Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Very excited for this review with Michael Hallquist on adolescent personality pathology, a critically understudied topic that has only become moreso in recent years as seen by booming publication rates for depression and anxiety - PD lines at the bottom www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... 1114
Reposted by Jennifer TackettAshley 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!! 01818
Reposted by Jennifer TackettEuropean Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP) @eapp-official.bsky.social · 22/09/2026📎 New Research in European Journal of Personality Authors: Hoff, Chu, @foswald.bsky.social & others Read the full article: doi.org/10.1177/0890... #PersonalityPsychology #EJP #EAPP 073
Reposted by Jennifer TackettDan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026New preprint! 🎉 I analysed 1660 papers from 4 psychology journals and found materials sharing went from 9% of papers in 2015 to 82% in 2025, and these materials *do* get downloaded — a median of 135 times each. BUT shared code is often hard to run. doi.org/10.31234/osf... Let's walk through it 🧵 4265113
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026That time of the year for my favorite Chicago game show: Am I sick or is it allergies? 🚨⚡🤧static.klipy.comSurvey SaysALT: Survey Says 250
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One month before application review - TT faculty position in clinical psych; please spread the word! 099
Reposted by Jennifer TackettAnthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026How do we identify leadership qualities in youth, including those labeled "oppositional"? @jnfrltackett.bsky.social joins Tuesday's Law & Mental Health Series to discuss the current science & need for so much more! #PsychLaw Free webinar, free CEUs: hsc-unm.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 011
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Is anyone ever forced to read through old course evaluations and are like.. oh hi old friend 170
Reposted by Jennifer TackettAmanda Kay Montoya @akmontoya.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Curious about Zenodo as an OSF Project alternative? Here's a short video to get you started: File Uploads, Communities, and generating links for Anonymous Peer Review. youtu.be/jW84PxuJTMwyoutu.beGetting Started with Zenodo (transitioning from OSF Projects)YouTube video by AMANDA MONTOYA 67440
Reposted by Jennifer TackettMichel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026🚨& 🧵 Our new Nature paper is out! Across 46 cohorts and up to 1.14M people per Big Five trait, we do GWAS and ask how robust, generalizable and consequential the genetic signals underlying personality really are. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.com 614268
Reposted by Jennifer Tackettsimine vazire @simine.com · 02/09/2026Psych Science has retracted Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002). The second author requested the retraction. Both authors agreed to it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... So grateful to @datacolada.bsky.social for these blog posts and the work behind them: datacolada.org/138 and datacolada.org/139 1/2journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 426794
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Anyone moving (or keeping) their preregistrations on Zenodo? I'm thinking it makes more sense to move them over so projects will ultimately be on the same platform, but it looks like you can't actually blind them for peer review (even if posted as restricted, identity is still attached)? 775
Reposted by Jennifer Tackettmoin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I have this half-drafted paper that I keep submitting for special issues and it keeps getting rejected. One day! 3231
Reposted by Jennifer TackettAndrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I am shocked, shocked to learn that this 2002 paper by Dan Ariely is based on dubious data and doesn’t replicate. statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/31/s...statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu I am shocked, shocked to learn that this 2002 paper by Dan Ariely is based on dubious data and doesn’t replicate. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 26421
Reposted by Jennifer Tackettmoin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 31/08/2026More suspicion of tampered/fabricated data in a paper published by Dan Ariely, who incidentally still has his job at Duke. 02410
Reposted by Jennifer TackettNick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 25/08/2026What are some examples of *non-fraudulent* major errors in scientific papers that had major consequences, perhaps after taking a long time to be corrected? 283116
Reposted by Jennifer TackettCaterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨Job Search announcement 🚨 @psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏 Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimagingillinois.csod.comAssistant Professor- Psychology - College of LASDuties & Responsibilities 03729
Reposted by Jennifer TackettDorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 16/08/2026New blogpost deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/08/acce... inspired by recent depressing experience as a peer reviewer. AI-generated #fraud is getting very hard to detect. #peerreviewdeevybee.blogspot.comAcceleration of the arms race between fraudsters and honest researchersI was recently asked to review a paper that piqued my curiosity. From the abstract it sounded as if it was a secondary analysis of a datas... 59552
