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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Had a great time at our mid winter meeting and very much enjoyed stealthily* taking photos for our Bluesky account! Follow @apadivision45.bsky.social 😍 *not stealthy at all, everyone knew

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Reminder that I’ll be reviewing applications this Fall at UofL 🥳 ! To learn about the Challenging Ongoing Legacies Of Racism (COLOR) lab, my mentorship style, expectations, and what makes a strong fit, check out our prospective graduate students page: www.uoflcolorlab.com/prospectiveg...

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Prospective Graduate Students — COLOR lab

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Applying to one of UofL’s PhD programs and need a fee waiver? Check your eligibility here! 10 more days till the fee waiver due date! redcap.louisville.edu/redcap/surve...

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Fee Waiver Application - University of Louisville Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

An early career research award is always meaningful, but when it comes from an organization you’ve appreciated and admired for over a decade, it’s EXTRA special! Thank you @apadivision45.bsky.social for this honor ❤️!

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Linked in really nailed it 😂. “Bourbon educator” feels like a very reasonable next step.

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Shared the APA keynote stage with @drnataliews.bsky.social which is something I never imagined doing, but it turned out to be unforgettable! We told the story of how a White ally’s Facebook rant led us to see how therapy can mobilize anti-racism action which inspired our book, Beyond Fragility.

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Being in community with like-minded humans, particularly during these dark times, is so meaningful ❤️.

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

So grateful to have had the opportunity to moderate this discussion with such insightful, funny, and wise panelists! Thank you to the audience for your attention, engagement, and questions! @apadivision45.bsky.social thanks for having us!

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Honored to have been a part of this panel, “Conversation with Div 45 Members-at-Large on Leading Radically with Resistance and Liberation” with Drs. Juan Pantoja-Patiño and Ayli Carrero Pinedo moderated by the lovely Dr. Fred Millán! @apadivision45.bsky.social

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helenneville12.bsky.social @helenneville12.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Thank you Drs. Al-Dajani, Atari-Khan, Salim, @yaramekawi.bsky.social & @drgigiawad.bsky.social for modeling what it means to name & speak out against antiPalestinian racism. We can’t afford to be quiet about genocide & ongoing dehumanization. Excellent @apadivision45.bsky.social panel discussion

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APA Division 45 @apadivision45.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

An afternoon panel entitled, “Under a Microscope Yet out of Focus: On Being Pro-Palestine” Chair: Nadia Al-Dajani Panelists: @yaramekawi.bsky.social, Rawan Atari-Khan, Rouan Salim, & @drgigiawad.bsky.social

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

A real “it takes a village” manuscript! What started as a class paper turned into a 10 year journey and I’m so glad this manuscript finally gets to see the light of day!

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Join the most wonderful group of academic mama panelists for a discussion on academic motherhood at the @apadivision45.bsky.social research conference in Ann Arbor next week! See you on Friday at 1:30-4pm. @drscarter.bsky.social @nathaliephd.bsky.social

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

The best Mother’s Day gift ever 💐? Officially winding down my pumping journey!!! While my nursing end date is still TBD, I am so happy to finally be on the other side of this journey. Shout out to all the academic mamas out there doing this part time job on top of a full time one 💪!

A colorful infographic titled “Yara’s Pumping Recap” displays breast milk pumping statistics. In bold navy text, it shows “14,016 ounces pumped.” Below that, “52,074 minutes of pumping” is written in teal, and “949 pumping sessions” appears in red. A line graph labeled “Monthly Breast Milk Pumping Volume (oz)” shows a rising trend from May 2024 to a peak in August and September, followed by a gradual decline through May 2025. The background includes playful, abstract patterns in blue, orange, and teal with a faux paper and tape design element.

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Business idea: a website that automatically aggregates manuscript reviews across all journals into an overarching “to do” list. As soon as you press “accept,” the review gets populated in your list. Does this already exist?! I manually track with a spreadsheet but would be nice to automate!

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

“Moderate or higher levels of anxiety and depression were reported by 79.3% and 84.5%, respectively […] symptomatic PTSD was 67.8% when defined as meeting the DSM-5 criteria for PTSD and having a PCL-5 score ≥ 23, and 88.2% based on the latter criterion alone.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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The Psychological Toll of War and Forced Displacement in Gaza: A Study on Anxiety, PTSD, and Depression - Belal Aldabbour, Mariam El-Jamal, Amal Abuabada, Aseel Al-Dardasawi, Eman Abusedo, Huda Abu Da...

Background Armed conflicts severely impact survivors psychologically, with effects tied to the trauma's intensity and widespread displacement. From October...

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

My number one piece of parenting advice? Choose just one type + color of socks and buy 25+ pairs. These poor things will likely never find their sole mates!

Just a whole bunch of single socks on the floor

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Dr Slaughter-Acey @drslaughter99.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies

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Seth Stern @seth-stern.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

All the talk about how to combat misinformation online often leaves out a core problem: misinformation is free, real journalism often isn't. Proud that @freedom.press is partnering with @wired.com to do something about that. And shoutout to @404media.co and any other outlets also doing this.

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Claire Cusack @claireecusack.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Today I stood up for science by calling the Kentucky legislative line and asking the Senate Education Committee to oppose HB 4 (anti-DEI) and HB 424 (anti-tenure). They’re meeting TODAY at 3 pm. Call, call, call! #StandUpForScience

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

So excited for my fave conference!

