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Kayden Stockwell

@kaydenstockwell.bsky.social
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From undergrad at Binghamton University to PhD candidate at UVA. Interested in autism + interaction. #DisabledInSTEM. #LGBTinSTEM. Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast. He/him.

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Camille Wynn @camillewynn.bsky.social · 3h
We are looking for autistic adults in the U.S. willing to give input on a measure of conversational success based on autistic preferences rather than NT norms. Please share broadly and reach out with questions!
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Kayden Stockwell @kaydenstockwell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Paper submitted 🤞
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Monkey at Laptop
Alt: Monkey pushes laptop off the table
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am sad to share that Project Implicit, my first non-profit and foundation of my career, is closing. The IAT website will continue, managed by the next generation of leaders in implicit bias research. Here's the statement I posted to LinkedIn. It didn't vibe right as a bsky thread.
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Kayden Stockwell @kaydenstockwell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
First day of 23rd grade… and my last first day of school ever! Time to finish this dissertation and graduate!
A white man with glasses in a floral shirt holds a chalk sign that says “Kayden. First day of 23rd grade. I am 30 years old. I love my cat Clancy. I want to be a researcher when I grow up. Date 8/25/26.”
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Kayden Stockwell @kaydenstockwell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@uvapsychology.bsky.social is hiring tenure-track Assistant Professor in Dev Psych! Seeking computational/formal approaches to cognitive development: research advancing AI, language, learning, exec function, or other foundational cog capacities. Apps due Oct 1 2026. apply.interfolio.com/192030
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Dr. Amy Nusbaum @amynusbaum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Anyone else have Department of Ed grants caught up in these shenanigans? The reprieve given by the courts expired on Monday and I have seen no new updates. I don't know if I actually have money to spend... www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Mental health grants can’t be blocked — for now, judge says
The Education Department said it intended to cancel up to $1 billion for some states despite a court order preventing its first attempt to do so last year.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Yeah sure I could answer my emails, or I could lay down on the floor and stare at the ceiling while feeling incredibly overwhelmed, you know?
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Dan Poole @danpoole.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Our study of autism community perspectives about Open Data has now been published at @collabrapsychology.bsky.social (🔓) online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art... Participants were generally optimistic about open data to advance autism research and reduced participant burden. But,
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Open Data in Autism Research: The Views of Autistic People and Parents of Autistic Children
Open data has been promoted as a tool to improve the transparency, robustness, and efficiency of scientific research. However, the perspectives of participant communities, particularly those who are m...
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Kayden Stockwell @kaydenstockwell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Note I’ll be on the postdoc market this year (graduating Spring ’27)! Interested in continuing to work w/ nonspeaking autistic ppl and/or furthering training in psychophysiology. I bring experience w/ nonspeakers + HRV, & could help labs extend existing physio work to this group!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
New story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at Science on K award changes. www.science.org/content/arti... 1/13
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NIH is ending a key grant for budding clinical researchers
Agency will no longer allow K career awards to fund clinical trials
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Kayden Stockwell @kaydenstockwell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Advice for folks in the final year of their psychology PhD? Data collection and preliminary analyses done but more to do as well as the writing. My advisor would like me to get an unrelated paper as well as a conceptual (dissertation related) paper out as well. Need to defend in March 🫠
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Cat Typing on Laptop: Bills Ugh
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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
For reassurance, the changes to OSF have no impact on PsyArXiv (and other preprint communities hosted by the Center for Open Science), which will continue to operate as normal blog.psyarxiv.com/2026/08/11/w...
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What Researchers Need to Know about PsyArXiv Given Upcoming Changes to OSF Projects – PsyArXiv Blog
In just a few short days (August 15th, 2026), PsyArXiv – the community preprint server for psychology – turns 10! 🥳 Over the past decade, our community has published over 58,000 preprints, allowing re...
