Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSociety for the Teaching of Psychology @stpteachpsych.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The STP Service Awards Committee is excited to share the recipient of this year’s mentorship of teachers award, Dr. Karenna Malavanti! Congratulations! To read more about this award or to apply for the 2027 mentorship of teachers award, you can go to this link teachpsych.org/MentorAward 022
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSociety for the Teaching of Psychology @stpteachpsych.bsky.social · 27/05/2026“Meet” Karenna Malavanti and learn about how she teaches – including the best piece of advice about teaching she ever received – in STP’s latest “This is How I Teach” blog post: teachpsych.org/thisishowite... 011
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Would love to see you all next Thursday! 000
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiStephen Chew @schewpsych.bsky.social · 03/04/2026My essay for The Teaching Professor, "The Allure and Risks of Cramming for Exams" now freely available on @researchgate.bsky.social www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) The Allure and Risks of Cramming for ExamsPDF | Cramming is an alluring but risky study strategy. Let me explain. By the time students get to college, they probably have a lot of experience... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o... 021
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Excited to be an inaugural A&S Outstanding Faculty Award winner in the area of Teaching (NTT, Science). I’m in good company: look at my amazing colleagues who were recognized in several categories! #womeninSTEM #baylorWISE 051
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSociety for the Teaching of Psychology @stpteachpsych.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The STP MidCareer webinar series continues w/ Jamie McMinn discussing his career path as guided by assessment and Karenna Malavanti presenting on reducing burnout through a teaching reset. Register for one or both events & be sure to tell your mid-career friends: teachpsych.org/MCPMCWebinar... 001
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiBrad Postle @bradpostle.bsky.social · 16/01/2026It won't actually exist for another month or so, but because it now 'exists' on amazon, I'll humbly observe that, after working through this book, your student/trainee would be able to read and understand all but two or three papers in this week's J. Neurosci. Check it out: 513138
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSociety for the Teaching of Psychology @stpteachpsych.bsky.social · 14/01/2026CFA: STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) Steering Committee is seeking 2 new members to join existing the team. Committee members serve 3-year terms. New members will begin their term on 4/1/26 in preparation for ACT 2026 in St. Louis. For more information: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 021
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSociety for the Teaching of Psychology @stpteachpsych.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The Addressing Academic Burnout taskforce created this handout to offer research-informed strategies to prevent and mitigate burnout, foster resilience, and build supportive communities for faculty, staff, and administrators.-STP President Stephanie Afful teachpsych.org/2025burnouttaskforce 001
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Honored to have been a panelist at @sfn.org #Neuroscience2025 professional development workshop “Elevating Pedagogy: Teaching-Focused Career Paths at Research-Intensive Universities.” The session was well-attended, and we could tell these are much needed conversations. Tinyurl.com/SFN2025-EP 010
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSociety for the Teaching of Psychology @stpteachpsych.bsky.social · 22/09/2025STP Committee on Teaching Awards congratulates the outstanding teachers of psychology who are recipients of this year’s awards! Please read more about each of our outstanding teachers on our website: teachpsych.org/members/awards 043
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Hope to see you at ACT 2025! #teachpsychsky 010
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSociety for the Teaching of Psychology @stpteachpsych.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Need help course prepping? The STP Early Career Psychology (ECP) Committee is excited to host this year’s Teaching Hackathon 📆Friday, July 25th ⏰12:30–2:30pm EST | 11:30am – 1:30pm CST | 9:30 – 11:30am PST 📍 On Zoom – free to attend! Sign up by 6/30: shorturl.at/Hn6HR 041
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiCasper Kerrén @ckerren.bsky.social · 29/04/2025🧠✨How do we rebuild our memories? In our new study, we show that hippocampal ripples kickstart a coordinated expansion of cortical activity that helps reconstruct past experiences. We recorded iEEG from patients during memory retrieval... and found something really cool 👇(thread) 516661
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Baylor Senior Lecturers: Save the Date! BWC will host 2 working group sessions as senior lecturers assemble materials for their promotion to Teaching Professor. Participants can choose either session to attend, and you may attend both if your schedule allows. The ATL will provide support! 030
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiChristopher Chabris @cfchabris.bsky.social · 15/03/2025A lot to reflect on in this must-read essay by Jason Zweig about the surprising (or not surprising) death of Daniel Kahneman.wsj.comEssay | The Last Decision by the World’s Leading Thinker on DecisionsShortly before Daniel Kahneman died last March, he emailed friends a message: He was choosing to end his own life in Switzerland. Some are still struggling with his choice. 065
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Excited to share a recent Baylor Connections podcast episode where I chat about my role as Faculty-in-Residence in the Science & Health LLC. Baylor was again recognized by U.S. News as a Top 10 National University for Best Learning Communities. connections.web.baylor.edu/season-8/epi...connections.web.baylor.eduKarenna Malavanti 000
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSociety for the Teaching of Psychology @stpteachpsych.bsky.social · 06/03/2025STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) will take place in Minneapolis, MN October 16-18, 2025. The submission window for ACT 2025 is now open! Please submit your proposals by heading to bit.ly/ACTproposals2025. The submission window will close on May 1st. Registration for ACT will open in June.bit.lySTP's Annual Conference on Teaching, October 16-18, 2025, Minneapolis, MN.*The submission window will close on Thursday, May 1st. Determinations will be made by the end of June. About: STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) 2025 will be held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel i... 031
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiRegan A. R. Gurung @reganargurung.bsky.social · 03/03/2025It is reassuring to see so many friends and colleagues share objective takes on current affairs. This piece is a suggested pathway not easy or comfortable (or even suggested) for all, but I hope it empowers more. www.teachingprofessor.com/topics/teach... [Available via university accounts.teachingprofessor.comOutspoken Pedagogy: A Technique for Our Times“Staying out of things and letting it all go by” may not be the best strategy for educators in these dark times. 042
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiEarl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Trajectories of working memory and decision making abilities along juvenile development in mice www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu... #neurosciencefrontiersin.orgFrontiers | Trajectories of working memory and decision making abilities along juvenile development in mice 0102
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiRegan A. R. Gurung @reganargurung.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Like podcasts? Here is some easy listening. Join John Dunlosky and me chatting about student learning. open.spotify.com/episode/0UQq... We explore why strong research makes for better teaching, how to identify the most effective study strategies, and what it really takes to improve student success. 051
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence 289114555402
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Senior Lecturers, Save the Date! BWC will host 2 working group sessions as senior lecturers assemble materials for their promotion to Teaching Professor. Participants can choose either session to attend, and you may attend both if your schedule allows. The ATL will provide support! 110
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 16/02/2025STP friends! Please follow the Society’s new BlueSky account @teachpsych.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiJeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Please read this and hear their stories! Then do what you can to help stop this. www.thetransmitter.org/funding/a-gu...thetransmitter.org‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding fluxTen trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans. 083
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiCeleste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 11/02/2025As I say every year on Women In Science Day: There are unfathomably many ways to be a woman. There are unfathomably many ways to be a scientist. Attacks on women and attacks on science go together, and it takes strength across the spectra of gender and science to stop them from breaking us down. 223551
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiMitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org 231308485
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 31/01/2025Lots of useful info in this thread if you are backing up public data (whether at OSF or elsewhere) 1154
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiPessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 29/01/2025𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 The insula is the place of magic in the brain... (one of them at least) www.nature.com/articles/s41... (h/t @jrbneuropsiq.bsky.social ) #neuroskyence 35914
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiAkira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · 29/01/2025An interesting collection of articles on working memory and executive functions, published in the Journal of Cognition (all open access). You can see the article list below, including the new introductory essay by the editors. journalofcognition.org/collections/... 12211
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Senior lecturers at BU— please join us next Friday for a career advancement workshop! We will have 4 senior lecturers serve as panelists to share their promotion journey to Teaching Professor, Baylor’s new 3rd rank for teaching faculty. I’m pleased to serve as moderator for this important session 010
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiDorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13): 331093423
