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Rachel Romeo

@rachelromeo.bsky.social
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Asst Prof @ UMaryland | early childhood experiences and brain/cognitive/academic development | learning variability | SLP & language nerd | she/her 🏳️‍🌈 #FGLI education.umd.edu/leadlab

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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Senior colleagues -- my department (Human Development & Quantitative Methodology) at UMD is hiring a new chair! Best consideration Oct 23. Please share/repost! umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/d...
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Professor & Chair
Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The College of Education at the University of Maryland invites applications for the position of Chair of the Department of Human Development a...
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hey academic Bluesky, do you have a lab AI policy? Would love to see it! We're working on drafting our own. Please and thank you!
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'm so honored to be recognized by @imbes.bsky.social! I've always been impressed by the MBE field's commitment to translating research to practice (& vice versa!) and I'm excited to share some of my work on this at IMBES next month. And I'm thrilled to share the honor with @ericdwilkey.bsky.social!
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Don’t leave ICIS early! Very excited for this symposium led my awesome student Ellie. We’ll be talking about the process and outcomes of community engaged research partnerships!
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026
Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I am hiring a new lab manager for the @umdleadlab.bsky.social to start this summer! Job ad and link to apply here. Please re-post and share with your seniors, and/or anyone else who would be a good fit! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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​​UMD LEAD Lab Manager Ad
The Language, Experience, and Development (LEAD) lab at the University of Maryland, College Park, directed by Dr. Rachel Romeo (she/her/hers), is seeking a lab manager. Expected start date is early su...
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🚨Thrilled to share I am able to hire someone (PhD preferred) with coding expertise to work on our HAPPE software for EEG! Knowledge of Matlab, Python, and EEG signal processing required. Enthusiasm for teaching/mentoring, collaboration, and developmental science preferred!
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I am so honored to be selected for the 2026-2028 cohort of @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellows! I think this is my greatest example of perseverance -- this was my *7th* application and *3rd* time as a finalist!😱 Applications now open to join next year! jacobsfoundation.org/fellowships/...
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Jacobs Foundation Research Fellows - Jacobs Foundation
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The @umdleadlab.bsky.social and the world lost a bright star this week. Victoria was such a kind, dedicated, and passionate person. She was one of my first students, helping me set up my lab from scratch, and I am honored to have worked with her. There aren't words for how much we will miss her. ❤️
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This is so concerning. I believe it is our responsibility as developmental scientists to warn about the dangers of AI with young children. (And no I'm not a luddite -- Claude is my buddy! But I deeply think this is alarming for developing brains.)
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Lexi Decker @lexidecker.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Thrilled to share our new @NatureComms paper: "Exploration is associated with socioeconomic disparities in learning and academic achievement in adolescence." www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵1/7
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Exploration is associated with socioeconomic disparities in learning and academic achievement in adolescence - Nature Communications
Children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds often show lower academic achievement, commonly linked to limited resources. Here, the authors show that reduced exploration–a behavior tuned for learning...
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We are looking to hire a new post-bac MRI tech! Great opportunity pre grad school! umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...
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MRI Tech/Faculty Specialist
Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC) is the home for neuroimaging research at the University of Maryland, www.mnc.umd.edu. The center brings...
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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Alert! ... for the child development world! @fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪ The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive. Check here: docs.hbcdstudy.org and here: nbdc-datahub.org Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
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Alexa McDorman @alexamcd.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
@angelicaalonso.bsky.social, @rachelromeo.bsky.social, and I wrote one of the top 10 papers (by citations) published in Child Development Perspectives in 2023! 🎉✨ How parent-child brain-to-brain synchrony can inform the study of child development: doi.org/10.1111/cdep...
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Yesterday I had the immense honor of hooding my first PhD graduate! I only cried twice. Somehow I think this will never get old. Congrats Dr. McDorman @alexamcd.bsky.social !!
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🧪 Basic science boosts the economy: "The proposed dismantling of NSF [and NIH] raises an urgent question: do these cuts actually save money or merely delay spending until the bill gets larger? The answer is clear: these cuts will cost the economy billions."
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Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives a quarter of U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
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Nature @nature.com · 19/05/2025
There are ways to keep crucial research going go.nature.com/3GWY3m3
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When the government cancels your research grant, here’s what you can do
The mass cancellation of US federal grants marks yet another escalation in political interference in science, but there are ways to keep crucial research going.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/05/2025
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
Two woman walking and embracing each other in front of an ICE detention center. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and heels. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. Members of the press are in the background.Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress.Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.
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Emily Finn @esfinn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑‍🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I had a great time sharing my work today at the @upenn.bsky.social Center for Neuroscience and Society! I forgot to take a picture so instead here’s my freshman dorm that I passed on my way over from the train station. 😂
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I spend a lot of time disparaging those who are failing us in this moment - but today I want to shine a light on all of those who are helping to make the threats to science and universities legible for other scientists and the public🧪 1/
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
So proud of the @umdleadlab.bsky.social (and GARD lab adoptees) for crushing their #SRCD2025 presentations! I’m so lucky to work with this amazing team!!