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Kayden Stockwell @kaydenstockwell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Advice for folks in the final year of their psychology PhD? Data collection and preliminary analyses done but more to do as well as the writing. My advisor would like me to get an unrelated paper as well as a conceptual (dissertation related) paper out as well. Need to defend in March 🫠
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Cat Typing on Laptop: Bills Ugh
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story about the recent NIH grant terminations. www.post-gazette.com/news/educati... 1/3
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So far, terminated NIH grants have cost University of Pittsburgh $40 million
The federal government has unexpectedly ended two more research grants at the University of Pittsburgh, which in one case, upends 16 years of research...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Fresh grant terminations at NIH 🤬 www.science.org/content/arti... 1/7
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NIH Director Bhattacharya kills more health disparities grants
Letter says agency is “adjusting its extramural research portfolio, which includes terminating grant awards”
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Kayden Stockwell @kaydenstockwell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Exciting to see some research I co-authored get some press! Working on this highlighted how difficult it is to find data needed to develop these kinds of estimates. Findings indicate universities serve a much larger group of autistic students than thought & need to ramp up their support in kind
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J.-P. Williams @jpwilliams0.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@standupforscience.net Proposal by OMB would make political interference a formal part of the federal grant process. Stand Up For Science has made it easy to submit a comment so that you can add your voice and tell OMB to keep U.S. science grounded in scientific merit. www.standupforscience.net
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Science activists and allies mobilizing to save science, health and democracy itself from the Trump administration's dismantlement and privatization.
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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I was saddened to learn of the death of Raul Pacheco-Vega earlier this week. I’ve known Raul for a very long time. I’ve written something for my website. Read here: jovanevery.co.uk/in-memoriam-...
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In memoriam: Raul Pacheco-Vega
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Robert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 24/05/2026
really good, and stresses the point that what’s being done to trans people in the uk is being done by a small elite cohort with no democratic mandate whatever
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Yup. Sitting on a 3% scored R01 since Jan and I still don’t know if it’s getting funded. This is just not sustainable. How is the NIH going to spend its mandated budget?!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NPR story about multi-year funding, few NOFOs, and delays with me, Elizabeth Ginexi, and @docsirianni.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/05/05/n...
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The Trump administration is finding new ways to withhold federal funding for science
Billions in funding were cut under President Trump were restored in 2026. Now, watchdogs say the administration is finding other ways to withhold money – and scientists are feeling the consequences.
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Kayden Stockwell @kaydenstockwell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Note I’ll be on the postdoc market this year (graduating Spring ’27)! Interested in continuing to work w/ nonspeaking autistic ppl and/or furthering training in psychophysiology. I bring experience w/ nonspeakers + HRV, & could help labs extend existing physio work to this group!
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Kayden Stockwell @kaydenstockwell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Excited to be presenting some of my dissertation work next week at #INSAR2026! Friday 12:30 in Hall 4A! "Effects of Social Support & Speech on Task Performance in Minimally/Nonspeaking Autistic Teens & Adults." Come get a preview of my HRV findings as well!
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Joe Fore @joefore.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ. It's a surreal--and troubling--read. drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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Dr. Jennifer Honeycutt @jennifer-honeycutt.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
For those applying to NIMH - how are you handling the data management plan factor 6 (with regard to the NIMH requirement for a “validation timeline”) if you’re not collecting large scale genomic data (but instead ihc, behavior, etc)? I can’t find an example on this anywhere!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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“The Faculty Senate of the University of Virginia firmly opposes this Compact as written and calls upon Interim President Mahoney and the Board of Visitors to also reject this Compact outright as well as any similar proposal compromising the mission, values, and independence of the University,” the resolution states.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Good action from U VA faculty senate www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025... 1/2
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Tensions arise between Faculty Senate and Mahoney over Compact from Trump admin
In his first time speaking publicly about the invitation, Mahoney shared that he has formed a working group to address the invitation and accompanying Compact.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
If you work for HHS and focus on autism, I would love to talk to you about how your job or research has been affected by RFK Jr. Message me on Signal at emgarcia.85.
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Kristen Bottema-Beutel @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I will be accepting a PhD student for Fall 2026 in our Curriculum and Instruction program. If you are interested in autistic sociality, caregiver influence on their autistic children's development, and neurodiversity in school contexts, please get in touch!
