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Jordan Simmons, PhD
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OUHSC Child Abuse & Neglect Research Fellow • Counseling Psych • Rural Pops, Problematic Sexual Behaviors, & Trauma• #FirstGen • 🐈 mom • Half Marathoner🏃🏻‍♀️
Hi academic fam! I want to get my RA’s a going away gift since they’ve gotten into clinical/counseling psych PhD’s. Any recs on unique or thoughtful gifts for grad school??

#AcademicChatter #PhD #Psychology #gradschool
May 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sometimes it’s the little things, like this picture that perfectly captures my girls, to bring a little joy in this dumpster fire world we’re living in ❤️😹
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My YPSB lab babies are all off to grad school and my heart can barely handle it🥹

Nicole - Clinical psych PhD at U of Las Vegas
Sam - Counseling psych PhD at TX Women’s
Kim - Clinical psych PhD at Southern Illinois

Amazing clinicians in the making, y’all!!
April 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A very hard earned submission knocked out! A lot of obstacles but a lot learned. One more paper to submit later this month meaning I’m up to 3 manuscripts for 2025 so far and no stopping in sight 🥳

Bubbles & Vampire Diaries to celebrate! #academia #phd #academicchatter
April 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Happy #APPIC Match Day to all the trainees who matched in phase 2!

It’s important to note over half of P2 applicants did not secure an internship, let alone an APA accredited spot, and truly speaks to the major problems with the current APPIC system that need to be improved for trainees.
March 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
EPPP studying is consuming my life but managed to get a run in some much needed sunshine jamming out to new Chappell Roan. Happy Saturday, y’all☀️
March 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Having a great time at the NCAC International Symposium on Child Abuse! Learning so much from amazing folks in the field 🤓

#conference #ncac #psychology #prevention #intervention #advocacy #research
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I’ve never bought a sweatshirt so fast in my life 🤓

#AcademicChatter #Psychology #research #PhD #phdlife #researcher
March 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Whew mic 🎤 drop 🎤
My annual psych internship rant, now with even more 🔥. The pre-PhD internship is an outdated model that devalues the expertise psych students bring. Now, we may be requiring students to move to unsafe cities and unstable positions, during a stage when healthcare and reproductive rights are critical.
March 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This years #APPICMatch day eve feels heavier than usual. I am sending good vibes that everyone applying ends up at perfect, supportive sites. I can’t wait to celebrate all the good news and for anyone who goes phase 2, please reach out. Happy to support in anyway I can ❤️
February 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
How come no one told me the absolute elatedness that comes with your RAs telling you they got into PhD programs?! 🥳 Best feeling ever to watch them achieve their dreams!
February 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I can’t believe how much I/O psychology I’ve learned against my will this past week 🤣 #EPPP #studying #phdprobs
February 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Hard to knock cancer out without academic medical centers
February 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Just got to my third EPPP practice test and I have been HUMBLED at only 50 questions in.. Someone tell me it’s gets easier 🫠 #EPPP #AcademicChatter #academicproblems #psychology #phdlife
February 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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APA is compiling stories of how researchers are impacted by the executive orders. Share your story here to help them advocate for you!

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 Why do we need your stories now? The White House and Congress have been issuing and considering executive orders, funding directives and policy proposals with harmful consequences for psych...
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February 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
First conference of the year for the YPSB lab! So proud of everything these fine RA’s have accomplished! Another OU Pediatric Research Day in the books 🥳
February 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Ditto to academics
January 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Can anyone help a fellow researcher out?
Does anyone have CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey state level data for 2021 they are willing to share? Got taken down and we were counting on it for an important research project. 😔
January 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I… and I can’t stress this enough… loathe the EPPP. Why can’t you just let me live, ASPPB!!!!! 🫠🥴
January 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Literally the worst feeling to know you, your colleagues, and all the trainees in the post-doc/internship are all at risk of losing a future we worked so hard for.
I know that it is the point, but the whiplash about federal funding has been an exhausting emotional roller coaster over the last 48 hours. It is extremely distressing to not know if you are going to have a job tomorrow.
January 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Guess who just finished running her first focus group for her study on reducing mental health disparities for families in rural communities?! This gal!! 🥳
#psychology #rural #phd
January 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Going to be spending A LOT of time with Sharon over the next few months… send good vibes my way 🥴 #EPPP
January 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I did it!! I ran my first ever half-marathon in Cali with my better half. Running became a hobby on internship & I’m so excited I accomplished this goal. A reminder to all that you can do hard things 🤩

#running #halfmarathon #runner
January 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
First manuscript of 2025 submitted, so fingers crossed! I’ve got a good feeling I’m going to have a productive year 🤩
January 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM