HEY HIGHER ED-- What gives you hope? How DO you cope? What brings YOU happiness? Come INSPIRE others. Share HOPE. Please share with any/all faculty, staff, and students you know. Full details bit.ly/brightsideproj… #AcademicChatter #phdlife #highered #highereducation #Teachers

Is optimism related to healthy aging? Find out in this week's post by Alex Samson! cogbites.org/2022/02/21/is-…

Michelle Rivers (Michelle Rivers, PhD) runs a blog in which early-career scientists translate recent papers in cognitive science to a general audience! cogbites.org cogbites #ShoutOutWiCS

Unique postdoctoral fellowship at Duke focused on teaching and research on teaching in the context of Introductory Psychology! Great opportunity for Psych PhD who wants to prepare for teaching-focused career. Please share: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/21407

What's the best teaching advice you can give in 3 words?

Today's tiny teaching tip (9): Pretend that everything you teach is inherently fascinating, regardless of your real opinion or the opinions you suspect the class might have. Part of planning well is working out what makes something - anything - potentially interesting.

After two years of delays, we are happy to announce that SARMAC XIV will be held in Nagoya (Japan) from **August 9 to 12, 2023**. More details to follow soon.

Co-hosting the first PsychTERMS conference in December, w/ Beth Morling & @Notawful as keynote speakers. Virtual & free! Please consider attending and/or submitting--we'd love to have you join the convo about teaching #researchmethods & #statistics in psych! psychterms.com

NEW PAPER ALERT! What happens to memory for lecture content when students take photos of the slides? In 2 experiments, we found that it can improve memory for the photographed content, at least for on-slide info! Check it out here: psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi…

📸🤔Taking pictures of PowerPoint slides helps students remember, according to a new study by #UCRCHASS psychology professor & researcher Annie S. Ditta, PhD Taking photos of slides helps students remember ecs.page.link/2AZKM

REGISTRATION EXTENDED to 12/5 for free, virtual PsychTERMS conference on December 7 & 8. Schedule of keynotes, talks, & roundtables about teaching #researchmethods and #statistics in psych available here: psychterms.com/schedule-of-ev… Please join us!