@academicmarcusj.bsky.social
Glad to see Virginia Tech News highlight my recent @insidehighered.com piece on external review letters in promotion and tenure. The article offers practical guidance for candidates, committees, administrators, and reviewers.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Practical Tips for External Review Letters (opinion)
No party should neglect this important stage in the tenure and promotion process.
www.insidehighered.com
September 22, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Glad to see Virginia Tech News highlight my recent @insidehighered.com piece on external review letters in promotion and tenure. The article offers practical guidance for candidates, committees, administrators, and reviewers.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Students may learn more from peers who model productive struggle than from peers who make success look effortless.
That idea came up in class last night while discussing Social Cognitive Theory and peer modeling. Emma Burns and I write about “coping models” here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
That idea came up in class last night while discussing Social Cognitive Theory and peer modeling. Emma Burns and I write about “coping models” here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Characteristics of effective models for classroom demonstrations
Use of peer models during classroom demonstrations can be an effective teaching practice to support student learning and self-efficacy. According to social cognitive theory, modeling is a form of v...
www.tandfonline.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Students may learn more from peers who model productive struggle than from peers who make success look effortless.
That idea came up in class last night while discussing Social Cognitive Theory and peer modeling. Emma Burns and I write about “coping models” here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
That idea came up in class last night while discussing Social Cognitive Theory and peer modeling. Emma Burns and I write about “coping models” here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
"I think the Smithsonian, first and foremost, does what it's done for 180 years. Use scholarship, use good public servants, use research to help America understand itself." - Lonnie Bunch
www.youtube.com/shorts/-D0gY...
www.youtube.com/shorts/-D0gY...
Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch III retires | NBC4 Washington
YouTube video by NBC4 Washington
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September 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"I think the Smithsonian, first and foremost, does what it's done for 180 years. Use scholarship, use good public servants, use research to help America understand itself." - Lonnie Bunch
www.youtube.com/shorts/-D0gY...
www.youtube.com/shorts/-D0gY...
Grateful to be featured in APA Division 15’s latest Profile Spotlight, reflecting on my path into educational psychology and my work on motivation, conceptual change, and difficult histories. lnkd.in/p/ePqMXUVu
Appreciate Sophia Rubolino and Division 15 for the feature.
#EdPsych
Appreciate Sophia Rubolino and Division 15 for the feature.
#EdPsych
lnkd.in
September 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Grateful to be featured in APA Division 15’s latest Profile Spotlight, reflecting on my path into educational psychology and my work on motivation, conceptual change, and difficult histories. lnkd.in/p/ePqMXUVu
Appreciate Sophia Rubolino and Division 15 for the feature.
#EdPsych
Appreciate Sophia Rubolino and Division 15 for the feature.
#EdPsych
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Glad to share my new Faculty Focus article, “Strategies for Supporting Graduate and Professional Students’ Teaching Readiness.”
Teaching readiness should not depend only on access to a TAship.
#HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #GraduateEducation
www.facultyfocus.com/articles/fac...
Teaching readiness should not depend only on access to a TAship.
#HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #GraduateEducation
www.facultyfocus.com/articles/fac...
Strategies for Supporting Graduate and Professional Students’ Teaching Readiness - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Explore practical strategies for helping graduate and professional students build teaching readiness, teaching portfolios, and academic career experience.
www.facultyfocus.com
June 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Glad to share my new Faculty Focus article, “Strategies for Supporting Graduate and Professional Students’ Teaching Readiness.”
Teaching readiness should not depend only on access to a TAship.
#HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #GraduateEducation
www.facultyfocus.com/articles/fac...
Teaching readiness should not depend only on access to a TAship.
#HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #GraduateEducation
www.facultyfocus.com/articles/fac...
Wishing everyone attending #APA2026 an energizing and productive conference. I’m excited for my doctoral advisee, Kourtney Sappenfield, who will present tomorrow on Virginia Tech’s Community Resilience Model program and its use with members of the Corps of Cadets, in collaboration with Erica Coates.
August 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Wishing everyone attending #APA2026 an energizing and productive conference. I’m excited for my doctoral advisee, Kourtney Sappenfield, who will present tomorrow on Virginia Tech’s Community Resilience Model program and its use with members of the Corps of Cadets, in collaboration with Erica Coates.
We often treat mentoring as something faculty intuitively know how to do. Yet many could benefit from opportunities to reflect on and expand how they mentor graduate students from increasingly diverse backgrounds. What effective mentoring did you receive in graduate school?
#GraduateEducation
#GraduateEducation
August 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
We often treat mentoring as something faculty intuitively know how to do. Yet many could benefit from opportunities to reflect on and expand how they mentor graduate students from increasingly diverse backgrounds. What effective mentoring did you receive in graduate school?
#GraduateEducation
#GraduateEducation
August is almost here, and so is the fall term. I’m reminding myself to pause before saying yes, protect time for the work that matters most, and save room for fulfilling collaborations. A strong start may depend as much on what we decline as on what we take on.
#HigherEducation
#HigherEducation
July 28, 2026 at 5:42 PM
August is almost here, and so is the fall term. I’m reminding myself to pause before saying yes, protect time for the work that matters most, and save room for fulfilling collaborations. A strong start may depend as much on what we decline as on what we take on.
#HigherEducation
#HigherEducation
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We are two days away from the #AERA2027 Submissions deadline! Don't wait to submit - the system closes on July 24 at 11:59 pm PT! www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...
2027 Annual Meeting Call for Paper and Session Submissions
2027 Annual Meeting Call for Paper and Session Submissions
www.aera.net
July 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We are two days away from the #AERA2027 Submissions deadline! Don't wait to submit - the system closes on July 24 at 11:59 pm PT! www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...
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Associate Professor @royeljohnsonphd.bsky.social with a bold question in his new @insidehighered.com op-ed: Who is making the decisions about the future of AI in higher ed at a time when so many campuses are already under attack?
shorturl.at/L2O17
@zcorwin.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social
shorturl.at/L2O17
@zcorwin.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social
July 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Associate Professor @royeljohnsonphd.bsky.social with a bold question in his new @insidehighered.com op-ed: Who is making the decisions about the future of AI in higher ed at a time when so many campuses are already under attack?
shorturl.at/L2O17
@zcorwin.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social
shorturl.at/L2O17
@zcorwin.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social
Not all graduate and professional students have access to teaching assistantships. In this article, I share practical ways that could help students gain teaching experience through guest lectures, teaching center programs, curriculum development, and more.
www.linkedin.com/posts/teachi...
www.linkedin.com/posts/teachi...
Strategies for Supporting Graduate and Professional Students’ Teaching Readiness - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning | Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Teaching experience is essential for graduate and professional students pursuing academic careers, but not all students have access to teaching assistantships.
Marcus Johnson, professor in the Virgin...
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July 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Not all graduate and professional students have access to teaching assistantships. In this article, I share practical ways that could help students gain teaching experience through guest lectures, teaching center programs, curriculum development, and more.
www.linkedin.com/posts/teachi...
www.linkedin.com/posts/teachi...
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In the inaugural editorial for Educational Psychology for Policy and Practice, Editors Sharon L. Nichols and Francesca López reflect on their paths to this new endeavor and set the stage for the future of the journal: https://bit.ly/4w4k4nk
#EduPsych #PsychSciSky
#EduPsych #PsychSciSky
July 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
In the inaugural editorial for Educational Psychology for Policy and Practice, Editors Sharon L. Nichols and Francesca López reflect on their paths to this new endeavor and set the stage for the future of the journal: https://bit.ly/4w4k4nk
#EduPsych #PsychSciSky
#EduPsych #PsychSciSky
As July 4th approaches, I’m hoping for an America that measures its strength not only by what it possesses, but by what it is willing to share.
Our future is brightest when abundance supports dignity, possibility, and human flourishing beyond ourselves.
#SharedHumanity
Our future is brightest when abundance supports dignity, possibility, and human flourishing beyond ourselves.
#SharedHumanity
July 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
As July 4th approaches, I’m hoping for an America that measures its strength not only by what it possesses, but by what it is willing to share.
Our future is brightest when abundance supports dignity, possibility, and human flourishing beyond ourselves.
#SharedHumanity
Our future is brightest when abundance supports dignity, possibility, and human flourishing beyond ourselves.
#SharedHumanity
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Utah has the largest wildfire in the country right now. They seem to follow me around.🥹 Check out this podcast on climate change and mental health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Af...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Af...
Weathering Uncertainty: Climate Change, Chronic Stress, and Mental Health
YouTube video by MindSite News
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Utah has the largest wildfire in the country right now. They seem to follow me around.🥹 Check out this podcast on climate change and mental health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Af...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Af...
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Storytime for Chicago library kids with LeVar Burton at the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Library 🤯✨📚
@obamafoundation.bsky.social
@obamafoundation.bsky.social
June 23, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Storytime for Chicago library kids with LeVar Burton at the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Library 🤯✨📚
@obamafoundation.bsky.social
@obamafoundation.bsky.social
Proud to have been selected as a Juneteenth Faculty Scholar in 2023. That recognition helped inspire Teaching Historical Racial Trauma, a project supporting educators and students in engaging difficult, buried, and distorted histories.
teachinghrt.vt.domains
#Juneteenth #HistoryEducation
teachinghrt.vt.domains
#Juneteenth #HistoryEducation
Teaching Historical Racial Trauma – Just another WordPress site
teachinghrt.vt.domains
June 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Proud to have been selected as a Juneteenth Faculty Scholar in 2023. That recognition helped inspire Teaching Historical Racial Trauma, a project supporting educators and students in engaging difficult, buried, and distorted histories.
teachinghrt.vt.domains
#Juneteenth #HistoryEducation
teachinghrt.vt.domains
#Juneteenth #HistoryEducation
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Glad to share my new Faculty Focus article, “Strategies for Supporting Graduate and Professional Students’ Teaching Readiness.”
