Brandon Sparks
@brandonsparks.bsky.social
Post-Doctoral Fellow at UNB Saint John, researching police responses to IPV, tech-facilitated sexual violence, incels, and healthy relationships.
🔗 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brandon-Sparks-4
🔗 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brandon-Sparks-4
Another preprint hot off the press 🔥 Interviews with 12 incels found that social exclusion, loneliness, and knowledge-seeking trigger incel identity adoption—NOT extremist ideology.
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
(PDF) "There Must Be Something Wrong with Me:" An Exploration of Incel Identity Development
PDF | The Netflix series Adolescence has dramatically increased the public's awareness about incels (involuntary celibates) and has even influenced... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Another preprint hot off the press 🔥 Interviews with 12 incels found that social exclusion, loneliness, and knowledge-seeking trigger incel identity adoption—NOT extremist ideology.
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
New preprint 📑: @jessmaxwell.bsky.social, @alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social, Arthur Woods, and I found that fear of being single (FOBS) is associated with more dating anxiety, lower self-esteem, and greater depressive symptoms in an online dating context
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
(PDF) Online Dating, Dating Anxiety, and Fear of Being Single
PDF | The fear of being single (FOBS) represents an internal disposition wherein a person places a high value on being partnered, resulting in feelings... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New preprint 📑: @jessmaxwell.bsky.social, @alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social, Arthur Woods, and I found that fear of being single (FOBS) is associated with more dating anxiety, lower self-esteem, and greater depressive symptoms in an online dating context
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
Attacked first thing on a Monday morning
August 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Attacked first thing on a Monday morning
Life update: Excited to announce that next week I will be beginning my SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship with @ccjs-pr-campbell.bsky.social! Looking forward to this new chapter and to all the new research projects that lie ahead
a black cat wearing glasses and a pencil is laying on a counter
ALT: a black cat wearing glasses and a pencil is laying on a counter
media.tenor.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Life update: Excited to announce that next week I will be beginning my SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship with @ccjs-pr-campbell.bsky.social! Looking forward to this new chapter and to all the new research projects that lie ahead
Hot off the press 🔥 @robynkmooney.bsky.social and I explored the relationship between pornography use and body image issues among incel and non-incel men.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Pornography Consumption and Body Image Among Incel and Non-Incel Men: Implications for Well-being and Sexual Schemas
PDF | Pornography functions as a sexual outlet and source of sexual knowledge for men. However, previous work has found it can have detrimental impacts... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
June 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hot off the press 🔥 @robynkmooney.bsky.social and I explored the relationship between pornography use and body image issues among incel and non-incel men.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
If you weren't already losing sleep over the sample sizes in your studies, you should now! Check out this blog post on the importance Margin of Error plays study planning and what it means for your results!
🚨New blog post 📝: Your Study Is Too Small (If You Care About Practically Significant Effects)
#effectsize #precision #poweranalysis #research #Psychology #MCID
open.substack.com/pub/mzlotean...
#effectsize #precision #poweranalysis #research #Psychology #MCID
open.substack.com/pub/mzlotean...
Your Study Is Too Small (If You Care About Practically Significant Effects)
Power ≠ Precision, the misguided comfort of 80% power
open.substack.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If you weren't already losing sleep over the sample sizes in your studies, you should now! Check out this blog post on the importance Margin of Error plays study planning and what it means for your results!
Hot off the press! Josh Bullock and I's Crown Court paper is now live in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Jury is in: An Evaluation of an Experiential Court Assignment
This study evaluates the effectiveness of an experiential learning assignment designed for criminology and forensic psychology students, requiring them to attend a Crown Court trial in the public g...
www.tandfonline.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Hot off the press! Josh Bullock and I's Crown Court paper is now live in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Petition to have journals require authors clearly indicate revisions. Nothing better for a reviewer than "we have addressed this issue" statements with no indication in-text what has actually changed.
a piece of paper with a marker on it that says " mrs. long says that netherland cried his wife "
ALT: a piece of paper with a marker on it that says " mrs. long says that netherland cried his wife "
media.tenor.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Petition to have journals require authors clearly indicate revisions. Nothing better for a reviewer than "we have addressed this issue" statements with no indication in-text what has actually changed.
Excited to announce that Josh Bullock and I's paper on the Crown Court assignment completed by first year @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social Criminology and Forensic Psychology students has been accepted in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education! Preprint here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Jury is in: An evaluation of an experiential court assignment
PDF | This study evaluates the effectiveness of an experiential learning assignment designed for criminology and forensic psychology students, requiring... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
www.researchgate.net
April 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Excited to announce that Josh Bullock and I's paper on the Crown Court assignment completed by first year @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social Criminology and Forensic Psychology students has been accepted in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education! Preprint here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Reposted by Brandon Sparks
Do you identify as a #femcel ? You are invited to participate in our study. You will be asked to complete a survey on your mental health, attitudes, and experiences. If you would like to participate, click the following link: stfx.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #incel @brandonsparks.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Do you identify as a #femcel ? You are invited to participate in our study. You will be asked to complete a survey on your mental health, attitudes, and experiences. If you would like to participate, click the following link: stfx.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #incel @brandonsparks.bsky.social
I was interviewed by Cosmopolitan for this, check ot out! Great work by Brit Dawson www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...
These incels deradicalised themselves — and now they’re trying to help others
As Netflix’s Adolescence spotlights the dangers of incel ideology, we speak to three young men who’ve taken steps to steer themselves away from the manosphere
www.cosmopolitan.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I was interviewed by Cosmopolitan for this, check ot out! Great work by Brit Dawson www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...
This is absolutely nuts
Just got this email from the NIJ, cancelling ALL posted notices of funding. This is THE main agency for criminology/criminal justice research in the country.
Funding for research on gun violence, violence against women, improving forensic science, and hate crimes ALL removed from the site.
Funding for research on gun violence, violence against women, improving forensic science, and hate crimes ALL removed from the site.
January 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is absolutely nuts
Excited to announce that our incel interview paper is now live in Current Psychology! Great job Chloe on a well-done dissertation
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter in a messy room .
ALT: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter in a messy room .
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Excited to announce that our incel interview paper is now live in Current Psychology! Great job Chloe on a well-done dissertation
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Early Christmas gift: excited to announce that @alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social and I received a SoTL grant from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology to support our evaluation of an experiential prison cell assignment!
a penguin wearing a santa hat is holding a bag
ALT: a penguin wearing a santa hat is holding a bag
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Early Christmas gift: excited to announce that @alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social and I received a SoTL grant from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology to support our evaluation of an experiential prison cell assignment!
Another great PsychTERMS in the books. Thanks APA PsycLearn for supporting this great pedagogical initiative!
a yellow background with a drawing of a graph with eyes
ALT: a yellow background with a drawing of a graph with eyes
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Another great PsychTERMS in the books. Thanks APA PsycLearn for supporting this great pedagogical initiative!
Excited to share my first ever paper with a student I supervised! Saskia and I explored how perpetrator motivations influence judgments of non-consensual dissemination of intimate images, finding that some instances are seen as more "criminal" than others
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
(PDF) Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images: The Influence of Perpetrator Motivation on Judgments
PDF | Although the motivation for perpetrating non-consensual distribution of intimate images (NCDII) forms the basis for legal judgements, little is... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
dx.doi.org
November 18, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Excited to share my first ever paper with a student I supervised! Saskia and I explored how perpetrator motivations influence judgments of non-consensual dissemination of intimate images, finding that some instances are seen as more "criminal" than others
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
Excited to announce that I will be presenting an evaluation of @alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social and I's experiential parole assignment at the upcoming AAU teaching showcase at Acadia! You can read more about the assignment in our open access publication here: doi.org/10.1080/1051...
September 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Excited to announce that I will be presenting an evaluation of @alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social and I's experiential parole assignment at the upcoming AAU teaching showcase at Acadia! You can read more about the assignment in our open access publication here: doi.org/10.1080/1051...
Reposted by Brandon Sparks
Admin: so we will evaluate them based on teaching.
Faculty: great! That’s what the contract says we’re paid for!
Admin: and scholarship
Faculty: hmm, you’re not supporting that anymore but it is in the contract
Admin: and service and engagement and collegiality and student success
Faculty: 😒
Faculty: great! That’s what the contract says we’re paid for!
Admin: and scholarship
Faculty: hmm, you’re not supporting that anymore but it is in the contract
Admin: and service and engagement and collegiality and student success
Faculty: 😒
March 12, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Admin: so we will evaluate them based on teaching.
Faculty: great! That’s what the contract says we’re paid for!
Admin: and scholarship
Faculty: hmm, you’re not supporting that anymore but it is in the contract
Admin: and service and engagement and collegiality and student success
Faculty: 😒
Faculty: great! That’s what the contract says we’re paid for!
Admin: and scholarship
Faculty: hmm, you’re not supporting that anymore but it is in the contract
Admin: and service and engagement and collegiality and student success
Faculty: 😒