwatts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Check out a recent paper from my lab led by @josephfsexton.bsky.social: We show how and why conventional practices to “establish” unidimensionality of psychiatric constructs are highly fallible and prematurely foreclose upon multidimensional solutions. (Joseph’s thread is worth perusing!)
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Tom Olino @olinotom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We have enjoyed hosting our virtual event walking through the graduate application process -- we have faculty representation from clinical, developmental, social, cognitive, and neuroscience areas to talk about how they read applications!
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AFT New Jersey @aftnewjersey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“This is not innovation. This is just cutting corners.” — @aaup.org President Todd Wolfson apnews.com/article/thre...
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3-year college degrees grow more popular in the US, saving time and cash. But critics aren't sold
A growing number of colleges are offering three-year degree programs, which cut a year off a traditional bachelor's with reduced credit.
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APA Div12 Grad Students & ECPs @apagradecp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
First seminar of our psychology predoctoral internship training series is coming up! 8/24 at 12PM EST. Sign up here: societyofclinicalpsychology.org/register/liv...
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Live Webinar: Graduate Student Professional Development Series: From application to match: Research-Informed Strategies for Internship - Society of Clinical Psychology
August 24, 2026 12:00 PM EST Collaboration with the Graduate Students and Early Career Psychologist Section of SCP, Division 12 Presenter: Dr. Paul B. Ingram Learning Objectives: Identify the empirica...
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ABCD-ReproNim @abcd-repronim.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Registration is now open for a four-part workshop series on R programming and Statistics, supported by the ABCD Professional Development Workgroup and ABCD-ReproNim.📊 Registration closes on Sunday, August 30, 2026. (1/3) forms.gle/PnVJ1hC6pQRz...
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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
As the school year is about to begin, I wanted to pass along this totally FREE resource (thanks to a donor) with chapters on getting into grad school, surviving Year 1, and every career step/milestone No royalties or anything - it's TOTALLY FREE. Good luck! www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
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The Portable Mentor
Cambridge Core - Psychiatry - The Portable Mentor
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🌶 David Gray Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Often my academic friends ask how they can help when they learn how Texas is restricting teaching and denying tenure. The answer: Join AAUP. Your dues—small as they are (~$30)—help build collective power to fight for legislation, policy, and in the courts for students, faculty, & staff. Join us!
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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I’m recruiting two new PhD students to start in 2027, working with me on my program of research in quantitative psychopathology. I’ve put some information for interested students on my website: miriamkforbes.academic.ws Please share with anyone you know who might be interested!
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:
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The Assault On Science Funding Continues
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Ashley Watts @ashleylwatts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Excited to share a paper recently accepted at Nature Mental Health! 😄 For decades, we've assumed that covariance among psychopathology informs comorbidity. What if we’ve been wrong?
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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
so this exists prof-ping.vercel.app an app to cold email professors in bulk without having to bother with any pesky thinking for yourself, nevermind having to actually read papers or form your own opinions. what a time saver (for you, not them obv). /s (in case unclear: pls pls don't use this.)
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
University of North Texas journalism professor Tracy Everbach: “I don't understand why this particular conference is being singled out, especially when it's been going on for, you know, decades and I've been attending it through UNT for more than 20 years.” ⬇️ dentonrc.com/education/hi...
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UNT won’t cover conference costs for journalism faculty, citing SB 17’s ban on DEI
UNT Integrity and Compliance told faculty members that their presentation at an academic violated a state law regarding race, sex and gender.
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Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Want to make peer review more inclusive & equitable? @mattgoldrick.bsky.social and @mariamaly.bsky.social are hosting a free webinar on how to write better, fairer reviews! 📅 June 15th | 12–1:30pm EST 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/59ez5azt #PeerReview #AcademicTwitter
A promotional flyer from Reviewer Zero for a webinar titled "So You Want to Participate in Peer Review: How to Write Inclusive and Equitable Reviews." The event is scheduled for June 15th, 12–1:30pm EST. The flyer features a yellow speech bubble with the event title in bold blue text, an illustration of two hands typing on a keyboard, and a QR code and link to register at https://tinyurl.com/59ez5azt. The background is cream-colored with a blue spiral notebook graphic at the top.
