Angela Bell
@angelacbell.bsky.social
Assistant professor at WWU. CSUN and OKState alum. Social psychologist; stereotypes, prejudice, and supporting faculty of color. Co-founder of Flourish.
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🚨 All staff for NSF’s Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) have just been fired.
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
Take Action | Save NSF
www.savensf.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚨 All staff for NSF’s Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) have just been fired.
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
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What makes people feel entitled to rewards—the effort they put into their work or the outcomes they achieve?
Out now in PNAS; with Jin Kim and Jared Wong:
Achievement.
Effort seems to matter very little (if at all).
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Out now in PNAS; with Jin Kim and Jared Wong:
Achievement.
Effort seems to matter very little (if at all).
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What makes people feel entitled to rewards—the effort they put into their work or the outcomes they achieve?
Out now in PNAS; with Jin Kim and Jared Wong:
Achievement.
Effort seems to matter very little (if at all).
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Out now in PNAS; with Jin Kim and Jared Wong:
Achievement.
Effort seems to matter very little (if at all).
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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NEW: At least two institutions have been directed to comply with Trump’s anti-trans executive order as a condition of getting NIH grants, according to letters I've seen. The policy marks a new front in the administration's efforts to reshape the science ecosystem.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The NIH Is Requiring Grantees to Follow Trump’s Anti-Trans Executive Order
At least two institutions have been directed to comply with the order as a condition of getting NIH funding, marking a new front in the administration’s efforts to reshape the scientific ecosystem.
www.chronicle.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
NEW: At least two institutions have been directed to comply with Trump’s anti-trans executive order as a condition of getting NIH grants, according to letters I've seen. The policy marks a new front in the administration's efforts to reshape the science ecosystem.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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We are happy to see folks in Congress stepping up, but we need more than sternly worded letters. We need action. The US scientific enterprise is at stake #resist
NEWS: I just led 112 of my colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump Administration on their funding freeze of the National Science Foundation.
Cutting off NSF funding threatens vital research, stalls innovation, and risks ceding global scientific leadership to China.
Cutting off NSF funding threatens vital research, stalls innovation, and risks ceding global scientific leadership to China.
May 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We are happy to see folks in Congress stepping up, but we need more than sternly worded letters. We need action. The US scientific enterprise is at stake #resist
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Psych Stats Instructors: please consider participating in a 15-min anonymous survey about best practice and teaching methods. Closes May 31st. For details see: ryersonpsych.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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May 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Sharing appreciated!
Sharing appreciated!
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🧵New paper out in Cognition
Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)?
@danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module.
50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...
Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)?
@danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module.
50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...
May 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🧵New paper out in Cognition
Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)?
@danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module.
50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...
Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)?
@danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module.
50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...
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🧪💪I know folks are struggling to appeal #NSF grant terminations
I created a generic GD version of our team's response plan, including a draft appeal*, based on compiled guidance.
*Not a lawyer, best guess! Also, DMs open for ?/feedback. @davidimiller.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I created a generic GD version of our team's response plan, including a draft appeal*, based on compiled guidance.
*Not a lawyer, best guess! Also, DMs open for ?/feedback. @davidimiller.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Action Plan & Appeal for Illegal NSF Grant terminations
[RedactedProjectName] Action Plan for Response to Illegal NSF Grant termination ***This document - with Background, Action Plan, & Appeal Letter - was compiled by a fellow researcher appealing their N...
docs.google.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
🧪💪I know folks are struggling to appeal #NSF grant terminations
I created a generic GD version of our team's response plan, including a draft appeal*, based on compiled guidance.
*Not a lawyer, best guess! Also, DMs open for ?/feedback. @davidimiller.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I created a generic GD version of our team's response plan, including a draft appeal*, based on compiled guidance.
*Not a lawyer, best guess! Also, DMs open for ?/feedback. @davidimiller.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Cross-cultural researchers: still worried about the reference group effect? It’s often cited as a major threat to cross-cultural comparisons using Likert scales. Our new article critiques its logic and shows why it may not be the threat you think it is.
doi.org/10.1177/1069...
doi.org/10.1177/1069...
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April 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Cross-cultural researchers: still worried about the reference group effect? It’s often cited as a major threat to cross-cultural comparisons using Likert scales. Our new article critiques its logic and shows why it may not be the threat you think it is.
doi.org/10.1177/1069...
doi.org/10.1177/1069...
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A wheelchair-using UNC student who was physically assaulted by police when they broke up the school’s anti-genocide encampment has since had a prestigious scholarship rescinded, been criminally charged, doxxed and constantly surveilled because of her Palestine activism.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
May 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A wheelchair-using UNC student who was physically assaulted by police when they broke up the school’s anti-genocide encampment has since had a prestigious scholarship rescinded, been criminally charged, doxxed and constantly surveilled because of her Palestine activism.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
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They’re also teaching the COVID lab leak hypothesis as though it’s verified fact, and not just one possible disputed theory about the origins of COVID.
Oklahoma Education Commissar Ryan Walters announces new academic standards for the coming school year. Among other things, all students will be required to learn Trump's version of the 2020 election.
May 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They’re also teaching the COVID lab leak hypothesis as though it’s verified fact, and not just one possible disputed theory about the origins of COVID.
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Like many others, Angela, Kelci, and I were disappointed to learn that the NSF grant supporting Flourish was terminated last week. Flourish remains committed, now more than ever, to our mission of uplifting pre-tenure faculty of color in psychology. Learn more & spread the word about our community.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Like many others, Angela, Kelci, and I were disappointed to learn that the NSF grant supporting Flourish was terminated last week. Flourish remains committed, now more than ever, to our mission of uplifting pre-tenure faculty of color in psychology. Learn more & spread the word about our community.
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ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
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April 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
1/n
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
1/n
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🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
April 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
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New paper is interesting
But result is not gleaned from online abstract
Turns out, Republicans (vs. Democrats) use science less in policy making.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
But you'd not know that from title or Abstract
Sometimes I worry we're afraid to say political findings out loud
But result is not gleaned from online abstract
Turns out, Republicans (vs. Democrats) use science less in policy making.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
But you'd not know that from title or Abstract
Sometimes I worry we're afraid to say political findings out loud
April 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New paper is interesting
But result is not gleaned from online abstract
Turns out, Republicans (vs. Democrats) use science less in policy making.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
But you'd not know that from title or Abstract
Sometimes I worry we're afraid to say political findings out loud
But result is not gleaned from online abstract
Turns out, Republicans (vs. Democrats) use science less in policy making.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
But you'd not know that from title or Abstract
Sometimes I worry we're afraid to say political findings out loud
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As predicted, we are now seeing the US science brain drain. We will be losing incredible talent, scientific discovery, patents, novel therapeutics, and health & disease treatment and prevention. This pool of experts will take their research and trainees, current and future talent, with them 👇👇👇👇
Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain
A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As predicted, we are now seeing the US science brain drain. We will be losing incredible talent, scientific discovery, patents, novel therapeutics, and health & disease treatment and prevention. This pool of experts will take their research and trainees, current and future talent, with them 👇👇👇👇
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This isn't about scientists alone. NIH generates jobs and economic investment in communities across the country. This is an attack on your community, your state, your livelihood, your health, your survival. H/T @joeallenjoe.bsky.social.
Trump cuts $6B from the economy with cuts to country's biomedical innovation pipeline
(every $1 of research funded by NIH generates $2.56 in economic activity)
(every $1 of research funded by NIH generates $2.56 in economic activity)
April 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This isn't about scientists alone. NIH generates jobs and economic investment in communities across the country. This is an attack on your community, your state, your livelihood, your health, your survival. H/T @joeallenjoe.bsky.social.
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I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
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Check out @megan-elaine-burns.bsky.social's new work on worker/org (mis)alignment and union attitudes ✊🏻
A working paper by @megan-elaine-burns.bsky.social and @mwkraus.bsky.social suggests that in today’s climate of economic inequality and growing cultural awareness of labor unions, workers—particularly young ones—may be increasingly interested in unionizing. www.ipr.northwestern.edu/our-work/wor...
April 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Check out @megan-elaine-burns.bsky.social's new work on worker/org (mis)alignment and union attitudes ✊🏻
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Two important points here:
*The cancellation of awards at odds with the administration's priorities appears to violate a court order
*Many of the awards cancelled were on Ted Cruz's list of "questionable projects". We are replacing scientific peer review with disingenuous hacks.
*The cancellation of awards at odds with the administration's priorities appears to violate a court order
*Many of the awards cancelled were on Ted Cruz's list of "questionable projects". We are replacing scientific peer review with disingenuous hacks.
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards (Gift Article)
The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
nyti.ms
April 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Two important points here:
*The cancellation of awards at odds with the administration's priorities appears to violate a court order
*Many of the awards cancelled were on Ted Cruz's list of "questionable projects". We are replacing scientific peer review with disingenuous hacks.
*The cancellation of awards at odds with the administration's priorities appears to violate a court order
*Many of the awards cancelled were on Ted Cruz's list of "questionable projects". We are replacing scientific peer review with disingenuous hacks.
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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This is how you do it.
April 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is how you do it.
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The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.