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Tiffany Ito

@tiffanyito.bsky.social
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Social psychologist at CU Boulder. Stereotyping & prejudice; disparities in STEM ed, social neuroscience. Quilter, traveler. Opinions = my own.

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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This checks out.
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Bruce Y Lee @bruceylee.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
October 13 is the deadline for public comment about these changes in the NIH grant processes that I covered in @forbes.com 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
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NIH Proposes Big Change In How Grant Applications Evaluated
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is proposing yet another significant change in its grant review process, moving away from numerical scores for applications.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:
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‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research
Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year
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Tierney Lorenz @tierneylorenz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Come work with us! The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is hiring an open-area tenure-track Assistant Professor in Addiction Science. Review begins Nov 6. Please share widely! Full ad + application: employment.unl.edu/postings/102... #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs #addictionscience
Image of Lincoln, NE skyline, with text: Come work with us! The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Psychology Department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Addiction Science.

This is a broad, open-area search spanning the many ways people study substance use and addiction: from developmental, social, and cognitive processes to neuroscience and animal models, prevention, treatment, and policy.

Review begins November 6. Please share widely!

Full ad + application: https://employment.unl.edu/postings/102668
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQ
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Pressure Drop
YouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These are all spectacular. You have a great eye for color. I especially love the wonky drunkard's paths because like you, I have no time for precise drunkard's paths!
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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
SPSP members, assemble! 👇👇👇
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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“I teach a subject that is now considered ‘controversial,’” a professor in North Carolina wrote. “As a result, I have had a non-student with a gun enter my classroom to intimidate me. I have received an email death threat from a student.” lailluminator.com/2026/09/10/u...
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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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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Apply to work for Caitlin Patler and me on immigration policy research! We are looking for a post-doc and details below! Please share widely!
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Lindsey Powell @lindseypowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UCSD Psychology is hiring!! We’re seeking a new assistant professor colleague who studies high-level human cognition, broadly construed. Please share and/or apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04646
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Assistant Professor in High-level Human Cognition
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Teaching Prof is not tenure track, but our teaching faculty have multi-year contracts. It is a ladder position (assistant to associate to full teaching prof). Teaching faculty have full voting rights. We have a great group of supportive teaching faculty! 2/2
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Job Alert! CU Boulder Psyc & Neuro Dept is hiring a Teaching Assistant Prof to teach Biological Psych and other neuroscience classes. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... #PsychJob #psycjobs #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs #NeuroSky 1/2
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Assistant Teaching Professor – Psychology and Neuroscience
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Brian Wiltgen @wiltgenlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Come work with the fantastic faculty at UC Davis! Great place to live and do science 🧪 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07812
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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Biological Bases of Behavior
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Devastating (and disgusting to blame the cyclists).
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Leslie Root @lesja.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Would you like to be, technically, my manager? 👀 jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Director of the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS)
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Job Opportunity! The Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Comparative English Literature with a focus on African American Literature, to begin in Fall 2027. networks.h-net.org/jobs/70122/w...
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Wellesley College - Assistant Professor of Africana Studies | H-Net
The minimum salary for Assistant Professors is $103,000.00 annually.
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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Black In Neuro Week 2026 is July 27–Aug. 2. Join us for our 7th annual celebration of Black excellence in neuroscience. 📣 #BINRollCall ⏳ #BlackInTime (NEW!) 🧠 #NeuroRacism 🌍 #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora 💼 #NeuroCareers ✨ #BlackInNeuroJoy 😌 #BlackRestInNeuro #BINW26 #BlackInNeuro
Promotional graphic for Black In Neuro Week 2026 with a retro-inspired sunburst background in shades of orange, gold, cream, blue, and green. The headline reads “A Reimagined Future: Black In Neuro Week 2026.” A schedule lists the daily themes: July 27 – #BlackInNeuroRollCall, July 28 – #BlackInTime, July 29 – #NeuroRacism, July 30 – #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora, July 31 – #NeuroCareers, August 1 – #BlackInNeuroJoy, and August 2 – #BlackRestInNeuro. The Black In Neuro logo appears in the bottom left corner, with decorative stars and colorful accents throughout.
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
today in destroying higher ed is economic sabotage: “Economists project a 1/3drop in international STEM students will strip $240-481B from GDP research institutions employ enormous numbers of people directly, purchase locally, anchor economies” johnaubreydouglass.substack.com/p/trump-poli...
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Trump Policies Depressing Not Only Future US Graduate Student Enrollments, But Economic Growth
On the Anniversary of the One Big Beautiful Bill we are seeing the consequences
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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The NIH is an ENORMOUS bargain for the American people. Do folk think that private industry will do the background slog work for drug discovery for 250K direct costs?
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You
A proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country.
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
5,843 terminated NIH grants. 110 canceled announcements. Courts ordering reinstatements. Political pre-issuance review in action. My take in MedPage Today. @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | I Was an NIH Program Official. Here's What a Peer Reviewer Doesn’t See.
The NEJM editors understand the threat of the proposed federal grant review changes
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 19/06/2026
NSF's grantmaking is miserly when compared to recent years, but when compared it to the historical record, we see it's a radical break from the long-term consensus of investing in scientific innovation. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF 🧪
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The NSF is on Track for its Worst Year in Generations – Grant Witness
Throttling of science funding is utterly unprecedented and radical when compared to the past 50 years.
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Zeke Hernandez @profzeke.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
*** NEW RESEARCH *** Images of ICE targeting US cities have been commonplace in since January 2025. What's the economic effect of this new immigration enforcement regime on businesses, both workplaces and retailers, in targeted areas? Thread... 🧵
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.
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Ranking Member Lofgren Reacts to Latest Trump Scheme to Undermine Science | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The "2-body problem" affects many in #AcademicSky & #PsychSciSky. Join us April 28, 2pm EDT, for an open & honest conversation with women who have navigated this reality firsthand. Jointly organized by @sparksociety.bsky.social @wicsc-trainee.bsky.social Register: tinyurl.com/yc86by7f
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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
In light of the recent announcement to disband NSF's SBE program (which includes much of what would cover basic social psychology research), EMP Lab postdoc @amormino.bsky.social put together this advocacy resource guide. Please take a look, share, and let's advocate www.paigeamormino.com/pages/9337
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Paige Amormino - Saving SBE starts before the bill is written.
Right now, NSF SBE does not have its own separate line of funding in the FY2027 budget structure. This matters because if SBE is not specifically protected ...
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I think all the things are true. The $0 White House budget is just a proposal but the staffers all got reassigned, so anticipatory obedience?
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Nature reporting that NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences is being dissolved. 😤
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Okay, NSF is for some reason under an appendix, but they do have directorate-level numbers. Cuts pretty much across the board, including zeroing out SBE? which I suppose is what would happen with a 54% cut. Also worth looking at those FY26 estimates... www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
NSF budget overview
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Ethan Baxter @ethanrockstory.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🧪👩🏽‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬🍎 Hey New England area scientists!! I encourage you to register for the SACNAS Regional Gathering that will take place @bostoncollege.bsky.social on Saturday April 11th. All students and academics are welcome! Hope to see you there!! 👇🏽 blogs.umb.edu/newenglandsa... @sacnas.bsky.social
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
If only there was a database of what degree we had awarded each student...
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Yeah, like the regular wage theft for the workload that exceeds 40 hours a week is not enough.
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
If only there was a way to tell what your title is, like maybe a big online database compiled by someone like an employer...
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Kristina Olson @olsonista.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Our lab has a new postdoc position that is ideal for someone interested in a career in data science or statistical consulting and an interest in gender diversity / trans health. apply.interfolio.com/182278
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Sooo, this ruling says explicit racial discrimination is legal?
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
From your lips to Reviewer 2's ears...
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
No pinning that on the LBC. She's from orange county.
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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 19/02/2026
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.
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Joel Le Forestier @joelleforestier.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Know a promising undergrad who wants more time before applying to grad school? Pitt has a funded postbac program for students from underrepresented groups. This year, my lab will consider applications for solo supervision or to be co-supervised by @mehrgol.bsky.social! App deadline is March 15!
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Hot Metal Bridge Post-Bac Program | The Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies | University of Pittsburgh
This two-semester post-baccalaureate fellowship program is designed to help talented students from groups traditionally underrepresented in their academic disciplines, including pell eligible, first g...
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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
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Jesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We're hiring! The Cognition in Context Lab at UC-Davis is recruiting a full-time junior specialist lab coordinator to start in early summer 2026. Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476 Please share and consider applying!
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Junior Specialist- Munakata Lab
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Alexandra Rosati @alexrosati.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Considering a #psychology #PhD? University of Michigan’s (free!) online Diversity Recruitment Weekend (Mar 27–28) connects you with UM faculty & grad students. Strengthen your apps & meet with #faculty, including in the #Brain&Behavior area! Apply by Jan 28: lsa.umich.edu/psych/divers...
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Hester Blum @hesterblum.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Yes in thunder. My syllabus statement:

Generative A.I.
This class helps you to be a better writer and thinker. Generative AI (ChatGPT, Copilot, and other platforms) is neither writing nor thinking. Any use of Al in this class (whether to write, brainstorm, outline, or summarize) will be considered a violation of academic integrity. It undermines your intellectual development, for one: AI content is often inaccurate or hallucinatory and is always boring, banal, and average. This is by design, as generative Al works by predicting the most obvious or basic sequencing of words. Good writingwriting that is persuasive, powerful, lively, funny, surprising, rousing, insightful, transformative, provocative-requires human work. Human creativity is weird and variable and uneven, but it holds the capacity for growth, revelation, empathy, and brilliance. We urge you not to abandon the glorious experiential potential of human messiness and transformation for the tedium of robot sentences.
One further reason to abjure generative Al, especially in a class on environmental literature: in addition to its counterproductivity to your work as a writer and thinker, Al is enormously environmentally destructive.
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Graduate school interview season is approaching. After ~12 years of interviewing PhD and MD/PhD applicants, I’ve noticed some common interview mistakes that hold otherwise strong candidates back... #GraduateSchool #PhDLife #MDPhD #GradSchoolTips #AcademicBluesky 👇
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Great photos!
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SoBoCo Indivisible - Southeast Boulder County ❌👑 @sobocoindivisible.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#SaveNCAR #resist protest in #Boulder #BoulderCO on Saturday December 20th, 11 am - 1 pm. Broadway and Rayleigh. Consider walking/biking/bussing/carpooling.
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