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Toby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Stinging critique of higher ed administrators who deploy "AI centrism" to justify blowing millions on AI chat bot contracts that are causing "chaos" across campus. Relevant beyond the CSU system
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HiTOP @hitop-system.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A friendly reminder that registration is open for the HiTOP 2026 Conference! Join us June 4th-6th at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities for our first ever freestanding conference. More information and registration details can be found on our website. www.hitop-system.org/hitop-2026-c...
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HiTOP 2026 Conference Registration
HiTOP 2026 Conference Registration
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Szaszian Heart of MAHA Psychiatry Moderate-sounding entry points to an unpopular agenda www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-szaszi...
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The Szaszian Heart of MAHA Psychiatry
Moderate-sounding entry points to an unpopular agenda
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
anyway also while I'm thinking deep thoughts, I enjoyed this essay from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...
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Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain
AI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 13/05/2026
After the passage of Senate Bill 37, Texas Tech University has instituted curriculum review policies that amount to censorship and academic "straitjacketing." “You are effectively destroying the fundamental separation between political power and the production of knowledge." —Texas Tech AAUP
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Tech critics decry policy as academic ‘straitjacket’
Tech critics decry policy as academic ‘straitjacket’
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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Turns out empirically derived phenotypes (data-driven symptom sets) nested within traditional mental disorders can help reduce diagnostic heterogeneity! We learned so much cool and interesting stuff in this study. I could talk (/post) about it all day, but here’s a few highlights (🧵)
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @maartenp.bsky.social
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Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
⭐️⭐️A new study on the impact of TX anti-DEI law SB 17 finds the law has had cascading effects. “In effect, the law regulates what counts as legitimate knowledge and whose experiences are recognized – without expressly reaching into teaching or research.” ⬇️ www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Notes from a South American Psychiatrist on the Future DSM Description and discrimination in fragile health systems Guest post by Gonzalo Amador Rivera www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/notes-from...
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Notes from a South American Psychiatrist on the Future DSM
Description and discrimination in fragile health systems
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Texas Universities are taking censorship into their own hands. Read more from PEN America about the policies and guidance that have resulted in a “disaster” for college students’ freedom to learn in Texas. pen.org/texas-univer...
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Texas Universities are Taking Censorship Into Their Own Hands
Academic freedom is under attack in Texas, with courses at universities being audited, censored, and canceled. Here's why.
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 01/05/2026
New deep dive from me into the anti-science movement, it's structure, tactics, and impact on science and society. Some data analysis, unique testimonies, new infographics and also a first attempt at outlining broadly-agreed upon actions how to fight back. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
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We need to talk about the anti-science movement
6 lessons scientists under siege learned the hard way, and how we all can fight back
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Prof. Ben Wright, UT Dallas: “We do not need to be lectured. We do not need to be rescued. What we need is support. Many of us see staying not as an ethical failure, but as the very fulfillment of our values.” 🔥 www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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How Not to Talk About Colleagues in Texas, Florida (opinion)
We’re not fighting a lost cause.
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 23/04/2026
It has been nearly a year since we released our Anti-Autocracy Handbook sks.to/autocracy. Our team of authors includes @karmaos.bsky.social @drsunitasah Prof Christina Pagel Renee DiResta Philipp Markolin John Cook 1/5
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Have you been asked by a medical provider recently for consent to have an "AI" scribe record your visit? Us, too. And we have **thoughts** buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
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Why you should refuse to let your doctor record you
By: Emily M. Bender and Decca Muldowney At a recent appointment, Emily’s physical therapist (who knows some about her research) said, “Before we get started,...
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Rachit Dubey @rachitdubey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning.. We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance. And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use! 1/
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Todd Moye @moye.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
TX universities are doing this to Black students, Brown students, international students, queer students, and first-generation students. A generation of progress toward making everyone feel welcome, primed to learn, and more likely to graduate and become productive citizens--all up in smoke.
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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🚨FREE WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Get an early start to #statnerdsummer with a free seminar on how multilevel models and structural equation models intersect. I'll be showing this through MLM and SEM growth curves. Sign up for free! Share widely! You can register here: smart-workshops.com/workshops
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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A new analysis confirms what has long been suspected: grant cuts at NIH hit women and early-career researchers the hardest. As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social told me, the findings here are unsurprising, but “documenting the damage from current policy is critical” 🧪
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NIH grant cuts hit women, early-career scientists the hardest: analysis
Last year’s funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) disproportionately impacted women and early-career researchers, according to a | Last year’s funding cuts at the National Institutes...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/03/2026
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. Read more: propub.li/4rBUJOV
Bar chart showing the change in the number of providers — social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists — from the third quarter of 2023 to the end of 2025 on the x-axis and the number of providers from negative 400 to 800 on the y-axis. The trend starts with a peak of about 700 social workers and around 200 psychologists added in the third quarter of 2023, followed by a steady decline across all groups, dropping below zero by the first quarter of 2025 with social worker losses eventually dipping around 400.
