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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

👀 Did you miss our panel on Publishing Equity Focused scholarship? No worries. Watch the recording here!: youtu.be/5W5RypEuQp8 Part of our "Doing the Work When It Matters Most" webinar series hosted by APA Division 15's Committee on Social Justice & Equity in Education. 💪

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Webinar: Publishing Equity-Focused Scholarship

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I’m SO excited to read this! What an honor it was to contribute to this handbook. 🤩 Ellen Usher & I wrote a chapter on Embracing Reflexivity in Education Research. Super friendly for an equity-centered research methods course! Pre-order the handbook here: www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-...

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This event is happening TODAY in 30 minutes ⏳ Come join us!

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Really excited to share our new article published in Ed Psych Review! ✨ Usher, E. L., & Chen, X.-Y. (2026). Toward an understanding of self-efficacy development as a sociocultural process. Educational Psychology Review, 38(46). doi.org/10.1007/s106...

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Toward an Understanding of Self-Efficacy Development as a Sociocultural Process - Educational Psychology Review

Educational Psychology Review - Self-efficacy, the belief people hold in their personal capabilities to accomplish specific tasks, is a central component of motivation and persistence in learning...

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Join us on May 1st at 2pm ET to hear from educators about how they have approached DEI topics in the current U.S. sociopolitical climate! This is part of a webinar series by APA Div 15’s Social Justice and Equity in Education Committee & @aeratepsig.bsky.social! ➡️ tinyurl.com/SJEEWebinarM...

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some lab @some-lab.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Inaugural year for SOME Lab at #AERA2026! Shout out to Amber for presenting an awesome poster and e-Lightening talk 🤩

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Absolutely amazing session this morning on bridging equity gaps in STEM that I chaired w/ @hyerinlee.bsky.social. Still nerding out over getting the opportunity to present with these stellar motivation scholars 🤩 #AERA2026 @aera-motsig.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Annual meeting of the powerlifting SIG at #AERA2026! 💪🏼@pnbeymer.bsky.social

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Once a nerd, always a nerd 🤓 #HappyPiDay ♾️

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AERA Motivation in Education SIG Graduate Students @aera-motsig-grad.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

With AERA 2026 coming up, we wanted to offer a space for first (or second) time attendees to meet other MotSIG members & learn about available resources regarding “how to AERA”! This virtual event will take place Friday, March 27th, 2026, 3PM-4PM EST. Register: tinyurl.com/MotSIGMeet

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I want to be Alysa Liu when I grow up.

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

American New Year: Lock in - Gym, clean house, productivity! 🎉💪🏽 Chinese New Year: DON’T WASH OR DO ANYTHING OR ALL YOUR LUCK/WEALTH IS GONE 😤🤬

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

新年快乐! Happy lunar new year to all who celebrate! 🧧🎉 Two lovely CNY events this season - in Harlan, KY (with my family) and at @rrachelwonggg.bsky.social’s. What a lovely way to kick off the #YearOfTheHorse 🐎

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

So excited to announce our webinar series, "Doing the Work When It Matters Most" 😤 on behalf APA Div 15's Committee on Social Justice and Equity in Education! Join us on Friday, Feb 20 to learn about using student voice to inform educational policy and practice! 🤩 #EdPsych #Policy #StudentVoice

Members and Friends,
We invite you to join us for the next session in our Doing the Work When It Matters Most webinar series, hosted by the Division 15 Committee on Social Justice and Equity in Education. This month’s webinar focuses on how student voice can inform policy and help co-create more just schools, featuring insights from researchers and practitioners who center youth perspectives in their work.

In this session, Dr. Daniela DiGiacomo, Chase Colvin, and Peter Jefferson will discuss how they have used student voice—including their own lived experiences—and research to shape educational policy and practice.

Event Details
Date: Friday, February 20th
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/SJEEWebinarFebruary2026

For questions about the session, please contact:
Kori Nicolai (knicolai@iu.edu)
Yin Chen (xy.chen@utk.edu)
Kimiko Ching (ching.52@buckeyemail.osu.edu)

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

‼️ Graduate student travel funding for #AERA2026 ‼️

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some lab @some-lab.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Our first lab graduate…Congratulations, Michelle! Michelle graduated with her master’s degree in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Adult Learning. Way to pave the way for those that will come after you. We are SO proud!! 🎓🎉

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

APA Division 15's (Educational Psychology) Call for Proposals is out now (due January 14): apadiv15.org/2025/11/04/c... Please also don't forget to sign up to review proposals :) It takes a team to put together a great convention! Sign up to review: forms.gle/9inMBVEDZxyz... See you all in D.C.!

