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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈

@joscelinrocha.com
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(she/her/ella) 🎓Ph.D. | Assistant Research Professor @penn_state | @BlackinPsych co-founder | ISDP DEI Committee | ❤️ #rstats

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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 04/09/2026
📣 New Orleans trainees! A limited number of registration waivers are available to attend the 2026 ISDP Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Open to undergraduate, graduate & medical students and postbaccalaureate scholars ✨based in New Orleans✨ 📅 Apply by Sept. 11 Apply: forms.gle/DmcST1ReGpYo...
Flyer for the ISDP 2026 Annual Meeting announcing registration waivers for local trainees. Undergraduate, graduate, and medical students and postbaccs based in New Orleans are eligible to apply. The meeting will be held November 11–13, 2026, at the Crowne Plaza New Orleans French Quarter–Astor in New Orleans, Louisiana. Applications are due September 11, 2026. Visit: https://forms.gle/6aCD7z88TnxyjlxN9
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 08/07/2026
Shameless plug by Courtney Filippi 😊 If you’re enjoying #ICIS2026 & are looking for another great community, come join us at @fitngin.bsky.social ! We’d love to see both familiar & new faces for a fun opportunity to connect, share ideas, & build community. Hope to see you this year at #fitng2026!
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 06/03/2026
We invite submissions for our 3rd annual DEI Committee Symposium on methods, data, or practical work in dev. psychobiology (human and/or animal research) that engages community partners. 📄 250-word abstract due March 17 📧 Send to: lgrasser@med.wayne.edu & jr1679@georgetown.edu
Blue flyer announcing a call for abstracts for the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP) DEI Committee Sponsored Symposium. The top shows the ISDP logo and white outline icons related to developmental psychobiology, including brain activity graphs, a rodent in a testing apparatus, charts, DNA, lab equipment, and an infant. The main headline reads Call for Abstracts. Text states that the DEI Committee welcomes submissions featuring methods, data, or practical talks on human or animal research in developmental psychobiology that integrate community partners. Applicants are asked to submit a 250-word abstract to Drs. Lana Ruvolo Grasser at lgrasser@med.wayne.edu
 and Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo at jr1679@georgetown.edu
 by Tuesday, March 17, 2026. A note at the bottom explains that selection does not guarantee presentation at the annual meeting and that the symposium application will be submitted on March 31, 2026.
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 26/09/2025
The deadlines have been extended to November, but it's totally crazy that the info is not out yet.
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 21/07/2025
Join us for our final Summer Series talk tomorrow, Tuesday, July 22nd, at 2pm ET! Dr. Ashley Ruba will provide us with tips and tricks on how to effectively communicate our research skills in a way that makes them transferable to industry jobs. psu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 02/06/2025
🔧 Giving resourcesdatabase.com a much-needed summer upgrade! Started as a GitHub wiki, then a #Quarto site… & now finally looks how I imagined. Only 50% done, but it's been fun revisiting 6 years' worth of #r resources. Hoping it still helps someone out there. 💛 #openscience #academiclife #rstats
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 20/05/2025
Join us for #BlackinPsych 2nd Summer Series talk on Tuesday, May 27th, at 2pm ET! Psychologist & Storyteller, Dr. Lisa Cantrell, will provide us w/ some pointers on how to include components of storytelling into our research presentations. RSVP: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #psychsky #psychology
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 29/04/2025
🎤 Want your science to actually land? Tina Plaza is a storytelling + media expert who helps scholars + execs speak with power. Catch her talk 5/13 @ 2PM ET for #BlackinPsych: bit.ly/BIP-SCI-COMM-1 tinaplaza64.wixsite.com/my-site — coaching & consultant services #AcademicSky #Psychology
Flyer for Black in Psych Summer Series #1: Communicating Your Science in Psychology.

Talk Title: Communicating with Impact
Speaker: Tina Plaza – Director of Content Development, Storyteller, Media Relationships Expert, and Executive Coach
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Time: 2PM ET (11AM PT / 1PM CT / 12PM MT / 7PM BST / 8PM CET)
Location: Zoom
Registration: bit.ly/BIP-SCI-COMM-1

Design includes a photo of Tina Plaza, QR code for registration, and orange/black graphics with Black in Psych branding.
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 28/04/2025
Black in #Psych is excited to announce our 2025 Summer Series — a set of powerful, skill-building talks designed for trainees, faculty members, researchers, and professionals across psychology and related fields. All events are free & via Zoom. blackinpsych.wixsite.com/my-site/upco...
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 24/03/2025
ISDP & the DEI Committee are seeking investigators from historically marginalized & underrepresented communities to apply for our DEI committee-sponsored symposium with the intention to present at the 2025 Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA Nov. 12th-14th). Submit here: forms.gle/wHW9phwYsTYL...
DEI Committee-sponsored symposium
Call for Speakers:
Please submit a 250-word abstract by Wednesday, March 26th. Selection does not guarantee presentation at the annual meeting; we will submit the symposium application(S) on Monday, March 31st.

ISDP & the DEI Committee are seeking investigators from historically marginalized & underrepresented communities to apply for our DEI committee-sponsored symposium with the intention to present at the 2025 Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA Nov. 12th-14th). 

Possible Themes:
Intergenerational transmission of trauma 
Intergenerational transmission of the biopsychosocial impacts of racism & discrimination
Intergenerational transmission of resilience
Caregiver behaviors & impact on child development / mental health
Community-level factors influencing child development / mental health from a historical lens
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 10/03/2025
📊 Designing ggplots for Clear Communication 🎨 By Malcolm Barrett — Great slides on making effective & communicative visualizations in R. A must-visit resource! 🔗 Slides: buff.ly/9W1XYhT More R resources 👉 buff.ly/tTCN5MD #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2 🚀
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 08/03/2025
📊 Intro to Statistics in R By Mark Peterson — A series of tutorials for working in R. 🔗 buff.ly/B8F7ip3 More R resources 👉 buff.ly/tTCN5MD #RStats #LearnR
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 27/02/2025
📚 An Introduction to R 📚 A beginner-friendly online book covering R basics, data structures, visualization, and more! 🔗 Read here: intro2r.com More R resources 👉 buff.ly/41cFyjY #RStats #LearnR 🚀
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 30/05/2024
Elevate your data viz game with @cararthompson.bsky.social ! Her workshops are a goldmine of tips & tricks for creating stunning, impactful visuals. Don't miss out on learning from one of the best in the field! #DataViz Sign up: bit.ly/BIPdatavizwc...
Join our speaker Cara Thompson. Ready, Steady, Viz! Tips, tricks and no-code solutions for stand-out data visualisations this June 11th at 1pm ET. Sign up: https://bit.ly/BIPdatavizwcara
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 14/03/2024
📣Calling all investigators from underrepresented communities! ISDP & the DEI Committee invite you to submit abstracts to be considered for potential symposia for the 2024 Meeting in Chicago. Feel free to share with others! Submission Form: bit.ly/isdp-dei-com... #ISDPDEI #ISDP24
DEI Committee-sponsored symposium
Call for Speakers:
ISDP & the DEI Committee are seeking investigators from historically marginalized & underrepresented communities to apply for our inaugural DEI committee-sponsored symposium with the intention to present at the 2024 Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL, Oct. 2nd-4th). 

Possible Themes:
Perinatal health of Black pregnant individuals 
Caregiver brain health and racism/discrimination
Caregiver mental health and racism/discrimination
Bilingualism and cognition
Intergenerational transmission of trauma
Digital mental health in diverse communities

Please submit a 250-word abstract by Wednesday, March 20th. Selected individuals will be notified by Monday, March 25th. Selection does not guarantee presentation at the annual meeting; we will submit the symposium application(S) on Monday, April 1st.
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 02/02/2024
Are you a current grad student in the Social Sciences looking for internships outside of academia? Here are some paid internships I encountered that could be of interest: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.bsky.social
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Are you a current grad student in the Social Sciences looking for internships outside of academia? Here are some paid internships I encountered that could be of interest: linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Looking for internships?

I am trying to gather as many opportunities as possible for those completing a PhD in the Social Sciences.

I hope it helps some of you in this journey!
- Dr. J
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