Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I’ll be at SREE in Chicago this week if anyone wants to connect!! 000
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I made some cookies for my colleagues…the theme was “mildly triggering” 140
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2025You might be wondering “how exactly has Leigh been dissociating from reality lately?”. Whelp… 010
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2025psycnet.apa.org/buy/2026-417... I’m thrilled to share a new paper where we find that instructional quality mediates associations between teachers’ and students math emotions!psycnet.apa.orgAPA PsycNet 030
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I’m very excited to be part of two great symposia at #SREE in Chicago this September!! 130
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025New paper coming out soon! Do you think instructional quality mediates the associations between teacher math anxiety and student outcomes? I bet you’ll never guess the answer!! 000
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025If it’s crunchy, it’s a cockroach. You’re welcome! 100
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 16/05/2025So very happy to learn my recent paper on teachers’ content area enjoyment was selected as an Editor’s Choice paper at School Psychology! psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...psycnet.apa.orgAPA PsycNet 0101
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 14/05/2025“But mom…why are these guys so worried about who let their dogs out?? And if they’re so worried why are they spending so much time singing about it instead of looking for the dogs?” Love morning car tunes and conversations with my 4yomedia.tenor.coma close up of a man wearing sunglasses and the word whoALT: a close up of a man wearing sunglasses and the word who 030
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025When times get tough just remember, you can do hard things. Like wrangling snapping turtles. Turns out that’s pretty hard. 030
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Oh this is SOOOO WONDERFUL!!!! Congratulations!!!! 110
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Just got off a call with an NPR radio host and our final words to each other were “ok thanks so much, hope you still have your job next week!” 🫠 110
Reposted by Leigh McLeanAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 06/05/2025“It found 90% of respondents think federal investment in STEM education is important for future economic prosperity, and the majority of respondents from both parties are concerned about policy changes that might make it harder for the U.S. to attract and retain top scientists.” 111645
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 02/05/2025David I SO APPRECIATE your updates about this!!! 130
Reposted by Leigh McLeanCrystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Grateful for people who take time to leave book reviews. ❤️ www.amazon.com/Data-Managem... 191
Reposted by Leigh McLeanPaul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 30/04/2025When Do "Nudges" Increase Welfare? www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...aeaweb.org 112
Reposted by Leigh McLeanAnne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025📢 Today I was supposed to be in DC, highlighting what the NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences delivers to US taxpayers. NSF had one of the highest returns on investment (ROIs) of federal grantors 👏🏻 (1) and NSF SBE funded 63% of US social and psychological science research (2). 🧵 4172111
Reposted by Leigh McLeanJenny Zhen-Duan, PhD @drjennyzd.bsky.social · 29/04/2025My dear health equity peers, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is doubling down on their DEI efforts. 💪🏽 Here’s a grant opportunity tinyurl.com/3pnxhy2d with a rapid response option those whose “health equity research projects have lost federal funding.” ⭐️ Please share ⭐️tinyurl.comResearch to Advance Racial and Indigenous Health EquityWe seek to build an actionable body of evidence to construct fair systems that determine resource distribution and support health equity. Deadlines: Rapid Response brief proposal 5/28/25; New Research... 2293180
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Working on this slide for my NSF funded PD project for elementary math teachers as this all hits the fan. Kind of poetic I guess. 110
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I saw yours on the schedule and had the same feeling!! 010
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025If you’re at #aera2025 come check out “exploring well-being in teachers from an international perspective” at 3:35pm today in the Bluebird Ballroom! I’ll be talking about U.S. teacher burnout and instructional decisions! 121
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Switched from Google Drive to OneDrive in the fall and gave it an honest 6 months. I can now very confidently say “f@$! that”. Switching back. 130
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF halts grant awards while staff do second reviewAction comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency 010
Reposted by Leigh McLeanRoddy Theobald @roddy-theobald.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Really excited to see this new research on Pre-K teachers from RAND's new American Pre-K Teacher Survey: www.rand.org/pubs/researc.... This is such an understudied area of the teacher labor market, and the existence of this survey panel could lead to more exciting work in the future!rand.orgFindings from the Spring 2024 American Pre-K Teacher SurveyResearchers share insights from the first American Pre-K Teacher Survey, exploring the experiences of pre-kindergarten teachers in public schools. It highlights differences in curriculum use, planning... 063
Reposted by Leigh McLeanCrystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Someday, maybe I'll find the time to write this up in article format. #databs cghlewis.com/talk/sssp_ecf/cghlewis.comTen Common Data Management Mistakes | Crystal LewisSlides from a presentation given to the Society for the Study of School Psychology Early Career Forum. 0237
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Has anyone gotten updates on an in-review NSF DRK-12? Decline or questions or portal date change? 200
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I’m serving as VP of my neighborhood’s community board this year and BOY ARE MY SKILLS AS AN ACADEMIC TRANSFERRABLE. 030
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Just got a message from my 4yo’s preschool teacher asking parents to discourage the use of the phrase “man boobs” among kids, because apparently they’ve started saying it regularly 🤣 030
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Were you “competitive”? Those are REALLY good scores!! I’m gonna be surprised if you weren’t competitive 100
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Just checked my portal and the date was updated today, which means a reject is coming for me as well. Drinks all around folks! May the next submission fare better 230
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Ugh sorry. May I ask which NSF program your proposal was submitted to? I’m trying to get a sense of where they are in the review process 100
Reposted by Leigh McLeanJames S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I can confirm that every person in the Department of Education who worked on IPEDS received a notification this week that they were going to be fired. All of them. Private contractors do some of the work on IPEDS, but it won't function without staff in ED. 410441
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Hey! Come talk to me about teacher burnout!! @aefpweb.bsky.social poster session going until 1:30pm 061
Reposted by Leigh McLeanDan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 12/03/2025I cannot say enough what a great resource I think this will be to anyone interested in learning about key education issues and what research has to say about them. 0248
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Thank you!! Happy to see some awards were made 110
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Where do you find information on awards made? 000
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Check out this quick feature on my recent work with @natejones.bsky.social on teachers’ emotional expressions! www.cehd.udel.edu/research-spo...cehd.udel.eduResearch Spotlight: Leigh McLean - College of Education & Human DevelopmentElementary school teachers often play a special role in their students’ lives, wiping away their kindergarteners’ tears when they’re missing their parents or supporting their fourth graders through a ... 042
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Weekend writing sponsored by cozy socks and GBBO 030
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Watched a student walk face-first into a stop sign on campus today. He shook it off, straightened up, flipped off the sign, and kept walking. He wasn’t with anyone, he did that just for himself 😆 🖕 030