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Proud to see fellow psychologist @eruss.bsky.social speaking up against anti DEI legislation! Sorry that the majority of the legislators seemed to completely tune out the valid concerns brought up by members of the KY community…

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

As a former NIH K & CDC MARI* awardee whose work focused on Black and Latina cis and trans women w/ or placed @ risk for HIV, what is happening will disproportionately impact those of us who are already underrepresented in research because we tend to be more likely to do health equity research.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Related research on this: "advantaged group members misperceive having greater inequality and fewer resources available to their group as more advantageous than having greater overall resources that were shared more equally." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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If you rise, I fall: Equality is prevented by the misperception that it harms advantaged groups

Advantaged groups misperceive equality as harming their resource access, which predicts voting against equality policies.

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Abby Cassario @abbycassario.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Measuring belief systems for (arguably) the first time at the individual level of analysis, we find that identity based elements are more central to belief systems and more central elements are more stable over time. Come see our poster at 12:30 today at #SPSP2025 to learn more!

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Check out this notice that just appeared on many HHS pages...

CDC.gov page with a notice that reads "Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website as of 11:59PM ET, February 11, 2025. Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children, by promoting their chemical and surgical mutilation, and to women, by depriving them of their dignity, safety, well-being, and opportunities. This page does not reflect biological reality and therefore the Administration and this Department rejects it."

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Stress doodling my way through 2025!

Black and white doodling with curvy lines against a wood floor backdrop

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Politicians who moralise about “protecting kids” from “wokeness” are usually the most dangerous to them. They obsess about children “being corrupted” while pursuing policies to deny health care to trans kids, end public services for poor kids, and deport refugee kids. It’s sickeningly disingenuous.

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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! ✨ They’ll never be able to take away the impact and contributions of Black scientists, no matter how hard they try. So each week this month, I’ll be highlighting a few #BlackInNeuro scientists for you to learn about, celebrate their work, & follow 👩🏾‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬

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Claire Cusack @claireecusack.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Prepping a ‘woke’ ‘gender ideology’ guest lecture. Regardless of what tyrants say: (1) there are way more than two genders; (2) eating disorders impact all genders; (3) systems of oppression place LBGTQ+ folks at higher risk for eating disorders; (1/2)

Screenshot of slide that reads Eating Disorders Across and Beyond the Gender Spectrum. My name and date of lecture are under the title. On the right are bubbles of trans and nonbinary flags

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Clearly I'm going to overuse this emoji in the next four years but 😲😲😲

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Phew! Glad I don’t have to find an alternative lab snacks supplier.

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I have seen data on the success of "diversity" and cluster hires, but is anyone aware of larger-scale studies about these practices? Successes, pitfalls, etc.? Also, can anyone recommend papers on the factors that predict faculty success (e.g., career mentoring, an intellectual community)?

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Shirley Wang @shirleybwang.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🚨Exciting postdoc opportunity!🚨 Applications are now open for the Susan Nolen-Hoeksema postdoctoral fellowship at Yale. More information & application: apply.interfolio.com/160599 Please share widely!

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Finally have caught up with emails! Unless it’s about a paper acceptance or an R&R, my inbox is closed until January 😂!

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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Hey folks, I was asked to share the interview participant call for this study about Black & Latinx disabled folks who have given birth in the past ten years. Please participate or reshare if you’re not eligible.

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mjmiller2.bsky.social @mjmiller2.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We are holding a webinar on interviewing for PhD programs in counseling psychology on Wednesday, December 18th from 6-7:30pm Eastern. Registration link: luc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @aperezrojas.bsky.social please help me share this since I don't know what I am doing on this app.

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

😬 And that’s just in one domain of my life!

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Yara Mekawi, PhD @yaramekawi.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The COLOR lab is featured in UofL News! Take a look and hear directly from some of our fabulous alum who are out in the world doing great things 🥰 louisville.edu/artsandscien...

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How UofL’s COLOR Lab Is Examining Racism’s Mental Health Effects and Possible Healing Approaches for Black Communities with New NIMH Grant — College of Arts & Sciences

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

There are many layers here, but I want to comment on one aspect of these findings for now--the editorial board representation. Some will see this and immediately think: we need to get more POC on our boards! I understand that impulse, but encourage you to think a few steps down the game tree 1/n.

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Slashley Cooper 🔪 @ashleycooper.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This Trans Day of Remembrance, the only message I have is: It's not enough to remember us, you need to support us while we're still here.

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Sebastian Barr, PhD @drsebastianbarr.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Please spread the word about this webinar I'm putting together on short notice to address an urgent need. Registrants get access to recording so you don't need to attend live. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #trans #mentalhealth #election #Trump #stress #transgender #nonbinary #lgbtq

Flyer advertising low-cost webinar titled strategies for supporting trans & nonbinary clients with post-election distress. Live & on-demand Friday Nov 22, 3pm-5pm EST. $30

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Devin Banks @phd-banks.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Ok, #addictionsci 🛟, this seems like a better place to share a new article. This is one I’m particularly proud of that represents a new direction I hope to take my lab in: characterizing & mitigating the impact of *racialized* substance use stigma.

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The intersection of substance use stigma and anti-Black racial stigma: A scoping review

Substance use stigma poses a barrier to treatment and recovery from substance use disorder. Stigma is amplified when intersecting with other stigmatiz…

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