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Reina Kiefer, M.A. (she/her)
@reina-kiefer.bsky.social
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Clinical Intern @ University of Pennsylvania |
Clinical Psych. Doctoral Candidate @ University of Rhode Island STRESS Lab | NIAAA F31 recipient | sexual violence researcher with lived experience | anti-violence advocate

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www.jmir.org/2025/1/e73497
New pub! Important read:
What Survivors of Sexual Violence Want When Disclosing Their Experiences in Person or Online: Qualitative Interview Analysis
Background: Survivors of sexual victimization face a critical juncture when disclosing their experiences. How others react to their disclosure can significantly influence survivors’ psychological well...
www.jmir.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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The research fam 🥹
September 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I’m presenting a poster at ISTSS right now! Come check it out!
September 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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interrupting the typical crushing news cycle with this important update -
richardkadrey.bsky.social Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · Jul 15
Cats are and always have been cyberpunks
Newspaper photo of a group of cats huddled together on a satellite dish with the headline, "Outdoor cats are using $500 Starlink satellite dishes as self-heating beds."
July 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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New pub alert! Check it out here:
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will jeopardize rural hospitals that depend on Medicaid to keep their doors open.

Sacrificing rural health care to give tax breaks to billionaires is blatantly unAmerican, & every Republican representing rural communities should be standing against this bill.
June 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.
May 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Beyond proud of my cohort-mates, Allegra Opiela & Emily Kenyon — who also matched at their #1 internship sites (Boston VA & Seattle VA, respectively)! Couldn’t have done it all without you two and every late night frantic text / call / Zoom we’ve ever had. Can’t wait to see what you do next!
May 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Hi 👋 This is me!
stresslab.bsky.social STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · May 7
Meet PhD Candidate Reina Kiefer! Reina will be headed to Philly in July to complete clinical internship at Penn. Her research (including an F31) seeks to uncover mechanisms that confer risk for unwanted sexual experiences & related harm across the lifespan, most notably college campus sexual assault
May 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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There are many ways to engage in meaningful activism. Choosing *not* to participate can be very effective.
altnps.bsky.social Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 23
Huge shoutout to everyone this is what a global boycott looks like. Tesla just reported a staggering 71% drop in profits compared to Q1 of 2024. It’s working. Keep the pressure on.
April 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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stresslab.bsky.social
SIP is a two-year F31 awarded to @reina-kiefer.bsky.social by NIAAA. This project uses alcohol administration and emotion induction paradigms to investigate the effects of positive and negative emotion states on sexual assault risk perception during acute alcohol intoxication.
stresslab.bsky.social STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · Apr 7
New to Bluesky! Will have a post a day introducing us and our work. We are in the Department of Psychology @universityofri.bsky.social & Directed by @nicoleweiss.bsky.social. We use community-engaged and culturally responsive methods to inform treatments for PTSD and SUD web.uri.edu/stress/
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Director Nicole H. Weiss, Ph.D. Overview The STRESS Lab is directed by Dr. Nicole Weiss in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. Research in the STRESS Lab is funded by the N...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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A special thank you to Tarana Burke, Emma Sulkowicz, Annie E. Clark, Andrea Pino, & Chanel Miller. You paved the way for survivor-activists like me to share their stories publicly.

My rape is the story of a privileged man’s shameful actions; I have nothing to hide. I will never be silenced again.
stresslab.bsky.social STRESS Lab @stresslab.bsky.social · Apr 10
Proud of STRESS Lab doctoral candidate @reina-kiefer.bsky.social for having the courage to share her story. Your experiences offer hope, healing, and strength to others who may be silently carrying similar pain. Your bravery is powerful.
April 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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if you oppose NIH funding cuts, please take 2 minutes to tell congress how you feel.

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Tell Congress to Stop NIH Cuts
Please take 2 minutes today to ask Congress to take steps to stop funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The administration’s proposed cuts to federal research funding, particularly ...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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how did everyone get through their last semester of grad school? asking for a friend.. 👀
April 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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imo: go to court.
nikobowie.bsky.social Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · Apr 4
“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)
Harvard’s moment of truth - The Boston Globe
The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM