Zishan J
@zishan.bsky.social
Ph.D. Student in Counseling Psych @UWMadison. Studying mental health in global south contexts, meditation and digital health. Interested in ML and data science
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q2t5CXYAAAAJ&hl=en
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q2t5CXYAAAAJ&hl=en
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Another reminder that if you got students who wanna do a social psych PhD focusing on identities (specifically Asian, Latine, MENA Americans), I’m recruiting! I’m hustling hard here so pls send people my way 😅
see website for details www.pbandjlab.com
see website for details www.pbandjlab.com
Starting the week strong with a newly accepted paper in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, co-authored with postdoc @lizsnoland.bsky.social and Sohad Murrar! We merged two largely independent research lines to call for data disaggregation of Asian Americans and MENA Americans
Unpacking Broad Racial Labels: The Disaggregation of Data on Race and Ethnicity: https://osf.io/eyv7b
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Another reminder that if you got students who wanna do a social psych PhD focusing on identities (specifically Asian, Latine, MENA Americans), I’m recruiting! I’m hustling hard here so pls send people my way 😅
see website for details www.pbandjlab.com
see website for details www.pbandjlab.com
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Really enjoyed being part of this #dose-response in #mindfulness #meditation #symposium #panel at #ISCR2025 today together with @sgoldbergphd.bsky.social, Yuval Hadash, & Nick Bowles, chaired by David Creswell & facilitated by @drericgarland.bsky.social Thank you for the (many) people who came!
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Really enjoyed being part of this #dose-response in #mindfulness #meditation #symposium #panel at #ISCR2025 today together with @sgoldbergphd.bsky.social, Yuval Hadash, & Nick Bowles, chaired by David Creswell & facilitated by @drericgarland.bsky.social Thank you for the (many) people who came!
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Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social
Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?
docs.google.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social
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📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
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*adds to syllabus*
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
*adds to syllabus*
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Great video by @minecr.bsky.social.
I finally gave Positron a try!
#RStats @posit.co #IDE #code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndq2...
I finally gave Positron a try!
#RStats @posit.co #IDE #code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndq2...
Exploratory Data Analysis with R in Positron
YouTube video by Posit PBC
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Great video by @minecr.bsky.social.
I finally gave Positron a try!
#RStats @posit.co #IDE #code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndq2...
I finally gave Positron a try!
#RStats @posit.co #IDE #code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndq2...
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💻 DAY 20 of #31DaysOfAction: Today we are flooding our Reps’ “contact me” forms. Fill it out, make it personal, and impossible to overlook.
Find our script + instructions here: zurl.co/ucYCG
#StandUpForScience
Find our script + instructions here: zurl.co/ucYCG
#StandUpForScience
August 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
💻 DAY 20 of #31DaysOfAction: Today we are flooding our Reps’ “contact me” forms. Fill it out, make it personal, and impossible to overlook.
Find our script + instructions here: zurl.co/ucYCG
#StandUpForScience
Find our script + instructions here: zurl.co/ucYCG
#StandUpForScience
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🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 16! MINDFUL MICROFLYERING!
WE HAVE IMPEACH THE QUACK MICROFLYERS!
Strategically place them as you go about your day…tuck into egg cartons at the grocery store or leave in a waiting room.
www.standupforscience.net/microflyering
#31Days
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 16! MINDFUL MICROFLYERING!
WE HAVE IMPEACH THE QUACK MICROFLYERS!
Strategically place them as you go about your day…tuck into egg cartons at the grocery store or leave in a waiting room.
www.standupforscience.net/microflyering
#31Days
August 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 16! MINDFUL MICROFLYERING!
WE HAVE IMPEACH THE QUACK MICROFLYERS!
Strategically place them as you go about your day…tuck into egg cartons at the grocery store or leave in a waiting room.
www.standupforscience.net/microflyering
#31Days
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 16! MINDFUL MICROFLYERING!
WE HAVE IMPEACH THE QUACK MICROFLYERS!
Strategically place them as you go about your day…tuck into egg cartons at the grocery store or leave in a waiting room.
www.standupforscience.net/microflyering
#31Days
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🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 13! WRITE UP WEDNESDAY!
Our team on the hill learned that "Contact Me" forms on congress people's websites are very underutilized. WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT…
🔗 Instructions and scripts here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#31Days
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 13! WRITE UP WEDNESDAY!
Our team on the hill learned that "Contact Me" forms on congress people's websites are very underutilized. WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT…
🔗 Instructions and scripts here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#31Days
SUFS Aug 12 Action Steps
Demand our Representatives Support Science Funding First, Find Your Representative: Go to your representative's "contact me" page on their website [list linked here] and fill out the message form. It...
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August 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 13! WRITE UP WEDNESDAY!
Our team on the hill learned that "Contact Me" forms on congress people's websites are very underutilized. WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT…
🔗 Instructions and scripts here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#31Days
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 13! WRITE UP WEDNESDAY!
Our team on the hill learned that "Contact Me" forms on congress people's websites are very underutilized. WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT…
🔗 Instructions and scripts here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#31Days
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Not a fan of moves like this? Add your name to the #EPA dissent letter.
And remind congress we can’t allow retaliation against the #EPA139.
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
And remind congress we can’t allow retaliation against the #EPA139.
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs - AP News apnews.com/article/epa-...
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.
apnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Not a fan of moves like this? Add your name to the #EPA dissent letter.
And remind congress we can’t allow retaliation against the #EPA139.
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
And remind congress we can’t allow retaliation against the #EPA139.
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
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On a Tuesday in March, Rümeysa Öztürk writes, “I was thrust into a nightmare.”
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
On a Tuesday in March, Rümeysa Öztürk writes, “I was thrust into a nightmare.”
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
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This will, of course, lead to disparate impacts on suspect classes. But this SCOTUS has made clear it doesn't give a crap about discrimination, so Grok will be free to screw whomever it wants...
We went from the customer is always right to the customer is always ripe for the picking.
fortune.com/2025/07/16/d...
fortune.com/2025/07/16/d...
Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket
The airline touted a partnership with an AI-enabled revenue system as a step on the road to fully personalized ticket pricing, part of its goal to raise profit margins long-term.
fortune.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This will, of course, lead to disparate impacts on suspect classes. But this SCOTUS has made clear it doesn't give a crap about discrimination, so Grok will be free to screw whomever it wants...
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In February 2024, I wrote Scientific Reports about a published meta-analysis claiming that mindfulness interventions affect neural plasticity, 'cementing the neuropsychological basis of mindfulness-based interventions'.
The paper was retracted yesterday—here a little summary of the process.🧵
The paper was retracted yesterday—here a little summary of the process.🧵
July 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In February 2024, I wrote Scientific Reports about a published meta-analysis claiming that mindfulness interventions affect neural plasticity, 'cementing the neuropsychological basis of mindfulness-based interventions'.
The paper was retracted yesterday—here a little summary of the process.🧵
The paper was retracted yesterday—here a little summary of the process.🧵
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Folks, it's time to submit your papers to PCI Psychology. Here is our invitation to you, taken from our editorial osf.io/preprints/ps...
June 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Folks, it's time to submit your papers to PCI Psychology. Here is our invitation to you, taken from our editorial osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
June 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
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See you at the CDC!
See you at the CDC!
🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
May 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
See you at the CDC!
See you at the CDC!
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Delighted to see this piece with Victor Ambros, @carlbergstrom.com, Carol Greider, @michaelemann.bsky.social, and @briannosek.bsky.social in the wild.
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla
The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Delighted to see this piece with Victor Ambros, @carlbergstrom.com, Carol Greider, @michaelemann.bsky.social, and @briannosek.bsky.social in the wild.
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump fired over 1,000 National Park staff in February, and most still haven’t been reinstated. The $45 million he’s wasting on a military parade for his birthday could have paid their salaries for over a year.
May 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump fired over 1,000 National Park staff in February, and most still haven’t been reinstated. The $45 million he’s wasting on a military parade for his birthday could have paid their salaries for over a year.
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With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
May 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
PSA to Reviewers
1. Please don't put 5 changes across multiple sections in one comment.
2. Try to read the paper carefully to make sure that the suggestion was not already addressed later in the paper
3. Please be nice - it costs so little to be kind!
1. Please don't put 5 changes across multiple sections in one comment.
2. Try to read the paper carefully to make sure that the suggestion was not already addressed later in the paper
3. Please be nice - it costs so little to be kind!
March 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
PSA to Reviewers
1. Please don't put 5 changes across multiple sections in one comment.
2. Try to read the paper carefully to make sure that the suggestion was not already addressed later in the paper
3. Please be nice - it costs so little to be kind!
1. Please don't put 5 changes across multiple sections in one comment.
2. Try to read the paper carefully to make sure that the suggestion was not already addressed later in the paper
3. Please be nice - it costs so little to be kind!
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My heart breaks every day. So much gratitude to all the VA clinicians out there who serve veterans and help them recover from the harms of service. Veterans and their clinicians deserve better than this. 💔. #psychscisky #therapistsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil (Gift Article)
A chaotic restructuring order threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My heart breaks every day. So much gratitude to all the VA clinicians out there who serve veterans and help them recover from the harms of service. Veterans and their clinicians deserve better than this. 💔. #psychscisky #therapistsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
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(Academic) Community is more important than ever. If you're looking for an inclusive, diverse, & supportive academic group, consider joining #100DaysOfWriting. We've served over 1,000 ppl around the world (~150 active members now). You can register here: www.tinyurl.com/100DaysRound15
#100DaysOfWriting
Welcome to the #100DaysOfWriting Challenge!
The purpose of this academic writing collective is to provide a virtual space for academic writers to support each other and to provide tools for creating...
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March 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
(Academic) Community is more important than ever. If you're looking for an inclusive, diverse, & supportive academic group, consider joining #100DaysOfWriting. We've served over 1,000 ppl around the world (~150 active members now). You can register here: www.tinyurl.com/100DaysRound15
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Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington on Friday for Stand Up for Science, a rally to protest the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to the federal work force and to federally funded science. nyti.ms/3DruZlu
March 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington on Friday for Stand Up for Science, a rally to protest the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to the federal work force and to federally funded science. nyti.ms/3DruZlu