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UVA Ed Associate Professor - Applied Developmental Science, some Ed Psych. Curious about all things related to curiosity and learning, creativity, intellectual humility, open-mindedness, etc. Mom to 3.

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uva rejects the compact

17.10.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 277 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8
Cartoonist + Teaching Artist Laura Lee Gulledge βœπŸ½πŸ’« Explore the creative world of Laura Lee Gulledge's art, murals, and graphic novels!

Local artist who sometimes makes murals with local youth: www.whoislauralee.com Scroll down the page for some examples.

16.07.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm now ready to share a rough DRAFT of the teaching resources list for cognitive psychology I've been compiling. As you'll see, I could use further help from you, esp. where there are no entries yet. Pls take a look & share your favorite resources.πŸ™ I'll keep updating the list this summer. Thanks!

25.06.2025 22:31 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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🚨 New study reveals that when used to summarize scientific research, generative AI is nearly five times less accurate than humans.

Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.

19.05.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 308 πŸ” 183 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 13

Was already feeling the love for UVA students while reviewing final projects and course feedback- we have pretty great students.

06.05.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm pretty sure the measuring curiosity session is on May 3 - Saturday... I'm filling in to give a talk so hope that's correct :) Thanks for posting this, I'm still struggling to find some of these on the app to add them to my schedule!

01.05.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Future of Cognitive Development in Challenging Times Published in Journal of Cognition and Development (Ahead of Print, 2025)

πŸ“£πŸ“£ Check out this commentary by Vikram Jaswal et al.:
"The Future of Cognitive Development in Challenging Times"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

25.04.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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31.03.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 26514 πŸ” 16575 πŸ’¬ 343 πŸ“Œ 553
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Open Rank Faculty Member – Clemson University Clemson University’s College of Education seeks Learning Sciences Faculty in Educational Data Science and Analytics; AI and Education; Advanced Quantitative Research Methods; Measurement and/or Eva…

#edpsychjobs cluster hire at Clemson University edpsychjobs.info/open-rank-fa...

24.01.2025 11:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Background | Virginia Literacy Partnerships State-wide screening for early signs of reading difficulties has occurred in the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1997 and is guided under the legislative mandate called the Early Intervention Reading I...

CASTL at UVA has a few examples, the most widely used is probably the literacy screeners that are used with over 260,000 kids each year! literacy.virginia.edu/background. But this was more Ed research than traditional cog dev lab work I think. It started before my time here.

27.02.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...

24.02.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

Hello! I'm looking to hire a post-doc, to start this Summer or Fall.

It'd be great if you could share this widely with people you think might be interested.

More details on the position & how to apply: bit.ly/cocodev_post...

Official posting here: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14723

13.02.2025 14:07 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Outsmart Your Brain β€œHighly informative and inspiring,” this β€œmust-read” guide (Kirkus Reviews starred review) offers a research-backed approach to learning that teaches listeners how to absorb information more effective...

Audiobook of Outsmart Your Brain is just $3.99 at Chirp this week! www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/o...

12.01.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Assistant professorship (W1) of Education Sciences and Psychology

Please repost! We are hiring an assistant professor (W1) of Educational Psychology. We are looking forward to working with you!!

uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties...

16.12.2024 17:08 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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PhD Position in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at Trier University The Learning Brain Lab located at the University of Trier (Prof. Dr. Yana Fandakova) is inviting applications for a PhD position (E 13 TV-L, 75 %) in the DFG-funded project β€žHow curiosity enhances lea...

Interested in curiosity and metacognition across childhood and adolescence? Come work with us at the University of Trier - we have an open PhD position together with @mjgruber.bsky.social (Cardiff, UK) and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (Bordeaux, France). Please repost!
#DevPsych #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

12.12.2024 08:29 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

The University of Virginia Department of Psychology is HIRING an assistant professor in Human Neuroscience!! apply.interfolio.com/130439 Please share widely! 1/2

#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence πŸ§ πŸ’»

06.10.2023 16:56 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Would love to be added!

16.11.2024 15:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Digital Technology for Democracy in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia Apply for Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Digital Technology for Democracy job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia

We’re hiring at the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab: 6 postdoc fellow positions for 2 yrs in tech & democracy, broadly understood. All disciplines welcome. We sponsor visas, offer research $ and benefits. Join info sessions. Come work with me, apply by Jan 15: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...

13.11.2024 15:59 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was hoping someone would make one! Please add me!

20.10.2024 15:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Social Psychology at the University of Virginia is hiring at the Assistant Professor level!! We're open to all social psych research areas. Please spread the word! #socialpsyc #PsychSciSky

apply.interfolio.com/152802

psychology.as.virginia.edu/social-psych...

04.09.2024 19:38 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology

The Psychology Department at Stanford is searching for an assistant professor whose work focuses on affective science. Please apply and/or forward to your networks! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

09.08.2024 22:21 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

So excited this paper is out!!

08.08.2024 15:13 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Call for Early Career Researcher to Join the Center for Open Science Board of Directors COS and its Board of Directors seek an ECR to join the Board for a 3-year term (renewable for one additional 3-year term). This individual would help COS identify and navigate opportunities to support...

We have an open call for an early-career researcher (<10 yrs since PhD) to join the Center for Open Science's Board of Directors.

This is a great opportunity to gain board experience with an amazing group of colleagues, and to help COS meet its mission. Apply!

www.cos.io/call-for-ecr...

07.08.2024 16:58 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Lego Botanical Collection - Box of nine tiny lego succulent plants of varying sizes, colors, and types.

Lego Botanical Collection - Box of nine tiny lego succulent plants of varying sizes, colors, and types.

I’ve never gotten into the reward yourself thing until today- excited to finish my grading so I can pick one of these to build and put in my office as a reward!

15.04.2024 17:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That said, I’ve seen post bacc lab manager positions help students figure out that they don’t want to go to graduate school when they were on the fence, or help prepare students to be competitive to get into grad school (who may otherwise not make it). So it seems like useful opportunity!

03.04.2024 02:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got it- sometimes with the research staff needed it’s hard to fit a grad student, and it doesn’t seem ok to bring on a grad student for a role that’s mostly coordination and logistical planning etc. I see that’s not the kind of position you meant!

03.04.2024 02:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We have a .5 FTE project manager who handles a lot of our communication with teachers and divisions and data management, then we have a data collection coordinator at each site, and my postdoc does a lot to help with managing data collection. Easily at 1.5-2FTE and still rely on RAs a lot for more.

02.04.2024 17:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think I have similar needs in my work- there's no way I could coordinate our data collection of multiple sessions at multiple time points in three school divisions across the state... we have several data collectors at each site and many classrooms. I need someone (not me) to coordinate this!

02.04.2024 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sara Rimm-Kaufman & Krystal Thomas Dr. Sara Rimm-Kaufman and Dr. Krystal Thomas join host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss their recent education practice brief, "How White, Middle Class Teachers Can Apply Psychology to Teach Students Who ar

Want to learn how white middle class teachers can use psychology to teach students different than them? Then check out this American Psychological Association Division 15 podcast episode with Drs. Rimm-Kaufman and Thomas. soundcloud.com/user-8836504...
#edusky #academicsky #PsychSciSky

24.02.2024 12:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think lab managers and similar pre-PhD (e.g., graduated postbac students going to present work from undergrad) are still in a student/trainee type of position and I would consider that fine to register as a student. Interested to hear others' opinions!

19.01.2024 20:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0