Reposted by Jennifer TackettKatie Corker @katiecorker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For those looking for alternatives to OSF, I recommend two resources comparing features of other Generalist Repositories. Resources are from GREI, an NIH funded initiative. Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Decision tree: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...doi.orgGeneralist Repository Comparison ChartThe Generalist Repository Comparison Chart and FAIRsharing Collection (https://fairsharing.org/collection/GeneralRepositoryComparison) was originally an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Gene... 03523
Reposted by Jennifer TackettAaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Attention early career methodologists and quantitative psychologists: Berkeley Psychology is hiring! This is an assistant teaching professor position with potential for security of employment (equivalent to tenure). Please share widely! Thank you! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05480aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Teaching Professor Quantitative Methods-PsychologyUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 14542
Reposted by Jennifer TackettJeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · 08/08/2026(Skipping #ASA2026 because I dropped my membership. Anybody who is interested in methodology who is there, can you help gauge and seed interest in a reviewer boycott until ASA Council allows its journals to have open science policies for quant soc? Thanks.) 2288
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I'm thrilled to announce that we are recruiting a new faculty colleague in our Northwestern University Clinical Science program this fall! Please share widely with your colleagues, students, and mentees! psychology.northwestern.edu/people/facul...psychology.northwestern.eduJob Opportunities: Department of Psychology - Northwestern University 02615
Reposted by Jennifer TackettJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Trying out the features in Claude for education. Join me as I see how it "helps" me write a research paper. My chosen topic: "AI and education". /1 313365
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I'm excited to announce that I will be reviewing graduate student applications for Fall 2027 admissions! I review applications in both the Personality, Development, and Health and the Clinical Science (Weinberg) programs.sites.northwestern.eduResearch | Personality Across Development LabCurrent Research Topics Leadership Emergence and Development Tackett, J. L., Reardon, K. W., Fast, N. J., Johnson, L., Kang, S. K., Lang, J.... 14628
Reposted by Jennifer TackettMiri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I’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! 03130
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Anyone else at ECP in Edinburgh literally watching Arthur’s Seat burn, and if so, what are the evacuation notices and procedures here? 151
Reposted by Jennifer TackettTed Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026New meta by @peterhaehner.bsky.social et al (I'm a little middle author) on individual differences in personality change across the lifespan (229 studies, N = 230k) 10.1037/bul0000525 Cool finding (imo): For all Big Five, variance in change is greatest in youth, declining through young adulthood! 35625
Reposted by Jennifer TackettMara Breen @mbreen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Mount Holyoke College is hiring a clinical developmental psychologist! We’re a research-focused SLAC in beautiful western Mass - we have amazing students and we offer excellent faculty support - app review begins 9/7: mtholyoke.wd504.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...mtholyoke.wd504.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor of Psychology & EducationJob no: R-0000003479 Position Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology & Education Work Type: Faculty Full time In-Person Start Date: 07/01/2027 Job Description: The Department of Psychology and E... 01517
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 14/07/2026For one of my final editorial projects before rotating off Clinical Psychological Science, I wanted to come full circle and end with the same focus I started with - celebrating the importance of multidisciplinary psychological research journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XEP2G...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 1329
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Could someone tell one of my favorite podcasts that is supposed to be about tech and data and science that psychological science is not what happens in TED talks www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/p... @caseynewton.bsky.social @kevinroose.comnytimes.comDo Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time“If the net result is that all the teens in Australia are still using social media, even after they’re technically banned from doing it, why are we doing any of this?” 1100
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Everyone posting conference pics from Europe right now and covered in sweat. 💗 170
Reposted by Jennifer Tackettmoin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 25/06/2026New post! "Making Sense of Replications (and Some Nonsense about the Replication Crisis)," in which I suggest a journal club reading list of new papers on replication, and push back on claims that the replication crisis is fake. getsyeducated.substack.com/p/making-sen...getsyeducated.substack.comMaking Sense of Replications (and Some Nonsense about the Replication Crisis)It’s hard to overstate just how much the culture around replication in science has changed over the past 15 years. 34720
Reposted by Jennifer TackettJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Rsearch suggests that test optional policies tend to disporportionately harm high acheiving candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds: www.nber.org/papers/w33389 Applicants who don't report test scores also tend to perform worse, at least in terms of college GPA. That's why we repealed it.nber.orgHow Test Optional Policies in College Admissions Disproportionately Harm High Achieving Applicants from Disadvantaged BackgroundsFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 181
