Ashley Juavinett

@analog_ashley
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Neuroscientist, educator, writer, advocate 🏳️‍🌈 ⚽️✊ (she/they) Currently an Associate Teaching Prof in Neurobiology @ UC San Diego. Author of "So you want to be a neuroscientist?" and many shorter things. Co-host of "Change, Technically" with @grimalkina
sitehttp://www.ashleyjuavinett.com
bookhttp://cup.columbia.edu/book/so-you-want-to-be-a-neuroscientist/9780231190893
podcasthttps://www.changetechnically.fyi
lab websitehttps://neuroedu.biosci.ucsd.edu/
Ashley Juavinett4d ago
Rick Osborne6d ago

The upside to this trip so far has been devouring all of the Change, Technically podcast by @grimalkina and @analog_ashley during yesterday's drive. Absolutely fantastic. Recommended if you have even a vague passing interest in anything resembling education, psychology, sociology, neuroscience, organizational diversity, etc.

Favorite quote so far:

The gender was at ELEVEN.

Also, how can you not love a podcast where the speakers obsessively cite their references while speaking? [1]

  • People who speak in footnotes are awesome. We need more of us.
    • Change, Technically

    Ashley Juavinett, PhD and Cat Hicks, PhD explore technical skills, the science of innovation, STEM pathways, and our beliefs about who gets to be technical—so you can be a better leader and we can all build a better future.Ashley, a neuroscientist...

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    Ashley Juavinett4d ago
    Cat Hicks5d ago

    New Change, Technically is a fun one:
    @analog_ashley and I talk about writing books (I just finished one, she's writing one!), what we learned becoming authors, creativity strategies, & answer a couple of listener questions 🫶

    https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/18924869-you-can-write-a-book

    Ashley JuavinettMar 28
    Cat HicksMar 27

    Change, Technically just hit over 25,000 downloads 🎉 🎉 🎉

    I'm so proud of the level of rigor, research AND fun we've put into these episodes, a joy to make. A lot of work and a joy! Proud of us

    @analog_ashley @danilo

    Show threadAshley JuavinettMar 3
    Did I log in to Mastodon for the first time in three months because I thought the good people here were the only ones who would understand? Yes, yes I did.
    Ashley JuavinettMar 3
    OborosaurDec 31

    Just finished https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/18400124-math-is-for-girls and it was excellent.

    @grimalkina and @analog_ashley never fail to impress with their ability to weave together rigour and celebration of the human spirit. I learn new things every episode.

    Math is for girls - Change, Technically

    The story from Janet Hyde about her motivations to get a grant and "fight with data" can be found here: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/janet-shibley-hyde-sinks-stereotypes-with-data Cat summarizes a ton of research for thi...

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    Ashley JuavinettMar 3

    Lato thin is trying too hard

    #fontfeelings

    Ashley JuavinettNov 15
    Jonathan YuOct 15

    Who are your favorite power couples in academia or doing cool research? Who else should I be following?

    Dr. Dan Ports ( @dan ) and Dr. Irene Zhang ( @irene )

    Dr. Ashley Juavinette ( @analog_ashley ) and Dr. Cat Hicks ( @grimalkina )

    Dr. John Regehr ( @regehr ) and Dr. Sarah Creem-Regehr

    While I have your attention:

    What's the difference between a genie and an academic?

    One grants wishes, the other wishes for grants.

    Ashley JuavinettNov 15
    Cat HicksOct 3, 2025
    First time @analog_ashley and I have presented at the same conference together!!!!! This was pure delight ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #monktoberfest
    Ashley JuavinettJul 1, 2025
    Dan SugalskiJun 30, 2025
    Remember that "paper" that got circulated a few weeks ago which theoretically found that using LLMs made you stupid? Also remember thinking maybe it was a little sus since it so solidly reinforced your priors? Well... @grimalkina and @analog_ashley did an excellent dissection of it on their excellent Change, Technically podcast. Regardless of your view of the paper I really, *really* recommend the episode on it: https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/17378968-you-deserve-better-brain-research
    You deserve better brain research - Change, Technically

    SHOW NOTES:For an example of a consideration of learning with information searching, a paper by Saskia Giebl and co-authors explored students learning basic programming concepts aided with a search engine and how active problem-solving before the ...

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    Ashley JuavinettJun 24, 2025
    Show threadCat HicksJun 24, 2025
    Maybe if we're lucky I'll get some of my neuroscience friends to talk to me about it too but I have to limit their psychic damage