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Call for Proposals: Division 15 at the APA Convention (Washington, D.C.)

Division 15 invites submissions for the annual APA convention, to be held August 6-8 in Washington, D.C. Division proposals are due no later than January 14, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET. The Presidential Th…

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

So excited and proud of this paper! What an exciting opportunity it was to work with STELLAR scholars from across the U.S. to investigate infrastructures to support equity in STEM! 🤩

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

My lab’s BlueSky debut…🥹 Check out our amazing grad student presenters at #SCIPIE2025!

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Not that it matters, but I beat @benheddy.bsky.social to a ed psych jobs posting 😎🤣 Guess y’all should go follow @aeratepsig.bsky.social job postings too!!

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AERA Motivation in Education SIG Graduate Students @aera-motsig-grad.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

First Motivation Monday of the year! We’re kicking things off with a panel on how to run a research lab featuring Drs. @andreicimpian.bsky.social , @nikkilobczowski.bsky.social, Dionne Cross-Francis, and Daeyon Jong. Don’t miss it! Register here: tinyurl.com/MotMondays25...

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AERA TEPSig (Teaching Educational Psychology SIG) @aeratepsig.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

👀 We are seeking nominations for… ✨ Chair-Elect/Program Chair ✨ ✨ Graduate Student Coordinator ✨ Please e-mail any nominations to lisa.bendixen@unlv.edu by Oct 15. Include the following: *Full Name *Institution *Email address *200-word bio statement We are excited to expand our team! 🤩

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

So grateful to share my work in beautiful Graz 🇦🇹 at #EARLI2025 🌍✨ I’m feeling so inspired by global perspectives and thankful for new colleagues & friends I met during my stay!

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Nightsky view of Graz, Austria from my hotel balcony

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

My (WFH) partner and I have a daily “floor time” ritual, where we lie on the home office floor for 10 minutes with our pugs and let the existential dread wash over us. 😃 We get up feeling…weirdly better? Honestly a surprisingly good coping strategy for…ya know, ✨everything✨ 10/10 recommend.

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Dr. Brooke Harris-Thomas @drbrookeedu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

My first, first author publication is out! It was a joy to be with and write about Black girls in math! ✨

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Life of the eldest daughter of immigrants ✨ Back home today to help out with our family restaurant! This place put me through college and grad school. I’ll forever be thankful 💕

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

🚨 TODAY!! 🚨 Join us to learn about using Sharing Circles at 2pm ET. Hope to see you there!

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

‼️New Publication Alert! 🎉 1/Ever wonder who inspires high school students to pursue STEM careers and how they do it? In our new study, @emilyqr.bsky.social and I asked high schoolers about who their real-life STEM career models are and what makes them motivating. Read ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s112...

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I have been ✨influenced✨

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Join us on Friday, 6/20 at 2pm EST for the APA Div 15's Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Research Methods series! Our final event will focus on using Sharing Circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) w/ Macy Bowman 🤩 Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles

Flier: Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Approaches to Research Series hosted by the APA Division 15's Race & Diversity Committee

Convene with us virtually to learn about using sharing circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) to enact anti-racist and anti-colonial research in educational psychology.

Friday, June 20th at 11am PT / 2pm ET
Zoom registration link: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles

For questions about the session, please contact Dr. Kori Nicolai at knicolai@iu.edu.

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Ended the spring semester with a picnic and rock painting in the park with my grad TAs ☀️ Cheers to a successful year 1 here at UTK! 🥂🎉

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

If you missed APA Div 15's Race & Diversity webinar last Friday, don't worry - we recorded it! "A CritQuant Measurement Perspective: MIMIC Models to Identify & Remediate Racial (and Other) Forms of Bias" by Drs. Matthew Diemer, Aixa Marchand, & Michael Frisby. ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHZb...

