Rebecca Peretz-Lange
@rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Psychology @ Vassar | Formerly @ Wesleyan, Tufts, Boston U, Harvard, & SUNY | 🏳️🌈 she/her | studying kids' ideas abt identity & inequality
Highly recommend this enraging deep dive into pseudoscientific “feminism.” It is awful to see “doing your own research” & “liberation” weaponized like this. Feeling inspired to cultivate intellectual humility, true scientific thinking, & trust (when earned) in scientific institutions in my students.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Highly recommend this enraging deep dive into pseudoscientific “feminism.” It is awful to see “doing your own research” & “liberation” weaponized like this. Feeling inspired to cultivate intellectual humility, true scientific thinking, & trust (when earned) in scientific institutions in my students.
🚨🚨 Today is the LAST DAY to submit your work to Origins of the Social Mind!!
TEN DAYS left to submit your work to the Origins of the Social Mind Preconference at #SPSP2026! 👶🐒🌍
This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality). See you there!
spsp.org/events/annua...
This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality). See you there!
spsp.org/events/annua...
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨🚨 Today is the LAST DAY to submit your work to Origins of the Social Mind!!
THREE MORE DAYS to submit!
TEN DAYS left to submit your work to the Origins of the Social Mind Preconference at #SPSP2026! 👶🐒🌍
This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality). See you there!
spsp.org/events/annua...
This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality). See you there!
spsp.org/events/annua...
October 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
THREE MORE DAYS to submit!
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SPSP Economic Inequality & Social Class Preconference is back! Speakers include:
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
October 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
SPSP Economic Inequality & Social Class Preconference is back! Speakers include:
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
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He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
TEN DAYS left to submit your work to the Origins of the Social Mind Preconference at #SPSP2026! 👶🐒🌍
This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality). See you there!
spsp.org/events/annua...
This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality). See you there!
spsp.org/events/annua...
October 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
TEN DAYS left to submit your work to the Origins of the Social Mind Preconference at #SPSP2026! 👶🐒🌍
This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality). See you there!
spsp.org/events/annua...
This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality). See you there!
spsp.org/events/annua...
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Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
nepc.colorado.edu
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Reposted by Rebecca Peretz-Lange
Preschool-aged kids whose parents are working class are less likely to be called on when they raise their hand compared to kids with middle/upper class occupations.
Early socialization indeed.
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From @lewisdoyle.bsky.social & @andreicimpian.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
#psych #phdsky
Early socialization indeed.
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From @lewisdoyle.bsky.social & @andreicimpian.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
#psych #phdsky
September 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Preschool-aged kids whose parents are working class are less likely to be called on when they raise their hand compared to kids with middle/upper class occupations.
Early socialization indeed.
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From @lewisdoyle.bsky.social & @andreicimpian.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
#psych #phdsky
Early socialization indeed.
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From @lewisdoyle.bsky.social & @andreicimpian.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
#psych #phdsky
My RAs had a blast showing off their research findings at the #URSI2025 Sympsium at @vassar.bsky.social!
Results coming soon to a conference near you (if you live in Chicago or Montreal…)
Results coming soon to a conference near you (if you live in Chicago or Montreal…)
September 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My RAs had a blast showing off their research findings at the #URSI2025 Sympsium at @vassar.bsky.social!
Results coming soon to a conference near you (if you live in Chicago or Montreal…)
Results coming soon to a conference near you (if you live in Chicago or Montreal…)
Reposted by Rebecca Peretz-Lange
🚨We're hiring!🚨 The Dept of Psychology at Rutgers is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology. Review of applications begin on Oct 18. Details here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259...
I'm chairing the search committee and am happy to field questions about the position. 🧵
I'm chairing the search committee and am happy to field questions about the position. 🧵
Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, Tenure-Track
The Department of Psychology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ, plans to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, with a start date of September 1, 2026. We seek a candidate...
jobs.rutgers.edu
September 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨We're hiring!🚨 The Dept of Psychology at Rutgers is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology. Review of applications begin on Oct 18. Details here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259...
I'm chairing the search committee and am happy to field questions about the position. 🧵
I'm chairing the search committee and am happy to field questions about the position. 🧵
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hi, i'm an academic. my primary skills involve condensing a grant proposal to 60% of its current size, and emailing
September 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
hi, i'm an academic. my primary skills involve condensing a grant proposal to 60% of its current size, and emailing
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My lab is hiring a lab manager! Application deadline = 11/1, start date sometime between June & September 2026 (to be arranged with finalist). Please spread the word & apply here: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/a3f80f7....
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs
Research Staff Assistant - Morningside, New York, United States
Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Hours Per Week: 35
Salary Range: $41,000- $41,000
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of fa...
opportunities.columbia.edu
September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My lab is hiring a lab manager! Application deadline = 11/1, start date sometime between June & September 2026 (to be arranged with finalist). Please spread the word & apply here: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/a3f80f7....
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs
Reposted by Rebecca Peretz-Lange
The Department of Psychology at Tufts University is conducting a search for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Computational Psychology with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, beginning September 1, 2026.
Details can be found here: apply.interfolio.com/172807.
Details can be found here: apply.interfolio.com/172807.
August 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Department of Psychology at Tufts University is conducting a search for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Computational Psychology with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, beginning September 1, 2026.
Details can be found here: apply.interfolio.com/172807.
Details can be found here: apply.interfolio.com/172807.
