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Nia Nixon (née Dowell)
@nianixon.bsky.social
Associate Professor - Ed & CogSci, Director @lalalab-uci.bsky.social, Jacobs fellow, all things #ThatMakeYouHappy, #Collaboration, #AI, #NLP, #LearningAnalytics #InclusiveSTEM
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📚 At the #JRF annual meeting, our Research Fellows engaged in three days of structured exchange, sharing research, building interdisciplinary connections, and advancing ideas to improve learning outcomes for children worldwide.

Meet the fellows 👥 bit.ly/4kQMPij

#Education #Research #Fellows
June 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Come work with me 🙌
UMichigan is currently recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join the team (PI Jamaal Matthews
& co-PI @nianixon.bsky.social ) on exciting projects at the intersection of AI and education.
Please share to eligible candidates who might be interested! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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May 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I love my lab 🤩
Work hard, play hard 🏓 This past weekend, our lab had a fun time bonding on the pickleball court - good games, even better company! #LaLALab #UCIrvine
February 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Exciting discussion on AI & education! 🎙️ Dr. Nia Nixon joined Bill Tomlinson & Rebecca Black for a dialogue on "AI for Personalized and Culturally Relevant Learning." The conversation highlighted AI’s potential to enhance inclusive, student-driven learning.📚 #Education #AI
February 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is such an honor from an incredible society that I’m proud to be a part of 😊
Congratulations to Dr. Nixon (@nianixon.bsky.social) who has been awarded the Tom Trabasso Young Investigator Award for 2025, for her contribution to the understanding of discourse processing and text analysis! Dr. Nixon will deliver her award address at ST&D 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
January 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Starting 2025 on a high note! 🌟 This week, our
@ucirvine.bsky.social School of Education community partnered with scholars from the University of Tübingen for a global research initiative focused on facilitating innovative collaboration. 💡🌐

@unituebingen.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Are age restrictions really the best we can do? Or are there better ways to improve the impact of social media on youth well-being? Join us in finding out! I’m seeking a PhD student to support the collaborative PROMISE project 🇪🇺 More info: www.commsci.rw.fau.eu/team/job-pos... Thanks for sharing!
Happy to share that our project "PROMISE: Promoting Well-Being in Preteens, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Toward Improved Social Media Policies", t/w Veronika Kalmus, @adrianmeier.bsky.social, @orbenamy.bsky.social & Charo Sadaba was funded by Norface CHANSE! 🧵 (1/5)
December 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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📣 Submissions for #CogSci2025 are now OPEN!

🌍 This year’s conference is fully hybrid — join us in San Francisco or online!

🔍 Review the submission guidelines
⬇️ Download the required templates
🗓️ Make note of key deadline dates

cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/
December 3, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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Please repost! We are hiring an assistant professor (W1) of Educational Psychology. We are looking forward to working with you!!

uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties...
Assistant professorship (W1) of Education Sciences and Psychology
uni-tuebingen.de
December 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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Congratulations to the members of our AI Collaborator Team who presented their work this week at the MSWE Capstone Showcase!🎊🥳🎉
December 11, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Thrilled to be selected as a 2024 Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow! 🎉 This opportunity will support our research on AI-human teaming to foster inclusivity in STEM education. Honored to join such an inspiring cohort! jacobsfoundation.org/ground-break... @ucirvine.bsky.social
Ground-breaking researchers join Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship - Jacobs Foundation
The latest cohort of Jacobs Foundation Research Fellows has been announced with researchers representing global excellence joining from countries around the globe—from Chile to Germany. The fellows wi...
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November 26, 2024 at 8:02 PM