Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her)
@raechel.bsky.social
Asst. Dir. of Research & Eval - MIT
#ImpSci in #HigherEd - Dog-lover (esp. pibbles) - Settler on Occupied Massachusetts land
Please alt-text your pictures! #accessibility
#ImpSci in #HigherEd - Dog-lover (esp. pibbles) - Settler on Occupied Massachusetts land
Please alt-text your pictures! #accessibility
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
June 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
I knew this speculative #feminist methodologies class was going to be incredibly eye-opening. "Dear Ijeawele" (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) cuts right to the heart of things, including me and the things I wish my mother had known when I was a child.
June 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I knew this speculative #feminist methodologies class was going to be incredibly eye-opening. "Dear Ijeawele" (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) cuts right to the heart of things, including me and the things I wish my mother had known when I was a child.
These rejections are starting to feel personal 😠
May 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
These rejections are starting to feel personal 😠
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INBOX: 350 US companies — including some of the biggest (Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple), with collective market cap of nearly $10 trillion — have recently stated their commitments to diversity & inclusion.
@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social
www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...
@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social
www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...
May 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
INBOX: 350 US companies — including some of the biggest (Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple), with collective market cap of nearly $10 trillion — have recently stated their commitments to diversity & inclusion.
@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social
www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...
@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social
www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...
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I can’t recommend this enough.
UNBREAKING, a new project from @lizneeley.bsky.social & co, documents & explains our many concurrent institutional collapses.
It’s beautifully executed work, full of intellectual & moral clarity. 3 pages are live, more will come. It’s SO GOOD, & I learned so much.
UNBREAKING, a new project from @lizneeley.bsky.social & co, documents & explains our many concurrent institutional collapses.
It’s beautifully executed work, full of intellectual & moral clarity. 3 pages are live, more will come. It’s SO GOOD, & I learned so much.
👋 Hi, we’re Unbreaking, a volunteer-run collective working to document our current moment of institutional collapse and its human costs—as well as the pushback and resilience work already underway. We believe this is critical work for building and retaining political agency.
May 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I can’t recommend this enough.
UNBREAKING, a new project from @lizneeley.bsky.social & co, documents & explains our many concurrent institutional collapses.
It’s beautifully executed work, full of intellectual & moral clarity. 3 pages are live, more will come. It’s SO GOOD, & I learned so much.
UNBREAKING, a new project from @lizneeley.bsky.social & co, documents & explains our many concurrent institutional collapses.
It’s beautifully executed work, full of intellectual & moral clarity. 3 pages are live, more will come. It’s SO GOOD, & I learned so much.
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
This week I added my 5th teaching award nomination to my CV (which I am really humbled and honored by because it's a student-led nomination process)...
along with my 5th notification that I was not selected for said award.
This week I added my 5th teaching award nomination to my CV (which I am really humbled and honored by because it's a student-led nomination process)...
along with my 5th notification that I was not selected for said award.
May 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
This week I added my 5th teaching award nomination to my CV (which I am really humbled and honored by because it's a student-led nomination process)...
along with my 5th notification that I was not selected for said award.
This week I added my 5th teaching award nomination to my CV (which I am really humbled and honored by because it's a student-led nomination process)...
along with my 5th notification that I was not selected for said award.
This is definitely all Maddi's doing, but I'm stoked to be even a small part of it. Her and Emily were great to work with!
Wrote a really cool paper with @emilynordmann.bsky.social and @raechel.bsky.social and it was just accepted?? with no revisions?? all reviewers really liked it?? and that’s that??
(Genuinely did not know that was a thing that could happen)
(Genuinely did not know that was a thing that could happen)
May 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is definitely all Maddi's doing, but I'm stoked to be even a small part of it. Her and Emily were great to work with!
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We @5calls.org have an app/website to help you do this! Just put up an explainer with phone numbers and call script if you don't know what to say:
5calls.org/issue/omb-fe...
5calls.org/issue/omb-fe...