Teaching readiness should not depend only on access to a TAship.
#HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #GraduateEducation
www.facultyfocus.com/articles/fac...
Teaching readiness should not depend only on access to a TAship.
#HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #GraduateEducation
www.facultyfocus.com/articles/fac...
Strategies for Supporting Graduate and Professional Students’ Teaching Readiness - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Explore practical strategies for helping graduate and professional students build teaching readiness, teaching portfolios, and academic career experience.
www.facultyfocus.com
June 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Glad to share my new Faculty Focus article, “Strategies for Supporting Graduate and Professional Students’ Teaching Readiness.”
Teaching readiness should not depend only on access to a TAship.
#HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #GraduateEducation
www.facultyfocus.com/articles/fac...
Teaching readiness should not depend only on access to a TAship.
#HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #GraduateEducation
www.facultyfocus.com/articles/fac...
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Checkout the first publication from the #BlackepiSTEMologies research group
“Race-Focused Research as a Space for Identity and Belonging: Black Graduate Students’ Experiences in an All Black Research Team”
Link: www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/16...
“Race-Focused Research as a Space for Identity and Belonging: Black Graduate Students’ Experiences in an All Black Research Team”
Link: www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/16...
June 2, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Checkout the first publication from the #BlackepiSTEMologies research group
“Race-Focused Research as a Space for Identity and Belonging: Black Graduate Students’ Experiences in an All Black Research Team”
Link: www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/16...
“Race-Focused Research as a Space for Identity and Belonging: Black Graduate Students’ Experiences in an All Black Research Team”
Link: www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/16...
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Although International Museum Day was last week, it still feels like a good time to reflect on museums as spaces for conceptual learning. My coauthors and I explored this in our article, published in the Journal of Museum Education.
#MuseumEducation #ConceptualChange
doi.org/10.1080/1059...
#MuseumEducation #ConceptualChange
doi.org/10.1080/1059...
Softening the Landing: Approaches to Facilitating Conceptual Change for Science Museum Educators
In this article, we describe some of the common misconceptions guests have expressed while visiting a Museum of Natural History and Science, along with ways in which museum educators had reacted to...
doi.org
May 26, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Although International Museum Day was last week, it still feels like a good time to reflect on museums as spaces for conceptual learning. My coauthors and I explored this in our article, published in the Journal of Museum Education.
#MuseumEducation #ConceptualChange
doi.org/10.1080/1059...
#MuseumEducation #ConceptualChange
doi.org/10.1080/1059...
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Bryan Brayboy talks about how young people are the key to our future in this episode of the Imagining Futures podcast: www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...
May 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Bryan Brayboy talks about how young people are the key to our future in this episode of the Imagining Futures podcast: www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...
For those interested in difficult histories, learning, and peace education, my recent article is available here:
“Framing Violent Histories for Reconciliation”
link.growkudos.com/1efqvrz4kjk
#PeacePsychology #ConceptualChange
“Framing Violent Histories for Reconciliation”
link.growkudos.com/1efqvrz4kjk
#PeacePsychology #ConceptualChange
Teaching Difficult History Without Shaming Students
This article explains how teachers can help students learn about violent and racialized histories truthfully, correct common myths, reduce defensiveness, and support more honest dialogue, understandin...
link.growkudos.com
May 19, 2026 at 1:15 PM
For those interested in difficult histories, learning, and peace education, my recent article is available here:
“Framing Violent Histories for Reconciliation”
link.growkudos.com/1efqvrz4kjk
#PeacePsychology #ConceptualChange
“Framing Violent Histories for Reconciliation”
link.growkudos.com/1efqvrz4kjk
#PeacePsychology #ConceptualChange
My latest paper, “Framing Violent Histories for Reconciliation,” is now online in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.
It brings together conceptual change, refutational teaching, and peace education to think about learning and reconciliation.
#ConceptualChange #PeacePsychology
It brings together conceptual change, refutational teaching, and peace education to think about learning and reconciliation.
#ConceptualChange #PeacePsychology
May 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
My latest paper, “Framing Violent Histories for Reconciliation,” is now online in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.
It brings together conceptual change, refutational teaching, and peace education to think about learning and reconciliation.
#ConceptualChange #PeacePsychology
It brings together conceptual change, refutational teaching, and peace education to think about learning and reconciliation.
#ConceptualChange #PeacePsychology
As finals begin and commencement approaches, I’m wishing students a steady and meaningful close to the semester.
Wishing everyone strength for finals, and congratulations in advance to those preparing to graduate.
#HigherEducation #FinalsWeek #Graduation
Wishing everyone strength for finals, and congratulations in advance to those preparing to graduate.
#HigherEducation #FinalsWeek #Graduation
May 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
As finals begin and commencement approaches, I’m wishing students a steady and meaningful close to the semester.
Wishing everyone strength for finals, and congratulations in advance to those preparing to graduate.
#HigherEducation #FinalsWeek #Graduation
Wishing everyone strength for finals, and congratulations in advance to those preparing to graduate.
#HigherEducation #FinalsWeek #Graduation