Ashley Thomas
@ashleyjthomas_
Assistant Professor at Harvard. Developmental Psychology. I study how we think about social relationships; she/her ; Here to share research.
Are you at a small institution and miss having a Brownbag series to keep up on social-personality psychology research? Then plan to attend SPSP's inaugural invited talk series this year! Apply to give a talk here: tinyurl.com/SPSPinvitedtalk
Interested in how infants and young children learn about plants and nature? I am currently looking for PhD students to be part of my (new) Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @UCSBpsych in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA. The application deadline is December 1st 👶🪴
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Hi! I will be reviewing applications for a PhD student to begin in my lab in Fall 2025. Please share with students who are interested in the dynamics of social identities and social perceptions! Lab: basil.sites.northeastern.edu Application: cos.northeastern.edu/admissions/gra…
[Please retweet!] My paper, 'Cognitive Representations of Social Relationships and their Developmental Origins" has been accepted at Behavioral and Brain Sciences! I'm thrilled to be able to engage with people's commentary! Please consider writing one! osf.io/preprints/psya…
🎉I'm recruiting! GSU's ADAPT Lab is looking for TWO PhD students for Fall 2025 to study how culture and environment shape flexible thinking. Position1️⃣:Cross-cultural focus (USA & Rep. Congo)🗺️ Position2️⃣ :Nonhuman Primate focus 🐒 adaptchildlab.com/news #PhD #Psychology
I'm planning my Dev Psych lecture on gender. Would love to see some examples if possible!
My lab in Washington DC 🌸 is hiring! We are seeking a post-bacc RA to assist on NSF/foundation-funded projects in infant cognitive neuroscience 👶🧠 Learn more: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-Ca… Interested? Apply with a CV & cover letter listing 2-3 references. Join the team! 📝 Pls RT
I'm thrilled to announce Harvard's annual Prospective PhD and RA Event in Psychology (PPREP)! A two-day informational and mentoring event. See details: psychology.fas.harvard.edu/pprep
Applying to Clinical Psychology PhD Programs? Free virtual Zoom workshop on preparing personal statements and CVs: Tuesday, September 17th at 5:30pm-7:30pm Mountain Time. Please join us and share widely. See flyer and webpage for Zoom link & more info: colorado.edu/clinicalpsycho…
Excited to announce that @Sakiera_Hudson @gd_higginbotham & I received @NSF funding to launch the Black Social & Personality Psychology Network! The mission is to provide community & resources for Black social & personality psychologists. DM/email us if you're on the job market!
Is there anyone on the market who would like to practice their job talk? If so, my lab would love to have you and hear about state-of-the-art research being conducted by ECRs! Email (shared in my website) me for more info!
1/ Excited to share a new preprint with @anjie_cao (co-first), @rebecca_saxe and @mcxfrank: "A stimulus-computable rational model of habituation in infants and adults" biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Want to study how humans think about social relationships? I'm reading grad applications this cycle! More about me ashleyjthomas.com more about the Thomas Lab harvardlds.org/our-labs/thoma…
Woohoo!! 🥳 This preprint is one of Elizabeth’s first steps towards understanding how humans overcome individual computational limitations by working together as a kind of natural distributed system. Watch this space!
🚨New preprint!🚨 My first first-author project with @RouseTurner @natvelali @cocosci_lab How do people evaluate idle collaborators who don’t help out during group tasks? TL;DR: Sometimes it’s okay not to help with the dishes 🧵👇 Link: tinyurl.com/32wfwkxp
Oooooooh snap, Harvard Social Psych is trying again to hire in social. If you are on the job market and you use qualitative/mixed methods, are minoritized within academia in any way, identity as an interdisciplinary scholar, PLEASE APPLY! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13930
UW-Madison is hiring 2 social psychologists! -1 tenure-track position (deadline: 9/15/24) -1 tenured/open rank position (deadline: 10/8/24) More info here: psych.wisc.edu/psychology-dep… Please RT and spread the word! Also happy to help with any questions.