Zhixu (Rick) Yang

I’ll be in Chicago for #SPSP2026, assuming my Wednesday flight doesn’t get derailed by this blizzard… Please reach out if you’ll be there and want to get connected, especially if you’re interested in goals/motivation, conflict, Asian Americans & Asians, workplace, or you just want to hang.

Virtual open houses are being held by I-O psych grad programs! The link for viewing the list is tinyurl.com/iop-openhous... . Ask questions about how to put your best foot forward in your application.

#OHPsych #OHP #IOPsych #iopsychmemes #psychology #psychologymemes #psychmemes #psychgradschool

Call for Papers Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption.docx Call for Papers: Special Collection Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption Deadline for Letters of Intent: October 15, 2025 (https://bit.ly/4mlowtf) Guest Editors: Gale...

Social Cognition invites papers for a special issue on disrupted scholarship guest edited by Galen Bodenhausen, Jacqueline Chen, & Franki Kung.

bit.ly/3HkcyBf

Mark Chen | Department of Psychology

My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...

Large Language Models Do Not Simulate Human Psychology

arxiv.org/pdf/2508.06950

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Newly accepted in PSPB! We examined whether Asian and Black Americans perceived one another through a zero-sum lens. Inspired by the SCOTUS affirmative action decisions, I wanted to know if Asians thought they were losing to Black people and how this mindset affects coalition
osf.io/preprints/ps...

Thank you so much, Ronda!!

I will miss you and Purdue!

Thanks, Adi!!

Thank you so much, Kaitlyn!! I wish you all the best in Australia!

Thanks so much, Cavan!

Thanks, Anabel!!

I’ve defended my dissertation and wrapped up 5 years of my PhD! Grateful to my advisor, committee, mentors, colleagues, students, friends, and family. I’m thrilled to be joining Baruch College, CUNY as an Assistant Professor in I-O Psychology and to start this new chapter in NYC!

Participant Interactions with Artificial Intelligence: Using Large Language Models to Generate Research Materials for Surveys and Experiments - Journal of Business and Psychology Researchers are increasingly exploring the use of large language models (LLMs) to develop materials for surveys and experiments. However, clear guidance on effective implementation remains limited. In...

If you want to study people's interactions with chatbots, or use LLMs to generate novel experimental materials, this paper will walk you through it. Technical and practical considerations included. #iopsychology link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Thanks! I’m very excited for it!

How do experiences of discrimination shape beliefs about inter-minority solidarity, and how does it vary among Asian subgroups?

Read on to find out! By Dr. Chyei Vinluan and @danielsanji.bsky.social

New preprint showing how and why people misperceive rates of STEM representation among Asian subgroups. Implications for Affirmative action and data disaggregation

By Dr. Chyei Vinluan who is crushing it!

Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."

JUST IN: International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."

This is not a game, this is affecting people's lives... I can only imagine what it's like to be a student at Harvard right now -- not to mention that this hangs as a threat over every single international student in the US.

I'm disappointed to share that my NSF career grant on anti-Asian dehumanization was terminated. This affects ongoing project activities, which have shown great progress so far, and support for my research team and more.

I'm sad to share that the hiring of the postdoc role is currently on pause.

Opinion | Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid (Gift Article) A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

Unsurprisingly, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is spot-on in this analysis: “A.I.’s most revolutionary potential is helping experts apply their expertise better and faster. But for that to work, there has to be experts.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

As part of this student cohort, I deeply resonate with this message. Grateful for those in our community who support each other and uphold the value of science.

Have a soon-to-submit paper or R&R you want developmental feedback on? Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in PSY or related fields?

If so, @reviewerzero.bsky.social's pre-review program, FAIR, is here for YOU! 🎉

Apply below or sign up for an office hour. We are here to help!

Congrats, Chris!! So well deserved!

Congrats again, Liz!! So happy for you!

Updates on Federal Policy - Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology The Trump Administration has issued several executive orders (EO) and agency guidance impacting the availability of federal funding for research and education, as well as the allowable uses of these f...

Proud of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology's Executive Board statement released this morning, condemning:

"blunt force stoppages in grant funding, employment, and policy enforcement" as well as many other things.

www.siop.org/news-center/...

#IOPsych

The Collapse of Ego Depletion Science's Biggest Self-Control Failure

Roy Baumeister called ego depletion "one of the most replicable findings in social psychology." As someone who spent 20 years studying it—and ultimately had to admit it wasn't real—I have to respectfully disagree. Here's my perspective of what went so wrong.

We're entering a scary time as a scientific community. I hope those with $$ take care of those in vulnerable positions, like grad students, postdocs, and other lab members, for whom a pause in funding is not merely a gap in publications or research progress, but can represent a forced career change.

State Rep. Gregory W. Porter (D-Indianapolis) released the following statement: “The active intervention to end or attack anything in the budget that gives state dollars to people of color is sickening. I won’t mince my words: It’s racist. Black Hoosiers and other minorities pay taxes, so we deserve to benefit from the state budget as much as our white counterparts.

“Martin University is Indiana’s only predominately Black institution. The only reason why it’s not an official HBCU is because it’s relatively young. Now they will receive zero state dollars, which is a complete cut from 2023. He also cut the College Success Program, which encourages minority and first-generation, low-income students to attend college. That means a total of $10 million in support for minority students has been eliminated."

Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, but for those of us in higher education, it's worth paying attention to what is (and has been) going on. Take the Governor's new budget, which cut all of the $10M previously allocated to Martin University, the only predominantly Black school in the state.