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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr)

@sarahevictor.bsky.social
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Researcher, academic, mom, cat lady. Mix of science, snark, GIFs. Views my own.

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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Who’s going to SRP this week? Come say hi! I look like this, minus the head tilt 😂
Photo of a white woman’s face, at an angle, smiling at the camera. She has pale skin, dark eyes and short, dark curly hair. She is wearing purple glasses and a purple dress.
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can we please stop pretending like the Cornell case is surprising? It is abhorrent. It is awful. It is disgusting. It is rage-inducing. But it is absolutely not surprising.
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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is ridiculous. The only avenue for fellowships for international scholars has been the K99. It was already so hard to get, and now there is no way for them to come and train and build a career in the US. It will decimate our ability to recruit the best scholars around the world.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants" [everybody up in arms, as they should be, but for those who have been paying close attention, this has pretty much already happened - the realization just hasn't sunk in yet] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’ve updated my personal website, but my TTU site access is broken, so might as well say it here: I will *not* be reviewing grad applications this admissions cycle.
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Piper Hutchinson @piperhutch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education, with some fearing for their physical safety. #lalege #lagov
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University faculty in the South report culture of fear, doxxing and threats • Louisiana Illuminator
A survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Every time the dialect map quiz gets trending, I appreciate the reminder of the specificity of “bubbler”. I have lived in Milwaukee, Chicago, Bay Area, and Pittsburgh, all of which made a linguistic mark; Texas not so much 😂
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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop.
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Erik Reinbergs @ereinbergs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Cool new study showing suicide-related clinical trials were not discontinued more than typical trials and none were discontinued because of adverse patient events. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Terminated, Withdrawn, or Suspended Suicide Prevention Studies
This cross-sectional study assesses the prevalence and associated characteristics of registered studies related to suicidal thoughts and behaviors that have been discontinued.
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simine vazire @simine.com · 02/09/2026
Psych Science has retracted Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002). The second author requested the retraction. Both authors agreed to it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... So grateful to @datacolada.bsky.social for these blog posts and the work behind them: datacolada.org/138 and datacolada.org/139 1/2
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Andrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So if 40/42 studies in the meta are cross-sectional, it’s very reasonable to alternatively conclude that people who have more attention and self-regulation problems are more likely to be drawn to scrolling TikToks
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Whitney Ringwald @whitneyringwald.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
UMN did a nice write-up of our recent study! @aidangcw.bsky.social @vizecolin.bsky.social
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Using Large Language Models to Assess Psychopathology
A few minutes of conversation may be all it takes. Whitney Ringwald explores how LLMs can power low-burden, scalable mental health assessment.
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Aaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New preprint led by @claireecusack.bsky.social, w/ @sarahevictor.bsky.social: "Configural conditions for suicidal ideation and self-injurious urges: A preregistered out-of-sample validation of two set-theoretic engines" The first application of configural methods to EMA data. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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OSF
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In which fearless LGBTQ+ and women’s-rights advocate, BLM-supporting, vaccine-funding, literacy activist Dolly Parton is propagandised as ‘neutral’.
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Three days into being on duty for fall semester, and 3 days into the return to our 4 yo’s cherished daycare. We’re already fighting strep and recovering from a big goose egg on his head. Send help.
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Abigail Swingen @abigailswingen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Lucy Schiller on life in Lubbock and working at Texas Tech in the latest issue of Oxford American: oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
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The Snake Underneath the Chair
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Over the next several months, we will phase out some popular OSF features. These changes do not affect current public content, which remains safe and accessible. We have prepared support material to help users adapt. I am very sorry for the disruption to your work. Please read this post for details.
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OSF Changes | Center for Open Science
We are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif...
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 11/08/2026
Many of you will have seen the recent post about changes at OSF. If you'd like to learn more about how to use other services (particularly Zenodo) to share data and code, see my book chapter on resource sharing. bettercode-book.org/book-sharing...
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12  Sharing Research Objects – Better Code, Better Science
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Jonas Dora @jonasdora.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
As an international postdoc on a temporary visa, this was the only NIH grant I was able to apply for at the time (and I was lucky enough to get it on my second attempt). I'd like to think this relatively small investment (relative to their budget) in me had a pretty decent ROI for NIH so far :)
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Dr. Erin Kaufman @erinkaufman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Our systematic review on SITB and distress tolerance is out in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Please check it out if interested! Thanks @sarahevictor.bsky.social for being a great collaborator, once again! psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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APA PsycNet
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Eli Halbreich @halbreich.net · 13/07/2026
Just published in the Journal of Adolescence our article investigating the relationship between per ownership and prosocial behaviors among early adolescents! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #HAI #HumanAnimalInteraction
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Examining the Relationship Between Pet Ownership and Prosocial Behaviors Among Early Adolescents
Introduction Prior literature within the field of human-animal interaction has illuminated the potential impact of companion animals on prosocial behaviors. This study explores pet ownership associa...
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The pipeline of scholars and scientists is being destroyed in ways that will take decades, minimum, to address.
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Sean M. Mitchell, Ph.D. @drseanmitchell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🎉 Congratulations to my doctoral students, Aubrey DeVinney and Cole Marvin, on receiving an APF Lorraine D. Eyde Fund Grant! Proud of their work to study factors influencing suicide risk disclosure during ecological momentary assessment. 👏 #SuicidePrevention
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Aaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Exciting day. My set-theoretic reconceptualization of the DSM (w/ MDD, GAD, and PTSD as empirical examples) is out today in JPCS, along with four invited commentaries and my response. I'm biased, but I recommend all six papers. I was really jazzed by all four commentaries. 1/25
Screenshot of a portion of the most recent TOC for the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Shows a target article for a recent set-theoretic reconceptualization of the DSM, four invited commentaries, and a response.
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Programs reinstating the GRE for this cycle: you do you, but please know applicants with disabilities requiring testing accommodations are going to be disproportionately impacted by late-breaking changes to your app requirements.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Talking to some friends who have trans kids and they said: how can you love a kid the day before they tell you they’re transgender and then stop loving them when they tell you they are?
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
As a fourth grader we learned you can shake a mason jar of whole milk to make butter. I thought tossing it up in the air would make it work faster. Our kitchen was carpeted. It was…impressively bad. (For context this took place in 1990s Wisconsin).
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Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We made an open repository of close relationships measures. Our goal is to catalogue all of the published self-report measures in relationship science. You can help us expand the database by suggesting measures you tend to use in your research, or by uploading your own measures! relascale.com
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RelaScale - Psychological Measures and Constructs
RelaScale is a searchable database of psychological measures and constructs for relationship researchers.
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Minimum. That’s just the count from the (hundreds) of faculty who did the survey, not the thousands we have on campus. Total impact is likely much higher.
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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“The principles of collegiality include academic freedom, shared responsibility, the policy of participation of all concerned in internal decision making structures and practices, and the development of consultative mechanisms.” www.unesco.org/en/legal-aff...
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Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching
PreambleThe General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), meeting in Paris from 21 October to 12 November 1997, at its 29th session,Conscious of
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
My university assigned me a mandatory training on (the risks and harms of) AI on the last day of duty, due July 1, after our chancellor and board of regents used AI to cull through all our syllabi and course material to decide what to censor. I can’t make this shit up.
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Universal Dalchico @dalchico.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I wish I could explain to “regular” people what is being done to the sciences. It is heinous and will take decades to correct.
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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
NEW: They Got the Best NIH Scores of Their Careers. A Year Later, They Still Don’t Have Funding. As the NIH bankrolls new research at a significantly slower-than-usual pace, I talked to scientists left in the lurch about the toll on their research and careers: www.chronicle.com/article/they...
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They Got the Best NIH Scores of Their Careers. A Year Later, They Still Don’t Have Funding.
The NIH’s spending on new medical research is significantly slower than in previous years, leaving confused scientists in the lurch.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The U of Utah is losing great faculty like the author of this piece, and I can’t blame folks for leaving
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Voices: I loved teaching in Utah — until this policy made it impossible to stay
“Notwithstanding the continued efforts on the part of students and faculty to oppose these changes, under the current leadership, things are only going to get worse,” writes Maximilian Werner in an op...
