Alexa McDorman

“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...

NIH grant applicants:

October and November grant application submission *deadlines* will be rescheduled (🤯). Specific dates TBD.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Photo of an adorable black white kitten trying to hide under a tiny toy tent but failing quite spectacularly.

Marcel’s camping skills have not improved. 😔

Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty - Nature Human Behaviour Studying socioeconomic backgrounds and intergenerational transmission in the US academia, Morgan et al. find that faculty have a parent with a Ph.D. degree a striking 25 times more often than the gene...

Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty

Tenure-track faculty are up to 25 times more likely to have a parent with a Ph.D. Moreover, this rate nearly doubles at prestigious universities and is stable across the past 50 years.

#AcademicSky

🚨 New Paper Alert🚨 focused on #representation and #generaliability in #neuroscience. A real labor of love. Was rejected from [… checks list 🤔] SIX journals and originally presented in 2020 at FLUX to find a home at AMPPS #persistence

2nd year grad students are no longer eligible to apply. Currently enrolled grad students must be in their first year, whether in a MS, BS-MS, or Ph.D.

Engage in policy work in bold new ways with SRCD.

SRCD is building the nation’s go-to hub for trusted, evidence-based insight on child development, and we want you to be a part of it. https://www.srcd.org/child-policy-hub

🎓 FLUX is proud to spotlight Gavkhar Abdurokhmonova.

Her research focuses on understanding how children's early language experiences shape their brain, cognitive, and socio-emotional development.

Read about her journey, motivations, and advice for other young scientists:
👉 buff.ly/19APuWX

Mine (human development) were all co-authored by my advisor and others, although I did 99% of the original writing, specifically, because it did feel weird to have someone else write portions of my dissertation. I included title pages with the list of authors for all three.

I am so excited to moderate this symposium at #flux2025. Please join us Saturday, 3pm in Hyde 1.

Across 4 methods & stages (direct neural recording, EEG, fNIRS, fMRI | mice, babies, toddlers & adolescents) we'll explore whether neural synchrony represents a developmental mechanism. Please join us!

Picture of Dana Miller Cotto with captioned text.

I’ve spent the last 15 years thinking about math skills that set kids up for success at school entry. Now, I’m excited to dive into new work on how math is conceived in California’s universal transitional kindergarten (UTK) funded through the Barbara White Bequest @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social

Note on the common fund website confirming cancellation of the Early Independence award for FY2026

commonfund.nih.gov/earlyindepen...

Scientists make 'superfood' that could save honeybees We rely on honeybees to pollinate our crops and a new food could protect them from growing threats.

Bee news 🐝🍯🧪:

Scientists have developed a honeybee "superfood" that could protect the animals against the threats of climate change & habitat loss.

Bee colonies that ate the supplement during trials had up to 15 times more baby bees that grew to adulthood.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here:

research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc.

Good luck!

In a second, we form expectations about the likely traits and behaviors of people we meet. How does this ability develop? How do others’ perceived gender factor into it?

I’m thrilled to share a new paper now in press at Cognition with @andreicimpian.bsky.social and‪ @lucaspbutler.bsky.social.
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We are looking to hire a new post-bac MRI tech! Great opportunity pre grad school! umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...

Why research is not enough

I wrote for Columbia University Press: I would like to say that whether to engage with the public is a career choice reasonably left to the individual scholar. In today’s world, I don’t think so. Everyone needs to find a way to express how our work matters. cupblog.org/2025/07/10/w...

Another Education Department delay: release of NAEP science scores But administration relents on yanking data from researchers

NAEP science scores planned for release in June are now delayed, in the wake of Education Department cuts, via @hechingerreport.org @jillbarshay.bsky.social: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

🚨Hiring for a postdoc in HCI, LS, & EdPsych!🚨 Looking for a postdoc to join my lab tomonag.org as a Humboldt Research Fellow (www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...). This fellowship is unique and comes with many benefits. Please see more details and apply by July 25! tomonag.org/wp-content/u...

A meta-analytic review of child maltreatment and interoception Nature Mental Health - Interoception, the perception of internal bodily signals, is crucial for mental and physical well-being, yet the origins of disruptions in interoception are not well...

My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩

With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.

rdcu.be/eu8bo

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Alert! ... for the child development world!

@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪

The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.

Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org

and here:
nbdc-datahub.org

Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼

Call for Manuscript Proposals! Special Issue on Intergroup Allyship in Current Directions @sylviapperry.bsky.social

Submissions due July 18: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

@angelicaalonso.bsky.social, @rachelromeo.bsky.social, and I wrote one of the top 10 papers (by citations) published in Child Development Perspectives in 2023! 🎉✨ How parent-child brain-to-brain synchrony can inform the study of child development: doi.org/10.1111/cdep...

Will the University That Survives Have Been Worth Saving? Budgeting philosophies need to put people first.

Budgets reveal what universities are really about & what they truly value. As universities decide how to survive, will their budgets put people first? chroni.cl/4jsXQF3

Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo presents her work on dyadic social dynamics

Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo presents her work on dyadic social dynamics

Thanks @joscelinrocha.com for inspiring/guiding us on #fnirshyper methods! 🧠 🔦 @umdleadlab.bsky.social

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Can we start May over again I wasn’t ready

Looking forward to sharing our work in today's symposium, entitled "Asian American Child and Youth Development: Contexts, Processes, and Outcomes" at #SRCD2025 #SRCD25 with Yoko Yamamoto, Tianlu Zhang, and Hua (Elaine) Luo

Thrilled to present our work at #PAS2025 and really enjoyed this interdisciplinary experience! Effective program implementation is critical for reaching families and making a higher impact.