Samantha Abrams, Ph.D.

I know firsthand how difficult it can be to transition from academia to industry. Cold applying to jobs feels like sending applications into a black hole, and establishing internal references can be even more challenging. That's why I'm using this post to share my story…🧵

Very awesome reunion with many who have been part of the @kurtjgray lab over the years at #SPSP2024. @jakewomick @sampratt99 @samabramspsych @RachelXHartman @blakey_will @danicajwilbanks @neilrhester @NichDiMaggio. Next time we just need to convince Kurt to come.

Me, a frequentist, trying and failing to appear as if I know anything about Bayesian statistics in conversation:

@Leesplez I’m unreasonably excited about the newest season 😍

We've spent basically our entire 4th of July weekend 1) potty training our infant, and 2) watching #Dimension20, and it's frankly been great

@annemscheel YaRrr! A piratea guide to R is pretty great! Covers all those topics, but is heavier on executing in R than understanding the statistical tests bookdown.org/ndphillips/YaR…

Hivemind: What's a good R-based stats textbook that's suitable for Master's level students and covers (at least) all the ANOVAs and linear & logistic regression (other than Andy Field)? Bonus points for open source textbooks (not a requirement though)!

Humans turn to the supernatural to explain both natural and social phenomena when we can’t point to a clear human cause. But supernatural explanations are more common for natural than for social phenomena. Why? behavioralscientist.org/god-of-the-gap…

@AugustXWei @PASMeeting @NIMHgov Congrats August!!! 🎉❤️

I have an awesome RA looking for full-time post-bacc opportunities in clinical psych starting this summer/fall! Non-traditional student who’s worked with clinical populations directly, and is interested in a career in clinical research. Open to any US location. Who’s hiring??

@sampratt99 @UNCPsych @kurtjgray Congrats Sam! Welcome aboard

Really happy to share that I'll be joining @UNCPsych this summer to work as a Lab Manager in @kurtjgray's Deepest Beliefs Lab (deepestbeliefslab.com). I'm so excited to start this next chapter!

well. @UMich has officially docked all pay but $100 for april from its grad workers, putting many of us in a position of dangerous financial precarity. friends/allies, please consider donating to @geo3550 strike fund at givebutter.com/GEOStrikeFund. we need all the help we can get ✊

@ChrisLLStrauss Congrats Chris!!!

new academic headshot just dropped ~he's a dawctuh~

This morning I passed my dissertation proposal, which means I am officially ABD! “Relieved” is putting it mildly

On this Tax Day, your annual reminder that graduate fellowships only became taxable when Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986: washingtonpost.com/archive/busine…

@emily_kubin @CvSikorski @kurtjgray @SimonWoelfel Congrats Emily! 🎉☺️

Doctorate complete!✅ Today was a whirlwind filled with reminders of how many people support me. Thankful for amazing mentorship over the last few years @CvSikorski. Also shout out to @kurtjgray for helping me become the researcher I am today and @SimonWoelfel for being my rock

This is true of the @NSF GRFP too! I didn’t find out until too late that I was supposed to be making estimated income tax payments every quarter or I’d be slapped with a $2k fine by the IRS 🥲 No direction provided to fellows by NSF or my university, just vibes ~

@kurtjgray @michelleshipkov lol

It happened. Much sooner than I expected. A student referred to the 90s as “the late 1900s”

Congrats to the PhDiva herself @RachelXHartman !!!

@paulbloomatyale @UmangRKhan @azimshariff @Matt__Coleman has research on future human suffering that may be related!

Psychology/philosophy mavens: @UmangRKhan, @azimshariff, and I are planning to explore what sort of person cares about the distant future, and we're looking for ways to assess this. Is there related research? Is there some sort of "cares about the distant future" scale? Thanks!

@James__Dunlea Looking forward to it!

My session on all things alt-ac--including tips on what jobs exist, where to find (& get) them, and managing an academic identity crisis--is tomorrow! Sign up using the link below 👇🏼 All are welcome!

@michelleshipkov @NSF @ka_lindquist Woohoo! Congrats Michelle! 🎉

I could not be more amazed, thrilled, and proud to be awarded the @NSF GRFP!!!🥹❤️🎉 Extremely grateful for my advisor, Dr. Kristen Lindquist @ka_lindquist, to my phenomenal community in CASL, and everybody else who kindly read my materials and helped me through the process