Dr. Shayna Sparling
@shaynagram.bsky.social
Assistant professor at UGuelph, pastry lover and applied social psychologist who studies social connection, identity-related stigma, and sexual health.
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🌟 You can check out an open access copy of our paper here:
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#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
New paper interesting (minority labels over-represented in both positive & negative news)
But I give special hats off to this cute, but very meaningful, intergroup image ❤️
Each alien had two majority attributes, & one minority.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
New paper interesting (minority labels over-represented in both positive & negative news)
But I give special hats off to this cute, but very meaningful, intergroup image ❤️
Each alien had two majority attributes, & one minority.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
![Figure 1. Exemplary Stimulus Set for Studies 1a and 1b.
Note. Each alien had two majority attributes (here: left alien: antennae
and blue [light gray] skin; middle alien: antennae and no tail; right
alien: blue [light gray] skin and no tail) and one minority attribute (left
alien: tail; middle alien: red [dark gray] skin; right alien: no antennae).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mgd5zc4n6kc7gjypqxikbsuu/bafkreib5txwzpcqjoqqcyvih5zl6xaxl4nbnt6zk3udjhfp73qlmhojfs4@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
New paper interesting (minority labels over-represented in both positive & negative news)
But I give special hats off to this cute, but very meaningful, intergroup image ❤️
Each alien had two majority attributes, & one minority.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
New paper interesting (minority labels over-represented in both positive & negative news)
But I give special hats off to this cute, but very meaningful, intergroup image ❤️
Each alien had two majority attributes, & one minority.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
Me: classes are done, I have three weeks before I leave for an Xmas vacation, time to do ALL the things!!!
My sinuses (after having a sick toddler coughing in my face all last week): how about sickness and pain instead?
My sinuses (after having a sick toddler coughing in my face all last week): how about sickness and pain instead?
a cartoon cat playing a trombone with the words sad trombone above it
ALT: a cartoon cat playing a trombone with the words sad trombone above it
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December 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Me: classes are done, I have three weeks before I leave for an Xmas vacation, time to do ALL the things!!!
My sinuses (after having a sick toddler coughing in my face all last week): how about sickness and pain instead?
My sinuses (after having a sick toddler coughing in my face all last week): how about sickness and pain instead?
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
On this #WorldAIDSDay, CAHR remembers those who lost their lives, offers its support and compassion for those living with HIV, and recognizes the ongoing dedication and accomplishments of Canadian researchers from across all HIV research disciplines and communities.
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
On this #WorldAIDSDay, CAHR remembers those who lost their lives, offers its support and compassion for those living with HIV, and recognizes the ongoing dedication and accomplishments of Canadian researchers from across all HIV research disciplines and communities.
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
Proud to announce on World AIDS Day today that our 2025 update to Canadian guideline on HIV PrEP and PEP is now published in @cmaj.ca! The guideline include 31 recommendations and 10 good practice statements to support clinical decision making.
Learn more 👉 doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...
Learn more 👉 doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Proud to announce on World AIDS Day today that our 2025 update to Canadian guideline on HIV PrEP and PEP is now published in @cmaj.ca! The guideline include 31 recommendations and 10 good practice statements to support clinical decision making.
Learn more 👉 doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...
Learn more 👉 doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
If descriptive research is supposed to be one cure for the replication crisis, why do reviewers and editors keep downgrading descriptive research for not advancing theory? I explore this (in the context of sex and singlehood) in my latest Substack post. unromanticprof.substack.com/p/on-the-val...
On the Value of Just Observing
What descriptive research revealed about singles' sexual satisfaction
unromanticprof.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If descriptive research is supposed to be one cure for the replication crisis, why do reviewers and editors keep downgrading descriptive research for not advancing theory? I explore this (in the context of sex and singlehood) in my latest Substack post. unromanticprof.substack.com/p/on-the-val...
It's World AIDS Day!
I feel incredibly privileged to be able to do the work I do and make a small contribution to the lives of people from some of the communities most impacted by HIV.
I've learned so much from being part of this work!
share.google/PoVhVbNltKE4...
I feel incredibly privileged to be able to do the work I do and make a small contribution to the lives of people from some of the communities most impacted by HIV.
I've learned so much from being part of this work!
share.google/PoVhVbNltKE4...
World AIDS Day 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It's World AIDS Day!
I feel incredibly privileged to be able to do the work I do and make a small contribution to the lives of people from some of the communities most impacted by HIV.
I've learned so much from being part of this work!
share.google/PoVhVbNltKE4...
I feel incredibly privileged to be able to do the work I do and make a small contribution to the lives of people from some of the communities most impacted by HIV.
I've learned so much from being part of this work!
share.google/PoVhVbNltKE4...
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Excellent morning plenary from Dr. Lance McCready at CBRC Summit!
We're talking about the importance of putting in the resources to better develop third spaces that support Black sexual minority men in a tailored and culturally grounded way.
We're talking about the importance of putting in the resources to better develop third spaces that support Black sexual minority men in a tailored and culturally grounded way.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Excellent morning plenary from Dr. Lance McCready at CBRC Summit!
We're talking about the importance of putting in the resources to better develop third spaces that support Black sexual minority men in a tailored and culturally grounded way.
We're talking about the importance of putting in the resources to better develop third spaces that support Black sexual minority men in a tailored and culturally grounded way.
