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aprilthomas.bsky.social
Associate Professor @UTEP | Developmental & Legal Psychology | Studies adolescent risk behavior and juvenile delinquency | Director of the Adolescent Development & Delinquency Laboratory www.adolescentlab.com
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📢Attn: Youth Delinquency Researchers - Consider submitting to this upcoming special issue in the Intl. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Feel free to chat with me about your submission ideas at the upcoming #APLS2025 conference!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Attending #APLS2025 and looking to share a room? We've set up a handy Excel sheet to help match attendees with compatible roommates! 🏨👯‍♀️ 🏷 Details You Can Include: • Arrival/Departure Dates 🗓 • Preferred Roommate Vibes 🌟 • Contact Info 📧 Link in Bio or DM us for access!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

submitted 33 days ago • 1330 comments

It’s me. Juvenile justice is a tough field- so much of what we KNOW works isn’t implemented for political reasons. Compound that with the secondary trauma of the subject matter. And then add 100s of hours trying to convince folks this matters enough to fund…only for all the effort to get wiped away

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

📢 Attention aspiring graduate students! Join us for expert tips on acing your grad school interviews and taking the next step toward your academic dreams! 💡 Don’t miss out! #APLS #GradSchoolTips #PsychologyStudents #Webinar #GradSchoolInterviews #PhDStudent #PhDInterview @ap-ls.org

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

The Adolscent Dynamics Lab at Queen's U is looking for grad applicants for our developmental program this year. Please forward to anyone interested in youth digital experiences, emotion regulation, and how parents socialize youth emotions about their digital habits. www.queensu.ca/adolescent-d...

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Banning social media ≠ solving youth mental health issues. It's time for better, evidence-based policies rather than scapegoating social media. Teens need digital skills to thrive. Read more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/social... Drawing on work with Craig Sewall and @peteetchells.bsky.social's call.

submitted 109 days ago • 3 comments

New article alert! 📢 This mock jury study, led by Isabelle Clough, explores how educating jurors about a juvenile defendant's age, psychosocial maturity level, and gender can affect their beliefs about the defendant's guilt and criminal responsibility. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

It's my first day on Bluesky! I look forward to engaging with others about adolescent development and juvenile delinquency.

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments