Jenny G. Rankin, PhD
@jennygrankin.bsky.social
Author of 14 books, 2 doctorates, @PsychToday columnist, #KeynoteSpeaker, taught Columbia & Cambridge Universities, lectured Oxford University & TED, Mensan, #data #education #researchcom, nerd
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke is a book I often return to as I write about the mind and data-sharing. @_annieduke @AnnieDuke @alldecisioned #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
December 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke is a book I often return to as I write about the mind and data-sharing. @_annieduke @AnnieDuke @alldecisioned #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke is definitely worth reading! It's full of important insights for anyone who spreads knowledge &/or data. @_annieduke @AnnieDuke @alldecisioned #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke is definitely worth reading! It's full of important insights for anyone who spreads knowledge &/or data. @_annieduke @AnnieDuke @alldecisioned #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by David McRaney is another great book! Anyone who communicates data &/or knowledge will find gret insights in its pages! @davidmcraney @alldecisioned #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by David McRaney is another great book! Anyone who communicates data &/or knowledge will find gret insights in its pages! @davidmcraney @alldecisioned #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam M. Grant has much to offer anyone looking to better educate others with data, facts, & other forms of knowledge. @adamgrant @AdamMGrant @alldecisioned #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam M. Grant has much to offer anyone looking to better educate others with data, facts, & other forms of knowledge. @adamgrant @AdamMGrant @alldecisioned #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert B. Cialdini is a book I often return to as I write about the mind and data-sharing. @teamrobertcialdini @RobertCialdini #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert B. Cialdini is a book I often return to as I write about the mind and data-sharing. @teamrobertcialdini @RobertCialdini #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms by Chris Wiggins & Matthew L. Jones is definitely worth reading! It's full of important insights for anyone who spreads knowledge &/or data. @chrishwiggins #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms by Chris Wiggins & Matthew L. Jones is definitely worth reading! It's full of important insights for anyone who spreads knowledge &/or data. @chrishwiggins #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights by Thomas Gilovich & Lee Ross is a wonderful read! It's a book I highly recommend! #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
December 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights by Thomas Gilovich & Lee Ross is a wonderful read! It's a book I highly recommend! #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground by Kurt Gray has much to offer anyone looking to better educate others with data, facts, & other forms of knowledge. @kurtjgray #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground by Kurt Gray has much to offer anyone looking to better educate others with data, facts, & other forms of knowledge. @kurtjgray #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
JUST IN: Today the US Dept. of Education issued an RFI for feedback on how to improve its #HigherEd Accreditation Handbook. It will officially be published 12/11/25 but is already available here in the meantime: www.ed.gov/about/news/p... #ProfChat #TellEWA #EdChat #AcademicChatter #ScholarSunday #I
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
JUST IN: Today the US Dept. of Education issued an RFI for feedback on how to improve its #HigherEd Accreditation Handbook. It will officially be published 12/11/25 but is already available here in the meantime: www.ed.gov/about/news/p... #ProfChat #TellEWA #EdChat #AcademicChatter #ScholarSunday #I
Highly-Profoundly Gifted: Universal Understandings and Holistic Approaches by Vanessa Wood & Els de Wit is a book I often return to as I write about the mind and data-sharing. #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Highly-Profoundly Gifted: Universal Understandings and Holistic Approaches by Vanessa Wood & Els de Wit is a book I often return to as I write about the mind and data-sharing. #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell is a book I recommend as I learn additional ways to best disseminate knowledge, research, & data. @malcolmgladwell @Gladwell #polarization #communication #communicationskills
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell is a book I recommend as I learn additional ways to best disseminate knowledge, research, & data. @malcolmgladwell @Gladwell #polarization #communication #communicationskills
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell is a wonderful read! It's a book I highly recommend! @malcolmgladwell @Gladwell #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell is a wonderful read! It's a book I highly recommend! @malcolmgladwell @Gladwell #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner has much to offer anyone looking to better educate others with data, facts, & other forms of knowledge. #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner has much to offer anyone looking to better educate others with data, facts, & other forms of knowledge. #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn gave me lots to think about as I research how to best communicate #data & other #knowledge. #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn gave me lots to think about as I research how to best communicate #data & other #knowledge. #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant is a book I recommend as I learn additional ways to best disseminate knowledge, research, & data. @adamgrant @AdamMGrant @alldecisioned #polarization #communication #communicationskills
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant is a book I recommend as I learn additional ways to best disseminate knowledge, research, & data. @adamgrant @AdamMGrant @alldecisioned #polarization #communication #communicationskills
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans, Ola Rosling, & Anna Rosling is a wonderful read! It's a book I highly recommend! #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans, Ola Rosling, & Anna Rosling is a wonderful read! It's a book I highly recommend! #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
The Storyteller's Secret: How the World's Most Inspiring Leaders Turn Their Passion Into Performance by Carmine Gallo is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. @carminegallospeaker @carminegallo #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Storyteller's Secret: How the World's Most Inspiring Leaders Turn Their Passion Into Performance by Carmine Gallo is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. @carminegallospeaker @carminegallo #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
Only the Paranoid Survive. Lessons from the CEO of INTEL Corporation by Andrew S. Grove gave me lots to think about as I research how to best communicate #data & other #knowledge. #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Only the Paranoid Survive. Lessons from the CEO of INTEL Corporation by Andrew S. Grove gave me lots to think about as I research how to best communicate #data & other #knowledge. #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink is a book I recommend as I learn additional ways to best disseminate knowledge, research, & data. @danielpink @DanielPink #polarization #communication #communicationskills
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink is a book I recommend as I learn additional ways to best disseminate knowledge, research, & data. @danielpink @DanielPink #polarization #communication #communicationskills
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef is a book I loved while researching the best ways to communicate data, facts, findings, & other knowledge. @juliagalef #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef is a book I loved while researching the best ways to communicate data, facts, findings, & other knowledge. @juliagalef #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, & Cass R. Sunstein is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, & Cass R. Sunstein is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall gave me lots to think about as I research how to best communicate #data & other #knowledge. #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall gave me lots to think about as I research how to best communicate #data & other #knowledge. #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt was superb! I'm sharing books I've been reading as I write about best practice getting other to embrace quality data findings. @jonathanhaidt @JonHaidt #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
December 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt was superb! I'm sharing books I've been reading as I write about best practice getting other to embrace quality data findings. @jonathanhaidt @JonHaidt #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer is a book I loved while researching the best ways to communicate data, facts, findings, & other knowledge. #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
December 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer is a book I loved while researching the best ways to communicate data, facts, findings, & other knowledge. #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. @malcolmgladwell @Gladwell #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. @malcolmgladwell @Gladwell #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation