Dr. Sarah Gaither

No tricks here, just the best lab!!

Data manipulation within the US Federal Government A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...

"Data manipulation by the US Gov...makes crucial datasets untrustworthy and unusable. If the US Government secretly changes datasets for political reasons, researchers relying on the data might erroneously recommend ineffective or counterproductive interventions."
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Best academic related phone autocorrect I had this morning: instead of “prep” it corrected to oreo. Yes, we all need more oreos!!

Remind kids that there's more to life than simply being someone's child This practice of introducing kids to their various roles also broadens their horizon.

Check out some coverage of one of my past papers highlighting multiple identities and flexible thinking in kids! @dukeidlab.bsky.social is running some follow up studies now for anyone with 8-10 year olds out there, the study is on zoom! Let me know! #psychology
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Impossible to advise on!!!!

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My common feeling with publishing lol

I find picking a journal SO stressful! It is like dating!!!

Check out the newest pub from @dukeidlab.bsky.social Led by Mercedes Munoz (my amazing grad student on the job market this year!!), we argue for the need to consider all of our various identities when thinking about racial/ethnic socialization messages!

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Thanks for the shout out! And yes, firm believer here that intergroup contact matters a ton!!!

Happy FDOC to me!! My motto for this school year “Let laughter happen” We all need to laugh sometimes!! No matter what!!

I like to celebrate accomplishments and make fall goals. One of my grad students asked me, “Was this your dream? To be sitting at a table like this with so much diversity?” I answered, “Yes!” The science we do isn’t possible without diversity at the table. So let’s all find a seat at a table.

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A few students from our department went to SISSP this year! This is such a great @spspnews.bsky.social program to help train the next generation!

Look at my new lab home!!!

Donate to Supporting Sam Sommers’ Family After Sudden Loss, organized by Julie Bettergarcia Our dear friend and colleague, Sam Sommers died unexpectedly at th… Julie Bettergarcia needs your support for Supporting Sam Sommers’ Family After Sudden Loss

As you may know, my PhD adviser Sam Sommers passed away suddenly. He was an incredible mentor and teacher and spent all of his time helping others. I am asking you all to help his wife and daughters during this tragic time which has created financial hardships. Thank you. ❤️

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Mentoring and teaching is the best part of this job!

Whom do I like more? Examining ethnic majority and minority children’s socializing preferences in Hong Kong Children often attend to social group differences when making decisions. Here, we investigated group preferences among Hong Kong children: 115 Chinese…

New paper with my collaborator Eva Chen! Children in Hong Kong notice both ethnicity and wealth status by preschool, with majority kids preferring their ethnic ingroup, but ethnic minority kids don't. Status shifts preferences! Free access through this link!

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Study Shows More Colleges Are Embracing Peer Support — Just Not in the Same Way A recent Duke-led study published in the Journal of American College Health offers the most comprehensive look to date at the availability, structure, and quality of peer mental health support program...

A nice write up of our newly accepted paper led by Nancy Zucker stressing the importance of peer support programs in college! We also talk about our own DukeLine peer texting program we launched here @duke-university.bsky.social #psychology #mentalhealth
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Summer lab outings are the best!! 🐵

Even more science presentations!!

So proud of Jalen and Olivia!!!

So glad Mariam is on our team here at Duke now!!!!

Thanks for contributing! It is going to be amazing!

So happy our work got out to new people at this conference! #psychology

I really truly love my lab family!! ❤️❤️

Tose had a great time presenting at BGCP (Black Graduate Conference in Psychology) at VCU last week! So much amazing feedback on her Black and African socialization work! #psychology

Thanks so much!!!

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I just learned I was rated by my students as being in the top 5% of all faculty at Duke for my teaching!! 😀 It meant the world to me! A reminder to us all that teaching really can bring us all together!!