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Jill A. Jacobson

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Professor and Chair of the Social-Personality Psychology Program at Queen’s University, Canada.

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New postdoc position at Cornell! This is a bit of a unique one: It's a teaching postdoc focused on integrating active learning strategies into psychology courses (including one of my own). Should be a lot of fun!

Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31738

10.03.2026 19:07 👍 11 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 0

I have proposed that we make a data sharing plan part of IRB approval. Progressive IRBs would make sharing the default, and PIs would have to make a specific case for restricting access to the data, and demonstrate why that is more ethical overall than sharing it.

10.03.2026 16:20 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I'm not disputing any of that. But the way in which the data are gatekept from peers, who are just as well qualified as the original collectors, often goes well beyond what is reasonable. It also allows authors to get away with fraud, far too often.

10.03.2026 15:09 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Beaches Therapy Group in Toronto, ON is hiring a Psychologist (Clinical/educational)

Closing date: 2026/04/30

CPA Career Ads and Resources page: buff.ly/NyQRAlh

10.03.2026 18:14 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Limited Term Faculty Member - Academic Associate - Psychology and Forensic Psychology The Faculty of Social Science Humanities at Ontario Tech University invites applications for a year limited term Academic Associate position in the ar...

ontariotechu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Our program is hiring for a 12-month LTFM - come join our amazing crew here in Oshawa!

09.03.2026 15:45 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Petition e-7195 - Petitions

To my Canadian friends, an acquaintance started a petition to allow US transgender citizens to claim refugee status here.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

If you’re Canadian please sign it.
If you’re not, please share ❤️

06.03.2026 17:49 👍 890 🔁 875 💬 12 📌 26
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Reviewer notes: In a randomized experiment, the pre-post differences are not effect estimates Reviewer notes are a new short format with brief explanations of basic ideas that might come in handy during (for example) the peer-review process. They are a great way to keep Julia from writing 10,0...

P.S. Pre-post differences are *not* valid treatment effect estimates. Why? Here's a post by @statsepi.bsky.social: statsepi.substack.com/p/one-simple..., here's a post by me: www.the100.ci/2025/01/22/r... >

05.03.2026 13:55 👍 34 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 2

Taking a look at Castro-Schilo & Grimm about "residualized change vs diff scores" -- interesting case of how spelling out estimands affects reasoning.
Estimand of interest: "effect of prior cohabitation on change in relationship satisfaction pre/post marriage">

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

07.03.2026 09:35 👍 28 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 0
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Our lab has a new postdoc position that is ideal for someone interested in a career in data science or statistical consulting and an interest in gender diversity / trans health. apply.interfolio.com/182278

03.03.2026 14:22 👍 29 🔁 29 💬 0 📌 2
PhD position-The (Mis)Perception of Social Norms in Dynamic Social Networks - SOCION

We're looking for a PhD student working on the (mis)perception of social norms in social networks (in collaboration with Vincent Buskens at Utrecht University). Deadline: April 1, 2026. More information here: socion-program.org/vacancy/phd-...

03.03.2026 13:37 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Faculty Lecturer - Department of Psychology Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

McGill is hiring a faculty lecturer in social psychology, in a (non-adjunct) permanent teaching position.

Please consider being my colleague, Montreal is really great: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

04.02.2026 21:36 👍 33 🔁 31 💬 0 📌 2

just reminder, deadline March 12

02.03.2026 21:14 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Psychological & Brain Sciences Position Summary Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at WashU in St. Louis, to work on department-funded res...

Postdoctoral Job Opportunity: Join me and the WELLab at WashU in St. Louis to study well-being in daily life and across the lifespan. This position is perfect for folks interested in ESM and longitudinal data analysis and well-being and affective science.

wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

27.02.2026 19:10 👍 7 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
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Contact the CPA Accreditation Panel and Office - Canadian Psychological Association Registrar, Accreditation Panel Stewart Madon, Ph.D., C.Psych. accreditation@cpa.ca Tel: 613-237-2144 ext. 1333 Accreditation Coordinator Ms. Christine McPherson cmcpherson@cpa.ca Tel: 613-237-2144…

The CPA Accreditation Panel is searching for a new Student Member to join us for our Fall 2026 meeting in Ottawa.

If you are a student in a professional psychology program in Canada and care about education and training issues, please consider joining us!

28.02.2026 12:14 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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A few weeks ago you’ve heard about nmax as the insurance policy for sample size planning on @quantitude.bsky.social

Today we’re excited to launch the nmax Shiny app. Sample size planning with nmax can now be done in just a few button clicks!