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Division 15 Race & Diversity Webinar: A Critical Quantitative Measurement Perspective

YouTube video by APA Division 15

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Our first AERA with all the PhDs in line!! 🎓🎓🎓 🥹 It’s more fun when your colleagues are friends! 🥰 @drbrookeedu.bsky.social & bluesky-less Dr. Kori Nicolai

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Yuchen Song @yuchenedpsych.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I’m going to give my FIRST talk ever at AERA tomorrow morning during a Div C symposium on parents’ academic socialization. Thinking about presenting the study closet to my heart to the audience to which I call academic family hypes me up! Come and find out what I’ve been working on!

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Annual business meeting of the powerlifting SIG at Club Forum’s “Meat Locker” this morning 😤💪🏼 We are growing in membership! 🤗 @pnbeymer.bsky.social #AERA2025

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

TODAY!! Come get a little messy with us 🤩

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Emily Rosenzweig @emilyqr.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

So excited for members of the Motivation and Academic Choices Lab to present their work at #AERA2025 this year! Please come check out what we have been working on.

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Attending #AERA2025? 👀 Might I recommend adding this exciting Division C invited session focused on navigating ✨messy✨ educational research? Friday, April 25th 11:40am - 1:10pm MDT Colorado Convention Center Meeting Room Level, Room 102 tinyurl.com/26yk9g7h

Navigating educational research: Key decisions, challenges, and ethical choices in messy data collection and analysis

Here's what you can expect:
Educational research is "messy," especially when taking new and innovative approaches or adapting to the ever-changing political, social, cultural, and educational landscapes. This session provides opportunities for researchers to share the messiness of research, past challenges, and encourage scholars to instead feel empowered to think about innovative research practices.
Following a series of Pecha Kucha style presentations, audience members will participate in a brief workshop challenging them to embrace the messiness and challenges in their current projects.

Speakers:
- Dr. Carlton Fong
- Dr. Daniela Digiacomo
- Taylor Cummings, Ph.D. candidate
- Destiny Williams-Dobosz, Ph.D. candidate

Session chairs:
- Dr. Xiao-Yin Chen
- Dr. Korinthia D. Nicolai

Details:
Meeting Room Level, Level 102
Friday, April 25, 2025
11:40am to 1:10pm MDT

https://tinyurl.com/26yk9g7h

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

On days when I’m less confident, I always refer to my “Evidence of Awesomeness” doc. Any affirming notes, comments, emails from mentors, students, etc. are dropped in here to remind me of my “awesomeness” 🤩 You’re probably awesome too; Highly recommend documenting and reflecting on the evidence!

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Soooo proud of this paper, particularly because Licia is a ROCKSTAR who led this project as an undergraduate student! 🤩

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The best part of teaching development theories is all the fun videos and examples I get to talk about with my students. Today, we’re learning about Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory and identity crises during adolescence. I’ll be showing a *very scholarly* video, from High School Musical 😊

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a group of people are dancing with the words stick to the stuff you know on the bottom

ALT: a group of people are dancing with the words stick to the stuff you know on the bottom

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sanheeta.bsky.social @sanheeta.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Looking to make your AERA 2025 even more productive? The MotSIG GSC is offering two amazing opportunities! First, our Mentor-Mentee Program for first-time AERA attendees, where we pair you with an AERA veteran to help you navigate the conference. Sign up by April 4: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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sanheeta.bsky.social @sanheeta.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Next, we’ve got the Karabenick Conversations, a chance to grab coffee with some prolific motivation scholars. Have your questions answered, chat about your research, or just vibe with others who share your passion.

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Congratulations, Dr. Song!!!! So happy that I got to see you shine today! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Join us THIS Friday (3/14) at 11am PT/2pm ET to learn about using testimonio methods to enact anti-racist and anti-colonial research in educational psychology with Dr. Julieth Diaz Benitez! 🤩 ➡️ Register here: tinyurl.com/TestimonioMe...

Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Approaches to Research Series
hosted by APA Division 15's Race & Diversity Committee

Topic: Testimonio Methods with Dr. Julieth Diaz Benitez

Convene with us virtually to learn about using testimonio approaches to enact anti-racist and anti-colonial research in educational psychology.

(THIS) Friday, March 14 at 11am PT / 2pm ET
Register Link: https://tinyurl.com/TestimonioMethods

For questions about the session, please contact Dr. Kori Nicolai at knicolai@iu.edu.

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Yin Chen, PhD @yinchen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

i actually sat down and wrote for 2 hours today. someone give me my gold star please ⭐️😀

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