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Curriculum and Instruction - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College
The Lynch School's hybrid doctoral program in Curriculum & Instruction is designed to develop professionals who have the knowledge, intellectual disposition, professional skills, ethical sensibilities...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety Who knows what will happen now Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC (europepmc.org )
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals. In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed. Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph... 1/4
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
If you are an #Autism researcher who has had their federal research grant from NIH/HHS on autism canceled, I'd like to speak with you. My signal is Emgarcia.85 #AutismSky
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
10 years ago today, Steve Silberman's groundbreaking book NeuroTribes was published. It changed how the world discussed autism and inspired many autistic people to write their own books. Stay tuned for information on a 10th anniversary edition coming very soon.
From Wikipedia, the cover of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, by Steve Silberman.

Author: Steve Silberman
Language: English
Genre: Narrative nonfiction
Publisher: Avery Publishing
Publication date: August 25, 2015
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
5-4 Supreme Court rules that NIH can terminate grants pending the full ruling. thehill.com/regulation/c... I have no (printable) words...
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Due to disruptions in funding, there will be no applications admitted for U Michigan's epidemiology PhD this fall. 🧪 www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
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UMich cancels doctoral epidemiology program admissions for 2026
The University of Michigan School of Public Health will not admit a 2025-2026 admissions cycle cohort to its PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences program.
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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
With many postdoc grants like the NSF PRFB, Ford Fellowship, and Hanna H. Gray fellowships disappearing, I am currently looking for grants that could fund incoming postdoctoral scholars. Here is a thread of some of them 🧵
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Tessa Benson-Greenwald @tbgphd.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
(please share widely!) With the start of August quickly approaching, I wanted to announce that the usual slack for fellow people on the Psych Academic Job Market for the coming cycle has been activated. If you are interested, feel free to fill out this form to join! forms.gle/2DBgs8S1fktS...
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Psych Academic Job Market Slack Interest Form
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 21/07/2025
Legal advocates suggest any trans person who may need to obtain a passport with their accurate gender marker do so now, while the State Department is being forced to comply with a court order blocking Trump's anti-trans passport policies.
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Here's how trans Americans can get accurate passports... for now.
Legal advocates suggest any trans person who may need to obtain a passport with their accurate gender marker do so now, while the State Department is being forced to comply with a court order blocking Trump's anti-trans passport policies.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 18/07/2025
this is getting next to no media attention and it’s horrifying. transphobes weren’t going to stop at bathrooms, no hormones for minors, they are going to keep pushing until it’s entirely illegal and no one is standing up for us other than trans people
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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
If you're getting notifications from Academia(.)edu about AI versions of your papers now being podcasts, that's because the (predatory) platform has opted you into AI-enhanced outputs, which you can turn off in your Account Settings here.
A screencap of Academia.edu's Account Settings under the header "AI Settings" showing their AI-enhanced Outputs feature is automatically turned on with a green switch unless you turn it off and do your part to de-enshittify the internet.
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Robin St. Scare 👻 @robinwrites.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
They need 60 votes to override the parliamentarian, which means they need Dem votes. Call your Dem senators and make sure they don't fold.
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Nick Walden Poublon @nwpinpdx.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Today’s SCOTUS decision allowing parents to opt their children out of books with gay characters is a step backward. Kids deserve to learn about the real world – and that includes #LGBTQIA+ people. Erasing our stories doesn’t protect children; it teaches them that some lives don’t matter.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Grants at Columbia unfrozen at 9:30 this morning... Refrozen at 2:30 this afternoon with instructions to undo all of the releases done earlier. It like the 7th graders in detention broke into the Principal's Office...
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Jack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
SCOTUS just gave states permission to ban gender-affirming medical care for adolescent gender dysphoria (against the advice of all major medical orgs) At least twenty studies have examined the mental health benefits of this care. You can evaluate them for yourself: open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
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The Evidence for Gender-affirming Medical Interventions for Transgender Adolescents
Research suggests gender-affirming medical care results in better mental health. Here are the studies.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
What? Some good news on a Friday? Parent Fellowship Notices of Funding Opportunities are up! F30, F31, F32, F33 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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PA-25-422: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) PA-25-422. NI...
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Jack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The largest pediatric gender clinic in the country is closing, under threat from the Trump administration.
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