My grad student and I found a cute cafe in Montreal's gay village and tried to play Donkey Kong Country together 😂
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My grad student and I found a cute cafe in Montreal's gay village and tried to play Donkey Kong Country together 😂
I'm doing a terrible job of posting coverage from Summit in Montreal - but I promise it's amazing and we're having a great time and learning so much! 🌈💕
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I'm doing a terrible job of posting coverage from Summit in Montreal - but I promise it's amazing and we're having a great time and learning so much! 🌈💕
It's Transgender Day of Remembrance!
Our trans friends face unique barriers to accessing safe and affirming healthcare, but we can do better:
Caring for Trans and gender-diverse people - Community-Based Research Centre share.google/e4gEXkMeu5nt...
Our trans friends face unique barriers to accessing safe and affirming healthcare, but we can do better:
Caring for Trans and gender-diverse people - Community-Based Research Centre share.google/e4gEXkMeu5nt...
Caring for Trans and gender-diverse people
share.google
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It's Transgender Day of Remembrance!
Our trans friends face unique barriers to accessing safe and affirming healthcare, but we can do better:
Caring for Trans and gender-diverse people - Community-Based Research Centre share.google/e4gEXkMeu5nt...
Our trans friends face unique barriers to accessing safe and affirming healthcare, but we can do better:
Caring for Trans and gender-diverse people - Community-Based Research Centre share.google/e4gEXkMeu5nt...
I've reached the point in the semester where I can't even get excited about getting big scary things checked off my to do list, because their absence just allows me to remember all the other tasks I back burner-ed.
a woman is holding a yellow sticky note with help written on it
ALT: a woman is holding a yellow sticky note with help written on it
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November 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I've reached the point in the semester where I can't even get excited about getting big scary things checked off my to do list, because their absence just allows me to remember all the other tasks I back burner-ed.
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
I imagine this has resulted in some confusion
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I imagine this has resulted in some confusion
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Sometimes, when I'm walking, I use the Google assistant function in my phone and verbally tell it to set a reminder for me to do something important.
Usually this works great.
Sometimes, when the reminder comes up days later, I can't decipher what Google wrote down for me:
Usually this works great.
Sometimes, when the reminder comes up days later, I can't decipher what Google wrote down for me:
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sometimes, when I'm walking, I use the Google assistant function in my phone and verbally tell it to set a reminder for me to do something important.
Usually this works great.
Sometimes, when the reminder comes up days later, I can't decipher what Google wrote down for me:
Usually this works great.
Sometimes, when the reminder comes up days later, I can't decipher what Google wrote down for me:
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
Remember, it’s technically only imposter syndrome if you’re good at things
a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
ALT: a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
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November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Remember, it’s technically only imposter syndrome if you’re good at things
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Check out my lab member's entry to a CIHR IHDCYH short video competition.
Here is a short video on the rise of aggression from COVID: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbv5...
Here is the link to vote (vote for Suzanna Dinh): cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54519.html
Here is a short video on the rise of aggression from COVID: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbv5...
Here is the link to vote (vote for Suzanna Dinh): cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54519.html
Why is There a Rise in Youth Aggression?
YouTube video by Suzanna D
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November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Check out my lab member's entry to a CIHR IHDCYH short video competition.
Here is a short video on the rise of aggression from COVID: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbv5...
Here is the link to vote (vote for Suzanna Dinh): cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54519.html
Here is a short video on the rise of aggression from COVID: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbv5...
Here is the link to vote (vote for Suzanna Dinh): cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54519.html
I was just talking about this with my measurement class last week - just that simple face validity check to see if it seems like this scale actually seems like it measures what it says it does.
During my MA, I did a bad solitude study. It was correlational, nothing fancy. Trying to publish it anywhere would prolly help my CV. The problem was a well-being measure; I didn’t think it measures anything meaningful; my gut says: “dad wouldn’t be able to respond to the items”. So I scrapped it.
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I was just talking about this with my measurement class last week - just that simple face validity check to see if it seems like this scale actually seems like it measures what it says it does.
Well, it took less than 24 hours after I posted for my "to do" list to double in length and for me to feel almost completely overwhelmed again.
Yay.
Yay.
Now that I've submitted my latest grant application I suddenly feel like I have SO MUCH free time!!
Going to savour this moment before I remember all the things I back burner-ed while I wrote that grant 😬
Going to savour this moment before I remember all the things I back burner-ed while I wrote that grant 😬
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Well, it took less than 24 hours after I posted for my "to do" list to double in length and for me to feel almost completely overwhelmed again.
Yay.
Yay.
Aka me at a conference 🫣
A haunted house but every room is just another person whose name you should definitely know by now
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Aka me at a conference 🫣
Now that I've submitted my latest grant application I suddenly feel like I have SO MUCH free time!!
Going to savour this moment before I remember all the things I back burner-ed while I wrote that grant 😬
Going to savour this moment before I remember all the things I back burner-ed while I wrote that grant 😬
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Now that I've submitted my latest grant application I suddenly feel like I have SO MUCH free time!!
Going to savour this moment before I remember all the things I back burner-ed while I wrote that grant 😬
Going to savour this moment before I remember all the things I back burner-ed while I wrote that grant 😬
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
Reposted by Dr. Shayna Sparling
in a culmination of @shaynagram.bsky.social's attempts to turn me into a sex r*searcher, i'm excited to have been able to share my work on sexual minority men's experiences of discrimination. mental health, and the buffering effects of having same race / co-ethnic partners at #CSRF2025
October 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
in a culmination of @shaynagram.bsky.social's attempts to turn me into a sex r*searcher, i'm excited to have been able to share my work on sexual minority men's experiences of discrimination. mental health, and the buffering effects of having same race / co-ethnic partners at #CSRF2025