Learning community transforms 1stgen experience in biology in new study rdcu.be/dGD4X. Kudos Deborah Wu. Dr. Linda Ziegenbein says its not lack of talent that prevents 1stgen success. Its lack of belonging. Peers & advocates helps them grow into their potential College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst

via @NYTOpinion Great Op-Ed on the push and pull of two identities made to compete in a constrained professional system. And how one scientist reinvented her own rules. nytimes.com/2024/04/26/opi…

Great workshop session going on right now National Academies about building authentic sustained partnerships between minority serving institutions and predominantly white institutions to diversify STEM pathways and expand student success

This JPSP paper w/ Benedek Kurdi Mahzarin Banaji Alex Sanchez Montoya involved deeply interesting detective work to uncover why my 20+yr finding showing reduction in implicit race bias (Dasgupta & Greenwald, 2001) wasn't working today and how to reliably bring it back psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi…

10,000 dead and still climbing. Hats off rupi kaur for standing up to be counted

Chancellor Reyes, Javier Reyes, check out this essay that shows one way in which UMass Amherst is ahead of the curve and doing something unique -- that should be replicated at other universities nationwide.

I wrote this essay to highlight a point that's so clear to me but seems to be missing from the national conversation & funding agency priorities #STEM #Diversity #inclusion

To Make Science and Engineering More Diverse, Make Research Socially Relevant issues.org/science-engine…

I wrote this essay to highlight a point that's so clear to me but seems to be missing from the national conversation & funding agency priorities #STEM #Diversity #inclusion

To Make Science and Engineering More Diverse, Make Research Socially Relevant issues.org/science-engine…

A better way to conduct replication research. A better way to identify boundary conditions to original findings. And identify how changes in the social context on the ground changed research findings. Great collaboration. Thank you Benedek Kurdi, Mahzarin Banaji and Alex Sanchez

Congratulations Deborah Wu on your new assistant professor position + new marriage! Big milestones. I'm so proud of you.

Please apply & share! Another rank open (tenure-track) faculty job in psych & brain sciences dept at UMass Amherst. Candidates w/ expertise in diversity science, active researcher, to be Associate Chair for DEI. Any area of psychology. careers.umass.edu/en-us/job/5159…

Excited to announce a new faculty position in social psychology program at UMass Amherst. We're especially interested in people whose research complements (is different from) our current strength in intergroup relations. App review just started. Details: careers.umass.edu/en-us/job/5158…