Utku Caybas
utkucaybas.bsky.social
Utku Caybas
@utkucaybas.bsky.social
Doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology & Educational Technology at MSU • Interests in students' motivation, peer relations • he/him
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SOGIE Caucus members led a #transgenderdayofremembrance (TDOR) Ceremony at the National Council on Family Relations conference. TDOR is an annual observance to honor the memory of transgender individuals lost to violence. In honor of TDOR, please share encouragement and moments of trans joy
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Happy #AERA2026 decision day to all who celebrate! May your day be a happy one, either because of or despite your results!

On a separate note, thanks again to all who submitted such excellent work and who worked hard to review for @aera-motsig.bsky.social —I see you and I GREATLY appreciate you! ❤️
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Alt: a man standing on a bridge with the words brace yourself written below him
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November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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So excited to make our BlueSky debut to highlight two excellent graduate student researchers, presenting at #SCIPIE2025! 🤩
October 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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New publication! 🤓 This experience sampling study examines how motivational regulation and cost predict students’ momentary motivational conflicts and emotions.
October 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🎓 Today, I had the chance to speak with future teachers and researchers at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Education about why and how to prepare for graduate studies.

It was truly special to return as a speaker to the faculty I once graduated from!
May 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Session starts in about an hour! 📚
If you're looking for a session to join, our roundtable is at Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3, Table 4. #AERA2025
I won’t be at #AERA2025 this year as I’m in Turkey collecting dissertation data, but excited that our paper “Heterogeneous Joint Trajectories of Effort Cost and Attainment Value in Engineering Students Throughout College” will be presented by my co-authors at a roundtable:
📅 April 25 | 🕒 3:20–4:50pm
April 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I won’t be at #AERA2025 this year as I’m in Turkey collecting dissertation data, but excited that our paper “Heterogeneous Joint Trajectories of Effort Cost and Attainment Value in Engineering Students Throughout College” will be presented by my co-authors at a roundtable:
📅 April 25 | 🕒 3:20–4:50pm
April 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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A thread about being wrong:

5 years ago, we wrote a paper about how how newly enfranchised 16-year-olds vote in Austria. But we were wrong.

This year, @elisabethgraf.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger and I are setting the record straight: authors.elsevier.com/c/1juT5xRaZk...
November 21, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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New paper in JPSP with @elianeroy.bsky.social ! Here, we ask: Is measuring attitudes more like playing darts or more like searching for a prize in a ”claw” machine? More details in the thread below....
November 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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Good morning!

I put together an Ed Psych starter pack for educational psychologists and those who do educational psychology research. Let me know if you’d like to be included!

go.bsky.app/2rLLNzP
November 18, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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We're here! 😎🦋 bsky.app/profile/aera...
November 17, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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Did you know the Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association has a (free!) podcast where yours truly interviews authors about their fantastic articles & ideas? It's true! Check out all the episodes here & on your favorite podcast app: apadiv15.org/podcast-seri...
Podcast Series
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November 17, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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Not sure if I did this right or not, but here are scholars who study motivation in educational settings, mostly affiliated with @aera-motsig.bsky.social and @aeraedresearch.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/3PuVgdT
November 16, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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Community for Education Scholars in all areas and concentrations looking to find each other!
Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #EducationScholars

go.bsky.app/BaXvoap
November 14, 2024 at 7:02 AM
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Yes! Here's a new article in our Topical Collection on Theory Development in Educational Psychology: Drs. DeCuir-Gunby & Schutz describe their metatheoretical approach to race-focused and race re-imaged research & its influence on the field. doi.org/10.1007/s106...

#edusky #academicsky #PsychSciSky
The Evolution of Race-Focused and Race-Reimaged Approaches in Educational Psychology: Future Directions for the Field - Educational Psychology Review
In this article, we discuss using race-focusing and reimaging as a metatheoretical approach to be used during the process of theory building, expansion, and adaptation. To do so, we demonstrate how, o...
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February 29, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Finally getting to read this article today and it is 🔥! A meta-analysis of teachers’ provision of structure in the classroom and students’ academic competence beliefs, engagement, and achievement www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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December 4, 2023 at 5:35 PM
I am super excited that I will present my practicum research that focuses on engineering students’ motivation "Attainment Value as a Protective Factor Against the Adverse Effects of Costs” in a paper session at Motivation SIG! #AERA24
November 11, 2023 at 12:24 AM
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1/ New paper! “Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty” w/ N Laberge KH Wapman @samzhang AC Morgan M Galesic BK Fosdick @danlarremore @aaronclauset: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A systematic study of gendered rates & reasons for faculty attrition in US academia 🧵
October 20, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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The Bluesky migration is yet another reminder that, without intentional efforts to prevent it from doing so, inequality will resurface in new spaces.
1: The way this has happened is such a good example of how inequities happen IRL. This is my perception, happy for data to prove me wrong but when the migration started it seemed like there were more White people (from the US) than other groups.  As more people went on the platform, and they got
I don't see enough Black voices on this platform -- maybe I haven't found them yet? Let's try something together, if y'all feel like it:

- If you're a Black scientist on Bluesky, feel free to respond here and I'll follow you

- If you're not, please share the responses (and/or this post) to amplify
October 15, 2023 at 8:40 PM
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This form was created to facilitate the sharing of invitation codes for "Global South" scholars who may not have the same network privileges as scholars in the "Global North". Scholars who are geographically located in the "Global South" will be given priority.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
BlueSky Invites for "Global South" scholars form
This form was created to facilitate the sharing of invitation codes for Blue Sky which do not seem to be reaching "Global South" scholars who may not have the same network privileges as scholars in th...
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October 12, 2023 at 12:26 PM
I'm here now and looking for motivation researchers around the world to follow.
October 7, 2023 at 10:35 PM