Reposted by Rebecca Peretz-Lange
#Psychjobs
My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can.
apply.interfolio.com/172552
My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can.
apply.interfolio.com/172552
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August 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#Psychjobs
My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can.
apply.interfolio.com/172552
My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can.
apply.interfolio.com/172552
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New paper accepted at JEP:G with @sakierahudson.bsky.social, Brandon Kinsler, & former students Ian Davis and Alissa Vandenbark!
Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
August 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New paper accepted at JEP:G with @sakierahudson.bsky.social, Brandon Kinsler, & former students Ian Davis and Alissa Vandenbark!
Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Rebecca Peretz-Lange
Come work with us! @princetonneuro.bsky.social and the Department of Psychology at Princeton University are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of human cognitive neuroscience, to be hired jointly in Psychology and Neuroscience: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
puwebp.princeton.edu
August 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Come work with us! @princetonneuro.bsky.social and the Department of Psychology at Princeton University are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of human cognitive neuroscience, to be hired jointly in Psychology and Neuroscience: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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Our Psychological and Brain Sciences department at Colgate University is hiring a TT position in Clinical/Developmental! Please share or apply! After 10 years here, I feel confident it’s a really special place with strong support for both teaching and research: apply.interfolio.com/171967
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August 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Our Psychological and Brain Sciences department at Colgate University is hiring a TT position in Clinical/Developmental! Please share or apply! After 10 years here, I feel confident it’s a really special place with strong support for both teaching and research: apply.interfolio.com/171967
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Call for submissions: Boston College and Marginalia Science will be hosting a one-day conference highlighting diverse perspectives in psychology and social science research. Apply for a featured talk (with travel award), data blitz, or poster presentation! More info: forms.gle/TdB2esuePVN3...
August 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Call for submissions: Boston College and Marginalia Science will be hosting a one-day conference highlighting diverse perspectives in psychology and social science research. Apply for a featured talk (with travel award), data blitz, or poster presentation! More info: forms.gle/TdB2esuePVN3...
Reposted by Rebecca Peretz-Lange
important lines of summer research on justice and empathy by my colleagues and students in Psych Science! @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social, www.vassar.edu/news/student...
Student Researchers and Their Professors Seek to Understand Prejudice and Empathy | Vassar College
www.vassar.edu
August 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
important lines of summer research on justice and empathy by my colleagues and students in Psych Science! @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social, www.vassar.edu/news/student...
Reposted by Rebecca Peretz-Lange
this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
a block quote from Susan Gelman herself in her new review paper??? I'll retire now.
& related to these points: keep your eyes peeled 👀 for some emerging work from my lab on early homophobia & kids' (lack of) essentialist beliefs about homosexuality! 🏳️🌈
& related to these points: keep your eyes peeled 👀 for some emerging work from my lab on early homophobia & kids' (lack of) essentialist beliefs about homosexuality! 🏳️🌈
August 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
a block quote from Susan Gelman herself in her new review paper??? I'll retire now.
& related to these points: keep your eyes peeled 👀 for some emerging work from my lab on early homophobia & kids' (lack of) essentialist beliefs about homosexuality! 🏳️🌈
& related to these points: keep your eyes peeled 👀 for some emerging work from my lab on early homophobia & kids' (lack of) essentialist beliefs about homosexuality! 🏳️🌈
Reposted by Rebecca Peretz-Lange
We’re hiring a tenure track assistant professor in our amazing Vassar cognitive science department! If you have any questions, let me know. I’ll be at Cog Sci in San Francisco all week if you’d like to chat in person
Vassar College is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in cognitive science. vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar...
I'll be at #CogSci2025 - happy to chat about the position and life at Vassar.
I'll be at #CogSci2025 - happy to chat about the position and life at Vassar.
Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, Tenure Track
Department Cognitive Science Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Deci...
vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We’re hiring a tenure track assistant professor in our amazing Vassar cognitive science department! If you have any questions, let me know. I’ll be at Cog Sci in San Francisco all week if you’d like to chat in person
Reposted by Rebecca Peretz-Lange
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/27/about-1-in-4-us-adults-worry-they-or-someone-close-to-them-could-be-deported/
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/27/about-1-in-4-us-adults-worry-they-or-someone-close-to-them-could-be-deported/
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported
About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.
www.pewresearch.org
July 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/27/about-1-in-4-us-adults-worry-they-or-someone-close-to-them-could-be-deported/
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/27/about-1-in-4-us-adults-worry-they-or-someone-close-to-them-could-be-deported/
NO I DON'T have any funding to disclose for this manuscript, okay?? Stop making me say it
June 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NO I DON'T have any funding to disclose for this manuscript, okay?? Stop making me say it
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Check out our new TICS paper on disagreement and metacognition! We argue that disagreement drives metacognitive development by expanding children's consideration sets.
With Antonia Langenhoff, Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social and Mahesh Srinivasan
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
With Antonia Langenhoff, Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social and Mahesh Srinivasan
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Disagreement drives metacognitive development
Metacognition improves significantly over childhood, but the mechanisms underlying this development are poorly understood. We first review recent rese…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Check out our new TICS paper on disagreement and metacognition! We argue that disagreement drives metacognitive development by expanding children's consideration sets.
With Antonia Langenhoff, Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social and Mahesh Srinivasan
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
With Antonia Langenhoff, Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social and Mahesh Srinivasan
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...