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Internal notes reveal that in March, the mental-health institute (NIMH) projected it'd only be able to issue ~5% of its typical new awards because of the shortage, potentially leaving $500 million unspent.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime. “I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”
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NIH staffing shortage could slash number of new grants issued this year
Some units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards.
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Paul Ingram, Ph.D. @ingrampsychlab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The censorship at TTU is so bad that my someone above me, outside my discipline is intersting himself into my students training without my consent, insisting he is required to do so because of the 'policy'. @standupforscience.net
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
my job history is so boring… - research assistant (poli sci, psychiatry, psychology) - counselor for middle/hs debate and “gifted” kid camps - office helper for university general counsel (every lawyer had their own specific pen container, also more Diet Coke consumption than I’d ever seen)
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Brent W. Roberts @bwroberts.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This...the fetishizing of unreplicable neuroscience in order to legitimize our work is self-defeating. We don't need to know that depression is in the brain (as opposed to what???) to know it is problematic. How much money have we wasted proving something like depression is "real"?
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 08/05/2026
While the Texas Tech Board Met, Students Attended a Funeral Students held a mock funeral for academic freedom Thursday, four weeks after the university system introduced policies that censor women’s and gender studies content. bit.ly/4nrHyQb #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Texas Tech's Will Rogers and Soapsuds statue wrapped in black crepe paper.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/05/2026
Trevor Project released its annual LGBTQ youth mental health report. The results are shocking. 40% of trans youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. Trans youth who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.
Key findings from The 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People include:

36% of LGBTQ+ young people seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including 40% of transgender and nonbinary young people. 
1 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people attempted suicide in the past year.
44% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it.
90% of LGBTQ+ young people said recent anti-LGBTQ+ laws, policies and debates caused them stress or anxiety.
LGBTQ+ young people of color attempted suicide at higher rates than their White peers, and nearly a third (32%) also experienced racial or ethnic discrimination, in addition to anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Transgender and nonbinary young people who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.
Over half (59%) of LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-17 experienced bullying in the past year, and those who did reported significantly higher rates of attempting suicide in the past year than their peers.
LGBTQ+ young people who reported living in very accepting communities attempted suicide at less than a third of the rate of those who reported living in very unaccepting communities.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
On Thursday, May 7 Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) and Raiders Against Censorship will stage a funeral at the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents meeting, marking the "death by a thousand cuts" to academic freedom + higher ed in TX. ✊ aaup-texas.org/blog/f/stude...
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Students Stage Academic Freedom Funeral at Texas Tech
Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) will stage a funeral for academic freedom at Texas Tech University on May 7th with participants from American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Cha...
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Kirsten Christensen @kirstenchristensen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“Texas Tech leaders told faculty not to widely share the chancellor’s memo restricting graduate work related to sexual orientation or gender identity” www.texastribune.org/2026/05/06/t...
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Texas Tech’s targeted grad research warnings draw concern
Experts worry graduate students will learn too late about university’s ban on research work related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🏳️‍🌈 We're not going back in the closet 🏳️‍⚧️
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Texas Tech Just Banned The Teaching Of All LGBTQ+ Topics In Classrooms—And Critics Are Sounding Off
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Sean M. Mitchell, Ph.D. @drseanmitchell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Excited to share our latest paper, led by my student, Cole! Using intensive longitudinal methods, we examined how suicide safety plans are actually used in everyday life. These findings have important implications for improving intervention timing and clinical care. #SuicidePrevention
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Grunkle Harm @harmonwest.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
you don't want to smoke again, you want to be in your twenties again
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
How do early/mid career folks build portfolios as consultants? Like, not as a full time gig, but in addition to “your” (PI) projects? I feel like I’m ok at networking but not at this specific aspect of it.
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Hane @hane.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I'm a mid-career researcher insofar as my research career is mid
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Sarah Victor (she/her/dr) @sarahevictor.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Gutting Texas education from all sides. Our students deserve better.
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