Jorge Valdes Kroff
@jorgelingo.bsky.social
Psycholinguist investigating bilingual language use and comprehension. Assoc Professor at University of Florida on leave. Current Program Director in the SBE Directorate at NSF. Views are my own.
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Hi! I am a new user having just made the switch within the last week. I'm a psycholinguist interested in bilingual sentence processing and comprehension during bilingual conversations! What's different about bilingual conversations? 1/n
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The Multilingual Minds & Machines Meetings call for abstracts is now open! Everything you need to know is here -> mmmm2026.github.io
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Multilingual Minds & Machines Meetings call for abstracts is now open! Everything you need to know is here -> mmmm2026.github.io
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"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed 'compact' is not enough | Opinion
With the deadline looming for colleges to sign Trump's "compact," Vanderbilt must resist, says one university professor.
www.tennessean.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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🚨🚨 New tenure-track job posting! 🚨🚨
The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, with an open research focus.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Here's some info about why you should apply to this job! 1/
The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, with an open research focus.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Here's some info about why you should apply to this job! 1/
October 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🚨🚨 New tenure-track job posting! 🚨🚨
The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, with an open research focus.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Here's some info about why you should apply to this job! 1/
The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, with an open research focus.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Here's some info about why you should apply to this job! 1/
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It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.
JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.
October 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.
JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.
I once had the immense pleasure of hearing her speak at PSU. A tremendous force for good, may she rest in peace.
BREAKING
Dr. Jane Goodall has died. She was 91.
It is impossible to sum up the impact she has had on our world and on science in a social media post.
She lived a long and incredible life but I am devastated.
Full Story: bit.ly/4pPcNFH
Dr. Jane Goodall has died. She was 91.
It is impossible to sum up the impact she has had on our world and on science in a social media post.
She lived a long and incredible life but I am devastated.
Full Story: bit.ly/4pPcNFH
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I once had the immense pleasure of hearing her speak at PSU. A tremendous force for good, may she rest in peace.
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SCOOP/UPDATE — The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed *all* federal agencies to send out the shutdown email with NO modifications permitted, a federal source confirmed. Leadership received these orders via email at 1:30pm ET and then reinforced on a 3pm intra-agency call.
BREAKING — Employees at multiple government agencies have received an email from their leadership with text clearly dictated by The White House regarding a potential government shutdown.
So far HHS, Interior, and Social Security have gotten this message, the text of which was shared with me:
So far HHS, Interior, and Social Security have gotten this message, the text of which was shared with me:
September 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
SCOOP/UPDATE — The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed *all* federal agencies to send out the shutdown email with NO modifications permitted, a federal source confirmed. Leadership received these orders via email at 1:30pm ET and then reinforced on a 3pm intra-agency call.
This is so crazy and to see NSF among the list saddens me tremendously. Adherence to the Hatch Act is something that we are trained on and take seriously.
HHS, SSA and DOI employees have all gotten a highly partisan email blaming Democrats for impending shutdown. From a quickly eyeballing they all appear to be identical. So clearly they come from the White House.
September 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is so crazy and to see NSF among the list saddens me tremendously. Adherence to the Hatch Act is something that we are trained on and take seriously.
I did follow this and it is a remarkable 15 pages.
Drop whatever you’re doing and read the last 15 pages of this 161-page opinion. I’m serious.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I did follow this and it is a remarkable 15 pages.
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Chief Justice Roberts in SFFA just two years ago: "Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it."
Yet when the government is EXPLICITLY using race & ethnicity to detain & question people, he gives it his blessing.
Yet when the government is EXPLICITLY using race & ethnicity to detain & question people, he gives it his blessing.
September 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Chief Justice Roberts in SFFA just two years ago: "Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it."
Yet when the government is EXPLICITLY using race & ethnicity to detain & question people, he gives it his blessing.
Yet when the government is EXPLICITLY using race & ethnicity to detain & question people, he gives it his blessing.
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UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
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I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
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The SNL 2025 Access Award will waive registration fees for up to 20 students, trainees, and faculty who face barriers to attending the Society for Neurobiology of Language conference.
Apply by Aug 27; winners named Aug 28.
Pls share!
🔗 tinyurl.com/SNLAcessAward
#SNL2025 #NeurobiologyofLanguage
Apply by Aug 27; winners named Aug 28.
Pls share!
🔗 tinyurl.com/SNLAcessAward
#SNL2025 #NeurobiologyofLanguage
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August 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The SNL 2025 Access Award will waive registration fees for up to 20 students, trainees, and faculty who face barriers to attending the Society for Neurobiology of Language conference.
Apply by Aug 27; winners named Aug 28.
Pls share!
🔗 tinyurl.com/SNLAcessAward
#SNL2025 #NeurobiologyofLanguage
Apply by Aug 27; winners named Aug 28.
Pls share!
🔗 tinyurl.com/SNLAcessAward
#SNL2025 #NeurobiologyofLanguage
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One highlight of LILG 2025: the official launch of the new open-access journal Gender Linguistics!
Published by our association, the journal will be a space for research at all linguistic intersections of language and gender.
Learn more: gender-linguistics.org
#linguistics #journal #launch
Published by our association, the journal will be a space for research at all linguistic intersections of language and gender.
Learn more: gender-linguistics.org
#linguistics #journal #launch
August 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
One highlight of LILG 2025: the official launch of the new open-access journal Gender Linguistics!
Published by our association, the journal will be a space for research at all linguistic intersections of language and gender.
Learn more: gender-linguistics.org
#linguistics #journal #launch
Published by our association, the journal will be a space for research at all linguistic intersections of language and gender.
Learn more: gender-linguistics.org
#linguistics #journal #launch
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I have a BA in music (classical voice) with a minor in philosophy, where I took logic, political philosophy, and legal philosophy. My PhD is in cognition and neuroscience w/an MA in stats, and now my work is applied stats. I am a better, more rounded scholar because of the humanities.
In which a Yale prof calls for jettisoning humanities to make way for science-only universities.
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities
Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?
thedispatch.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I have a BA in music (classical voice) with a minor in philosophy, where I took logic, political philosophy, and legal philosophy. My PhD is in cognition and neuroscience w/an MA in stats, and now my work is applied stats. I am a better, more rounded scholar because of the humanities.
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Further consolidating control over federal research funding under Russell Vought and a cadre of apparatchiks.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Further consolidating control over federal research funding under Russell Vought and a cadre of apparatchiks.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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A big problem with US STEM is it has presented itself as "politics free", better than social science, & exceptional (thus separate), making it very easy for the rightwing to present STEM as not being important or valuable for people, elitist, & untrustworthy 1/2
A friend tells me that our local public radio station is interviewing UCLA scientists — only those in STEM — about the federal funding cut and says they’re mostly just saying that “you can’t tie the culture wars to science.”
August 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A big problem with US STEM is it has presented itself as "politics free", better than social science, & exceptional (thus separate), making it very easy for the rightwing to present STEM as not being important or valuable for people, elitist, & untrustworthy 1/2
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July 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Join us for our final Summer Series talk tomorrow, Tuesday, July 22nd, at 2pm ET! Dr. Ashley Ruba will provide us with tips and tricks on how to effectively communicate our research skills in a way that makes them transferable to industry jobs.
psu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
psu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Join us for our final Summer Series talk tomorrow, Tuesday, July 22nd, at 2pm ET! Dr. Ashley Ruba will provide us with tips and tricks on how to effectively communicate our research skills in a way that makes them transferable to industry jobs.
psu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
psu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Dear deaf people who sign some variety that could fall on the spectrum of “ASL” but grew up signing that wasn’t considered “ASL” for whatever reason,
If you receive a survey that is targeted at ASL signers, do you assume you are included? Why or why not?
Asking for myself
If you receive a survey that is targeted at ASL signers, do you assume you are included? Why or why not?
Asking for myself
July 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Dear deaf people who sign some variety that could fall on the spectrum of “ASL” but grew up signing that wasn’t considered “ASL” for whatever reason,
If you receive a survey that is targeted at ASL signers, do you assume you are included? Why or why not?
Asking for myself
If you receive a survey that is targeted at ASL signers, do you assume you are included? Why or why not?
Asking for myself
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“Hey bro, why is your face covered”
“I’m out here arresting babies”
“Have you considered not arresting babies”
“Well they’re criminal babies”
“I’m out here arresting babies”
“Have you considered not arresting babies”
“Well they’re criminal babies”
A chart didn't make it into the piece — ICE has arrested >1,000 toddlers since 2023
July 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Hey bro, why is your face covered”
“I’m out here arresting babies”
“Have you considered not arresting babies”
“Well they’re criminal babies”
“I’m out here arresting babies”
“Have you considered not arresting babies”
“Well they’re criminal babies”
Excellent news!
Happy to report that the @sparksociety.bsky.social NSF grant has been reinstated!
June 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Excellent news!
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LSA Presidential Research Forum
Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use.
Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
#LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use.
Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
#LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
June 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
LSA Presidential Research Forum
Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use.
Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
#LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use.
Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
#LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
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Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
ki.se
June 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
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