Karen Smith
@smith_ke
Assistant Professor of Psychology @Rutgers_Newark and SPAN lab PI. Studying variability in responses to stress across development.
The SPAN lab is looking for children ages 4 - 7 years old to participate in our new study on emotional development! The study is all online and you can earn up to $60 in gift cards. You can find more information and sign up here: childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/795a94…

Love an excuse to do some arts and crafts. We had so much fun helping CARES prepare for this event! You can tell by how hard everyone is concentrating 😅
As our excitement grows, the Office of CARES assisted the @span_lab_run today in crafting decorations for @casa_essex Harvest Fest this Saturday. We hope to see you there! See you there from 1PM-4PM!!! 🫶🏻🎃🍁 @rutgers_cares instagram.com/p/DAjR9obJ7P5/…
The Emotion Health and Psychophysiology lab at Yale University is hiring a lab manager. Applicants should have a BA/BS in psychology or related field. Please send CV/resume and cover letter to [email protected]
⭐️Our students had a chance to showcase their work at the Easter Psychological Association Conference this year! We are amazed at their current work and look forward to the continued progress on these projects! #EPA2025
Child adversity influences future decision-making. This systematic review suggests adversity shifts individuals to prioritize information about risks and de-value information about reward- likely adaptive in adverse contexts. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S01… @smith_ke @LillianYuyan
Postdoctoral positions in Emotion Research. Collaborate with 24 training faculty across disciplines in the nation’s longest standing emotion research training program (also home to the country’s largest local farmers market). Applications due 2/7/25. emotion.wisc.edu
Saying an effect size is "small" or "medium" is meaningless. But we didn't have a set of guidelines for saying it better. Now we do, thanks to this awesome piece by @DavidFunder and Dan Ozer--I think everyone doing behav science research should read this. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
I'm reviewing PhD applications this cycle to join my lab at @UWPsych in Fall 2025. I can take students through the dev, social, and cog+cog neuro areas. Ideal for those interested in decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. pls RT! More info below
Calling all clinical psych PhD applicants! 🍌 I’ll be accepting 1-2 new students at @OhioState this year. This would be a particularly good fit for someone interested in emotion regulation in mood, anxiety, & personality disorders and who likes stats 📈
Three years of COVID-19-related school restrictions and mental health of children and adolescents in Japan @NakataTaisuke nature.com/articles/s4159…
Yale is hiring two faculty positions in Social Psychology! x.com/YalePsychology…
The #Yale #Psychology Department invites you to apply for our new tenure-track, open-rank, faculty position in Social Psychology! Click here for more information -> apply.interfolio.com/150543 #career #dreamjob