Katie Kroeper
@katiekroe.bsky.social
Social Psychologist (Asst. Prof @ Sacred Heart University) w/ a focus on educational settings; studying lots of things, including identity threat, belonging, and thriving; I’m a mom, board game nerd, and (out of practice) ballroom dancer
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"integrating genAI into education will result in commercialization of a collective responsibility: fostering & cultivating the coming generation"
and this responsibility can't be left to an industry that has aligned with authoritarian regimes, prioritises profit at any cost, and is powering fascism
and this responsibility can't be left to an industry that has aligned with authoritarian regimes, prioritises profit at any cost, and is powering fascism
September 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"integrating genAI into education will result in commercialization of a collective responsibility: fostering & cultivating the coming generation"
and this responsibility can't be left to an industry that has aligned with authoritarian regimes, prioritises profit at any cost, and is powering fascism
and this responsibility can't be left to an industry that has aligned with authoritarian regimes, prioritises profit at any cost, and is powering fascism
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Refusing to "trust the experts" is meant to be a brave, responsible position.
But (as Carl explains in the thread) there is too much knowledge in the world. You have to trust *somebody*, much of the time.
If you have no trust in experts, you end up trusting the idiots.
But (as Carl explains in the thread) there is too much knowledge in the world. You have to trust *somebody*, much of the time.
If you have no trust in experts, you end up trusting the idiots.
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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August 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Refusing to "trust the experts" is meant to be a brave, responsible position.
But (as Carl explains in the thread) there is too much knowledge in the world. You have to trust *somebody*, much of the time.
If you have no trust in experts, you end up trusting the idiots.
But (as Carl explains in the thread) there is too much knowledge in the world. You have to trust *somebody*, much of the time.
If you have no trust in experts, you end up trusting the idiots.
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Something that I have been thinking about with attribution of "PhD level intelligence" or "PhD level expertise" to a machine is that it reflects an increasing trend among these AI bros and their sycophants to want the products of highly skilled training without actually doing any of the work.
August 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Something that I have been thinking about with attribution of "PhD level intelligence" or "PhD level expertise" to a machine is that it reflects an increasing trend among these AI bros and their sycophants to want the products of highly skilled training without actually doing any of the work.
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“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.
July 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.
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📚 “Who Gets to Belong in College?” by @katiekroe.bsky.social and colleagues examines how institutions can assess and expand belonging for historically marginalized student groups.A powerful contribution to research on equity and inclusion in higher ed.
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Although this isn’t exactly new news, I wanted to share more about a paper that came out while I was on maternity leave: “Who Gets to Belong in College? An Empirical Review of How Institutions Can…
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July 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📚 “Who Gets to Belong in College?” by @katiekroe.bsky.social and colleagues examines how institutions can assess and expand belonging for historically marginalized student groups.A powerful contribution to research on equity and inclusion in higher ed.
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Non-academics: if you see an interesting academic paper on here and you can’t access it due to a paywall just email the author and (depending on the state of their inbox 😜) they will generally be thrilled you are interested in their work and send you a copy.
July 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Non-academics: if you see an interesting academic paper on here and you can’t access it due to a paywall just email the author and (depending on the state of their inbox 😜) they will generally be thrilled you are interested in their work and send you a copy.
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among the things we apparently need to do a better job of going forward - as a society, it seems - is communicating the basic conceit of what learning is and why we value it. a problem that we in higher ed share with our K-12 colleagues
June 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
among the things we apparently need to do a better job of going forward - as a society, it seems - is communicating the basic conceit of what learning is and why we value it. a problem that we in higher ed share with our K-12 colleagues
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The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible
June 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible
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Rick Steves finishing his speech in Edmonds. This is about halfway back in the crowd and to the side. The patriotism of this crowd was something else. And Steves' point is right -- change is going to come from an engaged center that stands in *solidarity* with the most vulnerable.
June 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rick Steves finishing his speech in Edmonds. This is about halfway back in the crowd and to the side. The patriotism of this crowd was something else. And Steves' point is right -- change is going to come from an engaged center that stands in *solidarity* with the most vulnerable.
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It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
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What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.
June 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.
Although this isn’t exactly new news, I wanted to share more about a paper that came out while I was on maternity leave: “Who Gets to Belong in College? An Empirical Review of How Institutions Can Assess and Expand Opportunities for Belonging on Campus,” published in Educational Psychology Review. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Although this isn’t exactly new news, I wanted to share more about a paper that came out while I was on maternity leave: “Who Gets to Belong in College? An Empirical Review of How Institutions Can Assess and Expand Opportunities for Belonging on Campus,” published in Educational Psychology Review. 🧵
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4. I've worried for years that by promoting a science-in-crisis narrative, the metascience / science reform movement runs the risk of playing useful idiot to those who would like to reduce the influence of science in policy and regulation. Just look at the funding pouring in from Koch, Arnold, etc.
May 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
4. I've worried for years that by promoting a science-in-crisis narrative, the metascience / science reform movement runs the risk of playing useful idiot to those who would like to reduce the influence of science in policy and regulation. Just look at the funding pouring in from Koch, Arnold, etc.
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If you use your position as the head of HHS to ratfuck a country's vaccination programs and future vaccine development efforts, your opinions on vaccines are very definitely NOT irrelevant.
May 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you use your position as the head of HHS to ratfuck a country's vaccination programs and future vaccine development efforts, your opinions on vaccines are very definitely NOT irrelevant.
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It would be wildly foolish it is to rely on any sort of AI to make decisions in tense international situations.
But using an LLM to do so is terrifyingly stupid. It's a category error to think that a machine designed to generate plausible text would be good at reasoning about existential risk.