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
New from me @thebulletin.org We have effective interventions against health misinformation, but they don't do us much good when tech companies aren't willing to add protections and the misinformation is coming from those in charge of our health system 1/ thebulletin.org/premium/2026...
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How to counter health misinformation when it's coming from the top
Health misinformation is now being generated and spread by those in charge of the United States’ public health system. Multiple interventions against health misinformation have been identified and are...
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A new paper from the HiTOP Revisions Workgroup (and yours truly) on the conceptual and philosophical underpinnings of the framework. Recommended reading for anyone interested in questions of classification and psychopathology! Here’s the journal article: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Paper title: “Examining the Foundational Assumptions of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology” in Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology
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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Resharing again! I'm looking for a postdoc with experience or interests in longitudinal data collection OR analysis: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32132
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
⭐️📢PRESS RELEASE: Across Texas, students and faculty at all seven public university systems face efforts to censor student learning and faculty teaching. See below for an overview of the ways AAUP members and leaders are fighting back! Join us! ✊ aaup-texas.org/blog/f/facul...
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Texas Faculty Fight Censorship of Students and Teachers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Why does writing often feel worse right after we start? This question behind is my 3rd piece in my Long Carve series on long writing projects. If your writing suddenly feels worse after you begin, you may be exactly doing it right. 🧵 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/writing-is...
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Writing Is Disappointing. That’s How You Know It’s Working
The Long Carve #3: Learning to love the mess
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Brian Evans, pres. of the Texas AAUP, says if students ask about current topics, instructors will have to decide whether to engage or not, since everything discussed in class will have to be pre-cleared. “What kind of education is this?” 🤬 www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/edu...
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UT system votes to limit ‘controversial topics’ in class, raising concerns about academic freedom | Houston Public Media
It's the latest move in the Texas higher education systems for the state to have more control over what is taught at public universities.
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Dr. Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt @ssweatt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We hope to wrap up data collection in early March so please share widely! Thanks so much!
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HiTOP @hitop-system.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The Call for Abstracts has been extended until March 2nd, and we're excited about building an engaging scientific program. We hope you'll consider submitting your work, and hope to see you in June!
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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I'm looking for a postdoc to work on our NIH-funded R01 which is a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (13-20) doing EMA and passive text sensing! Please apply, especially if you have experience in the analysis OR collection of these data. PLEASE SHARE!! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32132
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher Study of Affective Disorders’ Classification and Treatment (SADCAT) Lab  Dr. Lorenzo-Lorenzo LuacesDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Blooming...
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Luc Rocher @rocher.lc · 09/02/2026
⚠️ Despite all the hype, chatbots still make terrible doctors. Out today is the largest user study of language models for medical self-diagnosis. We found that chatbots provide inaccurate and inconsistent answers, and that people are better off using online searches or their own judgment.
Banner image with screenshot of scientific article from nature Medicine, as well as two panels from the study method and results
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Killian McLoughlin @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Are you a grad student who wants to give a talk at Princeton’s psychology department (in-person or on Zoom)? Nominate yourself or someone you know: forms.gle/WN2ybYMuZiW3... Priority given to non-Ivy and URM students. International applicants welcome. Deadline is this Friday (Feb 6)!
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Emerging Scholars in Psychological Science Speaker Nominations
Nominate yourself or another late-stage PhD student to speak at Princeton's Department of Psychology this academic semester (Spring 2026). The Emerging Scholars in Psychological Science (ESPS) talk ...
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Editorial by @astridchevance.bsky.social on censorship in academia. Worth your time. #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧪 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Contemporary censors at work: targeting medical science to shape social reality | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Contemporary censors at work: targeting medical science to shape social reality - Volume 228 Issue 1
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AAUP @aaup.org · 28/01/2026
Education is a public good for all. When politicians censor classroom teaching in order to narrow the field of topics that students can engage in, they rob them of a stellar world class education. This is what is happening at Texas A&M & other institutions in the state. 🧵
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