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Michaelle DiMaggio-Potter
@michaelle.bsky.social
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Clinical Psych PhD Student, University of Michigan | EMA • Personality Pathology • Suicide | NSF GRFP Fellow, Columbia University Alum
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Michaelle DiMaggio-Potter @michaelle.bsky.social · Nov 14
#HiSciSky! Reintroducing myself as we move to 🦋

I’m Michaelle (she/they), a 1st year clinical psych PhD student at U of Michigan studying interpersonal dynamics/personality pathology/suicide in daily life

Proudly queer 🌈 biracial ✊🏽 & first-gen ✨! Excited for more collabs & less hate speech on 🦋
Michaelle standing beside University of Michigan’s Rackham School of Graduate Studies plaque
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Chester and Maple are ready for winter!

(They pulled these off shortly after)
Orange and gray tabby cats wearing orange and purple sweaters, respectively
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Duke University is holding virtual office hours for students to get feedback on their psychology PhD applications!

Due October 31st!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Virtual Office Hours For Psychology PhD Applicants - Registration Form
To broaden the pool of applicants in psychology PhD programs across the country, Duke University's Department of Psychology & Neuroscience is holding our 6th Annual Virtual Office Hours Program. All a...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️

📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l
Poster Image with a woman yelling into a megaphone.; Title reads: Fight for Science. Bubbles read: 3:00pm, Rally, Oct 17th.; Subtitle reads: Health and Science for the People!; A pin emoji with text: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC; a Virtual Call emoji with text: Join us virtually at: bit.ly/4mXwrfY ; bottom corner has QR code and a logo for Stand Up For Science
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
michaelle.bsky.social
New lab pic - welcome to the lab Matt!

@aidangcw.bsky.social
@grantaking.bsky.social
@siennarose.bsky.social
@jananmost.bsky.social
PPOL lab on steps outside in front of doors with “Department of Psychology” written on the glass. Top row from left to right: Chris, Grant, Aidan Bottom row from left to right: Janan, Michaelle, Matt, Sienna
October 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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dingdingpeng.the100.ci
Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
Causal inference interest group, supported by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies Seminar series 20th October 2025, 3pm BST (UTC+1) "Making rigorous causal inference more mainstream" Julia Rohrer, Leipzig University Sign up to attend at tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRohrer
October 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Had my first client as a clinical psych PhD student! It was a wonderful experience and such an honor.

Honestly this milestone is super underrated.
two women in a hot tub with the words totally underrated behind them
ALT: two women in a hot tub with the words totally underrated behind them
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October 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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shayanasadi.bsky.social
Hi bluesky friends! I plan to submit a symposium with @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social for APS 2026 on contextual psychopathology research from ECRs (students welcome!) Content area and methods are wide open. If you are interested or know someone who may be, message me and we'll chat further. 1/2
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Honored to present my finished master’s thesis in a symposium at #SRP2025 this weekend with Jessica Hamilton, Jasmine Mote, Renata Botello, and Dan Fulford!

@sydadams.bsky.social @aidangcw.bsky.social
@jmote.bsky.social
Me presenting at a lectern in the Crystal room at the Biltmore hotel Presenters at the interpersonal SRP symposium Me and Aidan in the Crystal conference room at the Biltmore in front of a projector Me and my friends at the Biltmore hotel in front of glass doors
September 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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drsarahsperry.bsky.social
Don't miss the EmoTe Lab/Prechter Program presentations at #SRP2025 this year!
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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jananmost.bsky.social
Hey #SRP2025! Curious about how context shapes impulsive action and inaction in daily life? Come chat with me about our findings!

🗓️ Tonight (Thurs), 7-9pm
📍 Poster T72, The Topography of Momentary Impulsivity: Context Matters
September 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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francesghart.bsky.social
Had a great time presenting my poster exploring people's thoughts & feelings about death w/ #BERTopic this evening at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Meeting! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat– it was wonderful learning more about others' work and nerding out! 💀🪦
#SRP2025
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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whitneyringwald.bsky.social
At #SRP2025?

I'm presenting some findings on antagonism from meta-analyses, large scale text mining, and large language modeling tomorrow at 2:30!
September 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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🚨NSF GRFP solicitation is out - second year graduate students and clinical psych students are no longer eligible🚨

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
michaelle.bsky.social
Headed to present at Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) if anyone wants to connect during the conference!
a man wearing a yellow duck hat says connect with eachother
Alt: a man wearing a yellow duck hat says connect with eachother
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September 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Rutgers Discovering Psychology Day!

