Nia L. Smith

*PSU Graduate*
*McNair Scholar*
*Pursuing Psych Grad Programs

Interest:
*Child Maltreatment*
*Prevention Science*
*Advocacy*
*Education*

*She/Her*

[WPXI @WPXI]

Peters Township High School senior charged with running criminal network to abuse, exploit minors https://t.co/L0SEla9RfD

[Julie Cristello, PhD @julie_cristello]

‼️Starting to email prospective advisors for #Psychology #PhD programs? Check out our resource guide which includes several tips, tricks, and templates. @erinkaseda @JeriSasser https://t.co/EYHShNXSPg #AcademicChatter @AcademicChatter

[Tulip Marawi, MSc🌷 @TulipMarawi]

Below is a 🧵 of the resources I used this cycle⬇️

[Nia L. Smith @Nia_LSmith]

@MarleyBillman @ACCEPTLab Woohoo!!

[Nia L. Smith @Nia_LSmith]

Today marks one month since I graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with my Bachelor's in Psychology & Women Studies along with a Minor in Child Maltreatment and Advocacy Studies and a certificate in Diversity Studies. Whew! I really did that and I am forever proud!

[Nia L. Smith @Nia_LSmith]

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[Nia L. Smith @Nia_LSmith]

This morning I had the opportunity to watch my mentor @kwmossing DEFEND her dissertation and it was amazing to witness her gracefully reach this milestone and start yet another stretch of her journey! This was an awesome sneak peek at my future as I start the Grad process!

[Dr Sarah Hope Lincoln @DrSHLincoln]

Haven't posted this in awhile, but I have a post-bac position listserv. If you would like to get emails about psychology post-bac positions, please fill out this form and I'm happy to add you to the list! Feel free to share!
#AcademicTwitter #psychology

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[Jo Surma @surma_jo]

Spot the difference. 2 pyjama shorts. One from the boys side and one from the girls side of the same store. Yes they are the same size.

[Penn State College of the Liberal Arts @PSULiberalArts]

For @penn_state’s spring 2024 commencement, 34 individuals will represent @PSULiberalArts as student marshals based on outstanding academic achievement and contributions. Follow along as we spotlight our students and join us in congratulating them! 👏🎓🎉https://t.co/h2efhzODtn

[Myles Durkee, PhD @DrDurkee]

This conference changed my life as a grad student and I hope other Black grad students in psychology can benefit from the same experience.

**Proposal Deadline has been extended to April 8, 2024.**
https://t.co/enjCVDKEed

[Julie Cristello, PhD @julie_cristello]

‼️Interviewing at a graduate program in psychology? Here are questions to prepare for and to ask both faculty and students! This resource includes questions that I have seen on Twitter as well! @AcademicChatter @SCPdiv12 @equity_scholars @BlackinPsych @DisabledInPsych

[Shirley B. Wang @ShirleyBWang]

🚨 Call for papers at Clinical Psychological Science!

I'm so excited to co-edit this special issue with @JnfrLTackett @ajshackman on multidisciplinary clinical psych science. Empirical, simulation, & conceptual papers all welcome!

Abstracts due April 1, 2024. Please share & RT!

[Penn State Psychology @PSUPsychology]

Beginning Feb. 7, Penn State University Libraries will offer 17 workshops on topics such as statistical data analysis, data visualization, data privacy, etc. Free to all Penn State faculty, staff and students. Registration required for most sessions. See https://t.co/0zzBlHnOjv

[Cassie Boness, PhD @Cassie_Boness]

Do you hold identities underrepresented in psychology? Are you looking for additional professional mentorship on topics like career development, manuscript development, grant writing, or navigating the academy? If yes, consider signing up for PUMP! Visit: https://t.co/nAqtrXHnuE

[Natalie N Watson-Singleton @DrNatalieWS1]

A huge task I just completed: writing my 1st collaborative book! It's an anti-racism HOW TO guide for White allies. As psychologists, we used our therapy skills to create skill-building exercises to help allies overcome barriers that get in the way of doing effective anti-racism.

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

A horrible but extremely important study here. I have said for years that we don’t place enough focus on just how many sex offenders are in our society, which increases victim prejudice and victim blaming.

We always hear ‘1 in 4 girls will be abused’ or ‘1 in 3 women will be raped’ - but we never hear ‘1 in X men are rapists’.

This study of 1900 Australian men follows the similar studies in USA and UK.

Key findings here:

1 in 10 men admitted to sexually abusing a child
1 in 6 men reported being sexually attracted to children
1 in 15 men said they would have sexual contact with a child under 14 if they wouldn’t get caught

The men who offended against children were more likely to be professionals, married, earn higher incomes and work with children.

Whilst we might not like this stats and results, we cannot continue in our sector without accurate estimates of how many people are abusive and dangerous.

All of our stats are based on victims, but no one wants to talk about the sheer amount of abusers - millions of them in our societies.

Work like this is vital, in my opinion, to end victim blaming. If there are millions of these offenders, how can any person or agency blame the victim? How can they claim they should have seen it coming? Or should have known? Or should have protected themselves more?

THIS is the real reason why sexual violence and child abuse is so common - not because victims have ‘vulnerabilities’, but because there are millions of perpetrators in every corner of our lives.

[Dr. Jessie Stern @JessAStern]

Got really tired of seeing Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model illustrated only w/ white boys. So we made a new (prettier) version centering Black girls.
Please RT & share in your psych classes!

Full article on #attachment & #antiracism is open access: https://t.co/AdYtXPS9E2

[Nia L. Smith @Nia_LSmith]

@ln_forrest @uoregon Congratulations 🎉🎉