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Have been moving full steam ahead and trying to take action since the first round of NSF grant cancellations hit on April 18th and I just finally broke down in front of our dean of research when talking about the early career researchers affected by these terminations 😭
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
So good to see you!
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Amidst all the turmoil, I’m excited to be heading to #SRCD2025 to see friends and share the joy and fascination of working in our field. Can’t wait to see folks!
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Nature @nature.com · 29/04/2025
In 100 days in office, US President Donald Trump has destabilized eight decades of government support for science. This has included terminating more than 1,000 grants in areas such as climate change, cancer, and HIV prevention. Will US science survive Trump 2.0? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Sending lots of support to the NSF and NIH program officers who have been serving the science community in so many ways. Thank you 🙏
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
🧪 Tip: You have the right to contest a grant termination, even though NSF says you don't. 🧵 On Friday, NSF terminated 402 grants (per Musk's DOGE). The notification letters had one of the most egregious violations of fed regulations I've seen so far in these cases: "not subject to appeal"
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
At 10pm Tuesday, I got notice that my 3yr IMLS grant was terminated. No reason given & termination *backdated* a week (I’m told the official termination is lost in the mail). This is absolutely devastating & totally meaningless. I can’t email my PO because the entire agency is on admin leave. 1/n
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
But isn't "diversity" banned now? 🤔
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I'm offering a new advice/Q&A session to help support our newest colleagues facing extraordinary conditions: How to start a lab during an (inter)national crisis? I began in 2020 COVID, I believe I've learned some translational tips. Please fill out if interested: forms.gle/6DPoZRWop1rY...
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ALT: a man is holding a cardboard box with a label that says business mix ltd.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"IMLS makes up .0046% of the federal budget"
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I interrupt your doomscrolling with a moment of joy: I made a doctor! CONGRATS to the first graduate of the @umdleadlab.bsky.social, DOCTOR Alexa McDorman! @alexamcd.bsky.social I couldn't be more proud 🥰 I'm so lucky you took a risk on me and our little fledgling lab!
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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
🚨 ALL my remaining NIH grants were just terminated Without philanthropic gifts, this is the end of 1️⃣ my career (as I know it) 2️⃣ @lgbtqhealthexce.bsky.social 3️⃣ our LGBTQ health equity work Yet, reading about LGBTQ families in my kid's class reminded me: love knows no bounds 🌈 You with us?
Mother and daughter smiling while holding a book titled "Sam is my Sister"
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
IMLS gave out $266.7 million in grants last year. They help support myriad library services, particularly in rural and underprivileged libraries (like HBCUs). It is the largest federal funding source for museums and libraries in the US. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Trump Order Threatens University Libraries, Museums
The president disbanded the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Academic researchers, librarians and museum professionals say defunding the agency undermines their commitment to education.
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
And before it is wiped from existence, here is our grant that received a *perfect score* last year. I really do hope we get to continue this awesome work. www.imls.gov/grants/award...
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LG-256658-OLS-24
The University of Maryland, College Park; the Maryland State Library Agency; and multiple community partners dedicated to supporting children and families will adapt and evaluate the original Hatchlin...
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This isn't getting nearly the coverage it should. IMLS uses 0.0046% of the federal budget, while generating $50 billion in economic impact. Where's the efficiency??
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Dear trainee friends (et al.), 'Tis true that parts of the sky are falling & this is distracting. However, if you happen to have done A THING (paper, etc.), we want to support you. Don't hold back from letting us know. So we can learn and 👏. We're still here for the science. Sincerely, Everyone
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
With everyone (understandably) afraid of putting things in writing, there are going to be so many more meetings that could have been an email. RIP productivity, whatever was left of you! #meetingthatcouldhavebeenanemail
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Prof. Dr. Asli Ozyurek @asliozyurek.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Would you like to work at Max Planck Society tenured? A new round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for #tenuretrack group leaders opened today - pls consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. mpg.de/lise-meitner-e… #LiseMeitnerGroups
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 14/02/2025
Being a Latina, immigrant, & 🏳️‍🌈 in science/academia is exhausting. And w/ shifting politics, the weight of it all feels heavier. I’m tired of proving my worth & fighting for a seat @ the table. To every immigrant, Latiné, & 🏳️‍🌈 scholar feeling this exhaustion—you're not alone. We BELONG. Always have.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/02/2025
Erasing our history won't erase us. Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
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U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.
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Divyangana Rakesh @divyangana.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
POSTDOC POSITION at @kingsioppn.bsky.social The postdoc will work on an @ukri.org funded project on disadvantage, the pace of neurodevelopment, and cognitive outcomes using openly available infant and adolescent data. See the job ad here: fluxsociety.org/postdoctoral... Please share and repost 🙏
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - Flux Society
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Now do the same for the postdoc ones: K01, K99, and F99. My postdocs grant is still “unassigned”.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Hearing from a govt contractor that Dept of Education is terminating What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) contracts. WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
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