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiMarco Gandolfo @marco-gandolfo.bsky.social · 25/01/2025A PhD position is open in @peelen.bsky.social Lab at the Donders Institute - please spread the word and consider applying if you are interested about how imagery and perception relate to each other www.ru.nl/en/working-a... - plus we are fun people to work with ! :)ru.nlPhD Position: Neural Mechanisms of Imagery and Perception at the Donders Centre for Cognition | Radboud UniversityDo you want to work as a PhD Position: Neural Mechanisms of Imagery and Perception at the Donders Centre for Cognition at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy! 14635
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiNature @nature.com · 24/01/2025Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X go.nature.com/42tH8Aigo.nature.comBluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platformRoughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X. 5452661143
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiZoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...unitedformedicalresearch.orgNIH In Your State - United For Medical ResearchSelect a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America. 461055764
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiJJ Cutuli @jjcutuli.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Like & Share: Scholarship $$$ opportunity for students who experienced #homelessness & starting postsecondary education in 2026. Apply to the @schoolhouseconn.bsky.social Scholarship: $2,500 + 1:1 support + mentoring + 3 all-expenses-paid trips + more See: SchoolHouseConnection.org/Scholarshipschoolhouseconnection.orgSHC Scholarship ProgramSHC's Youth Leadership & Scholarship program is one of the nation’s only national scholarship programs specifically serving youth that have experienced homelessness. 155
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiJohanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Closing the scissor-shaped curve: Strategies to promote gender equality in academia 🧪 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 1239
Dr. Karenna Malavanti @kmalavanti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I didn’t see a Teaching of Psychology starter pack, so I started one! Let me know if you want me to add you! #teachpsychsky #teachpsych #psychsky go.bsky.app/LwFwJA4 3132
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSilvia De Rubeis @derubeislab.bsky.social · 15/01/2025🧪 Interested in our post-bacc research education program (PREP)? 🧬 🧠 🔬 Join us for an info webinar on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 4pm ET. Register now👇🏼 mshs.co/49Kmc9G @sinaibrain.bsky.social @cientificolatino.com @blackinneuro.bsky.social @blackingenetics.bsky.social Please amplify 🙏mshs.coWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PREP LIVE Informational Webinar . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PREP LIVE Informational Webinar . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. 076
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiColin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 20/01/2025What makes human brains (and anthropoids?) special 042
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiNature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · 17/01/2025The brain’s action-mode network — a Perspective by Nico U. F. Dosenbach, Marcus E. Raichle & Evan M. Gordon @ndosenbach.bsky.social @gordonneuro.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe brain’s action-mode network - Nature Reviews NeuroscienceThe brain enters an action-mode of function during goal-directed behaviour. In this Perspective, Dosenbach, Raiche and Gordon describe “action-mode” as an informative functional label that reduce... 06927
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiUma Karmarkar @umakarma.bsky.social · 18/01/2025More effective digital ads screw up your reading and reading comprehension. This could seem obvious, but it also means one should bite their tongue before teasing anyone that prefers reading the news on paper vs. online. 052
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiJin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 18/01/2025If you/ your students are interviewing for PhD psych programs in US (especially social psych), check out the resource page on my website. There are guides prepped by grad students + questions to ask faculty etc. Good luck! www.pbandjlab.com/resourcespbandjlab.comThe PB&J Lab - ResourcesResources 36836
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiSander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 18/01/2025New meta-analysis shows media literacy & psychological inoculation interventions signifcantly & substantially improve (a) misinformation resilience (d = 0.60), (b) misinformation discernment (d = 0.76) and decrease sharing (d = 1.04). Great news for science! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... 310134
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 18/01/20251/5. I just finished re-reading King's "The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement"--a speech he gave at the American Psychological Association in 1967. I revisit this speech every few years; much of it remains relevant. A few notable sections... www.apa.org/topics/equit...apa.orgKing's challenge to the nation's social scientistsFull text of Martin Luther King's address to the APA convention attendees in September 1967 which urged a change in society regarding racism. 517786
Reposted by Dr. Karenna MalavantiPsychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Ever notice how colors link to your mood and emotions? Domicele Jonauskaite and Christine Mohr conducted a systematic review spanning 128 years of color psychology. 🎨 Post by Brett Myers. buff.ly/40zMkRR 0105