Kala Melchiori
@kmelchiori.bsky.social
she/her
Social psychologist at JMU studying confrontation & how people respond to bias. Mom. Quilter. Bi 🏳️🌈. WV born, living in VA. Posts reflect my thoughts as a private citizen.
Social psychologist at JMU studying confrontation & how people respond to bias. Mom. Quilter. Bi 🏳️🌈. WV born, living in VA. Posts reflect my thoughts as a private citizen.
We are searching for an Academic Unit Head for the Department of Psychology at James Madison University. Review begins on 10/31/2025; please share with your colleagues who may be interested! jobs.jmu.edu/.../academic....
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September 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are searching for an Academic Unit Head for the Department of Psychology at James Madison University. Review begins on 10/31/2025; please share with your colleagues who may be interested! jobs.jmu.edu/.../academic....
#AcademicJobs #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
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Talked with a lively table of first time attendees at breakfast! #SPSSICON25
June 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Talked with a lively table of first time attendees at breakfast! #SPSSICON25
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
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May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
JMU Psychology is hiring for an Instructional Faculty position to begin Fall 2025. Review begins June 4. Please share widely with any interested parties!
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May 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
JMU Psychology is hiring for an Instructional Faculty position to begin Fall 2025. Review begins June 4. Please share widely with any interested parties!
jobs.jmu.edu/jobs/one-yea...
#AcademicJobs #PsychJobs
jobs.jmu.edu/jobs/one-yea...
#AcademicJobs #PsychJobs
Motherhood is political.
Motherhood is healthcare and benefits and unpaid labor.
Motherhood is education and advocacy and access.
Motherhood is work policies and housing and community resources.
Motherhood is political. Motherhood is human rights. Motherhood is radical.
Happy Mother’s Day
Motherhood is healthcare and benefits and unpaid labor.
Motherhood is education and advocacy and access.
Motherhood is work policies and housing and community resources.
Motherhood is political. Motherhood is human rights. Motherhood is radical.
Happy Mother’s Day
May 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Motherhood is political.
Motherhood is healthcare and benefits and unpaid labor.
Motherhood is education and advocacy and access.
Motherhood is work policies and housing and community resources.
Motherhood is political. Motherhood is human rights. Motherhood is radical.
Happy Mother’s Day
Motherhood is healthcare and benefits and unpaid labor.
Motherhood is education and advocacy and access.
Motherhood is work policies and housing and community resources.
Motherhood is political. Motherhood is human rights. Motherhood is radical.
Happy Mother’s Day
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Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.
April 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.
Reposted by Kala Melchiori
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
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A researcher just lost their grant funding because their work might help understand why people are hesitant about vaccines.
March 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A researcher just lost their grant funding because their work might help understand why people are hesitant about vaccines.
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Social psychology lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend and collaborator. Still processing the loss of Sam Sommers, and probably will be for some time. Cherish the time you have with your people, folks.
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
Remembering Psychology Professor Sam Sommers
Sam Sommers, longtime professor at Tufts, studied the psychological causes and consequences of racism
now.tufts.edu
March 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Social psychology lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend and collaborator. Still processing the loss of Sam Sommers, and probably will be for some time. Cherish the time you have with your people, folks.
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
now.tufts.edu/2025/03/20/r...
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I wrote a piece for @sciam.bsky.social about why White parents should be talking to their kids about race and racism. It was so great to work with @megha.bsky.social on this piece! Please share! www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Why It’s Important to Talk about Race with Children
Children start learning about race and racism as early as preschool. Talking about race early, however difficult, will help them become more antiracist
www.scientificamerican.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I wrote a piece for @sciam.bsky.social about why White parents should be talking to their kids about race and racism. It was so great to work with @megha.bsky.social on this piece! Please share! www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
What books/websites/resources do you recommend for students interested in organizing on campus?
February 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What books/websites/resources do you recommend for students interested in organizing on campus?
Language matters. Guantanamo Bay is a concentration camp. Elon did a Nazi salute. The Trump administration is facist.
Be accurate. Use the words.
Be accurate. Use the words.
January 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Language matters. Guantanamo Bay is a concentration camp. Elon did a Nazi salute. The Trump administration is facist.
Be accurate. Use the words.
Be accurate. Use the words.
It is ok to not have all the answers right now. Showing up counts. Small acts count. Checking on others counts. Surviving counts.
January 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It is ok to not have all the answers right now. Showing up counts. Small acts count. Checking on others counts. Surviving counts.
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Make them tell you, specifically, what you're not allowed to do. Don't make changes you guess that they want. Don't offer them a menu of things that you infer they might be telling you not to do. Do the work you proposed, and received funding to do, unless instructed otherwise in specific detail.
January 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Make them tell you, specifically, what you're not allowed to do. Don't make changes you guess that they want. Don't offer them a menu of things that you infer they might be telling you not to do. Do the work you proposed, and received funding to do, unless instructed otherwise in specific detail.
pepfar is basically the gold standard of bipartisan accomplishment www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A fantastic read on why the “smartphones/social media is bad for your mental health” argument is short-sighted. I also love the examples of methodological issues in the cited research - I’m excited to share this one with my methods students.
I wrote about all the ways Jonathan Haidt gets it wrong and how early Haidt would not have been happy with later Haidt.
newrepublic.com/article/1903...
Are Cell Phones Really Destroying Kids’ Mental Health?
Jonathan Haidt once heralded an “ultrasocial” world. Now he’s one of social media’s most prominent critics.
newrepublic.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A fantastic read on why the “smartphones/social media is bad for your mental health” argument is short-sighted. I also love the examples of methodological issues in the cited research - I’m excited to share this one with my methods students.
Gestures always exist in a cultural context.
In this cultural context, that was 100% a Nazi salute.
In this cultural context, that was 100% a Nazi salute.
January 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gestures always exist in a cultural context.
In this cultural context, that was 100% a Nazi salute.
In this cultural context, that was 100% a Nazi salute.
Conozca Sus Derechos: Prepara Para Las Amenazas De Deportación Masiva De Trump
Know Your Rights: Prepare For Trump’s Mass Deportation Threats
#inmigración #immigration #Trump #deportation #deportación
immigrantjustice.org/es/conozca-s...
Know Your Rights: Prepare For Trump’s Mass Deportation Threats
#inmigración #immigration #Trump #deportation #deportación
immigrantjustice.org/es/conozca-s...
Conozca sus derechos: Prepara para las amenazas de deportación masiva de Trump
Todos los individuos en los Estados Unidos tienen derechos, independientemente de su estatus migratorio Cómo podrían ser las “deportaciones masivas” El presidente electo Donald Trump ha amenazado a...
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January 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Conozca Sus Derechos: Prepara Para Las Amenazas De Deportación Masiva De Trump
Know Your Rights: Prepare For Trump’s Mass Deportation Threats
#inmigración #immigration #Trump #deportation #deportación
immigrantjustice.org/es/conozca-s...
Know Your Rights: Prepare For Trump’s Mass Deportation Threats
#inmigración #immigration #Trump #deportation #deportación
immigrantjustice.org/es/conozca-s...
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Despite patriarchy's persistence, growing numbers of men believe they have it worse off than women. And, new research shows this "male victimhood" ideology is most common among men who aren't facing hardship. Which means what they're really feeling is status loss. 1/
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Male victimhood ideology driven by perceived status loss, not economic hardship, among Korean men
Research published in Sex Roles suggests that male victimhood ideology among South Korean men is driven more by perceived socioeconomic status decline rather than objective economic hardship.
www.psypost.org
January 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Despite patriarchy's persistence, growing numbers of men believe they have it worse off than women. And, new research shows this "male victimhood" ideology is most common among men who aren't facing hardship. Which means what they're really feeling is status loss. 1/
www.psypost.org/male-victimh...
www.psypost.org/male-victimh...
TikTok was great at connecting me to diverse voices, particularly diverse gen z voices. I’ve used social media for almost my entire adult life (RIP MySpace), and TikTok was actually the best at getting me out of my bubble.
January 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
TikTok was great at connecting me to diverse voices, particularly diverse gen z voices. I’ve used social media for almost my entire adult life (RIP MySpace), and TikTok was actually the best at getting me out of my bubble.
I have been a regular TikTok user since 2020 and I am genuinely sad that the app has now gone dark. Even if it returns, it is the end of an era. It feels like the beginning of what’s to come.
January 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I have been a regular TikTok user since 2020 and I am genuinely sad that the app has now gone dark. Even if it returns, it is the end of an era. It feels like the beginning of what’s to come.