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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The COVID era brought a syndemic - a virus and a surge of anti-Asian racism - both spotlighting Asian & Asian American student well-being. Han, Chou, Schwebach & Chen resist the monolith and insist on nuance. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New series on my channel: Big Ideas in I-O Psychology. First up is Affective Events Theory (Weiss & Cropanzano, 1996, Research in Organizational Behavior). Feelings at work come mainly from events, they rise and fall over time, and job satisfaction is not the same thing as affect.

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Where Do Feelings at Work Come From? Affective Events Theory (Weiss & Cropanzano, 1996)

A 4-minute AI-narrated explainer of Affective Events Theory, checked against the paper.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every student faces stressors. Black students face those - plus racialized ones layered on top. Derrick Brooms, Johnnie Campbell & M. Alexander Lester write on Black college students' well-being - burdens and supports. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We obsess over training AI. But what about how AI trains us? Every interaction with technology shapes our habits, attention, and behaviors - often in ways we don't notice until it's too late. The conversation typically ends with preventing bias and harm. But that's only half the equation.

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Psychological Sciences researcher: Training better humans with AI – News | College of Health and Human Sciences

The following commentary was written by Louis Tay, William C. Byham Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology in the Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences, along with his…

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Well-being isn't evenly distributed. Ethnicity and income shape the obstacles on the way to it. Jue Wu & Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton examine how ethnic and socioeconomic identities affect student well-being. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Would an AI interviewer hear a 25-year-old and a 55-year-old the same way? New paper w/ Jingyi Li & Daphne Hou: age shapes how people answer video interviews - and LLM personas can help test fairer questions first. rdcu.be/W8Xfp9YfMGUa AI-made explainer 👇

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most of my papers get read by a few people (thanks, mom and students! 😆). Could a 3-minute video reach more? I used AI to turn our 2016 JPSP paper, CAPTION-ing the Situation, into an explainer: 10,325 everyday adjectives → 7 dimensions of situations. Would a video get you to read the paper?

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The 7 Dimensions of Psychological Situations: The CAPTION Model Explained

A short explainer of Parrigon, Woo, Tay & Wang (2016), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Well-being research often stops at the individual. But a person's well-being is embedded in far larger systems. Sylvia Hurtado, Gabriel Gutierrez Aragon & David Ulises Vargas Ezquivel connect individual to community well-being. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A recent conversation reminded me that new PhD students often feel as though they need to prove how smart they are. A student mentioned that a seminar can feel like a battleground - everyone competing to make the smartest comment or get the answer right.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Enthusiasm for campus well-being initiatives is real. The evidence base often lags behind it. Rick Hoyle & Larry Moneta focus on how we actually know whether these initiatives work. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For millions of students a residence hall is a home away from home. For some, the only home they have. Lynch, Jimenez Inoa & Stapleton argue campus housing is an underused well-being resource. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"I needed food, I needed a roof... without that, I would not have had a shot." - Frederick Shegog, commencement speaker. Abelson, Thompson, McKibben, Bohn & Wu: there is no well-being without basic needs met. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We plan well-being for students. What if we let them lead it? Carl Krieger & Martia Brawner King make the case for student leadership of campus well-being, drawing on Purdue's "Steps to Leaps." academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Junior scholars: Be your own best advocate for your work. As a grad student or early-career scholar, it's easy to feel overlooked. So advocate for yourself. Haven't heard from a collaborator or advisor on a project? Email them. Better yet, knock on their door if you can.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Get the first year right, and a lot else follows. Michele Everett focuses on that pivotal transition - and how belonging, mattering, and purpose shape whether a first-year student takes root. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Most chapters look at well-being from the outside in. This one looks from the inside out. Benoit Dubé writes as a Chief Wellness Officer - on what it actually takes to turn concern into lasting campus structures. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Frameworks are easy to sign. Implementation is hard. Mary Jo Desprez, Joseph Zichi, Martino Harmon & Robert Ernst offer an honest case study of Michigan actually enacting the Okanagan Charter. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Recruiting a student in #IO psychology for Fall 2027. www.wam-lab.com/people If you have interests in #AI, #wellbeing, #character, please consider applying!

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The dominant story about students is one of a well-being deficit. But is that the whole picture? Bridgette Bewick & Emma Broglia take an international, longitudinal view - and complicate the narrative. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When I started graduate school at UIUC, I looked up to successful alumni for advice. One visiting alum told me something I never forgot. It was to this effect: "The length of your CV is tied to how long you sit at your desk and work." So I took their word for it. I sat. I worked.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's official - the Oxford Handbook of Well-Being in Higher Education is now in print. 46 chapters, over 120 authors, co-edited with Beth McCuskey. Special thanks to Audrey Palmeri, Annika Wei & Rediet Shiferahu, who held the logistics together. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

