Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️

We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹

Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
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I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.

And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?

Four years in, and we have our first data release. These data will be good, but just wait until you get the avalanche of data from the subsequent releases.

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New from the lab: "From language to mathematics and vice versa?: A longitudinal study on the associations between preschoolers’ mathematical language and mathematical abilities" Free access via this link 👇 lnkd.in/em8CHkQr with Eylül Turan, PhD

One day you receive an NSF rejection and the next day you are working on another NSF proposal

Trying to do the right thing shouldn’t be this hard. I’m working on an IRB amendment to shift from written to verbal consent so Latine families can participate more comfortably—because THIS matters. But the back-and-forth with IRB feels endless. Doing the right thing shouldn’t be this time-consuming

8/8. So, if you’re feeling down about these attacks, I understand—I feel that way too. But just remember that they’re not attacking because your work doesn’t matter; they’re attacking *precisely* because it does. So, get some rest, connect with your people, and keep doing it.

ok tenured faculty. what advice do you have for pre-tenure professors who are expected to write/ get grants for tenure? is it too early to panic? delay clock? hoard startup? cry?

Love it! Thanks DMDS team @dmdsworkshop.bsky.social

Two days ago I thought I was on the right path for getting tenure. Today, I don’t think I will ever get a grant again

Does AI make your heart skip a beat? Join us at the Univ of MD! Our Human Dev & Quant Methodology dept would love someone with interests in methodological issues in using AI for causal inference, fairness of AI approaches in social sciences, &/or AI in assessment. ejobs.umd.edu/postings/124...

It’s like you can see the gears turning. ⚙️

I just love this mother-daughter duo as they share an interactive duet.

(Thread 🧵)

The basic principle is that reviewers are tired, they're rushed, they're reading your and 10 other grants on top of their normal workload.

Anything you can do to make it easy for them will help.

Here's a list of my suggestions.

Have you heard the stereotype that Latine parents don't engage in math or in play activities with their kids? 🧮Turns out, fathers report engaging in numeracy-focused play, while mothers emphasize household-based numeracy activities 🏠 @giglianamelzi.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Developmental Psychology Starter Pack

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Sometimes you don't know the depth you know and understand something-until you are asked. A few weeks ago thanks to an invitation by @alexagraceellis.bsky.social to visit the University of Alabama campus I realized I know a lot about mentoring people to get grants and why R1's are successful at it

⭐️ postdoc ad ⭐️
I’m hiring a postdoc to work on our bilingual (Spanish/English) math language e-book project!

careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Laf...

Please share with anyone who may be interested. First round of review starts January 15th. Position is for two years and pays $70,000/year.

Our lab(s) "celebrate" rejections @ every meeting (what was submitted, anything rejected) and posts rejections in a lab rejection list. When we get to 100 we have a party. So many students had no idea how normal it is!
Idea inspired by Sarnecka's wonderful book: sites.google.com/uci.edu/sarn...