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drrachel.bsky.social
Educational psychologist researcher at a nonprofit focused on equity in K-20 settings. From rural Ok to suburban NC. Lover of being outside, eating, hanging with my spouse/cats/friends/books. New mom send help.
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NIH funding is HUUUUGEEE here in NC.

I'm trying this site again. Former rural and low income student and teacher -> educational psychologist studying inequity in K-12 & higher Ed, typically around race, ethnicity, class, gender, disability. Cat / human mom, lover of food and books (mostly thriller, mystery, and "literary" fiction) 👋

A class action suit against academic publishers I’m the new chair of the publication committee for the American Sociological Association, whose operating budget is heavily subsidized by Sage in return for Sage profiting off our journals, & we must confront this www.highereddive.com/news/6-major...

30-40 people followed me in the past 2 days. Why?? I haven't posted here since AERA. How does this site work??

We’re thrilled to be presenting to fellow education researchers, scholars, and practitioners at #AERA24. We hope to see you in our sessions on Saturday! #FHI360US More info at linktr.ee/fhiataera

Oh good

America is not pro-life and I've never known this more than through my experiences as a parent. If they wanted more babies, they would do the obvious like address maternal mortality, parental leave, child hunger, etc. 1/x

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Glad I can blame drug companies for one more thing! 💩🤬😖

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A 38-year-old woman who died Sunday from cancer has posthumously helped to erase $14 million in medical debt for others

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🫠☠️ glad they're doing this work but things have to change

Wow wow wow. Amazing abstract that gets to the heart of the pain that millennials feel

The thing I want people to know is how much time a chronic illness takes from us. I don't just mean the time we spend in bed, either. It's a thousand tiny cuts that consume days and weeks. A 🧵for anyone who wants to learn

Am I ever going to listen to an audiobook not read by Julia Whelan?? My brain now associates her with too many characters. 💙📚

SIPS Pop-Up Event: Peer Community In Psychology To support the creation of PCI Psychology, SIPS is holding online pop-up hackathons: Monday, November 27, 2-3:30 PM US-Pacific Tuesday, November 28, 9-10:30 AM US-Eastern Please register to attend by filling out this form: forms.gle/LLpDTHiZf8S6...

No one is running opposed in my small town and it hurts 🫠

Why I study first gen student access and success!

One of the most striking charts from our paper imo is this one: The vast majority of Economics PhDs at top-ranked programs have a parent with a *graduate* degree - particularly among the American students. That is, we are drawing from an extremely narrow socioeconomic pool.