Pam Davis-Kean, PhD

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The Greenlandification of Antarctica - Nature Geoscience Climate and ice sheet processes in Antarctica increasingly reflect those observed earlier in Greenland. Applying process insights from Greenland can improve projections of future Antarctic ice and climate behaviour.

Antarctica is undergoing “greenlandification,” with ice loss processes mirroring Greenland ❄️🌍 New paper out in Nature Geoscience with DTU Space contributions on key signs: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #ClimateChange #Antarctica #Greenlandification

How apple cider vinegar cured everything — until it didn't A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

In most of what psych studies, it is hard to imagine where such an assumption would be true. This leads to research that is bias and does little to understand the populations we study.

Psych uses convenience samples and often doesn’t collect the necessary data to understand the bias in their sample. Why no training? This is due to this belief in universal psychological phenomenon. If you find it in one sample, it is true for everyone

Psychology has a generalizability problem and it is harmful at multiple levels for the science. This stems from a few issues. There is no training in how to effectively create a sampling strategy in order to generalize.

What Psychology doesn’t understand about sampling and selection bias-hurts our science and what we can offer to our communities from our science. This paper tries to provide some way to address some of these concerns.

Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network Description: We are looking for a full-time data scientist to join the Developing Belief Network, a global team of psychologists studying...

If you're a data scientist interested in a full-time or part-time role working with developmental psychologists on cross-cultural data from parents and children, check out this position with the Developing Belief Network. Application review begins October 15, 2025. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A Conceptual Introduction to Bayesian Model Averaging - Max Hinne, Quentin F. Gronau, Don van den Bergh, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, 2020 Many statistical scenarios initially involve several candidate models that describe the data-generating process. Analysis often proceeds by first selecting the ...

Love this paper by Hinne doi.org/10.1177/2515... but curious why BMA isn't compatible with competing theories: "BMA is less useful when...each candidate model may represent a different theory of a physical process...the models are not a nuisance factor; they are the focus of the analysis." #statsky

Embrace autumn! 20 reasons to be cheerful – from red wine to sensational star-gazing From light festivals and Bonfire Night to spectacular forest walks and mushroom foraging, there’s plenty to enjoy. Or if you’d rather stay in, sip mulled wine as you take in a fantastic season of TV

Embrace autumn! 20 reasons to be cheerful – from red wine to sensational star-gazing

My article "Data is not available upon request" was published in Meta-Psychology. Very happy to see this out!
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From hospital to community: International lessons on moving care closer to home The new 10 Year Health Plan for England promises to shift more care from hospitals into the community, but history shows how hard this ambition is to deliver. This new report looks to Denmark and…

The new 10 Year Health Plan for England promises to shift more care from hospitals into the community, but history shows how hard this ambition is to deliver.

Our research explores lessons from Denmark and Ireland, two countries pursuing bold reforms to rebalance care.

Talking With Jonathan Cohn The coming premium apocalypse, the shutdown, and more

You know how chocolate and peanut butter are two great tastes that taste great together?

This is kinda like that, but for #healthpolicy, specifically explaining the current health insurance subsidy cliff.

Thanks, @citizencohn.bsky.social & @pkrugman.bsky.social !

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UNC is hiring in Quantitative Psychology! Assistant Professor (tenure-track). Please share widely! Find details here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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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

Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology: Cognition and Learning University of New Mexico's College of Education and Human SciencesAssistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Educational PsychologyStarting in August 2026T...

#edpsychjobs

The Educational Psychology program at the University of New Mexico is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognition and Learning!

Link to posting: unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Pretty excited about this one. In this paper, we discuss the replication/credibility crisis, the factors that contribute to it, and clinical psychology's slow (really slow) progress in dealing with it. We offer a competency-based fraemwork for improving our training of future scholars.
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@psychscience.bsky.social Submission site for Barcelona 2026 opens Oct. 30th!!! Join us in Spain for the first APS to be held outside the U.S. Many new ways to interact and to share psychological research being done around the world. www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...

Gather round, all those bayes curious, pragmatic, committed or indifferent, for an elegant and flexible way to approach reliability estimation using bayesian measurement models! All thoughts and ideas welcome

Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt

APS in Today’s World "If APS is to thrive, we must come to terms with each of these issues," writes APS President James W. Pennebaker in his second presidential column.

📢How can APS be the society that is international, interdisciplinary, and interesting to you as a scientist? We want to hear from you. 🫵https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/aps-todays-world.html #PsychSciSky #DevPsych #PsychSci

Two open positions on COS's research team!

Project Coordinator: Undergraduate degree in research, or equivalent experience ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...

Program Manager: 10 yrs of project management experience or 2+ program management ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...

Please share w/colleagues

🔵 FACULTY POSITION 🔵

U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!

💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25

For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies

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Hi bluesky friends! I plan to submit a symposium with @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social for APS 2026 on contextual psychopathology research from ECRs (students welcome!) Content area and methods are wide open. If you are interested or know someone who may be, message me and we'll chat further. 1/2

As a health reporter, one of the hardest parts of my job is getting rapid access to research reports in medical journals. Interested members of the public aren't going to bother.
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APS Comments on U.S. Government Shutdown and Science Read APS President-Elect Pam Davis-Kean’s full statement on the potential government shutdown.

As a U.S. government shutdown gets closer, here’s what YOU can do: Contact your elected Representative and Senators to urge them to think of their constituents and fund the government.

Read APS President-Elect @umpamdk.bsky.social's full statement

Thank goodness, since that is the way I always eat them!

Thank you all the program officers at NIH that persisted through the 2025 fiscal year and were able to fund 99% of the total FY2024 budget. I know this has take a toll on everyone at NIH. Thank you for supporting important health and behavior science and helping to keep the U.S. a leader in science.

Congratulations, Felix!!