Kristen Slack
@kslack.bsky.social
Senior Scientist @RTI, Professor Emerita @UW-Madison, EdTech Entrepreneur (Founder of @Prof2Prof.bsky.social). Like #SDOH feed. Protect Great Lakes. Restore prairie. Use AI ethically. Views my own.
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Kristen Slack
@kslack.bsky.social
· Feb 23
I started Prof2Prof in 2017 when I was a social work professor b/c I wanted a central online space to store and share research (beyond just pubs), teaching, mentoring and admin tools and resources, and I wanted it to be separate from my uni. #AcademiaSky #AcademicChatter #PhDSky #HigherEdSky
Academics and researchers: it is critical to promote your work and its impact given that many federal channels for this have shut down/stalled. The (imo flawed) citation-influenced metrics of "impact" are not as important outside of academia. Tell your professional story to open new doors!
#HigherEd instructors: I used an article of mine to see how well ChatGPT answered prompts to: summarize the key findings, create quiz questions, and create group discussion questions. The results are interesting! If you want to see them, log in or join Prof2Prof.com and see Recent additions.
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Prof2Prof is a web-based platform for higher education professionals to share our most innovative and effective resources for teaching, research, administration and student support services. Together,...
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August 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#HigherEd instructors: I used an article of mine to see how well ChatGPT answered prompts to: summarize the key findings, create quiz questions, and create group discussion questions. The results are interesting! If you want to see them, log in or join Prof2Prof.com and see Recent additions.
Reposted by Kristen Slack
Academia is stronger when we’re connected.
Whether you're a faculty member, academic staff, doctoral student, or postdoc, you belong in a thriving academic ecosystem that celebrates collaboration, not silos.
Here are 5 easy ways to grow your network on Prof2Prof:
Whether you're a faculty member, academic staff, doctoral student, or postdoc, you belong in a thriving academic ecosystem that celebrates collaboration, not silos.
Here are 5 easy ways to grow your network on Prof2Prof:
Prof2Prof
Prof2Prof is a web-based platform for higher education professionals to share our most innovative and effective resources for teaching, research, administration and student support services. Together,...
www.prof2prof.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Academia is stronger when we’re connected.
Whether you're a faculty member, academic staff, doctoral student, or postdoc, you belong in a thriving academic ecosystem that celebrates collaboration, not silos.
Here are 5 easy ways to grow your network on Prof2Prof:
Whether you're a faculty member, academic staff, doctoral student, or postdoc, you belong in a thriving academic ecosystem that celebrates collaboration, not silos.
Here are 5 easy ways to grow your network on Prof2Prof:
Reposted by Kristen Slack
Important new work on EITC and healthy food purchasing.
More evidence on how less complicated/restrictive safety net programs can be helpful for diet and health.
Gets us out of a “people are just doing poverty wrong” mentality and more toward addressing root causes.
#academicsky 🛟 🥗
More evidence on how less complicated/restrictive safety net programs can be helpful for diet and health.
Gets us out of a “people are just doing poverty wrong” mentality and more toward addressing root causes.
#academicsky 🛟 🥗
Using the Earned Income Tax Credit to study how an influx of cash affects food expenditure patterns of eligible households, from @emmajlag.bsky.social, Leslie McGranahan, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach https://www.nber.org/papers/w34007
July 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Important new work on EITC and healthy food purchasing.
More evidence on how less complicated/restrictive safety net programs can be helpful for diet and health.
Gets us out of a “people are just doing poverty wrong” mentality and more toward addressing root causes.
#academicsky 🛟 🥗
More evidence on how less complicated/restrictive safety net programs can be helpful for diet and health.
Gets us out of a “people are just doing poverty wrong” mentality and more toward addressing root causes.
#academicsky 🛟 🥗
To all those quick-thinking researchers who downloaded and saved these datasets before such action was taken—thank you.
🧪 A recent report in The Lancet reveals alarming changes to U.S. health datasets.
Researchers found over 100 government files were altered without public notice, with terms like "gender" often replaced by "sex," raising concerns for data integrity.
#MedSky #AcadmicSky
Researchers found over 100 government files were altered without public notice, with terms like "gender" often replaced by "sex," raising concerns for data integrity.
#MedSky #AcadmicSky
Secret changes to major U.S. health datasets raise alarms
A new Lancet study reveals that over 100 U.S. government health datasets were quietly altered in early 2025, raising alarms among researchers about transparency, political influence, and the reliabili...
www.psypost.org
July 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
To all those quick-thinking researchers who downloaded and saved these datasets before such action was taken—thank you.
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putting this back out there. i welcome any suggestions!
#AcademicSky #Sociology #HigherEd #TeacherSky
#AcademicSky #Sociology #HigherEd #TeacherSky
Question for #AcademicSky and specifically folks who teach sociology:
Any textbook recommendations for teaching sociological theory to undergrads?
(I am teaching theory for the first time this fall!)
Any textbook recommendations for teaching sociological theory to undergrads?
(I am teaching theory for the first time this fall!)
July 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
putting this back out there. i welcome any suggestions!
#AcademicSky #Sociology #HigherEd #TeacherSky
#AcademicSky #Sociology #HigherEd #TeacherSky
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JOB - Information Researcher - State of Illinois - Chicago IL
"doctoral degree in course of study requiring advanced statistics, such as social science, computer/data sciences"
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #highered #academic #academia
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July 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
JOB - Information Researcher - State of Illinois - Chicago IL
"doctoral degree in course of study requiring advanced statistics, such as social science, computer/data sciences"
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #highered #academic #academia
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"doctoral degree in course of study requiring advanced statistics, such as social science, computer/data sciences"
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #highered #academic #academia
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Excellent food for thought.
Some treat every paper like their spotlight, forgetting the team writes the story. Others guide students to lead the next paper.
Read the post by @lealoburoglu.bsky.social, and subscribe if you like what you read.
#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #AcademicChatter #OpenScience 🧪
Read the post by @lealoburoglu.bsky.social, and subscribe if you like what you read.
#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #AcademicChatter #OpenScience 🧪
Every rockstar scientist has an origin story
Six years ago, during a science communication session at a conference, we were given the task to explain “why we do what we do” to people unfamiliar with our research. While having this chat with a fe...
www.themodernpeer.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Excellent food for thought.
Even LinkedIn is getting a bit toxic now.
May 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Even LinkedIn is getting a bit toxic now.
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Spencer Foundation joins Kapor Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch a rapid response bridge funding program (up to $25,000) for education scholars impacted by the abrupt grant cancellations by the National Science Foundation (NSF)!
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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May 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Spencer Foundation joins Kapor Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch a rapid response bridge funding program (up to $25,000) for education scholars impacted by the abrupt grant cancellations by the National Science Foundation (NSF)!
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
This hugely compounds the effects of mass project closures.
The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis shows.
NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles
The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis shows.
buff.ly
April 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This hugely compounds the effects of mass project closures.
Thankful that this individual’s back and head involve only 4 colors.
April 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Thankful that this individual’s back and head involve only 4 colors.
Interesting, given this unequivocal defense of academic freedom from a few years back: president.uchicago.edu/en/from-the-...
April 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Interesting, given this unequivocal defense of academic freedom from a few years back: president.uchicago.edu/en/from-the-...
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I've come across a few great resources lately for job seekers (especially those in the education/social science research space). Just thought I would drop them here for anyone who is looking. ☀️
1. www.purposephilcareer.com
2. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
3. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
1. www.purposephilcareer.com
2. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
3. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
April 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I've come across a few great resources lately for job seekers (especially those in the education/social science research space). Just thought I would drop them here for anyone who is looking. ☀️
1. www.purposephilcareer.com
2. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
3. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
1. www.purposephilcareer.com
2. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
3. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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With so many doc students relying on tenuous/stopped grant support, it needs to be all faculty hands on deck to help them find other opportunities for moving them expeditiously to degree. This collective mentoring model offers ideas on how faculty can help. #AcademicSky
prof2prof.com/resource/col...
prof2prof.com/resource/col...
Prof2Prof | College Teaching Resources
Prof2Prof is a web-based platform for higher education professionals to share our most innovative and effective resources for teaching, research, administration and student support services. Together,...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
With so many doc students relying on tenuous/stopped grant support, it needs to be all faculty hands on deck to help them find other opportunities for moving them expeditiously to degree. This collective mentoring model offers ideas on how faculty can help. #AcademicSky
prof2prof.com/resource/col...
prof2prof.com/resource/col...
I developed these career guidance tools when I was the director of a PhD program several years back. I used them myself when I was considering leaving academia. For anyone struggling with career next steps, take a look. prof2prof.com/resource/car...
Prof2Prof | College Teaching Resources
Prof2Prof is a web-based platform for higher education professionals to share our most innovative and effective resources for teaching, research, administration and student support services. Together,...
prof2prof.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I developed these career guidance tools when I was the director of a PhD program several years back. I used them myself when I was considering leaving academia. For anyone struggling with career next steps, take a look. prof2prof.com/resource/car...
Anyone in Denver area looking for a job? Several openings to be found here.
Senior Research Scientist
University of Colorado Anschutz
Read the full job description and apply⤵️
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#ScienceJobs #AcademicSky
6/7
University of Colorado Anschutz
Read the full job description and apply⤵️
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#ScienceJobs #AcademicSky
6/7
Senior Research Scientist
Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!
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April 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Anyone in Denver area looking for a job? Several openings to be found here.
It's time to strengthen our academic networks.
