Laura Schwab-Reese

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Heads up #Purdue! VISTA Director @lschwabreese.bsky.social will be giving a talk "Am I in trouble? How Youth Navigate Disclosure After Online Sexual Exploitation" on Friday Sept 5 12:30-1:30 in PRCE 277 as part of the Purdue Social Psychology Colloquium.

You're invited to "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want" - a workshop and talk featuring Dr. Alex Hanna. Workshop: April 2, 2025, 4:30-5:30pm, BCC MP2 (RSVP Required) Keynote Lecture: April 3, 2025, 4:30-5:30pm with Q&A 5:30-6pm, HCRN 1066 (Honors Hall) or Zoom Register here: tinyurl.com/TJL25 The Tech Justice Lab invites you to attend a workshop and talk by Dr. Alex Hanna. Dr. Hanna is the Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute, a former AI ethics expert for Google, and a Purdue Aluma. n the workshop and talk, we'll get to engage with Dr. Hanna about her new book, The AI Con (coauthored with Dr. Emily M. Bender), which offers a sharp, witty, and wide-ranging take-down of AI hype across its many forms. Together, we can expose AI hype for what it is: a mask for Big Tech’s drive for profit, with little concern for who it affects.

There's a zoom option!
Register here: tinyurl.com/TJL25

Ditto to academics

Excited to spend the day thinking about how technology can play a role in preventing violence!

Meet the Team: Holly Wood Holly Wood is a member of the VISTA team and doctoral student in Purdue University’s Public Health PhD Program. She serves as Senior Director of Health Equity Initiatives in the Office of the Provo…

🌟 Meet Holly Wood 🌟

Public Health PhD student & Senior Director of Health Equity Initiatives at Purdue. Passionate about trauma prevention, community resilience & evidence-based solutions. Learn more about her impactful work with the VISTA team: https://buff.ly/4iYEWqt

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Food: Pupusas
Season: Fall
Drink: Moroccan Mint Tea with Fresh Mint
Color: Blue, specifically the sky in northern New Mexico
Game: College Football

Tagging: @sara-brand.bsky.social and @tracymehan.bsky.social

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The cat who did the pushing

Biscuit killed my #MoodAloe in late October, and she regretted nothing. It feels like a sign that both original mood aloes went down within a month....

The webinar title is paramedicine 101: history, myths, and opportunities. Laura Schwab Reese and Monica Kasting, Associate Professors at Purdue University, are presenting. The webinar is 12/3 from 12-1 ET. Register at https://tinyurl.com/59duhrvs

Interested in mobile integrated health and/or community paramedicine? We'll be talking about the history and how MIHCP is being used in Indiana, along with some common misconceptions. Then, we'll share our research on how state leaders, program administrators, and the public view these programs!

See, you really were made for this assignment!

Biscuit and Midge (and I) would like to join!

Quote from a newsletter I receive: "The opposite of the fight, flight, and freeze reaction process is communicate, connect, and create."

I have no idea if it's backed by research, but I need @christenrexing.bsky.social to use her extrovert magic to force me into more connections!

If only I had one! I do really love how they look!

Yay!! @tracymehan.bsky.social is here! Follow for AI, injury/violence, and communication insights!

CyberTipline NCMEC’s CyberTipline is the nation’s centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children. The public and electronic service providers can make reports of suspected online enticement o...

5/5 There are ways to have online CSAM removed! Most people, like me until yesterday, think it's impossible to get content removed. It's not a 100% guarantee, but websites are legally required to remove CSAM after being notified. NCMEC (www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/c...) can help!

Rapport Building in Written Crisis Services: Qualitative Content Analysis Background: Building therapeutic relationships and social presence are challenging in digital services and maybe even more difficult in written services. Despite these difficulties, in-person care may...

4/5 Don't judge them! You may think that they were naïve or stupid to share explicit materials, but they probably already feel REALLY bad about it. Your response can make a huge difference. Don't know what you say? Use these strategies: www.jmir.org/2024/1/e42049/

3/5 Make sure your kids know that they can talk to you about difficult situations. If your kids are afraid to talk to you when they make mistakes, they're going to hide things from you, which will just make the situation worse.

2/5 Online exploitation can happen to anyone. Emerging technology means that people can create convincing fake explicit materials. So, even if your kid would never share nudes, they could still be targeted.

1/5 I spent yesterday working on an online CSAM prevention program with Childhelp Inc and Meta (look for it to launch in February!). Kids are our main audience, but we also talked about what adults need to know. Our preliminary thoughts are below:

How did it feel? I'm always so proud of myself on days that I limit my email time to its designated blocks!

Update: it felt much safer than most of my recent taxi and Uber rides!

This is so surreal!

The world would be a better place if all social media was 90% cats.

When I'm super disciplined about my schedule, I can make it work. I set three weekly goals with three related daily goals, then hold time on my calendar for those tasks. As part of that system, I hold at least 30 minutes in the morning and afternoon to answer emails.

I've spent most of the day thinking about how AI will continue to influence how we do high-quality, ethical research. It's one of the first AI-focused workshops I've attended where the speakers actually understand AI!

A recording will be available: research.msu.edu/recr-event/p...

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I did, and I think we're moving VISTA over too!

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from you do now

-ice cream maker/cake decorator
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-personal banker
-research assistant
-employee and labor relations hr specialist
-adjunct
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-assistant professor