You can't improve what you don't measure - and well-being is no exception. Bridget Yuhas & Frank Ross III focus on assessing institutional climate for well-being, and using it to drive student success. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Does well-being drive success, does success drive well-being, or is success part of well-being? Nicholas Bowman & Maria-Victoria Perez map how the two interconnect - with belonging running right through it. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Careers used to be ladders. Now they're open water - "borderless" and unpredictable. Zammitti, Russo, Zarbo, Santisi & Magnano connect career development to well-being - as a source of meaning, not just employment. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Can you teach well-being the way you teach chemistry - and does it actually help? Sarah Jelbert, Laurie Santos & Bruce Hood examine college well-being courses, and insist we measure whether they truly work. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Even in wealthy countries, only about half of those who need mental health support get it. Sandra Garrido asks whether digital tools - some 20,000 mental health apps now - can help close that gap, without losing sight of quality. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Jumping into graduate school is exciting. It can also be intimidating. New grad students often feel like they are imposing on a professor's time. I know I did. Even when I needed feedback on a project, I would hesitate to ask.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Some of our most effective well-being tools are also the simplest: gratitude, kind acts, practiced optimism. Ramona Martinez, Tanya Vannoy & Sonja Lyubomirsky review 20 years of trials on self-administered positive activities. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The pandemic pushed us all online overnight. We rarely asked what it did to the well-being of students and instructors. Watson, Watson, Tagare, Baydar & Hsieh treat that as a design problem - which means it's solvable. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What if well-being weren't a service bolted onto a campus - but built into how we teach? Bridgette Bewick & Clare Mawson make the case for pedagogies of well-being and compassion as institutional values. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

About 27% of US adults are "spiritual but not religious." For many students, spirituality is central to how they cope and make meaning. Michael Aaron Levine, Marianna Graziosi & David Yaden take it seriously as a science. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Positive psychology loves 10 minutes of daily mindfulness. It talks far less about 10 minutes of movement. Zhanjia Zhang makes the case for physical activity as a driver of student well-being - not just physical health. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Opinion: I've seen many posts of individuals stopping their use of AI. Now that I am using it extensively, I can't help but feel how unfortunate that is.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

~84% of 18-29 year-olds use social media. The easy story: it's wrecking well-being. The evidence is more nuanced. Chia-Chen Yang, Paul Hunhoff & Jaime Lewandowski show screen time is a poor predictor - the how matters more. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

An important reminder from an APA guide on navigating AI-based advice. "Feeling better does not always mean getting better. AI is designed to respond in ways that feel validating or relieving in the moment. That does not necessarily mean the response is accurate, safe, or helpful for your long-term

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Students leave home for college. Their parents' influence doesn't leave with them. Ming Cui, Oluranti Ogundele & Yinuo Zhang examine how parenting - and especially overparenting - shapes college students' well-being. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A single conversation with a professor can shape whether a student feels ready for what's ahead. Elizabeth Jach & Yaa Essah Armah synthesize the evidence on student-faculty interactions and well-being - grounded in theory. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A few months ago, a colleague asked me to co-author an invited review piece on well-being. But the journal said no. Not to the paper. But to me, as a co-author, I've published there too many times. Really sad - as I was excited to share ideas that I've been thinking about.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

College students spend ~15 hours a week in class - and ~86 hours with friends. More than half their waking lives. Audrey Palmeri & Melissa Robertson take that number seriously in their chapter on friendship and well-being. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It astounds me that the human brain runs on about 20 watts. That's equivalent to a dim lightbulb. And that can run everything at once - language, vision, motor control, decisions, and memories.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

For one cohort, the pandemic didn't just interrupt college - it reshaped a developmental window they only get once. Xiangyu Tao examines COVID-19's impact on student well-being through the lens of emerging adulthood. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

66% of college students said they felt significant stress "a lot" the previous day (Gallup). Crystal Park & Jeanne Slattery focus on what actually helps students cope - grounded in transactional stress theory. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The next time you see a post from academics like me on our new publication ... #academic #humor #publication #paper

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We think of burnout as a workplace thing. But students burn out too. Daniel Madigan & Thomas Curran synthesize 6 reviews - 188 studies, 48,000+ students - on student burnout: exhaustion, cynicism, lost efficacy. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

People say that as you build expertise, things get easier. Beyond that, I would also say that it's finding people you work well with. Over the years, I feel like I've slowly curated an amazing network - collaborators that I genuinely enjoy working with. Those who are:

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Sometimes what stops a student from getting help isn't the illness - it's the stigma. Kristin Kosyluk, Kathryn Amanda Maranzan & Patrick Corrigan break down three kinds: public, self, and label avoidance. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When a student struggles, we look at the student. A public health lens asks us to look wider. Aimee Hourigan & Kirsten Kennedy surface the factors a campus can actually change - belonging, norms, stigma, access. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"Why the Future of College Could Look Like OnlyFans" A New Yorker article makes this pitch: AI gives students information for free, so why pay a professor? Faculty who survive in this environment teach at the far edges of their field. Basically, niche stuff AI hasn't caught up to.

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Why the Future of College Could Look Like OnlyFans

Universities have become generic, one professor and former dean argues. In the A.I. era, students may demand something they can’t get elsewhere.

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

How do we know student mental health is worsening? Because someone has been carefully counting. Sarah Ketchen Lipson & colleagues open the Handbook with data from the Healthy Minds Study - 600+ campuses since 2007. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Louis Tay @louistay.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Interested in the core components of critical thinking in AI use? Or assessing it? Check out this paper led by Gabriel Lau. I was fortunate to be brought along for the ride on this and learned a lot. arxiv.org/pdf/2512.12413 #AI #criticalthinking #factorstructure #measurement

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