Yin Chen, PhD
@yinchen.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. of Educational Psychology @ UT-Knoxville 🧡 | 🔎 Socialization of Motivation in Education | Appal-Asian ✨
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Investigating academic and demographic similarities to career role models for motivating diverse college students in STEM
Similar role models can be powerful tools to motivate participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines, but it is unclea…
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🚨 New Open Access Publication Alert! 🚨
I’m so excited to share a paper based on my dissertation research 😎 So thankful for @emilyqr.bsky.social’s support on this one!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I’m so excited to share a paper based on my dissertation research 😎 So thankful for @emilyqr.bsky.social’s support on this one!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
APA Division 15's (Educational Psychology) Call for Proposals is out now (due January 14): apadiv15.org/2025/11/04/c...
Please also don't forget to sign up to review proposals :) It takes a team to put together a great convention!
Sign up to review: forms.gle/9inMBVEDZxyz...
See you all in D.C.!
Please also don't forget to sign up to review proposals :) It takes a team to put together a great convention!
Sign up to review: forms.gle/9inMBVEDZxyz...
See you all in D.C.!
Call for Proposals: Division 15 at the APA Convention (Washington, D.C.)
Division 15 invites submissions for the annual APA convention, to be held August 6-8 in Washington, D.C. Division proposals are due no later than January 14, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET. The Presidential Th…
apadiv15.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
APA Division 15's (Educational Psychology) Call for Proposals is out now (due January 14): apadiv15.org/2025/11/04/c...
Please also don't forget to sign up to review proposals :) It takes a team to put together a great convention!
Sign up to review: forms.gle/9inMBVEDZxyz...
See you all in D.C.!
Please also don't forget to sign up to review proposals :) It takes a team to put together a great convention!
Sign up to review: forms.gle/9inMBVEDZxyz...
See you all in D.C.!
🚨 New Open Access Publication Alert! 🚨
I’m so excited to share a paper based on my dissertation research 😎 So thankful for @emilyqr.bsky.social’s support on this one!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I’m so excited to share a paper based on my dissertation research 😎 So thankful for @emilyqr.bsky.social’s support on this one!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Investigating academic and demographic similarities to career role models for motivating diverse college students in STEM
Similar role models can be powerful tools to motivate participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines, but it is unclea…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🚨 New Open Access Publication Alert! 🚨
I’m so excited to share a paper based on my dissertation research 😎 So thankful for @emilyqr.bsky.social’s support on this one!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I’m so excited to share a paper based on my dissertation research 😎 So thankful for @emilyqr.bsky.social’s support on this one!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So excited and proud of this paper! What an exciting opportunity it was to work with STELLAR scholars from across the U.S. to investigate infrastructures to support equity in STEM! 🤩
Open-access publication alert!! This is a special one; it represents two years of work with an amazing team of researchers, teachers, educational stakeholders, and technology experts to identify infrastructure that would advance equity in STEM education: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A field-initiated vision of research infrastructure for STEM education - International Journal of STEM Education
STEM education research has historically been under-equipped, relying on standardized tests and questionnaires while other fields deploy space telescopes and particle accelerators. What would happen i...
link.springer.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So excited and proud of this paper! What an exciting opportunity it was to work with STELLAR scholars from across the U.S. to investigate infrastructures to support equity in STEM! 🤩
My lab’s BlueSky debut…🥹 Check out our amazing grad student presenters at #SCIPIE2025!
So excited to make our BlueSky debut to highlight two excellent graduate student researchers, presenting at #SCIPIE2025! 🤩
October 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
My lab’s BlueSky debut…🥹 Check out our amazing grad student presenters at #SCIPIE2025!
Not that it matters, but I beat @benheddy.bsky.social to a ed psych jobs posting 😎🤣
Guess y’all should go follow @aeratepsig.bsky.social job postings too!!
Guess y’all should go follow @aeratepsig.bsky.social job postings too!!
#edpsychjobs
The Educational Psychology program at the University of New Mexico is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognition and Learning!
