Varun
@varunathilat.bsky.social
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New study lead by @ameliamana.bsky.social "Enhancing digital reading comprehension through feedback messages: A large and long-term dynamic approach with secondary school students" Results from our project with @intralineas.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New study lead by @ameliamana.bsky.social "Enhancing digital reading comprehension through feedback messages: A large and long-term dynamic approach with secondary school students" Results from our project with @intralineas.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My lab is recruiting PhD students for fall 2026. Please reach out if interested!
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My lab is recruiting PhD students for fall 2026. Please reach out if interested!
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Our first call for submissions to ST&D 2026 - taking place from July 29-31, 2026 in Charlotte, NC - is live!
Submissions due February 1, 2026!
More details here: www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/wp-content/u...
Submit your work here: www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2026/
Submissions due February 1, 2026!
More details here: www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/wp-content/u...
Submit your work here: www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2026/
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our first call for submissions to ST&D 2026 - taking place from July 29-31, 2026 in Charlotte, NC - is live!
Submissions due February 1, 2026!
More details here: www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/wp-content/u...
Submit your work here: www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2026/
Submissions due February 1, 2026!
More details here: www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/wp-content/u...
Submit your work here: www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2026/
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ST&D is only partially fueled by our fervor for research. We're at our best when we fuse scholarship with community and foster memories that last a lifetime.
Indeed, we are a bundle of smiling socialites :) Look no further than these shots from ST&D 2025 for proof! 🧵1/5
Indeed, we are a bundle of smiling socialites :) Look no further than these shots from ST&D 2025 for proof! 🧵1/5
October 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
ST&D is only partially fueled by our fervor for research. We're at our best when we fuse scholarship with community and foster memories that last a lifetime.
Indeed, we are a bundle of smiling socialites :) Look no further than these shots from ST&D 2025 for proof! 🧵1/5
Indeed, we are a bundle of smiling socialites :) Look no further than these shots from ST&D 2025 for proof! 🧵1/5
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Our latest issue of DP is a special issue in honor of Russell Tomlin, a research pioneer who bridged a foundational gap between theoretical linguistics and cognitive psychology. This issue was guest edited by Andriy Myachykov and Christoph Scheepers.
Discourse Processes
Special Issue in Honor of Russell Tomlin (Guest Editors: Andriy Myachykov and Christoph Scheepers). Volume 62, Issue 8-9 of Discourse Processes
www.tandfonline.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Our latest issue of DP is a special issue in honor of Russell Tomlin, a research pioneer who bridged a foundational gap between theoretical linguistics and cognitive psychology. This issue was guest edited by Andriy Myachykov and Christoph Scheepers.
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The deadline to submit to this special issue has been EXTENDED to September 30. If you attended ST&D 2025, consider submitting your work to this Special ST&D 2025 Issue of Discourse Processes!
‼️ST&D 2025 attendees‼️
Consider submitting your conference-related work to a special conference issue of @discourseprocesses.bsky.social by September 15!
Please submit manuscripts here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/hds...
Manuscripts should be prepared according to DP manuscript guidelines.
Consider submitting your conference-related work to a special conference issue of @discourseprocesses.bsky.social by September 15!
Please submit manuscripts here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/hds...
Manuscripts should be prepared according to DP manuscript guidelines.
Discourse Processes
Discourse Processes provides a forum for ideas from diverse disciplines sharing an interest in discourse, such as prose comprehension and dialogue analysis.
www.tandfonline.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The deadline to submit to this special issue has been EXTENDED to September 30. If you attended ST&D 2025, consider submitting your work to this Special ST&D 2025 Issue of Discourse Processes!
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‼️ST&D 2025 attendees‼️
Consider submitting your conference-related work to a special conference issue of @discourseprocesses.bsky.social by September 15!
Please submit manuscripts here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/hds...
Manuscripts should be prepared according to DP manuscript guidelines.
Consider submitting your conference-related work to a special conference issue of @discourseprocesses.bsky.social by September 15!
Please submit manuscripts here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/hds...
Manuscripts should be prepared according to DP manuscript guidelines.
Discourse Processes
Discourse Processes provides a forum for ideas from diverse disciplines sharing an interest in discourse, such as prose comprehension and dialogue analysis.
www.tandfonline.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
‼️ST&D 2025 attendees‼️
Consider submitting your conference-related work to a special conference issue of @discourseprocesses.bsky.social by September 15!
Please submit manuscripts here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/hds...
Manuscripts should be prepared according to DP manuscript guidelines.
Consider submitting your conference-related work to a special conference issue of @discourseprocesses.bsky.social by September 15!
