Dana Miller-Cotto

😬 it made the paper better!

Just a reminder that Florida is hiring this year - we'd love to see your application! Deadline is 10/10

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We are most grateful to the editor and reviewers who pushed our thinking, suggested better analytic approaches, and encouraged us to stay true to the spirit of preregistration. Cheers! 🥂

While these findings are certainly concerning, what I’m thrilled about is the process by which this paper came together. We, early career scholars, submitted this a preregistration in 2023 and went through seven (!!) rounds of revisions between stage 1 and stage 2 before it was accepted.

🚨 New publication! Our registered report in Journal of Educational Psychology examines whether common executive function (EF) tasks demonstrated measurement invariance across racial/ethnic groups. Spoiler: they don’t. ⚠️
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Today’s lab meeting was led by @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social grad students Jetta McPhee and Elise Levin-Guracar who offered to host a session for our undergraduates applying to grad programs this year (and beyond!).

The experimenter/researcher/person administering the tasks to the participant. Characteristics: gender, race/ethnicity, familiarity with the participant (not an exhaustive list).

Assessor characteristics

Read this and do not pretend not to have known what was happening. My fellow scientist, even if you can still get your next grant, everything will not be fine.

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We're hiring! Assistant Professor — Disparities and Education Policy. This faculty position is for someone whose scholarship addresses the goals of the Education Policy Cluster of the @obi-belonging.bsky.social. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04211

If you are interested in doing a postdoc in psychology at UC Davis with me (or any other UC professor), feel free to consider applying to the UC Presidential Postdoc position!

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My department is hiring an assistant professor of educational psychology who researches and teaches motivation in schools! My contact info is in the job posting, please reach out if you have any questions. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...

Assistant Professor — Disparities and Education Policy – Berkeley School of Education University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Were also hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor of disparities and educational policy. Due October 30th. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04211

Assistant Professor (N/T) - Using AI and the Learning Sciences to Advance STEM Teaching and Learning: K12-Higher Education - Berkeley School of Education University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

We’re hiring! The Berkeley School of Education is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor of AI and STEM education. Due 10/23. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05125

I am deeply grateful for the work of NSF staff this year to keep research & grants moving in a difficult environment. I view this petition as a means to demonstrate impact & interest in ensuring access to a vital grad research program.

450+ signees and counting:
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I am a writer. I am a journalist. I am here for the fight. I have both starter packs and lists with resources and indie journalists.

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Research Coordinator, Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks a full-time Research Coordinator (acting lab manager) to help launch and coordinate the Minds,.....

I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
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Federal Science Advisory Committees Are Being Defunded and Dismantled. Here’s a Toolkit to Help Independent Scientists Step Up Despite the current Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle federal science advisory committees, scientists and their organizations can still collaborate to form independent committees.

So the next time you're feeling despair, look to the many who are volunteering their time and talents to ensure that science and truth prevail, despite the Administration's best efforts to squash them. I hope you'll join us. blog.ucs.org/melissa-finu...

You had questions about President Trump's deployment of federal troops to U.S. cities, and we have answers.

The California redistricting measure cites Texas, highlighting the partisan stakes A ballot measure in California will ask voters if they OK a new congressional map. In a sign of how rare the proposal is, it specifically cites Texas Republicans' new districts in the measure's title.

A ballot measure in California will ask voters if they OK a new congressional map. In a sign of how rare the proposal is, it specifically cites Texas Republicans' new districts in the measure's title.

GAO Raises Concern About Future FAFSAs The Education Department is on track to release the 2026–27 Free Application for Federal Student Aid by Oct. 1, but a government watchdog warned this week that future forms are at risk of technical is...

"These risks are compounded by reductions in staff that likely impact the agency’s ability to carry out its mission to manage and oversee student financial assistance programs."

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I have no words. No words!

This is such an unfair reality 😔

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Excited to announce that I started as an Assistant Professor at Tulane’s Psychology Department! Made it to the beautiful New Orleans & enjoying the oak trees! Recruiting PhD students through the Brain, Cognition & Dev Science area (deadline Dec 1). Please share widely & contact me with questions!

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Excited to share that Assoc. Prof. Tesha Sengupta-Irving will be serving on two editorial boards. Assoc. Editor at Cognition and Instruction @tandfresearch.bsky.social, and, Commentary Editor of Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, the premiere research journal in math ed.

Learning takes so many forms. These @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social students observing where learning happens and our @damcotto.bsky.social will lead them in discussion about the why and how.

Stand Up for UC The federal government’s demand of $1 billion from UCLA puts the entire University of California system at risk. Stand with us to protect UC.

The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate UCLA and its critical mission. Join me and #StandUpForUC to defend UofCalifornia and support its life-saving work. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...