Link to posting: unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
The Educational Psychology program at the University of New Mexico is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognition and Learning!
Link to posting: unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology: Cognition and Learning
University of New Mexico's College of Education and Human SciencesAssistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Educational PsychologyStarting in August 2026T...
unm.csod.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Not that it matters, but I beat @benheddy.bsky.social to a ed psych jobs posting 😎🤣
Guess y’all should go follow @aeratepsig.bsky.social job postings too!!
Guess y’all should go follow @aeratepsig.bsky.social job postings too!!
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First Motivation Monday of the year! We’re kicking things off with a panel on how to run a research lab featuring Drs. @andreicimpian.bsky.social , @nikkilobczowski.bsky.social, Dionne Cross-Francis, and Daeyon Jong. Don’t miss it!
Register here: tinyurl.com/MotMondays25...
Register here: tinyurl.com/MotMondays25...
September 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
First Motivation Monday of the year! We’re kicking things off with a panel on how to run a research lab featuring Drs. @andreicimpian.bsky.social , @nikkilobczowski.bsky.social, Dionne Cross-Francis, and Daeyon Jong. Don’t miss it!
Register here: tinyurl.com/MotMondays25...
Register here: tinyurl.com/MotMondays25...
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👀 We are seeking nominations for…
✨ Chair-Elect/Program Chair ✨
✨ Graduate Student Coordinator ✨
Please e-mail any nominations to lisa.bendixen@unlv.edu by Oct 15.
Include the following:
*Full Name
*Institution
*Email address
*200-word bio statement
We are excited to expand our team! 🤩
✨ Chair-Elect/Program Chair ✨
✨ Graduate Student Coordinator ✨
Please e-mail any nominations to lisa.bendixen@unlv.edu by Oct 15.
Include the following:
*Full Name
*Institution
*Email address
*200-word bio statement
We are excited to expand our team! 🤩
September 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
👀 We are seeking nominations for…
✨ Chair-Elect/Program Chair ✨
✨ Graduate Student Coordinator ✨
Please e-mail any nominations to lisa.bendixen@unlv.edu by Oct 15.
Include the following:
*Full Name
*Institution
*Email address
*200-word bio statement
We are excited to expand our team! 🤩
✨ Chair-Elect/Program Chair ✨
✨ Graduate Student Coordinator ✨
Please e-mail any nominations to lisa.bendixen@unlv.edu by Oct 15.
Include the following:
*Full Name
*Institution
*Email address
*200-word bio statement
We are excited to expand our team! 🤩
So grateful to share my work in beautiful Graz 🇦🇹 at #EARLI2025 🌍✨
I’m feeling so inspired by global perspectives and thankful for new colleagues & friends I met during my stay!
I’m feeling so inspired by global perspectives and thankful for new colleagues & friends I met during my stay!
September 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
So grateful to share my work in beautiful Graz 🇦🇹 at #EARLI2025 🌍✨
I’m feeling so inspired by global perspectives and thankful for new colleagues & friends I met during my stay!
I’m feeling so inspired by global perspectives and thankful for new colleagues & friends I met during my stay!
My (WFH) partner and I have a daily “floor time” ritual, where we lie on the home office floor for 10 minutes with our pugs and let the existential dread wash over us. 😃
We get up feeling…weirdly better? Honestly a surprisingly good coping strategy for…ya know, ✨everything✨ 10/10 recommend.
We get up feeling…weirdly better? Honestly a surprisingly good coping strategy for…ya know, ✨everything✨ 10/10 recommend.
August 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My (WFH) partner and I have a daily “floor time” ritual, where we lie on the home office floor for 10 minutes with our pugs and let the existential dread wash over us. 😃
We get up feeling…weirdly better? Honestly a surprisingly good coping strategy for…ya know, ✨everything✨ 10/10 recommend.
We get up feeling…weirdly better? Honestly a surprisingly good coping strategy for…ya know, ✨everything✨ 10/10 recommend.
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My first, first author publication is out! It was a joy to be with and write about Black girls in math! ✨
July 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My first, first author publication is out! It was a joy to be with and write about Black girls in math! ✨
Life of the eldest daughter of immigrants ✨
Back home today to help out with our family restaurant! This place put me through college and grad school. I’ll forever be thankful 💕
Back home today to help out with our family restaurant! This place put me through college and grad school. I’ll forever be thankful 💕
July 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Life of the eldest daughter of immigrants ✨
Back home today to help out with our family restaurant! This place put me through college and grad school. I’ll forever be thankful 💕
Back home today to help out with our family restaurant! This place put me through college and grad school. I’ll forever be thankful 💕
Did you miss it? Don't worry, we recorded the session here: youtu.be/GjZsiyFVeCw!
June 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Did you miss it? Don't worry, we recorded the session here: youtu.be/GjZsiyFVeCw!
🚨 TODAY!! 🚨 Join us to learn about using Sharing Circles at 2pm ET. Hope to see you there!
Join us on Friday, 6/20 at 2pm EST for the APA Div 15's Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Research Methods series! Our final event will focus on using Sharing Circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) w/ Macy Bowman 🤩
Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles
Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles
June 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🚨 TODAY!! 🚨 Join us to learn about using Sharing Circles at 2pm ET. Hope to see you there!
‼️New Publication Alert! 🎉
1/Ever wonder who inspires high school students to pursue STEM careers and how they do it?
In our new study, @emilyqr.bsky.social and I asked high schoolers about who their real-life STEM career models are and what makes them motivating.
Read ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s112...
1/Ever wonder who inspires high school students to pursue STEM careers and how they do it?
In our new study, @emilyqr.bsky.social and I asked high schoolers about who their real-life STEM career models are and what makes them motivating.
Read ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s112...
June 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
‼️New Publication Alert! 🎉
1/Ever wonder who inspires high school students to pursue STEM careers and how they do it?
In our new study, @emilyqr.bsky.social and I asked high schoolers about who their real-life STEM career models are and what makes them motivating.
Read ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s112...
1/Ever wonder who inspires high school students to pursue STEM careers and how they do it?
In our new study, @emilyqr.bsky.social and I asked high schoolers about who their real-life STEM career models are and what makes them motivating.
Read ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s112...
I have been ✨influenced✨
June 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I have been ✨influenced✨
Join us on Friday, 6/20 at 2pm EST for the APA Div 15's Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Research Methods series! Our final event will focus on using Sharing Circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) w/ Macy Bowman 🤩
Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles
Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles
June 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Join us on Friday, 6/20 at 2pm EST for the APA Div 15's Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Research Methods series! Our final event will focus on using Sharing Circles (a method rooted in traditional practices of many Indigenous communities) w/ Macy Bowman 🤩
Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles
Register ➡️: tiny.utk.edu/APADiv15SharingCircles
Ended the spring semester with a picnic and rock painting in the park with my grad TAs ☀️
Cheers to a successful year 1 here at UTK! 🥂🎉
Cheers to a successful year 1 here at UTK! 🥂🎉
May 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ended the spring semester with a picnic and rock painting in the park with my grad TAs ☀️
Cheers to a successful year 1 here at UTK! 🥂🎉
Cheers to a successful year 1 here at UTK! 🥂🎉
If you missed APA Div 15's Race & Diversity webinar last Friday, don't worry - we recorded it!
"A CritQuant Measurement Perspective: MIMIC Models to Identify & Remediate Racial (and Other) Forms of Bias" by Drs. Matthew Diemer, Aixa Marchand, & Michael Frisby.
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHZb...
"A CritQuant Measurement Perspective: MIMIC Models to Identify & Remediate Racial (and Other) Forms of Bias" by Drs. Matthew Diemer, Aixa Marchand, & Michael Frisby.
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHZb...
Division 15 Race & Diversity Webinar: A Critical Quantitative Measurement Perspective
YouTube video by APA Division 15
www.youtube.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If you missed APA Div 15's Race & Diversity webinar last Friday, don't worry - we recorded it!
"A CritQuant Measurement Perspective: MIMIC Models to Identify & Remediate Racial (and Other) Forms of Bias" by Drs. Matthew Diemer, Aixa Marchand, & Michael Frisby.
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHZb...
"A CritQuant Measurement Perspective: MIMIC Models to Identify & Remediate Racial (and Other) Forms of Bias" by Drs. Matthew Diemer, Aixa Marchand, & Michael Frisby.
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHZb...
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The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
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 9:07 PM
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Our first AERA with all the PhDs in line!! 🎓🎓🎓 🥹
It’s more fun when your colleagues are friends! 🥰
@drbrookeedu.bsky.social
& bluesky-less Dr. Kori Nicolai
It’s more fun when your colleagues are friends! 🥰
@drbrookeedu.bsky.social
& bluesky-less Dr. Kori Nicolai
April 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Our first AERA with all the PhDs in line!! 🎓🎓🎓 🥹
It’s more fun when your colleagues are friends! 🥰
@drbrookeedu.bsky.social
& bluesky-less Dr. Kori Nicolai
It’s more fun when your colleagues are friends! 🥰
@drbrookeedu.bsky.social
& bluesky-less Dr. Kori Nicolai
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I’m going to give my FIRST talk ever at AERA tomorrow morning during a Div C symposium on parents’ academic socialization. Thinking about presenting the study closet to my heart to the audience to which I call academic family hypes me up! Come and find out what I’ve been working on!
April 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I’m going to give my FIRST talk ever at AERA tomorrow morning during a Div C symposium on parents’ academic socialization. Thinking about presenting the study closet to my heart to the audience to which I call academic family hypes me up! Come and find out what I’ve been working on!
Annual business meeting of the powerlifting SIG at Club Forum’s “Meat Locker” this morning 😤💪🏼
We are growing in membership! 🤗
@pnbeymer.bsky.social
#AERA2025
We are growing in membership! 🤗
@pnbeymer.bsky.social
#AERA2025
April 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Annual business meeting of the powerlifting SIG at Club Forum’s “Meat Locker” this morning 😤💪🏼
We are growing in membership! 🤗
@pnbeymer.bsky.social
#AERA2025
We are growing in membership! 🤗
@pnbeymer.bsky.social
#AERA2025
TODAY!! Come get a little messy with us 🤩
Attending #AERA2025? 👀 Might I recommend adding this exciting Division C invited session focused on navigating ✨messy✨ educational research?
Friday, April 25th
11:40am - 1:10pm MDT
Colorado Convention Center
Meeting Room Level, Room 102
tinyurl.com/26yk9g7h
Friday, April 25th
11:40am - 1:10pm MDT
Colorado Convention Center
Meeting Room Level, Room 102
tinyurl.com/26yk9g7h
April 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
TODAY!! Come get a little messy with us 🤩
Reposted by Yin Chen, PhD
So excited for members of the Motivation and Academic Choices Lab to present their work at #AERA2025 this year! Please come check out what we have been working on.
April 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
So excited for members of the Motivation and Academic Choices Lab to present their work at #AERA2025 this year! Please come check out what we have been working on.
Attending #AERA2025? 👀 Might I recommend adding this exciting Division C invited session focused on navigating ✨messy✨ educational research?
Friday, April 25th
11:40am - 1:10pm MDT
Colorado Convention Center
Meeting Room Level, Room 102
tinyurl.com/26yk9g7h
Friday, April 25th
11:40am - 1:10pm MDT
Colorado Convention Center
Meeting Room Level, Room 102
tinyurl.com/26yk9g7h
April 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Attending #AERA2025? 👀 Might I recommend adding this exciting Division C invited session focused on navigating ✨messy✨ educational research?
Friday, April 25th
11:40am - 1:10pm MDT
Colorado Convention Center
Meeting Room Level, Room 102
tinyurl.com/26yk9g7h
Friday, April 25th
11:40am - 1:10pm MDT
Colorado Convention Center
Meeting Room Level, Room 102
tinyurl.com/26yk9g7h