Zhixu (Rick) Yang
@zrickyang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Baruch College, City University of New York
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Virtual open houses are being held by I-O psych grad programs! The link for viewing the list is tinyurl.com/iop-openhous... . Ask questions about how to put your best foot forward in your application.
#OHPsych #OHP #IOPsych #iopsychmemes #psychology #psychologymemes #psychmemes #psychgradschool
#OHPsych #OHP #IOPsych #iopsychmemes #psychology #psychologymemes #psychmemes #psychgradschool
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Virtual open houses are being held by I-O psych grad programs! The link for viewing the list is tinyurl.com/iop-openhous... . Ask questions about how to put your best foot forward in your application.
#OHPsych #OHP #IOPsych #iopsychmemes #psychology #psychologymemes #psychmemes #psychgradschool
#OHPsych #OHP #IOPsych #iopsychmemes #psychology #psychologymemes #psychmemes #psychgradschool
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Social Cognition invites papers for a special issue on disrupted scholarship guest edited by Galen Bodenhausen, Jacqueline Chen, & Franki Kung.
bit.ly/3HkcyBf
bit.ly/3HkcyBf
Call for Papers Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption.docx
Call for Papers: Special Collection Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption Deadline for Letters of Intent: October 15, 2025 (https://bit.ly/4mlowtf) Guest Editors: Gale...
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August 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Social Cognition invites papers for a special issue on disrupted scholarship guest edited by Galen Bodenhausen, Jacqueline Chen, & Franki Kung.
bit.ly/3HkcyBf
bit.ly/3HkcyBf
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My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
Mark Chen | Department of Psychology
psychology.fas.harvard.edu
September 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
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August 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Newly accepted in PSPB! We examined whether Asian and Black Americans perceived one another through a zero-sum lens. Inspired by the SCOTUS affirmative action decisions, I wanted to know if Asians thought they were losing to Black people and how this mindset affects coalition
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July 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Newly accepted in PSPB! We examined whether Asian and Black Americans perceived one another through a zero-sum lens. Inspired by the SCOTUS affirmative action decisions, I wanted to know if Asians thought they were losing to Black people and how this mindset affects coalition
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
I’ve defended my dissertation and wrapped up 5 years of my PhD! Grateful to my advisor, committee, mentors, colleagues, students, friends, and family. I’m thrilled to be joining Baruch College, CUNY as an Assistant Professor in I-O Psychology and to start this new chapter in NYC!
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I’ve defended my dissertation and wrapped up 5 years of my PhD! Grateful to my advisor, committee, mentors, colleagues, students, friends, and family. I’m thrilled to be joining Baruch College, CUNY as an Assistant Professor in I-O Psychology and to start this new chapter in NYC!
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If you want to study people's interactions with chatbots, or use LLMs to generate novel experimental materials, this paper will walk you through it. Technical and practical considerations included. #iopsychology link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Participant Interactions with Artificial Intelligence: Using Large Language Models to Generate Research Materials for Surveys and Experiments - Journal of Business and Psychology
Researchers are increasingly exploring the use of large language models (LLMs) to develop materials for surveys and experiments. However, clear guidance on effective implementation remains limited. In...
link.springer.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you want to study people's interactions with chatbots, or use LLMs to generate novel experimental materials, this paper will walk you through it. Technical and practical considerations included. #iopsychology link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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How do experiences of discrimination shape beliefs about inter-minority solidarity, and how does it vary among Asian subgroups?
Read on to find out! By Dr. Chyei Vinluan and @danielsanji.bsky.social
Read on to find out! By Dr. Chyei Vinluan and @danielsanji.bsky.social
Asian ethnic subgroup moderates the relationship between Asian American discrimination experiences and solidarity with Black Americans: https://osf.io/vr4sm
June 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
How do experiences of discrimination shape beliefs about inter-minority solidarity, and how does it vary among Asian subgroups?
Read on to find out! By Dr. Chyei Vinluan and @danielsanji.bsky.social
Read on to find out! By Dr. Chyei Vinluan and @danielsanji.bsky.social
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New preprint showing how and why people misperceive rates of STEM representation among Asian subgroups. Implications for Affirmative action and data disaggregation
By Dr. Chyei Vinluan who is crushing it!
By Dr. Chyei Vinluan who is crushing it!
Misperceptions of Asian Subgroup Representation in STEM: https://osf.io/34eby
June 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
New preprint showing how and why people misperceive rates of STEM representation among Asian subgroups. Implications for Affirmative action and data disaggregation
By Dr. Chyei Vinluan who is crushing it!
By Dr. Chyei Vinluan who is crushing it!
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JUST IN: International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students
International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
JUST IN: International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
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This is not a game, this is affecting people's lives... I can only imagine what it's like to be a student at Harvard right now -- not to mention that this hangs as a threat over every single international student in the US.
May 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is not a game, this is affecting people's lives... I can only imagine what it's like to be a student at Harvard right now -- not to mention that this hangs as a threat over every single international student in the US.
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I'm disappointed to share that my NSF career grant on anti-Asian dehumanization was terminated. This affects ongoing project activities, which have shown great progress so far, and support for my research team and more.
I'm sad to share that the hiring of the postdoc role is currently on pause.
I'm sad to share that the hiring of the postdoc role is currently on pause.
We're hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar! Come join our @conflictcollab.bsky.social at Purdue PSY in the fall 🎉
The role involves opportunities to research and lead writing projects on humanizing organization, conflict mgnt, workplace discrimination, goals, and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1tke0...
The role involves opportunities to research and lead writing projects on humanizing organization, conflict mgnt, workplace discrimination, goals, and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1tke0...
Conflict Collab_Postdoctoral Research Associate Ad.pdf
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April 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm disappointed to share that my NSF career grant on anti-Asian dehumanization was terminated. This affects ongoing project activities, which have shown great progress so far, and support for my research team and more.
I'm sad to share that the hiring of the postdoc role is currently on pause.
I'm sad to share that the hiring of the postdoc role is currently on pause.
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Unsurprisingly, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is spot-on in this analysis: “A.I.’s most revolutionary potential is helping experts apply their expertise better and faster. But for that to work, there has to be experts.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
Opinion | Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid (Gift Article)
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Unsurprisingly, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is spot-on in this analysis: “A.I.’s most revolutionary potential is helping experts apply their expertise better and faster. But for that to work, there has to be experts.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
As part of this student cohort, I deeply resonate with this message. Grateful for those in our community who support each other and uphold the value of science.
"When I feel myself drifting toward despair, I think about what I learned during the pandemic, the first crisis of my Ph.D.: Build community and keep sharing the value of science."
This week's #ScienceWorkingLife. scim.ag/4iJp6ir
This week's #ScienceWorkingLife. scim.ag/4iJp6ir
March 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
As part of this student cohort, I deeply resonate with this message. Grateful for those in our community who support each other and uphold the value of science.
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Have a soon-to-submit paper or R&R you want developmental feedback on? Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in PSY or related fields?
If so, @reviewerzero.bsky.social's pre-review program, FAIR, is here for YOU! 🎉
Apply below or sign up for an office hour. We are here to help!
If so, @reviewerzero.bsky.social's pre-review program, FAIR, is here for YOU! 🎉
Apply below or sign up for an office hour. We are here to help!
March 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Have a soon-to-submit paper or R&R you want developmental feedback on? Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in PSY or related fields?
If so, @reviewerzero.bsky.social's pre-review program, FAIR, is here for YOU! 🎉
Apply below or sign up for an office hour. We are here to help!
If so, @reviewerzero.bsky.social's pre-review program, FAIR, is here for YOU! 🎉
Apply below or sign up for an office hour. We are here to help!
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Proud of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology's Executive Board statement released this morning, condemning:
"blunt force stoppages in grant funding, employment, and policy enforcement" as well as many other things.
www.siop.org/news-center/...
#IOPsych
"blunt force stoppages in grant funding, employment, and policy enforcement" as well as many other things.
www.siop.org/news-center/...
#IOPsych
Updates on Federal Policy - Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The Trump Administration has issued several executive orders (EO) and agency guidance impacting the availability of federal funding for research and education, as well as the allowable uses of these f...
www.siop.org
February 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Proud of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology's Executive Board statement released this morning, condemning:
"blunt force stoppages in grant funding, employment, and policy enforcement" as well as many other things.
www.siop.org/news-center/...
#IOPsych
"blunt force stoppages in grant funding, employment, and policy enforcement" as well as many other things.
www.siop.org/news-center/...
#IOPsych
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Roy Baumeister called ego depletion "one of the most replicable findings in social psychology." As someone who spent 20 years studying it—and ultimately had to admit it wasn't real—I have to respectfully disagree. Here's my perspective of what went so wrong.
The Collapse of Ego Depletion
Science's Biggest Self-Control Failure
open.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Roy Baumeister called ego depletion "one of the most replicable findings in social psychology." As someone who spent 20 years studying it—and ultimately had to admit it wasn't real—I have to respectfully disagree. Here's my perspective of what went so wrong.
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We're entering a scary time as a scientific community. I hope those with $$ take care of those in vulnerable positions, like grad students, postdocs, and other lab members, for whom a pause in funding is not merely a gap in publications or research progress, but can represent a forced career change.
January 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We're entering a scary time as a scientific community. I hope those with $$ take care of those in vulnerable positions, like grad students, postdocs, and other lab members, for whom a pause in funding is not merely a gap in publications or research progress, but can represent a forced career change.
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Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, but for those of us in higher education, it's worth paying attention to what is (and has been) going on. Take the Governor's new budget, which cut all of the $10M previously allocated to Martin University, the only predominantly Black school in the state.
January 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, but for those of us in higher education, it's worth paying attention to what is (and has been) going on. Take the Governor's new budget, which cut all of the $10M previously allocated to Martin University, the only predominantly Black school in the state.
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Why are billionaire CEOs like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg embracing tough-guy personas? A psychologist examines the rise of fragile #masculinity among tech leaders and its impact on #workplace culture: https://buff.ly/3PLWSHc (Adam Stanaland @urichmond.bsky.social)
January 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Why are billionaire CEOs like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg embracing tough-guy personas? A psychologist examines the rise of fragile #masculinity among tech leaders and its impact on #workplace culture: https://buff.ly/3PLWSHc (Adam Stanaland @urichmond.bsky.social)
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New research finds that seeing scientists as intellectually humble increases public trust in them, their research, and their recommendations, highlighting the importance of humility in science communication across various fields.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #scicomm
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #scicomm
The effect of seeing scientists as intellectually humble on trust in scientists and their research - Nature Human Behaviour
Across five pre-registered studies, Koetke et al. find that perceptions of scientists’ intellectual humility positively affect the perceived trustworthiness of scientists and their research.
www.nature.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New research finds that seeing scientists as intellectually humble increases public trust in them, their research, and their recommendations, highlighting the importance of humility in science communication across various fields.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #scicomm
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #scicomm
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Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪
My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
Color blind friendly palettes for data visualizations with categories
A discussion of color blind friendly palettes for labeling unique catergories in data visualization.
thenode.biologists.com
December 8, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪
My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
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If you/ your students are interviewing for PhD psych programs in US (especially social psych), check out the resource page on my website. There are guides prepped by grad students + questions to ask faculty etc. Good luck!
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
The PB&J Lab - Resources
Resources
www.pbandjlab.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you/ your students are interviewing for PhD psych programs in US (especially social psych), check out the resource page on my website. There are guides prepped by grad students + questions to ask faculty etc. Good luck!
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
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New paper alert! In the US, people view East Asians as prototypically Asian, especially compared to South Asians. This has implications for representation in #StopAsianHate, and it affects how hate crime reports are evaluated.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Narrow prototypes of Asian subgroups in the United States: Implications for the Stop Asian Hate movement - Samantha R. Pejic, Jason C. Deska, 2025
The Stop Asian Hate movement is a collective for several anti-Asian-violence rallies and organizations in the United States (US). Research indicates that when a...
journals.sagepub.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New paper alert! In the US, people view East Asians as prototypically Asian, especially compared to South Asians. This has implications for representation in #StopAsianHate, and it affects how hate crime reports are evaluated.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Late-breaking VAP of Psychology search at Colby College!
Area flexible, with a preference for social/personality, clinical, or developmental. One-year initial term with possible reappointment.
If you're an aspiring teacher/scholar, check it out!
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Area flexible, with a preference for social/personality, clinical, or developmental. One-year initial term with possible reappointment.
If you're an aspiring teacher/scholar, check it out!
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April 25, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Late-breaking VAP of Psychology search at Colby College!
Area flexible, with a preference for social/personality, clinical, or developmental. One-year initial term with possible reappointment.
If you're an aspiring teacher/scholar, check it out!
t.co/iyYvxdycQh
Area flexible, with a preference for social/personality, clinical, or developmental. One-year initial term with possible reappointment.
If you're an aspiring teacher/scholar, check it out!
t.co/iyYvxdycQh