Alysson Light
@alylight.bsky.social
Social Psych undergrad-teaching @uchicago studying Self-Concept Clarity, Goal Support, and ~*miscellaneous*~
Husband bought me a new brand of granola and for some reason it's asking me for a $3500 publication fee.
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Husband bought me a new brand of granola and for some reason it's asking me for a $3500 publication fee.
Trump gifts the Qataris an airbase in return for a luxury plane, and Spelling Bee says...
October 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Trump gifts the Qataris an airbase in return for a luxury plane, and Spelling Bee says...
Age and cohort here
October 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Age and cohort here
I'm teaching Social Psych for the first time since 2020 and boy are the jokes in my slides out of date...
April 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I'm teaching Social Psych for the first time since 2020 and boy are the jokes in my slides out of date...
I was just thinking the same thing!! Like...
March 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I was just thinking the same thing!! Like...
It looks like I can still access courses, but there's a flag at the top:
February 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It looks like I can still access courses, but there's a flag at the top:
...Follow up email subject line at UChicago...
January 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
...Follow up email subject line at UChicago...
Email we got at UChicago today
January 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Email we got at UChicago today
I will take this over the elf.
December 24, 2024 at 7:15 PM
I will take this over the elf.
Got married, and had the most happily tearful ceremony that most folks in attendance had ever seen! Here is a non-teary moment:
December 23, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Got married, and had the most happily tearful ceremony that most folks in attendance had ever seen! Here is a non-teary moment:
Why indeed?
www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1...
www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1...
April 23, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Why indeed?
www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1...
www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1...
In "What does Google know that we don't?" searching for "Gritty" in my photos pulls up pictures of orange things, pictures taken in Philly, and pictures of hot dogs? Is Gritty made of hot dogs?
January 6, 2024 at 2:42 PM
In "What does Google know that we don't?" searching for "Gritty" in my photos pulls up pictures of orange things, pictures taken in Philly, and pictures of hot dogs? Is Gritty made of hot dogs?
I added content to my Research Methods class on quasi-experiments since so many of them take econ classes, and now they think everything is a quasi-experiment. So to procrastinate grading, I have made them all this helpful flow chart.
December 10, 2023 at 10:59 PM
I added content to my Research Methods class on quasi-experiments since so many of them take econ classes, and now they think everything is a quasi-experiment. So to procrastinate grading, I have made them all this helpful flow chart.
Has this director of programming at a classical music station ever seen a Puccini opera...? www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1...
September 29, 2023 at 10:59 PM
Has this director of programming at a classical music station ever seen a Puccini opera...? www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1...
I had my No Probllama boots, but AV declared it too much of an electrical hazard and sent us out of there!
September 27, 2023 at 6:38 PM
I had my No Probllama boots, but AV declared it too much of an electrical hazard and sent us out of there!
Did anyone else's first day of teaching this term involve a flooded classroom? 😂
September 27, 2023 at 2:05 PM
Did anyone else's first day of teaching this term involve a flooded classroom? 😂
Looks like they actually have updated COVID vaccines at my Walgreens!
September 22, 2023 at 9:01 PM
Looks like they actually have updated COVID vaccines at my Walgreens!
Marine One landed at the White House as I walked by, but I barely noticed it because I had to stop and take a picture of this license plate
September 2, 2023 at 2:57 PM
Marine One landed at the White House as I walked by, but I barely noticed it because I had to stop and take a picture of this license plate