Every year I read a lot of grad school applications from accomplished people that don't give me the info I'm looking for. It feels like a major hidden curriculum thing. So here's (my opinion on) how to write a great Statement of Purpose/Research for a PhD program. 🧵 1/

So proud of Alessa Natale for defending her dissertation! Few things are better than getting to address your advisee by their new, official, well-deserved title. Congratulations Doctor 🥹🤩🥳 #PhDone

Too many researchers erroneously think that #qualitative data are not useful for generating explanation or understanding causation. A 🧵 Sure, qual data analysis is NOT designed to generate universal laws causally linking together decontextualized independent variables. But...

On this Juneteenth, we remember that throughout our history, efforts to deprive us of our freedom have been routed through efforts to deprive us of knowledge. We lift up the generations who have fought for our freedom to learn, and will not back down from the fight today.

It's sad to see Asian students being used to gut Affirmative Action. A reminder that the Model Minority Myth is a tool of white supremacy, not a road to acceptance.

I am so excited for this bright star of a scholar (and the lucky school that gets to hire him)! 💫

Here's to Shivani Shah, Baruch College I/O Psychology PhD student! Winner of the Consulting Psych DEIA Excellence in Research Grant! #WeissmanGraduateStudies

CRYING!!! I am SO thrilled for Wiston A. Rodriguez, Ph.D. and San Diego State University. What an honor and joy it has been to cheer him along his journey. 🥹