My study with college students reveals how emojis affect clarity and comfort in flirtatious conversations. #EmojisInRomance #sssi #Sociology

This is an excellent, excellent thread. Fraud (& the use of QRPs to an extent that borders on fraud) directly and indirectly harms scientists who do it the right way. Things have improved a lot, but we need more progress, reforming institutions to align incentives w/ good science

Data scientists who got put in a managerial role: do you spend as much time as I do trying to convince people that their Excel sheets need to record every variable *in a separate column* and not as color highlighting?

Have you ever wondered about where to begin with data cleaning, how to ensure data is ready for analysis, or how to make your findings reproducible? Join Bianca Manago for Data Cleaning on June 13-16 to learn the answers to these questions & more!

PSA: stop adding a static number to your logged count variables to 'deal with zero values' in your OLS regression model. Use a fucking poisson model, for fuck's sake!

Maybe it was a fever dream?

If I find it I will post.

If I don’t, I’ll let folks know as well so I don’t spread misinformation.

Need help finding a paper that I read which finds that people are more likely to question/publish corrections for findings from scholars of color, women, and early career researchers.

Anyone know the citation?

#OpenScience #AcademicChatter

Very proud of VU SocLab member, Elaine Li!

New Publication forthcoming in Social Psychology Quarterly, we examine the assoc. b/w gendered racial microaggressions and Black women's sleep quality. Thanks to the leadership of Tené T. Lewis and the entire team! Raphiel Murden Dr. Dayna Johnson
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

Looking for an accelerated, in-depth intro to Stata? Join us for Stata Basics with Bianca Manago on May 2-3! In just 8 hours (over 2 days), you'll gain the skills to efficiently & effectively use Stata to prepare, analyze, and present data.

Bernice Pescosolido talks about persistent stigma despite changing public attitudes towards mental illness in NYT article on Senator Fetterman: IU Schuessler Institute for Social Research Irsay Institute bernice pescosolido IU Bloomington

Really looking forward to offering this workshop at my alma mater! 🤍❤️

The last article based on my dissertation was just published. For anyone in the lonely process of writing up their dissertation, just keep at it! link.springer.com/article/10.100… '“Horrible Slime Stories” When Serving Victims: The Labor of Role‑taking and Secondary Trauma Exposure'

Congratulations to Rachel McKane ! Next fall they will be moving on from their postdoctoral appointment at Brown University to become the Jack Meyerhoff Chair of American Environmental Studies at Brandeis University , where they will be a tenure-track assistant professor.