Hyesung Grace Hwang
@hghwang.bsky.social
Dev psychologist interested in social bias, marginalization, dev cog neuro | Assistant prof at UCSC | she/her | @H_G_Hwang | hghwang.com
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Hyesung Grace Hwang
@hghwang.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Excited to announce DID lab's first paper!
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
We find that children as young as 6 show political ingroup preference!
First paper of very talented @annie-schw.bsky.social!
In JEP: General's special issue on political development (1/3)
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We find that children as young as 6 show political ingroup preference!
First paper of very talented @annie-schw.bsky.social!
In JEP: General's special issue on political development (1/3)
Reposted by Hyesung Grace Hwang
The NIH just released a proposal that will apparently hide peer reviewers’ impact scores and percentiles from the research team, their institution, and NIH program officers.
All the better to obscure how funding decisions will be made primarily via political review, I’m guessing.
All the better to obscure how funding decisions will be made primarily via political review, I’m guessing.
NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH
grants.nih.gov
August 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The NIH just released a proposal that will apparently hide peer reviewers’ impact scores and percentiles from the research team, their institution, and NIH program officers.
All the better to obscure how funding decisions will be made primarily via political review, I’m guessing.
All the better to obscure how funding decisions will be made primarily via political review, I’m guessing.
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For those looking for alternatives to OSF, I recommend two resources comparing features of other Generalist Repositories. Resources are from GREI, an NIH funded initiative.
Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Decision tree:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Decision tree:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
August 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
For those looking for alternatives to OSF, I recommend two resources comparing features of other Generalist Repositories. Resources are from GREI, an NIH funded initiative.
Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Decision tree:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Decision tree:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Reposted by Hyesung Grace Hwang
Interesting use of my work in a new paper. Authors use well-established finding that ideology is weaker predictor of party id among Black Ams than among White Ams as benchmark for sample quality. Representative samples recover that pattern. Less rep. samples do not.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 24, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Interesting use of my work in a new paper. Authors use well-established finding that ideology is weaker predictor of party id among Black Ams than among White Ams as benchmark for sample quality. Representative samples recover that pattern. Less rep. samples do not.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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U.S.-based SPSP members: The proposed FY2027 budget would eliminate the NSF SBE Directorate, which supports approximately 5,000 scholars each year.
Urge your elected officials to protect the SBE Directorate, with help from COSSA: https://ow.ly/5PKz50Zs2xI
Urge your elected officials to protect the SBE Directorate, with help from COSSA: https://ow.ly/5PKz50Zs2xI
July 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
U.S.-based SPSP members: The proposed FY2027 budget would eliminate the NSF SBE Directorate, which supports approximately 5,000 scholars each year.
Urge your elected officials to protect the SBE Directorate, with help from COSSA: https://ow.ly/5PKz50Zs2xI
Urge your elected officials to protect the SBE Directorate, with help from COSSA: https://ow.ly/5PKz50Zs2xI
Reposted by Hyesung Grace Hwang
New paper! Executive function assessments shape real educational decisions, but scores reflect more than children's abilities; Context matters! We argue for more valid, equitable use of EF assessments in policy and practice. Open access 🚨
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July 21, 2026 at 11:50 PM
New paper! Executive function assessments shape real educational decisions, but scores reflect more than children's abilities; Context matters! We argue for more valid, equitable use of EF assessments in policy and practice. Open access 🚨
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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We've known that socioeconomics (SES) matters for the 🧠. New & 🤯 is that SES drowns out all other brain associations, incl. IQ. If you train an algorithm to predict IQ from brain data, it's still way better at predicting SES. Science Mag: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@smarek0502.bsky.social 👀🧵👇
@smarek0502.bsky.social 👀🧵👇
June 14, 2026 at 4:03 AM
We've known that socioeconomics (SES) matters for the 🧠. New & 🤯 is that SES drowns out all other brain associations, incl. IQ. If you train an algorithm to predict IQ from brain data, it's still way better at predicting SES. Science Mag: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@smarek0502.bsky.social 👀🧵👇
@smarek0502.bsky.social 👀🧵👇
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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
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
RelaScale - Psychological Measures and Constructs
RelaScale is a searchable database of psychological measures and constructs for relationship researchers.
relascale.com
June 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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
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
Reposted by Hyesung Grace Hwang
Scoop: NSF has been quietly blocking new funds and grants to four top universities: Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Dozens of proposals from PIs at these universities—and their collaborators—have been stuck at the Office of Award Management awaiting finalization for months.
Exclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold
US science funder once again restricts awards to Harvard University and other research institutions.
www.nature.com
May 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Scoop: NSF has been quietly blocking new funds and grants to four top universities: Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Dozens of proposals from PIs at these universities—and their collaborators—have been stuck at the Office of Award Management awaiting finalization for months.
Excited to be a part of this group!
Congrats! 9 psychological researchers joined the 3rd cohort of APS Editorial Fellows #AcademicSky
@bsiepe.bsky.social, @laura-j-botzet.bsky.social, @corinnecarlton.bsky.social, @hghwang.bsky.social, @eikekofi.bsky.social, @mjbalezina.bsky.social, Peejay Bengwasan, Jin Li, Christopher Osterhaus
@bsiepe.bsky.social, @laura-j-botzet.bsky.social, @corinnecarlton.bsky.social, @hghwang.bsky.social, @eikekofi.bsky.social, @mjbalezina.bsky.social, Peejay Bengwasan, Jin Li, Christopher Osterhaus
2026 Editorial Fellows Bring Diverse and Global Perspectives
APS welcomes nine psychological researchers to the third cohort of APS Editorial Fellows.
www.psychologicalscience.org
May 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Excited to be a part of this group!
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Climate change impacts are here, but public support for action remains polarized. Which climate messages move people?
In a ~13,500-person megastudy, we tested 10 of the most-cited messages. Six increased pro-environmental attitudes in the U.S.—but only by 1–4 percentage points. 🧵
In a ~13,500-person megastudy, we tested 10 of the most-cited messages. Six increased pro-environmental attitudes in the U.S.—but only by 1–4 percentage points. 🧵
April 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Climate change impacts are here, but public support for action remains polarized. Which climate messages move people?
In a ~13,500-person megastudy, we tested 10 of the most-cited messages. Six increased pro-environmental attitudes in the U.S.—but only by 1–4 percentage points. 🧵
In a ~13,500-person megastudy, we tested 10 of the most-cited messages. Six increased pro-environmental attitudes in the U.S.—but only by 1–4 percentage points. 🧵
Reposted by Hyesung Grace Hwang
Come check out our symposium on Saturday at #CDS2026! I'm biased but I think we have a really cool set of talks thinking about power as something that is negotiated dynamically and bidirectionally, and I'll be presenting new work done with @samuelronfard.bsky.social 🙌
April 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Come check out our symposium on Saturday at #CDS2026! I'm biased but I think we have a really cool set of talks thinking about power as something that is negotiated dynamically and bidirectionally, and I'll be presenting new work done with @samuelronfard.bsky.social 🙌
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Check out our lab #CDS2026! Talks on early intuitions about democracy, consequences of household inequality, and cross-cultural data on intuitive beliefs about social exclusion.
April 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Check out our lab #CDS2026! Talks on early intuitions about democracy, consequences of household inequality, and cross-cultural data on intuitive beliefs about social exclusion.
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The worst part is knowing all of this yet still needing to apply for these fellowships & grants...
Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe.
Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities
www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...
Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities
www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...
Who Gets Guggenheims? - Public Books
Unfortunately, 100 years of data show that those whom such fellowships might represent the greatest departure from their everyday experience—that is, those not at elite institutions—are least likely t...
www.publicbooks.org
April 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The worst part is knowing all of this yet still needing to apply for these fellowships & grants...
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My research lab is accepting a doctoral student to start Fall ‘26. I wasn’t initially searching, but funds opened up. www.tcufaces.com for details on our work. www.psychology.tcu.edu for program deets.
Please contact me after submitting application so I can pull for rapid review.
