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Philosopher of science: measurement, statistics, and methodology in psychology. Simon Fraser University. https://kinozhao.com/

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2026 Data Update on Placement, Program Ratings, Student Comments, and Keywords Permanent academic placement for philosophy PhDs looks steady, while program and climate ratings are up.

The new APDA data is out!

11.02.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Leadership at APDA As of September 15th, APDA has three directors: Carolyn Dicey Jennings, Travis LaCroix, and Kino Zhao. This post provides a brief history of the project and an interview with the new directors and the...

Announcement: APDA now has three directors! @kinozhao.bsky.social and @travislacroix.bsky.social joined the project last month and will help lead this year's data gathering/survey effort. Our joint blogpost provides a brief history of APDA and more information about the new co-directors πŸ₯³ #philsky

13.10.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Leadership at APDA As of September 15th, APDA has three directors: Carolyn Dicey Jennings, Travis LaCroix, and Kino Zhao. This post provides a brief history of the project and an interview with the new directors and the...

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I joined the APDA!

13.10.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does this make me think twice whenever I want to ask a Q in subsequent talks? Yes. Does it make me a worse Q asker? Probably. Is it a sign that I’m too weak? Who knows.

30.08.2025 07:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, I slept on it and decided to whine some more. Just to be clear: I asked my question at the 15min mark of a 30min long Q&A block and was told to β€œwrap it up” after ~5 sentences. The last Q was just as long. Does it have something to do with me being the only nonwhite person to ask a Q? Who knows.

30.08.2025 07:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#EPSA

29.08.2025 20:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, as it turns out, I still see things others don’t see. And I will have to very begrudgingly tell others about it. For me. For others whom I don’t see either. It sucks. I’m doing my part. I don’t enjoy it at all. But I’m doing my part. So I’m on Bluesky now. 4/4

29.08.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I also finally revisited the assumption that the reason people who (1) have read my work, and (2) are working on the exact same topic, but (3) don’t cite me, is perhaps not because I wrote poorly and no one understood. It took me 4 or 5 instances to entertain this idea but I got there eventually. 3/

29.08.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought my days of seeing others don’t see have passed. There’s no good reason to think this but I did. I was proven wrong.
Today I was the proud recipient of the only β€œplease wrap up your question” from the chair of a session, where at least 5 other people asked questions of the same length. 2/

29.08.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello philosophers, I’m on Bluesky. #philosophy
Some of you may know that I hosted a philosophy Mastodon for a few years. When I shut it down, I was going to stop doing social media. But today I realized I couldn’t afford to be off social media. It wasn’t an option for me. 1/

29.08.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0