Please submit manuscripts here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/hds...
Manuscripts should be prepared according to DP manuscript guidelines.
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Here's another spotlight of a mere handful of the wonderful presentations we were privy to in Padua this year :) Major thanks to the University of Padua for providing the space and time for our meeting to carry out fruitfully! #textdiscourse2025
August 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Here's another spotlight of a mere handful of the wonderful presentations we were privy to in Padua this year :) Major thanks to the University of Padua for providing the space and time for our meeting to carry out fruitfully! #textdiscourse2025
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Thanks to Taylor & Francis, we are pleased to provide Free Access (through October) to the recent article by Walter Kintsch, "A history of psychology as it happened to me", published posthumously in the recent 2024 ST&D Conference special issue of Discourse Processes.
A history of psychology as it happened to me
Psychology has changed a great deal during the more than 50 years I have been actively involved with it. In this essay, I try to trace these changes as I experienced them - a minor footnote to the ...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thanks to Taylor & Francis, we are pleased to provide Free Access (through October) to the recent article by Walter Kintsch, "A history of psychology as it happened to me", published posthumously in the recent 2024 ST&D Conference special issue of Discourse Processes.
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New in Public Opinion Quarterly: Live video can change how people feel about answering sensitive questions—but not in the same way for everyone. Example: For some, seeing and being seen can make them MORE at ease, for others LESS at ease.
Participants’ Reported Discomfort with Live Video as a Mode for Answering a Sensitive Survey Question
Abstract. This study uses qualitative thematic analysis to explore a dataset of open-ended textual responses from 369 online panelists explaining why they
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August 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
New in Public Opinion Quarterly: Live video can change how people feel about answering sensitive questions—but not in the same way for everyone. Example: For some, seeing and being seen can make them MORE at ease, for others LESS at ease.
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For a terrific conversation on emotion, mind & brain, thank you to The Aspen Institute! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM6f...
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
YouTube video by The Aspen Institute
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August 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
For a terrific conversation on emotion, mind & brain, thank you to The Aspen Institute! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM6f...
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New paper with @ivabra.bsky.social and Helge Strømsø, where we test a learning scenario in which an informative text is combined with an ambigous graph. A call to increase students' complex literacy skills!
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August 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New paper with @ivabra.bsky.social and Helge Strømsø, where we test a learning scenario in which an informative text is combined with an ambigous graph. A call to increase students' complex literacy skills!
bsky.app/profile/ivab...
bsky.app/profile/ivab...
It's actually crazy that AI was just unleashed onto the world for (mostly) free and without any, like, training before using it. The amount of AI-induced psychosis reports I've been seeing lately are really disconcerting, and I was already wary of AIs impact on social psychology...
August 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
It's actually crazy that AI was just unleashed onto the world for (mostly) free and without any, like, training before using it. The amount of AI-induced psychosis reports I've been seeing lately are really disconcerting, and I was already wary of AIs impact on social psychology...
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We would like to recognize Kate Cain (member), Michael Wolfe (member), and Joe Magliano (chair) for their service on the Governing Board. They see to it that the Society for Text & Discourse runs effectively. We would also like to welcome Pani Kendeou as the incoming chair of the Governing Board!
August 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We would like to recognize Kate Cain (member), Michael Wolfe (member), and Joe Magliano (chair) for their service on the Governing Board. They see to it that the Society for Text & Discourse runs effectively. We would also like to welcome Pani Kendeou as the incoming chair of the Governing Board!
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🎓 Excited to share our review paper on Generative AI and Misinformation in Education! 🤖📚
#GenerativeAI #EdTech #AIInEducation #Misinformation #DigitalLiteracy #EducationResearch #AIEthics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#GenerativeAI #EdTech #AIInEducation #Misinformation #DigitalLiteracy #EducationResearch #AIEthics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
GenAI and misinformation in education: a systematic scoping review of opportunities and challenges - AI & SOCIETY
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has emerged as a transformative and disruptive force in education and society, with the potential to both create and correct misinformation. In education, mi...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🎓 Excited to share our review paper on Generative AI and Misinformation in Education! 🤖📚
#GenerativeAI #EdTech #AIInEducation #Misinformation #DigitalLiteracy #EducationResearch #AIEthics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#GenerativeAI #EdTech #AIInEducation #Misinformation #DigitalLiteracy #EducationResearch #AIEthics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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📗New paper in @discourseprocesses.bsky.social📗
Do readers of social media interpret posts the way authors intended?
We asked authors what stance they intended to convey in a post they tweeted about Roe v. Wade.