Provides webinars and panels aimed at preparing prospective students for psych PhD applications.

Apply by October 3rd!

sites.rutgers.edu/rdpd
Discovering Psychology Day
sites.rutgers.edu
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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markschen.bsky.social
My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
Mark Chen | Department of Psychology
psychology.fas.harvard.edu
September 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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dingdingpeng.the100.ci
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?

Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Models as Prediction Machines: How to Convert Confusing Coefficients into Clear Quantities Abstract Psychological researchers usually make sense of regression models by interpreting coefficient estimates directly. This works well enough for simple linear models, but is more challenging for more complex models with, for example, categorical variables, interactions, non-linearities, and hierarchical structures. Here, we introduce an alternative approach to making sense of statistical models. The central idea is to abstract away from the mechanics of estimation, and to treat models as “counterfactual prediction machines,” which are subsequently queried to estimate quantities and conduct tests that matter substantively. This workflow is model-agnostic; it can be applied in a consistent fashion to draw causal or descriptive inference from a wide range of models. We illustrate how to implement this workflow with the marginaleffects package, which supports over 100 different classes of models in R and Python, and present two worked examples. These examples show how the workflow can be applied across designs (e.g., observational study, randomized experiment) to answer different research questions (e.g., associations, causal effects, effect heterogeneity) while facing various challenges (e.g., controlling for confounders in a flexible manner, modelling ordinal outcomes, and interpreting non-linear models). Figure illustrating model predictions. On the X-axis the predictor, annual gross income in Euro. On the Y-axis the outcome, predicted life satisfaction. A solid line marks the curve of predictions on which individual data points are marked as model-implied outcomes at incomes of interest. Comparing two such predictions gives us a comparison. We can also fit a tangent to the line of predictions, which illustrates the slope at any given point of the curve. A figure illustrating various ways to include age as a predictor in a model. On the x-axis age (predictor), on the y-axis the outcome (model-implied importance of friends, including confidence intervals). Illustrated are 1. age as a categorical predictor, resultings in the predictions bouncing around a lot with wide confidence intervals 2. age as a linear predictor, which forces a straight line through the data points that has a very tight confidence band and 3. age splines, which lies somewhere in between as it smoothly follows the data but has more uncertainty than the straight line.
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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NSF GRFP deadline published! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

End of October! Solicitation seemingly on the way
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Just defended my master’s thesis!
Me smiling and standing beside a projector screen displaying the title slide of my thesis: “Dynamic Associations Between Interpersonal Complementarity and Suicidal Ideation in Adults with Borderline Personality Disorder”
September 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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aidangcw.bsky.social
UPDATE: due to unforeseen circumstances I will NOT be reviewing students this cycle.

Apologies to anyone who was interested.

This is NOT a program issue, other Michigan clin psych faculty still on!
aidangcw.bsky.social Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · Aug 12
I will be reviewing applications for the University of Michigan Clinical Psychology doctoral program this fall. If you are interested in applying, here’s some info I prepared for applicants: sites.lsa.umich.edu/aidangcw-lab...
2026 Applicants – Personality Processes and Outcomes Laboratory
sites.lsa.umich.edu
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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markthornton.bsky.social
The psych job market may not be dead... but it is gravely injured 😬 So far it's looking like the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed/research are going to have more than 2x the impact on the job market as the covid-19 pandemic. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs
Bar plot showing the number of psychology jobs posted each year by area. There are major dips in 2020 due to covid, and in 2025 (now).
September 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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katiehoemann.bsky.social
Want to do a PhD with me and the Emotions in Context Lab? We’re looking for new grad students to join us next fall! Check out the lab website to learn what we’re working on now and in the near future: www.emotionsincontextlab.com/join/
Join – EMIC
www.emotionsincontextlab.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Orange cat behavior
Orange cat climbing a screen door from the inside, reaching the top and looking at the camera
August 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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New school year, new lab pic!

@aidangcw.bsky.social
@siennarose.bsky.social
@jananmost.bsky.social
@grantaking.bsky.social
Members of the PPOLab standing and smiling for a photo in front of a grand staircase in the psychology building. From left to right: Grant, Chris, Janan, Sienna, Michaelle, Aidan
August 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM