It’s time to admit that genes are not the blueprint for life
Galen Bodenhausen
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social psychologist, professor at Northwestern University in the Psychology Department and the Marketing Department
US universities must tackle their huge carbon footprints
Mariam AlyHow we are evaluated by others has critical consequences for our careers. Decisions about publications, grants, promotions, & tenure depend on input from peers.
But there are numerous documented biases in peer review. We review these biases & call for a better way forward.
Changing the culture of peer review for a more inclusive and equitable psychological science - PubMed
Peer review is a core component of scientific practice. Although peer review ideally improves research and promotes rigor, it also has consequences for what types of research are published and cited and who wants to (and is able to) advance in research-focused careers. Despite these consequences, fe …
"To make the most of our discipline, we need not only strong experimentation, but also powerful approaches to capture and scrutinize our quintessential element, the psychological situation in the field."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S006526012300014X
Justice Sotomayor: “Today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people. The Supreme Court of the United States declares that a particular kind of business, though open to the public, has a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class. The Court does so for the first time in its history. The immediate, symbolic effect of the decision is to mark gays and lesbians for second-class status.”
Justice Sotomayor: “The devastating impact of this decision cannot be overstated. The majority’s vision of race neutrality will entrench racial segregation in higher education because racial inequality will persist so long as it is ignored.”
Here is something that ChatGPT is quite adept at -- devising entries for the Lyttle Lytton contest. But still, it just can't match humans. (content warning: horrendous similes)
The Long War on Black Studies
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/06/17/the-long-war-on-black-studies/
No justice without sustainability: Taking the climate and environment literally in diversity, equity, and inclusion work.