Although this was written during the pandemic, it is still relevant today for some different reasons. What will keep academia strong? Building and sustaining community in academia across institutions, disciplines, and roles.
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prof2prof.com/articles/wha...
What Does “Academia” Mean in 2020 and Beyond?
academia/ˌakəˈdēmēə/Noun: the environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship. Seemingly overnight, academia has been forced to take a good hard look at its...
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April 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's time to strengthen our academic networks.
#Academicsky, #Sciencesky, what do you consider to be “threshold concepts” in your discipline? These are concepts that are tricky to learn but transformative on the road to mastering your discipline. Here’s more detail on the concept. I’d appreciate your thoughts! www.prof2prof.com/blog/making-...
Making the Clouds Part
Not too long ago, when my kids were 6 and 11, I recall a conversation we had about their interest in possible careers when they grow up. My youngest was intent on becoming an NBA star, while my oldest...
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April 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
#Academicsky, #Sciencesky, what do you consider to be “threshold concepts” in your discipline? These are concepts that are tricky to learn but transformative on the road to mastering your discipline. Here’s more detail on the concept. I’d appreciate your thoughts! www.prof2prof.com/blog/making-...
Some tips for those trying to decide on a PhD or doctoral program: www.prof2prof.com/blog/what-fu...
What is a "Fully Funded" Doctoral Program?
I hear people using the term “fully funded” in relation to doctoral programs. As in, “I was accepted into a PhD program with full funding!” What this means in practice, though, varies widely. It could...
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April 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some tips for those trying to decide on a PhD or doctoral program: www.prof2prof.com/blog/what-fu...
Free to sign up for Inside Higher Ed. This needs to be widely distributed and leaders need to come together across institutions and organizations to colllectively act.
Interesting article about potential pathways to push back on terminated federal grants--particularly those from NIH. #academicsky #episky #statsky
How Researchers Could Get Their Canceled NIH Grants Back
The National Institutes of Health terminated numerous federal research grants that officials say no longer align with the agency’s priorities. But experts see multiple avenues to appeal the NIH’s deci...
www.insidehighered.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Free to sign up for Inside Higher Ed. This needs to be widely distributed and leaders need to come together across institutions and organizations to colllectively act.
The general public does not grasp on how devastating it is to shut down data collection on critical studies & monitoring systems. We’ll be flying blind on $ allocation/policy development/prevention. This allows those in power to dictate w/o evidence what should be done to address societal problems.
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The general public does not grasp on how devastating it is to shut down data collection on critical studies & monitoring systems. We’ll be flying blind on $ allocation/policy development/prevention. This allows those in power to dictate w/o evidence what should be done to address societal problems.
Reposted by Kristen Slack
JOB - Data and Research Manager - Community Resources For Justice (CRJ) - REMOTE (US)
"Understanding of quantitative and/or qualitative research methods"
💵$98,000/yr
#altac #Academia #adjunct #postdoc #PhD #highered
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"Understanding of quantitative and/or qualitative research methods"
💵$98,000/yr
#altac #Academia #adjunct #postdoc #PhD #highered
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Data and Research Manager
Job Description
Posted Friday, March 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM | Expires Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Job purpose:
The Data and Research Manager will play a key role in ensuring CJI continues t...
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March 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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JOB - Senior Director of Research - Everytown for Gun Safety - REMOTE (US)
💵$180-200K | "Advanced degree in a social science discipline"
#socialscience #academia #adjunct #postdoc #highered
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💵$180-200K | "Advanced degree in a social science discipline"
#socialscience #academia #adjunct #postdoc #highered
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Senior Director of Research
Salary Range:
$180,000.00 To $200,000.00 Annually
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (“Everytown for Gun Safety”), the nation’s largest gun violence prevention advocacy group, is seeking a Senior...
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March 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
JOB - Senior Director of Research - Everytown for Gun Safety - REMOTE (US)
💵$180-200K | "Advanced degree in a social science discipline"
#socialscience #academia #adjunct #postdoc #highered
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💵$180-200K | "Advanced degree in a social science discipline"
#socialscience #academia #adjunct #postdoc #highered
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Reposted by Kristen Slack
JOB - Senior Researcher - SEIU HCIIMK - Chicago IL
"Possession of excellent research & research synthesis skills; strong commitment to progressive social change"
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #hiring #highered
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"Possession of excellent research & research synthesis skills; strong commitment to progressive social change"
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #hiring #highered
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Senior Researcher
SEIU Healthcare IL IN MO KS is a dynamic, action-oriented union representing 95,000 healthcare and child care workers throughout Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas. We believe in a society defined...
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April 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
JOB - Senior Researcher - SEIU HCIIMK - Chicago IL
"Possession of excellent research & research synthesis skills; strong commitment to progressive social change"
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #hiring #highered
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"Possession of excellent research & research synthesis skills; strong commitment to progressive social change"
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #hiring #highered
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