Block Trump's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze ⭑ 5 Calls
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a crucial federal agency tasked with oversight and administration of the federal budget. In a blatantly …
5calls.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We @5calls.org have an app/website to help you do this! Just put up an explainer with phone numbers and call script if you don't know what to say:
5calls.org/issue/omb-fe...
5calls.org/issue/omb-fe...
Apparently I can write everything except my book.
I co-authored this piece on teaching practices derived from UDL + why this is a disability justice issue. Preprint doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#psychologicalscience #SoTL #eddev #UDL #disability
@gernsbacherlab.bsky.social is the only one on this app.
I co-authored this piece on teaching practices derived from UDL + why this is a disability justice issue. Preprint doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#psychologicalscience #SoTL #eddev #UDL #disability
@gernsbacherlab.bsky.social is the only one on this app.
December 31, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Apparently I can write everything except my book.
I co-authored this piece on teaching practices derived from UDL + why this is a disability justice issue. Preprint doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#psychologicalscience #SoTL #eddev #UDL #disability
@gernsbacherlab.bsky.social is the only one on this app.
I co-authored this piece on teaching practices derived from UDL + why this is a disability justice issue. Preprint doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#psychologicalscience #SoTL #eddev #UDL #disability
@gernsbacherlab.bsky.social is the only one on this app.
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New preprint with @emilynordmann.bsky.social
and @raechel.bsky.social, where we show how open research tools (preprints, registered reports, open educational resources) may be particularly useful for scholars on the Teaching and Scholarship track osf.io/preprints/ed...
and @raechel.bsky.social, where we show how open research tools (preprints, registered reports, open educational resources) may be particularly useful for scholars on the Teaching and Scholarship track osf.io/preprints/ed...
December 12, 2024 at 9:15 AM
New preprint with @emilynordmann.bsky.social
and @raechel.bsky.social, where we show how open research tools (preprints, registered reports, open educational resources) may be particularly useful for scholars on the Teaching and Scholarship track osf.io/preprints/ed...
and @raechel.bsky.social, where we show how open research tools (preprints, registered reports, open educational resources) may be particularly useful for scholars on the Teaching and Scholarship track osf.io/preprints/ed...
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New CfP alert! Consider submitting to our forthcoming special issue on "Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences" edited by Dr. Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org. CfP available here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/196/ Abstracts due January 30 2025
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Call for papers: Special Issue on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences Abstract submission deadline: 30 January 2025 In recent years, research production and communication in the bio...
journals.publishing.umich.edu
November 28, 2024 at 10:31 AM
New CfP alert! Consider submitting to our forthcoming special issue on "Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences" edited by Dr. Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org. CfP available here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/196/ Abstracts due January 30 2025
I teach methods in psych. How do I gently ask my students "is this what a results section looks like in any of the papers you've read?" (or in the examples or the how-to videos I posted?)
I'm not being snarky. How do I tell them - model your writing after other good writing!
I'm not being snarky. How do I tell them - model your writing after other good writing!
December 5, 2024 at 2:17 PM
I teach methods in psych. How do I gently ask my students "is this what a results section looks like in any of the papers you've read?" (or in the examples or the how-to videos I posted?)
I'm not being snarky. How do I tell them - model your writing after other good writing!
I'm not being snarky. How do I tell them - model your writing after other good writing!
Is having a FT job, teaching a class online, taking a class online, and writing a book too much to do at one time? Yes.
Am I doing it? Not well, lol. Book words since Sept = 0.
Will I do it again next term? Also yes.
Tell me about all you're doing! :)
Am I doing it? Not well, lol. Book words since Sept = 0.
Will I do it again next term? Also yes.
Tell me about all you're doing! :)
December 3, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Is having a FT job, teaching a class online, taking a class online, and writing a book too much to do at one time? Yes.
Am I doing it? Not well, lol. Book words since Sept = 0.
Will I do it again next term? Also yes.
Tell me about all you're doing! :)
Am I doing it? Not well, lol. Book words since Sept = 0.
Will I do it again next term? Also yes.
Tell me about all you're doing! :)
MIT is hiring its first Executive Director of the Institute Community and Equity Office. We need strong leadership here. See link for more details: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
Executive Director, ICEO
MIT - Executive Director, ICEO - Cambridge MA 02139
careers.peopleclick.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:13 AM
MIT is hiring its first Executive Director of the Institute Community and Equity Office. We need strong leadership here. See link for more details: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
Blocked a few folks this morning. At least they make it easy to tell who they are.
November 26, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Blocked a few folks this morning. At least they make it easy to tell who they are.
Does anyone by chance have a reference for the process of theory testing and development? Maybe @devezer.bsky.social ? I'm trying to argue that a basic tenet of theory testing is that it is incremental (ie isolates one feature to test at a time) #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
November 25, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Does anyone by chance have a reference for the process of theory testing and development? Maybe @devezer.bsky.social ? I'm trying to argue that a basic tenet of theory testing is that it is incremental (ie isolates one feature to test at a time) #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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one of the reasons bluesky works differently is because early users waged a successful fight to get the devs to prioritize safety features to protect communities at risk
as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media
here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed
as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media
here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed
November 10, 2024 at 7:42 PM
one of the reasons bluesky works differently is because early users waged a successful fight to get the devs to prioritize safety features to protect communities at risk
as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media
here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed
as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media
here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed
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I'm so excited. It's NPR Books We Love Day! Books We Love is NPR's interactive reading guide —fully indexed, categorized and handpicked by NPR staff and freelance writers like me. I wrote about nine of my most beloved 2024 releases.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:44 PM
I'm so excited. It's NPR Books We Love Day! Books We Love is NPR's interactive reading guide —fully indexed, categorized and handpicked by NPR staff and freelance writers like me. I wrote about nine of my most beloved 2024 releases.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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they could report about this, but it wouldn’t fit their scripted culture war narrative.
November 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
they could report about this, but it wouldn’t fit their scripted culture war narrative.
If the idea that this is the best I'll ever feel, pain-wise, makes me cry, please convince me I'm not being dramatic in telling my doctor I don't think I'm better. Feeling a bit hopeless and guilty and ashamed and scared. #disabilitysky
November 24, 2024 at 11:15 PM
If the idea that this is the best I'll ever feel, pain-wise, makes me cry, please convince me I'm not being dramatic in telling my doctor I don't think I'm better. Feeling a bit hopeless and guilty and ashamed and scared. #disabilitysky
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Join this year's #DisabledInSTEM #SecretSanta!
With everything happening in the world, it's a great to connect the community and make the Holiday Season a bit brighter for everyone!
forms.gle/sVpzBr6Yupwc...
With everything happening in the world, it's a great to connect the community and make the Holiday Season a bit brighter for everyone!
forms.gle/sVpzBr6Yupwc...
DisabledInSTEM Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2024!
Hello all!
I'm organizing a Secret Santa for the DisabledInSTEM community (and allies if they're interested in participating!). With the pandemic, many disabled individuals have been unable to leave ...
forms.gle
November 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Join this year's #DisabledInSTEM #SecretSanta!
With everything happening in the world, it's a great to connect the community and make the Holiday Season a bit brighter for everyone!
forms.gle/sVpzBr6Yupwc...
With everything happening in the world, it's a great to connect the community and make the Holiday Season a bit brighter for everyone!
forms.gle/sVpzBr6Yupwc...
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ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications!
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 1:28 PM
ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications!
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
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If I can add, FIRE's pressure campaign to get universities to adopt "institutional neutrality" is actually a violation of the very principles of institutional neutrality they claim to promote. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
November 18, 2024 at 6:32 PM
If I can add, FIRE's pressure campaign to get universities to adopt "institutional neutrality" is actually a violation of the very principles of institutional neutrality they claim to promote. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
Any #AcademicWriting folks out there have advice for how to list a book you're authoring on a CV? You have a contract for the book, but you're still in drafting stages.
Thanks!
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #PsychSciSky
Thanks!
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #PsychSciSky
November 13, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Any #AcademicWriting folks out there have advice for how to list a book you're authoring on a CV? You have a contract for the book, but you're still in drafting stages.
Thanks!
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #PsychSciSky
Thanks!
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #PsychSciSky