Benjamin Douglas
@bendouglas.bsky.social
I am an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio Wesleyan University, currently finishing my PhD at UW-Madison. I study social norms and persuasive messaging, particularly in the context of sustainability. 🏳️🌈
Website: https://benjaminddouglas.com
Website: https://benjaminddouglas.com
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I am unbelievably excited to share that starting in fall of 2025, I will be an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio Wesleyan University!
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I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Part 1: How do LLMs work?
YouTube video by Andrew Perfors
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January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
The carmina burana started playing in someone’s office near mine and at the same time as a test of the university emergency system went out. Kinda hoping this was not just a coincidence
January 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The carmina burana started playing in someone’s office near mine and at the same time as a test of the university emergency system went out. Kinda hoping this was not just a coincidence
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Someone resurrected this thread as potentially helpful for instructors trying to figure out how to manage disruptions to schoolwork due to ICE occupation.
If it’s helping, I’m happy to repost it too:
If it’s helping, I’m happy to repost it too:
In light of today’s conversation on academic accommodations, I’m going to revive a thread lost to time when I deleted my Twitter profile.
It’s about a bunch of academic accommodations that instructors can offer in lieu of an extension on an assignment. 🧵
It’s about a bunch of academic accommodations that instructors can offer in lieu of an extension on an assignment. 🧵
January 16, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Someone resurrected this thread as potentially helpful for instructors trying to figure out how to manage disruptions to schoolwork due to ICE occupation.
If it’s helping, I’m happy to repost it too:
If it’s helping, I’m happy to repost it too:
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📣 Our lab is hiring a full-time RA/lab manager! Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara to study the neural bases of affect-cognition interactions using fMRI and brain stimulation. Great stepping stone to a PhD in cognitive/affective neuro 🧠🐬🏖️ Apply by Jan 22: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03048
Junior Specialist - Lapate Laboratory, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
📣 Our lab is hiring a full-time RA/lab manager! Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara to study the neural bases of affect-cognition interactions using fMRI and brain stimulation. Great stepping stone to a PhD in cognitive/affective neuro 🧠🐬🏖️ Apply by Jan 22: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03048
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I'm looking for resources/slides for teaching undergrads about causality in research design and statistics--anyone have any recommendations? Thanks so much! @stpteachpsych.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I'm looking for resources/slides for teaching undergrads about causality in research design and statistics--anyone have any recommendations? Thanks so much! @stpteachpsych.bsky.social
Music is good
I like music
I must keep this in mind as my upstairs neighbor discovers their new apparent interest in trumpet while I complete my course prep 🫠
I like music
I must keep this in mind as my upstairs neighbor discovers their new apparent interest in trumpet while I complete my course prep 🫠
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Music is good
I like music
I must keep this in mind as my upstairs neighbor discovers their new apparent interest in trumpet while I complete my course prep 🫠
I like music
I must keep this in mind as my upstairs neighbor discovers their new apparent interest in trumpet while I complete my course prep 🫠
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We’ve come across Toasty. Has anyone used this service and found it useful?
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
We’ve come across Toasty. Has anyone used this service and found it useful?
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Has anyone used e-gift cards to reward research participants? We’re looking for something that isn’t Amazon and that avoids exorbitant service fees
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Has anyone used e-gift cards to reward research participants? We’re looking for something that isn’t Amazon and that avoids exorbitant service fees
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Have you used Project Implicit for class demo or research? I know I have. Project Implicit fundamentally changed social psych research and public discourse. Its impact is too big to write in one post. But all this work is in jeopardy, so pls join me in donating to sustain Project Implicit!!
January 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Have you used Project Implicit for class demo or research? I know I have. Project Implicit fundamentally changed social psych research and public discourse. Its impact is too big to write in one post. But all this work is in jeopardy, so pls join me in donating to sustain Project Implicit!!
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Project Implicit is facing an existential threat. After almost 30 years, 60 million visitors, and hundreds of published papers, funding for our work has disappeared.
We’ve never held a fundraising drive before, but we need your support to keep our site running. Please consider donating! 🙏
We’ve never held a fundraising drive before, but we need your support to keep our site running. Please consider donating! 🙏
Project Implicit is a research nonprofit behind tools millions use to understand bias. Like many public science orgs, sustaining this work has become increasingly difficult. We are at risk of closing without additional support.
Help protect this impt work by donating here: 4agc.com/donate/impli...
Help protect this impt work by donating here: 4agc.com/donate/impli...
January 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Project Implicit is facing an existential threat. After almost 30 years, 60 million visitors, and hundreds of published papers, funding for our work has disappeared.
We’ve never held a fundraising drive before, but we need your support to keep our site running. Please consider donating! 🙏
We’ve never held a fundraising drive before, but we need your support to keep our site running. Please consider donating! 🙏
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The department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Fairfield is hiring a visiting assistant professor that focuses on behavioral or cognitive neuroscience. You can see more about the job linked here: ffd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Employ...
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Job Description: The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Fairfield University invites applications for a full-time, visiting assistant professor position during the 2026-2027 academic ye...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Fairfield is hiring a visiting assistant professor that focuses on behavioral or cognitive neuroscience. You can see more about the job linked here: ffd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Employ...
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After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried
If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
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Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
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🚨 Are you looking for a postdoc or know of someone looking? If so, there is a postdoc opportunity at the University of Chicago to work with faculty, including my former postdoc mentor Dr. Ming-Te Wang!
See attached ad for details!
See attached ad for details!
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
🚨 Are you looking for a postdoc or know of someone looking? If so, there is a postdoc opportunity at the University of Chicago to work with faculty, including my former postdoc mentor Dr. Ming-Te Wang!
See attached ad for details!
See attached ad for details!
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If anyone is or knows a PhD with EEG experience who is a) eligible for a Marie Curie post doc and b) interested in an ecological neuroscience project based in Leeds, let me know. I have an idea that needs a person!
January 6, 2026 at 11:10 AM
If anyone is or knows a PhD with EEG experience who is a) eligible for a Marie Curie post doc and b) interested in an ecological neuroscience project based in Leeds, let me know. I have an idea that needs a person!
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Academic PSA: Encourage your trainees to have some sort of online presence, or at the very least an email on the lab website, so they can be invited to give talks at other places.
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Academic PSA: Encourage your trainees to have some sort of online presence, or at the very least an email on the lab website, so they can be invited to give talks at other places.
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
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"You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage. I’d like to introduce you to my daughter." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy
Our 11th most-read article of 2025. - - -Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children a...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage. I’d like to introduce you to my daughter." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
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Can we just stop it with these textbook names. What kinds of messages are these sending to the students? Am I missing something?
December 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Can we just stop it with these textbook names. What kinds of messages are these sending to the students? Am I missing something?
Bad: guy on our flight was coughing horribly the entire time
Good: he wore a mask!
Bad: it’s was me, I’m the problem
(I was not coughing before getting on the plane)
Good: he wore a mask!
Bad: it’s was me, I’m the problem
(I was not coughing before getting on the plane)
December 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Bad: guy on our flight was coughing horribly the entire time
Good: he wore a mask!
Bad: it’s was me, I’m the problem
(I was not coughing before getting on the plane)
Good: he wore a mask!
Bad: it’s was me, I’m the problem
(I was not coughing before getting on the plane)
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Ohio only permits one ballot dropbox per county, so the grace period for mailing a ballot is a key convenience for those who cannot easily access a dropbox. Mail voting is particularly popular among older voters and those with disabilities.
Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes
Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
boltsmag.org
December 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ohio only permits one ballot dropbox per county, so the grace period for mailing a ballot is a key convenience for those who cannot easily access a dropbox. Mail voting is particularly popular among older voters and those with disabilities.
I’ve been thinking about making a public lab notebook. Idea is a sort of working (but publicly saved) preregistration for active projects
Is anyone doing something like this? And recommendations for where to host it?
Is anyone doing something like this? And recommendations for where to host it?
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I’ve been thinking about making a public lab notebook. Idea is a sort of working (but publicly saved) preregistration for active projects
Is anyone doing something like this? And recommendations for where to host it?
Is anyone doing something like this? And recommendations for where to host it?
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🧵 Postdoc opportunity at McGill
I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
December 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🧵 Postdoc opportunity at McGill
I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
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Come be my colleague! We have professional track (lecturer) positions available:
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Lecturer (Open Rank)
Job Description Summary & Additional Information Organization's Summary Statement: Position Summary The College of Information at the University of Maryland, College Park (INFO), invites applicati...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Come be my colleague! We have professional track (lecturer) positions available:
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
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We are hiring an Associate Prof in Social Psychology at UW-Madison! All areas of specialization are open. It’s a quick turnaround time for apps (due Jan 9th) but we are excited to add someone to our area!! Please apply and spread the word! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/associa...
Associate Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We are hiring an Associate Prof in Social Psychology at UW-Madison! All areas of specialization are open. It’s a quick turnaround time for apps (due Jan 9th) but we are excited to add someone to our area!! Please apply and spread the word! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/associa...
Happy Hannukah
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Happy Hannukah