THIS 🔥🔥🔥 when I first applied to grad school for clinical psych, I used some words in this table in my statement, and the feedback I received was that they weren’t acceptable/understandable to the field at large. That’s a PROBLEM 👏🏼. You can’t change what you can’t name.

Today is Bi Visibility Day, AKA Bisexual Pride - celebrated worldwide to highlight biphobia, challenge bisexual and biromantic erasure, and raise awareness of the bisexual community 💗💜💙 Find out more about the day and Bisexual Awareness Week (20-26 September) 👇

In honor of #BiVisibilityWeek I'm SO excited to launch the DGS Bisexual Merch For a Cause 💖💜💙 50% of profits made over the next month will be donated to The Trevor Project, which aims to end suicide in LGBTQ+ youth check out the collection here: deargradstudent.com/bisexual 🧵👀

PhD stipends must be enough for students to have cats, I would not survive without them

Ever notice when you’re stressed, you just want to be alone? Our new paper supports this: #stress reduces real-world social interaction. With great co-authors Alex daSilva, Jeremy Huckins, Weichen Wang, Rui Wang, & Andrew Campbell tinyurl.com/4mddbn5m

Dear #AcademicTwitter: I'm now Dr. Manvelian and hold a PhD in Clinical Psychology. But when I applied to college, I was rejected from all 10 of the universities I applied to. What went wrong? A 🧵on the importance of mentorship for underprivileged students.

A week ago, I finished applying to psychology PhD programs! Needed some time to process that. Goal: achieved 🎉 #gradschool

After years of delays, U.S. National Science Foundation piloted LGBTQ questions for the US STEM census. The results? People have no problem with them. Yet U.S. National Science Foundation still won't add them. U.S. National Science Foundation is Congressionally mandated to address US STEM disparities. LGBTQ disparities are no exception. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

😳 this made my Friday!

It’s official - our abstract was accepted for OHBM! Super excited to attend this year for the first trip in Europe (for me)!

To all those students who is not hearing the good news from #NSFGRFP today, please know that applying was already a win. It takes immense courage & perseverance to even apply. And, please don't take reviewer comments to the heart - they don't define you. Academic Chatter™

I really respect a lot of the authors of this piece and colleagues who have been tweeting out congratulations to those listed at "top-producers". BUT, I've got to disagree with the whole premise of the article. I think it's misguided and actively harmful for the field...

The student loan forgiveness application is now LIVE: studentaid.gov/debt-relief/ap…

I’m so excited to be starting my PhD in Psychology at Wayne State Psychology working with Stephanie Spielmann on romantic relationships 🎉 Cheers to the next years

Amazing presentation! 💕

It was a blast! I had so much fun presenting and meeting people #IARR2024. Stay tuned for the experimental follow up study on whether thinking you’re better than your ex leads to better breakup recovery 👀