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Abstract submission now open for the next Cultural Evolution Society conference in Rabat, Morocco next May @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @ces2026.bsky.social

And from @siobhancully.bsky.social: "Be kind. Do your work truthfully. Come at things with empathy. Keep dismantling those structures...so much of what we're dealing with is structural." 4/4

From @dconroybeam.bsky.social: "You're not going to have the career you thought you would have..but this too shall pass...Find your allies...Find ways to hold on...That's all we can do." 3/4

From @robingnelson.bsky.social: "We can do the hard hitting work we want to do...while also being mindful of power dynamics and the implications of our work" 2/4

That's a wrap on the #HBES2025 #WplusEBS panel!

Thank you to our panelists @robingnelson.bsky.social, @dconroybeam.bsky.social, @siobhancully.bsky.social

And thank you to the #HBES2025 attendees who shaped this conversation.

Read some final takeaways from our panelists: 👇 1/4

And one more!

@siobhancully.bsky.social: "One of the biggest [pieces of advice] is being aware of false urgency and know when you need to take that time for yourself"

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Some more good quotes from the #HBES2025 #WplusEBS panel so far! 👇

@robingnelson.bsky.social "I can't do the work I want to do if I'm not in the room, so I am staying in the room"

@dconroybeam.bsky.social "People that are mutually invested in each other has made surviving [in academia] possible"

Advice for early career researchers during this time? 6/6

@dconroybeam.bsky.social: "Find a way to endure now... and capitalize when the good times come"

@siobhancully.bsky.social: "Normalize non-academic positions...& Think about the structures that make it so hard for early career researchers"

5/6
@robingnelson.bsky.social: "Tons of stuff we can't say in grants...very basic terms in health equity we can't say...Funding levels are minuscule now"

@siobhancully.bsky.social: "I don't know if anyone knows what's going on...avoid the bots going through these grants [for flagged terms]"

"Have you had to change the way you frame your research?" 4/6

@dconroybeam.bsky.social: "We're very much in the process of figuring it out...it's hard to maintain progress [in certain areas] when it's not clear that these areas are fundable"

"What kinds of support have helped you...?" 3/6

@siobhancully.bsky.social: "Having good alliances...find those groups."

@dconroybeam.bsky.social: "I struggle to think of institutional support that has been helpful...having good friends and a good mutually invested community...paying it forward"

"Have you ever felt pressured...to downplay your identity?" 2/6

@robingnelson.bsky.social: "I can't [as a Black woman]."

@siobhancully.bsky.social: "I was advised by colleagues to not disclose...academic culture is highly ableist and I wish there was more training for people in positions of power"

Halfway through the #WplusEBS panel (co-hosted by us, the LGBTQ+ Social Networking, and HBES president @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social) ! Some interesting quotes by panelists so far 👇 1/6

We had a great time at the #WplusEBS networking event last night! So great to meet all our community members 💙

Join us for the #WplusEBS #HBES2025 panel.

"Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025"

Happening NOW in the event room!

The #WplusEBS networking event is TODAY at 7pm! Come join us for some good conversation and speed-networking.

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#WplusEBS is now live on LinkedIn!

We’re building a more inclusive future for women + SGM researchers, and we’d love to have you along. 💙

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And if you know folks in our field who aren’t on Bluesky, let them know we’re on LinkedIn too!

Check out these #WplusEBS events at #HBES2025!

🎉 Coming to #HBES2025?

Join us for “Survival of the Social”, a speed networking event by #WplusEBS!

🗓 June 5th | 🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Byrdcage, 3426 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City

All are welcome. Come build community with us!

Join us at the #WplusEBS panel discussion at #HBES2025:

"Gender and Identity in the Evolutionary Human Sciences: Challenges to Research and Researchers in 2025"

🗓️June 6th
⏰4:50pm
📍Stockton University Campus Event Room

See you there!

🎙️Panel Chair: H. Clark Barrett (he/him) @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social

UCLA Anth Prof, Director of UCLA BEC, #HBES President

Expertise: Roots of human cog; nature & diversity of moral judgment; Indigenous knowledge & role in evolutionary and cog sci; ethics of evolutionary research & theorizing

5/6👇

🎙️Siobhán Cully (she/her) (@siobhancully.bsky.social)

Associate professor of Anth at Rutgers University; former NSF program director

Expertise: New perspectives on old debates in evolutionary anthropology, including how disabled people, adopted children, & women contribute to human evolution
4/6👇

🎙️Dr. Dan Conroy-Beam (he/him) (@dconroybeam.bsky.social)

Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UCSB

Expertise: Am I expert in anything? I guess computational modeling of human mating psychology

#HBES2025 #WplusEBS 3/6 👇

🎙️ Dr. Robin Nelson (she/her) (@robinnelson.bsky.social)

Associate Professor in the SHESC at ASU

Expertise: Social Networks, Kin Investment and health outcomes across the lifespan; methods in qualitative behavioral research, and equity and access in research

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Meet the speakers behind our #WplusEBS panel at #HBES2025:

“Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences”
🗓️Friday, June 6th
⏰4:50pm - 6:10pm

We’re highlighting each panelist in this thread so read on! 👇1/6

Want to attend #HBES2025, but can’t in person? Stockton University can provide online access for $30/members, $60/non-members. (This is usually *way* too costly to provide.) To register: stockton.edu/human-behavi...

Six days left to vote in the #HBES elections in 2025! Members can log in to the HBES website to cast their votes for all positions. June 2 is the last day. Vote today!

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⏳ Don’t forget to submit your Qs for the #WplusEBS panel at #HBES2025!

“Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025”

Help shape the discussion! Submissions are anonymous.

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Join us at HBES for:

🍹our mixer Thurs June 5th at 7pm
💬our panel on gender & identity in EHS research Fri June 6th at 4:50

We'll have swag for you ✨.

🚨 What should we ask our panelists during the panel? Submit your most pressing questions here! 👇🏻

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