Reposted by Jennifer TackettJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The NYU department of psychology is also reinstating the GRE as a requirement for PHD admissions. I heard Yale and Harvard are as well. Now Penn too. If you are applying to psych PHD programs this year be sure to take the exam. 45030
Reposted by Jennifer TackettDaniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 16/06/2026🚨University of Pennsylvania will be re-instating the GRE as a requirement for Psychology PhD admissions for the coming cycle 🚨 62410
Reposted by Jennifer TackettAleksa Kaurin @aleksakaurin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Thrilled (really) to share recent evidence from our READY study led by @paulaphilippi.bsky.social w/ @aidangcw.bsky.social: "Minutes that matter: A microburst approach to adolescents' resolution of affect in response to daily stressors" 🧵1/9 24918
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Growing up in rural Texas as a low socioeconomic status ranch girl, I was accepted to my #1 university choice - Carnegie Mellon - and when I saw the "Total costs" line, I immediately knew I couldn't go. 1133
Reposted by Jennifer TackettProf Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Our paper on food insecurity and mental health in children and adolescents, by Giacomo Bignardi Mina Fazel and OxWell Student Survey - published today in JCPP Advances See next post for summary acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com 243
Reposted by Jennifer TackettEthan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I had Opus 4.8 in Claude Code write a sophisticated, if minor, academic paper from a archive of hundreds of de-identified research files from years ago I had to use GPT-5.5 Pro as a reviewer, it spotted one major error & some minor points. Opus corrected them. embeddedness-gradient.netlify.app 6566
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Experience as a journal editor does not preclude impatiently waiting for a recently submitted manuscript to get assigned or desk rejected. Because THAT editor should be managing their queue 24/7, amirite? 070
Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 28/05/2026“we need mental health funding that isn’t consumed with the latest fad (genetics, machine learning, the microbiome, or whatever). Mental health is an incredibly complex problem that needs attention at many different levels” 1197
Reposted by Jennifer TackettSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 27/05/2026A study in @nature.com shows that while complex traits are polygenic in population at large, they have distinct architecture at tails, where rare variants of large effect act as key drivers. Not a surprising finding but neat to see it demonstrated in large UK Biobank cohort across traits & methods.🧪nature.comDistinct genetic architecture in the tails of complex traits - NatureGenome-wide analyses in multiancestry and European cohorts show that in complex traits, rare alleles have disproportionately large effects at the tails of the phenotypic spectrum compared with common ... 25217
Reposted by Jennifer Tackettwill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 15/05/2026absolutely wild to see people out here saying that it is responsibility of peer reviewers to check for hallucinated references. it is hard enough to persuade people to read articles and provide reviews. expecting them to spend hours cross reffing literature is unreal. 32975151
Reposted by Jennifer TackettIan Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 14/05/2026Still a few days to apply! 01513
Reposted by Jennifer TackettDon Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 13/05/20262. We push back against the idea that reform must wait for broad stakeholder buy-in and cultural alignment. We use smoking as an analogy. Smoking rates did not decline primarily because smokers were persuaded. They declined because smoking became more costly, inconvenient, and denormalized. 6/8 1103
Reposted by Jennifer TackettDon Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 13/05/2026We also argue that treating Open Science as merely one more “content area” to squeeze into graduate curricula is a category mistake. Transparency is to science what food safety is to culinary training: foundational hygiene, not an elective specialization. 5/8 1134
Reposted by Jennifer TackettDon Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Excited to share this one: Open Science Now: A Response to Commentaries on Van Til et al. (with @kaelavantil.bsky.social, @nphillips36.bsky.social, Tinawei (Vera) Du, Leigha Rose, @jdmiller.bsky) osf.io/preprints/ps... See below for the TLDR version 1/8osf.ioOSF 12214
Reposted by Jennifer TackettAlex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...annualreviews.orgComputational Analysis of Expressive Behavior in Clinical AssessmentClinical psychological assessment often relies on self-report, interviews, and behavioral observation, methods that pose challenges for reliability, validity, and scalability. Computational approaches... 012
Reposted by Jennifer TackettJeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 07/05/2026It seems clear there are important connections between personality research and motivation with implications for education research. I'm super excited this paper, which explores those connections, is in our forthcoming topical collection in Educational Psychology Review! #PsychSciSky #EduSkydoi.orgMotivation and Personality: Current Integrative Perspectives and the Way Ahead - Educational Psychology ReviewResearch over recent decades has highlighted the importance of both personality and motivation in students’ academic success. Yet, integrations of motivation and personality have rarely been adopted… 1137