Emerson Todd, MA (they/them) 🐝

Young Democrats will continue to stand for & with our transgender siblings. Trans rights are not up for debate, and we won't stay silent on those–even Democrats–who would compromise the safety & dignity of trans Americans. Our full statement:

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Me: “can you read my draft? be as tough as you like” You: “I think you should…” Me:

@clvr_suzy Thank you so much!! I would love to talk about our research sometime 😊

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I love my grad students for many many reasons, but their commitment to blending “coconut tree” into a paper we are writing is high on the list. @EmersonATodd "Participants exist in the context of all in which they live and what came before them."

The idea phase the writing phase

Last month, PSU covered our paper at Nature Reviews Psych 🌈 If interested in the social psych of belonging and/or LGBTQ+ health, check it out! Belonging is a fundamental need & facilitates thriving, so what helps or hinders LGBTQ+ folks’ belonging? (1/3) psu.edu/news/liberal-a…

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1. The Supreme Court has announced that it will take up the constitutionality of gender affirming care bans for transgender people. The eventual ruling could have huge impacts on all sorts of policies targeting trans people. Let's dig in. Subscribe to support my journalism.

@Raviv_Kruger Same to you! Look forward to spending time together at hopefully many conferences to come!

@EmersonATodd So grateful to have met you, Emerson! Very excited to follow your work in the future!

Feeling inspired by and grateful for the amazing research community at #SPSSICON24! Honored to be surrounded by amazing mentors, my wonderful lab, and fantastic collaborators. Excited for many more to come! 🌟

#SPSSICON24 begins today with poster sessions! Students Corrinne Chase and @EmersonATodd are presenting their research on gendered advocacy perspectives among Gen-Z. Stop by the Hamilton room to check it out!

sorry but if your pride post doesn’t include trans people in this cultural climate, then I can only assume your org is not actually a safe space

An overwhelming majority of Americans who do not identify as LGBTQ believe companies should support LGBTQ people through advertising, sponsorships and hiring practices, according to a new survey. trib.al/9VjFSoe

Congrats to Myles Arrington and Nikki Hedgecoth for receiving a research award from the Herschel W. and Eileen Wirtshafter Leibowitz Program Fund. To learn more about these graduate students, see csc.la.psu.edu/spotlights/myl… and sites.google.com/site/socialvip…

Florida Gov. DeSantis recently signed a law mandating Florida public schools to teach AAPI history. At first glance, this seems like a necessary step toward combatting the persistent erasure of AAPI history & making our struggles and activism throughout U.S. history more visible.

On this AAPI month, I'm going through the same song and dance of whether NSF/NIH recognizes Filipinos as URMs (e.g., Pacific Islanders) or considers them well-represented in biomedical research (e.g., Asian-American).

I just spent $400 for a conference registration. The financial burden to present research to only a handful of people seems increasingly unjustifiable to me. This is yet another way that academia harshly punishes students from low SES and we need to do better.

Horrifying. Florida passes HB1521. It bans trans people from bathrooms and forces them to leave if cis people point them out. Connecting flight in Florida? Convention? On Vacation? Visiting family? Trans people can come under arrest for using the bathroom. It goes to the gov.