🚀 yifeng-quant.shinyapps.io/nmax/

27.02.2026 19:18 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Assistant Professor Tenure Track for Social Psychology with a Focus on Environmental Psychology - Universität Bern Universität Bern is looking for Assistant Professor Tenure Track for Social Psychology with a Focus on Environmental Psychology

Our institute is hiring
1. an assistant professor (with TT) for Social Psychology (focus: environmental psychology)
ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

2. an assistant lecturer (with TT) for Experimental Personality Psychology
ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

26.02.2026 15:20 👍 24 🔁 31 💬 0 📌 1
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Causal inference for psychologists who think that causal inference is not for them Correlation does not imply causation and psychologists' causal inference training often focuses on the conclusion that therefore experiments are needed—without much consideration for the causal infer...

You need to bring in the same toolkit as in studies that try to establish causality without randomization.

I know it sounds unfair, but I don’t make the rules. These situations are instances of post-treatment bias, if you want to read up on it as a psychologist:

25.02.2026 17:32 👍 66 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 4
Survey 160 Research Fellowship — Survey 160

Academic friends: do you have grad students working on survey methods questions (ones we can help answer with Survey 160 data)? Please share with them this fellowship opportunity. Applications for first round are closing soon. www.survey160.com/survey-160-r...

25.02.2026 15:26 👍 13 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 0
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Ashwini Ashokkumar’s lab at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to start in Summer 2026. The lab conducts research on social ...

🚨🚨 My lab is hiring a Postdoc! 🚨🚨

Postdoc opening in my lab at Harvard Psych (start: Summer/Fall 2026).

We study identity, group dynamics, language, & politics.

Rolling review begins 3/14
Apply: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15806

Please repost + tag folks who might be a good fit! 👇

24.02.2026 22:27 👍 26 🔁 34 💬 1 📌 1
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5-HTTLPR: A Pointed Review In 1996, some researchers discovered that depressed people often had an unusual version of the serotonin transporter gene 5-HTTLPR. The study became a psychiatric sensation, getting thousands of ci…

Reminds me of Border et al. (2019) on the serotonin transporter gene and this great blogpost: slatestarcodex.com/2019/05/07/5...
450 (!) preceding studies on the topic, most of them with a positive association. Then came Border et al.'s very large and well-conducted study reporting a null-finding.

24.02.2026 07:41 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
OSF

I reviewed 5+ fMRI papers on response inhibition within roughly the last year, and the same points come up over and over again. So I wrote a short note last week entitled "The unique limitations of BOLD-fMRI in the study of response inhibition". You can read it here.
osf.io/preprints/ps...

21.02.2026 14:58 👍 64 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 0
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Neuroscience has a species problem If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.

"The problem is not simply that cross-species translation is difficult; it is that the field has largely accepted this difficulty rather than treating it as a central scientific challenge. Neuroscience has also struggled to confront the fact that different species often tell different stories."

22.02.2026 08:45 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
Screenshot of job ad for postdoc. Follow link for details.

Screenshot of job ad for postdoc. Follow link for details.

T32 Postdoc position in developmental psychopathology at UMN Institute of Child Development! There are many excellent primary mentors available, as well as an even better set of secondary mentors to choose from (including me). See link for details, due April 1. drive.google.com/file/d/18SoO...

20.02.2026 16:36 👍 18 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 1
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Study recruiting licensed doctoral-level clinical psychologists:

'Examining How Forensic Psychologists Assess Individuals with Limited English Proficiency'

Consider participating at the CPA's R2P2 portal here: buff.ly/3qPl6aN

20.02.2026 14:24 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

we have a specific papers on power for interactions:
doi.org/10.1037/per0...

and a tutorial on an R package for determining power:
doi.org/10.1177/2515...

20.02.2026 16:00 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Paper on statistical power necessary for interaction effects
doi.org/10.1177/2515...

20.02.2026 09:17 👍 154 🔁 60 💬 4 📌 8

”Most of the applications of clustering are not well thought out, not even considering whether observation clustering aligns with clinical goals.”

YES.
Clustering has become a huge fad in psychology as well, I see it everywhere.

18.02.2026 17:52 👍 49 🔁 13 💬 6 📌 1
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Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer in Psychology The School of Psychology is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Psychology and a Lecturer in Psychology focusing on Cognition and Neuroscience  to join a collegial, supportive, and intellectually vibrant...

Kent Psychology is hiring 🎓We have two posts: 1) open area and 2) cog neuro. More details can be found here: jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Feel free to reach out with questions!

16.02.2026 10:10 👍 21 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 0
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Postdoc position!

Myself and @jordanaxt.bsky.social are seeking applications for a shared post-doctoral researcher at McGill, beginning Fall 2026.

Topic area broadly centered on intergroup dynamics, prejudice, discrimination

Full description here: hehmanlab.org/ad
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11.02.2026 19:45 👍 39 🔁 49 💬 3 📌 1
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The Campbell & Fairweather Psychology Group in Nanaimo & Victoria, BC is hiring a Clinical Psychologist

Closing date: 2026/03/31

CPA Career Ads and Resources: buff.ly/0lYl105

03.02.2026 18:32 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0