Thread 🧵(1/n)
Do readers of social media interpret posts the way authors intended?
We asked authors what stance they intended to convey in a post they tweeted about Roe v. Wade.
Thread 🧵(1/n)
July 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📗New paper in @discourseprocesses.bsky.social📗
Do readers of social media interpret posts the way authors intended?
We asked authors what stance they intended to convey in a post they tweeted about Roe v. Wade.
Thread 🧵(1/n)
Do readers of social media interpret posts the way authors intended?
We asked authors what stance they intended to convey in a post they tweeted about Roe v. Wade.
Thread 🧵(1/n)
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Congratulations to these ST&D members who were awarded for their exceptional contributions to the world of text and discourse research! #textdiscourse2025 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Congratulations to these ST&D members who were awarded for their exceptional contributions to the world of text and discourse research! #textdiscourse2025 🧵
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We want to thank all of our attendees and presenters for making the 35th Annual Conference for the Society of Text & Discourse rich with research, collaboration, and community! Here are just a handful of the memories that we've created together :)
July 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We want to thank all of our attendees and presenters for making the 35th Annual Conference for the Society of Text & Discourse rich with research, collaboration, and community! Here are just a handful of the memories that we've created together :)
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Mañana 25 junio a las 15.00 (Chile) o 21.00 (España) hablaré sobre la efectividad de las prácticas para fomentar la lectura digital en los centros educativos, a partir de nuestra investigación con bases de datos internacionales. ¡Os esperamos!
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June 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Mañana 25 junio a las 15.00 (Chile) o 21.00 (España) hablaré sobre la efectividad de las prácticas para fomentar la lectura digital en los centros educativos, a partir de nuestra investigación con bases de datos internacionales. ¡Os esperamos!
www.instagram.com/p/DLQE5RYgwb...
www.instagram.com/p/DLQE5RYgwb...
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We are just ONE WEEK AWAY from our 35th annual conference in Padua, Italy! If you haven’t already, there is still time to register. Join us in sharing and discussing research in the world of text discourse. We look forward to wonderful times!
www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2025/
www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2025/
ST&D 2025 | The Society for Text and Discourse
www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org
July 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We are just ONE WEEK AWAY from our 35th annual conference in Padua, Italy! If you haven’t already, there is still time to register. Join us in sharing and discussing research in the world of text discourse. We look forward to wonderful times!
www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2025/
www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2025/
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🎓 It's official - I've successfully defended my dissertation!
Thank you to everyone who supported me on this journey. Looking forward to my next chapter as a postdoc at the University of Miami!
Thank you to everyone who supported me on this journey. Looking forward to my next chapter as a postdoc at the University of Miami!
June 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🎓 It's official - I've successfully defended my dissertation!
Thank you to everyone who supported me on this journey. Looking forward to my next chapter as a postdoc at the University of Miami!
Thank you to everyone who supported me on this journey. Looking forward to my next chapter as a postdoc at the University of Miami!
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Exciting week in our Reading + Learning lab @University of Minnesota as we celebrate the achievements of Dr. Johnson and Dr. Kim. Grateful for the opportunity to mentor these scholars in educational psychology @vkjohnson.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Exciting week in our Reading + Learning lab @University of Minnesota as we celebrate the achievements of Dr. Johnson and Dr. Kim. Grateful for the opportunity to mentor these scholars in educational psychology @vkjohnson.bsky.social
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We are just under a month away from our 35th annual conference in Padua, Italy! If you haven’t already, there is still time to register. Join us in sharing and discussing research in the world of text discourse. We look forward to wonderful times!
www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2025/
www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2025/
June 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We are just under a month away from our 35th annual conference in Padua, Italy! If you haven’t already, there is still time to register. Join us in sharing and discussing research in the world of text discourse. We look forward to wonderful times!
www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2025/
www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/std-2025/
Being very honest, sometimes I feel like I ask people things like they're ChatGPT or respond to people's requests as if I'm ChatGPT 🥲
"I'm reading this part of the paper in two (reductive) ways, but please let me know which is more correct, and then I can edit on the next go-around." lol who am I
"I'm reading this part of the paper in two (reductive) ways, but please let me know which is more correct, and then I can edit on the next go-around." lol who am I
May 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Being very honest, sometimes I feel like I ask people things like they're ChatGPT or respond to people's requests as if I'm ChatGPT 🥲
"I'm reading this part of the paper in two (reductive) ways, but please let me know which is more correct, and then I can edit on the next go-around." lol who am I
"I'm reading this part of the paper in two (reductive) ways, but please let me know which is more correct, and then I can edit on the next go-around." lol who am I
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