But using an LLM to do so is terrifyingly stupid. It's a category error to think that a machine designed to generate plausible text would be good at reasoning about existential risk.
Is AI the future of America's foreign policy? Some experts think so
Large language models like ChatGPT and DeepSeek are increasingly being looked at for their potential to help make decisions in high-stakes situations.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It would be wildly foolish it is to rely on any sort of AI to make decisions in tense international situations.
But using an LLM to do so is terrifyingly stupid. It's a category error to think that a machine designed to generate plausible text would be good at reasoning about existential risk.
But using an LLM to do so is terrifyingly stupid. It's a category error to think that a machine designed to generate plausible text would be good at reasoning about existential risk.
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Happy Mother’s Day to the feisty science moms out there.
You’re brilliant! You balance and manage SO MUCH. You bring excellence, creativity, innovation, and humanity to the world.
If I hadn’t seen others having families AND doing science, I wouldn’t have realized I could do it, too.
Thank you ❤️
You’re brilliant! You balance and manage SO MUCH. You bring excellence, creativity, innovation, and humanity to the world.
If I hadn’t seen others having families AND doing science, I wouldn’t have realized I could do it, too.
Thank you ❤️
May 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to the feisty science moms out there.
You’re brilliant! You balance and manage SO MUCH. You bring excellence, creativity, innovation, and humanity to the world.
If I hadn’t seen others having families AND doing science, I wouldn’t have realized I could do it, too.
Thank you ❤️
You’re brilliant! You balance and manage SO MUCH. You bring excellence, creativity, innovation, and humanity to the world.
If I hadn’t seen others having families AND doing science, I wouldn’t have realized I could do it, too.
Thank you ❤️
Our department is hiring! We’re looking for a full-time, 12-month, non-tenure-track Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor with a focus in Industrial/Organizational Psychology to direct the I/O graduate program and teach both graduate and undergraduate courses.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Our department is hiring! We’re looking for a full-time, 12-month, non-tenure-track Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor with a focus in Industrial/Organizational Psychology to direct the I/O graduate program and teach both graduate and undergraduate courses.
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Sam Altman describes ChatGPT as merely “a calculator for words”
the man responsible for destroying education doesn't understand writing, thinking, or math, although, to be fair, he certainly does understand capital
the man responsible for destroying education doesn't understand writing, thinking, or math, although, to be fair, he certainly does understand capital
May 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sam Altman describes ChatGPT as merely “a calculator for words”
the man responsible for destroying education doesn't understand writing, thinking, or math, although, to be fair, he certainly does understand capital
the man responsible for destroying education doesn't understand writing, thinking, or math, although, to be fair, he certainly does understand capital
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The culture of success in the US is built on the false promise of "good choices." As I show in Holding It Together, we tell people they can be successful if they work hard/smart enough. Which means: expect no support and blame only yourself if you fail.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Holding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society...
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May 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The culture of success in the US is built on the false promise of "good choices." As I show in Holding It Together, we tell people they can be successful if they work hard/smart enough. Which means: expect no support and blame only yourself if you fail.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
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I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
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Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence
The arrangement puts money in Trump’s pocket in return for the opportunity to change policy — exactly the sort of pay-to-play scheme critics warned about.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
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Trump is threatening to revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status because the university refused to cave to his demands.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
May 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump is threatening to revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status because the university refused to cave to his demands.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
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Stepping in here to defend Ann’s statement, which I’ve now seen framed this way by several technologists.
Ann is an author.
Her context is about usability, not technical capacity. On the merits of her context, she is correct.
Technical specificity does not change her conclusions.
Ann is an author.
Her context is about usability, not technical capacity. On the merits of her context, she is correct.
Technical specificity does not change her conclusions.
This is one of the most-shared posts on Bluesky in the past day and it's just completely false. You might think ChatGPT is a *bad* search engine, or prefer another search engine. But it has had integrated web search since last year.
May 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Stepping in here to defend Ann’s statement, which I’ve now seen framed this way by several technologists.
Ann is an author.
Her context is about usability, not technical capacity. On the merits of her context, she is correct.
Technical specificity does not change her conclusions.
Ann is an author.
Her context is about usability, not technical capacity. On the merits of her context, she is correct.
Technical specificity does not change her conclusions.
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😂Every once in a while, I get a student who says Beefaroni instead of Bonferroni on an assignment and it never fails to make my entire week so much better #teachstats #PsychSciSky
a man is laying on a bed using a laptop and says i 'm
Alt: a man (David Rose from Schitt's Creek) is laying on a bed using a laptop and says i 'm obssessed with this
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May 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
😂Every once in a while, I get a student who says Beefaroni instead of Bonferroni on an assignment and it never fails to make my entire week so much better #teachstats #PsychSciSky
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Nice @commonweal.bsky.social writeup of my @wnyc.org appearance last week: www.commonwealmagazine.org/contributor-...
Contributor Dan Rober Joins the Brian Lehrer Show to Talk Francis, Papal Transition
Commonweal contributor Prof. Dan Rober joined WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show to discuss Pope Francis’s love of film, the upcoming conclave, what cardinals might be looking for in a future pope, and Catholic...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nice @commonweal.bsky.social writeup of my @wnyc.org appearance last week: www.commonwealmagazine.org/contributor-...
Excited to be featured by the Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring chatting about a recent paper with Katherine Emerson, Maithreyi Gopalan, and Greg Walton. We looked at actionable ways institutions can create belonging opportunities for students.
Profiles in Mentoring: Katie Kroeper on Fostering Belonging through Institutional Change – The Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring
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May 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Excited to be featured by the Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring chatting about a recent paper with Katherine Emerson, Maithreyi Gopalan, and Greg Walton. We looked at actionable ways institutions can create belonging opportunities for students.