Please share!
Please contact me after submitting application so I can pull for rapid review.
Please share!
TCU FACES Lab
The Families, Autism, and Child Emotion Studies lab—directed by Dr. Naomi Ekas—is based out of the Department of Psychology at Texas Christian University.
The primary focus of our research is to inv...
www.tcufaces.com
February 22, 2026 at 1:23 AM
My research lab is accepting a doctoral student to start Fall ‘26. I wasn’t initially searching, but funds opened up. www.tcufaces.com for details on our work. www.psychology.tcu.edu for program deets.
Please contact me after submitting application so I can pull for rapid review.
Please share!
Please contact me after submitting application so I can pull for rapid review.
Please share!
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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!
This year, my lab will consider applications for solo supervision or to be co-supervised by @mehrgol.bsky.social!
App deadline is March 15!
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...
www.asgraduate.pitt.edu
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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!
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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🎉 PINE Lab is hiring a postbacc Research Coordinator! Projects include cohort studies examining brain mechanisms linking adversity to cognition/language & RCTs of early interventions on neurodevelopment.
apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn...
more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn...
more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
forms.gle
February 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
🎉 PINE Lab is hiring a postbacc Research Coordinator! Projects include cohort studies examining brain mechanisms linking adversity to cognition/language & RCTs of early interventions on neurodevelopment.
apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn...
more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn...
more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
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The Suicide Prevention Research Lab at UMass Amherst is hiring! We are looking for a lab manager to help grow our new lab with a start date of summer 2026.
Share and apply!
careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...
Share and apply!
careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...
Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab) - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab)
Executive Area: Academic Affairs
College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Psychology and Brain Sci
Work L...
careers.umass.edu
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The Suicide Prevention Research Lab at UMass Amherst is hiring! We are looking for a lab manager to help grow our new lab with a start date of summer 2026.
Share and apply!
careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...
Share and apply!
careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...
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Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women. Women whose paid and unpaid labor are toggled up or down depending on the whims of the men who engineered and profiteered our DIY society.
Roughly half a million women in the US exited the workforce in 2025, and 42% of those who voluntarily left cited their caregiving responsibilities as the main reason, according to a recent survey from Catalyst.
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
42% of women are leaving the workforce over lack of caregiver support
In a tight employment market, employers that offer less flexibility risk losing working caregivers, according to a Catalyst report.
www.hr-brew.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women. Women whose paid and unpaid labor are toggled up or down depending on the whims of the men who engineered and profiteered our DIY society.
Reposted by Hyesung Grace Hwang
we developmentalists are a small minority of scientists, but had the NIH reorganization gone through, the entire child development wing of NIH (that is, the NICHD) would have basically been decimated. so yeah, this counts as a win in my book
Both chambers of Congress have now passed the FY26 minibus with NIH provisions. The President will sign.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
we developmentalists are a small minority of scientists, but had the NIH reorganization gone through, the entire child development wing of NIH (that is, the NICHD) would have basically been decimated. so yeah, this counts as a win in my book
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Adulting is realizing you’re more of a Professor Oak and less of a Pokémon Master 🥲
a man in a white jacket and red shirt is standing with his arms crossed in front of a group of people .
Alt: Professor Oak from Pokémon. a man in a white jacket and red shirt is standing with his arms crossed in front of a group of people .
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Adulting is realizing you’re more of a Professor Oak and less of a Pokémon Master 🥲
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Instead of doomscrolling your social media feed, scroll through this stunning visualization of the state of government support for science and research. You’re going to want to see the end, which provides a glimmer of hope for our futures.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Instead of doomscrolling your social media feed, scroll through this stunning visualization of the state of government support for science and research. You’re going to want to see the end, which provides a glimmer of hope for our futures.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Reposted by Hyesung Grace Hwang
When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
Reposted by Hyesung Grace Hwang
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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This platform is so important! It allows researchers regardless of their university prestige to do research! So important for leveling the playing field for many developmental psychologist scientist from under resourced institutions. Please consider donating - donations will be matched!