Colette Delawalla M.A., M.S.
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Clinical Psych PhD student @EmoryPsychology | MA & MS | personality/wannabe methods maven/AUD/impulsivity/compulsive use/genetics | cool mom
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*clears throat, loudly and with attitude*
NULL👏🏼RESULTS👏🏼ARE👏🏼FINDINGS👏🏼AND👏🏼MATTER👏🏼FOR👏🏼SCIENCE👏🏼
(Even if you don’t like it!)
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Having a PhD doesn’t indicate intelligence as much as it indicates persistence (and a good dose of luck and privilege).
What unpopular academia opinion would get you in this situation?
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Had a water heater issue. Electrician figured out it was a problem with the outlet. Instead of fixing the outlet, he cut a hole in the wall, snaked the cord through, and plugged it into an outlet OUTSIDE of the closet.
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@ME_McCullough
That’s Gonna Be A No From Me Dawg: An Investigation into White Men Taking Away All the Fun Things in Life.
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If you don’t hate the paper with every fiber of your being by the time it’s published, are you even a scientist?
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So, like…what’s the job that allows you to actually do research for a living? Not going to meetings, overseeing other people’s research, emails, reviewing other people’s ideas, etc…but actually DOING your OWN research?
Asking for a friend*
*me
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He’s a 10, but he dichotomizes continuous variables.
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If a grad student wanted to learn to clean data in R, where would she start?
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Hey Academics...what are the cool things you do and/or make outside of your research?? Do you draw? Dance? Make music? Build stuff? Knit? Cook?
SHOW US! Please take this tweet to brag about your hobbies without reserve!
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I have some fun news to share with my academic twitter circle: I am expecting a little boy at the end of the year.
Not that I owe anyone an explanation, but bc I think my openness could help other students who want to have kids during grad school... a thread🧵
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Received a custom “Psychopoly” game today! Attached is a photo of my favorite card.
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Psychologists heading journals: AHHH THE REPLICATION CRISIS!!
Me: *replicates findings and extends work in understudied population*
Psychologists heading journals: But...it’s old and not sexy...we can’t review that....
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*throws manuscript into the recycling/compost bin*
*updates CV*: Manuscript submitted to Nature
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Happy person ✅
Wearing uni shirt ✅
And so on ✅
Worked my tail off to get here, I’m gonna celebrate. And 2x just bc it annoys this dude. 💁🏻♀️
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Unfinished manuscripts seeing me for the first time in a good long while:
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My favorite part about this Wall Street Bets/GameStop situation is that everyone is suddenly a senior analyst at a hedge fund.
#Stonks
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You guys. A high schooler just reached out to me inquiring about volunteering in the lab, to start gaining research experience ☠️☠️☠️
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There’s something to be said about clinical psych training models and this here outlet blunder…fixing the root causes…not making things hard than they need to be with a cheap “solution”, etc.
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My two shots of espresso carrying me through the work day:
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Only 9,508 followers away from 10k...so close! Who’s gonna help me do it?!
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IDK who needs to hear this: I worked my tail off on an NSF app that didn't get funded...BUT IT DID lead me to my thesis project, gave me the intro for my PhD personal statement, was the first thing I worked on with my mentor and I learned about my area of research & writing.
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Going to use this the next time I have to explain factor analysis lol
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@DrTaraB20
@AcademicChatter
Maybe it has something to do with grad students being older (due to increased need for post-bac experiences, thus greater age at PhD start time)? Sharing a hotel room with 2-3 other people sounded more fun at 22 than it does at nearly 30…I’d rather split a room w/ 1 person
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ATTENTION MEN: if you stay silent about Roe v Wade, your message to the women in your life (i.e., in your family, friend groups, work teams) is that you’re cool if they lose their bodily autonomy because you still have yours.
We are watching.
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@SolomonKurz
Ok so it’s a newly built condo and we have to go through the contractor list from the builder to get things fixed and the cost covered. This would not have been my choice of person. That said, the builder got an earful this evening.
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LIFE HACK: Want to increase your productivity?
Actively avoid that one thing on your to do list, by completing every single other thing on your to do list.
I call this Adaptive Procrastination™️
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I had the opportunity to interview virtually at a number of fantastic programs this application cycle and given the likely continuation of the virtual format, I wanted to share some things different programs did that worked really well.
A thread 🧵
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This is my annual reminder to faculty reviewing applications:
Tweeting about how many ~amazing, incredible, fantastic~ applicants you have and that your program is up 50% so “thank you to all who applied I’m so lucky!”, makes people feel awful and is a bad look.
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@jengolbeck
@latifnasser
Dr. Golbeck you are a national treasure. I hope your reviewer 2’s are nice, your coffee is fresh, and your dogs stay healthy. May the gods of academia bless you with all the tenure. Amen.
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Whenever I hear someone say “money doesn’t buy happiness”, I automatically know they have never been poor.
Like- its hard to be happy when you’re hungry, behind on bills, car is on E with $1.67 in your account...etc.
Money buys well-being. Let us not mince words.
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The my-PhD-program-starts-next-week anxiety is ~real~ 🫠
Now accepting feel good stories about your first week in your PhD program and general nuggets of wisdom.
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This is not a dog, this is a retired psychology professor…
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A professor just asked who has seen an encyclopedia set in real life and I was one of only a few who raised their hands. So yeah, send help because I'm SPIRALING.
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Listen, I know academia isn’t perfect but…I’d bet money this guy has never worked in retail, a restaurant, or any type of physical labor.
It is a *privilege* to learn for a living. Even on the worst days, I wake up grateful I don’t have to work retail during the holidays.
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Live footage of me trying to meet these personal statement word limits…
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I’m finishing up an ethics paper on
@betterhelp
and WHEW LORD. I’m admittedly conservative when it comes to ethics, but there’s no amount of money you could pay me to do therapy on these “therapy matching” platforms.
That said, it’s been a fun paper to write!
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Lots of feelings this morning, but most importantly, gratitude.
Sending big congratulations to
@CDelawalla
, who successfully defended her thesis today! I'm confident she's going big places, y'all, so keep your eyes out for more from this lady!
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Because I feel like the options are 1) stay a grad student for ever or 2) stay a post doc forever.
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@timgill924
H-index of at LEAST 25 when you apply to grad school…otherwise you’re definitely not competitive.
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Leave Twitter because it’s fallen into disrepair under terrible leadership?? Babe, I’m an American…getting a PhD.
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One of the funniest things about being friends/working with a bunch of clinical psych people is the use of “say more” in regular conversation, and that everyone in the conversation knows what’s happening when the phrase is used.
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STUDENTS: As we approach semester eval season, remember, there is a human being on the other end of that eval you're about to write and the dept chair probably won't read your comments.
Be kind.
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Idk who needs to hear this, but the label “ally” is bestowed upon you by members of marginalized groups who want to communicate that you’re a person who *puts in the work* to make the world a safer place for them.
Calling yourself an ally is like calling yourself a genius…
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I’m asking because I feel like “if you love research find a TT position” is the messaging…but the vast majority of time in those positions is not spent on your own research.
I just love what I do and want to do it forever 😩
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@washingtonpost
Why on earth, would you make this a headline given the current state of affairs?
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@missfloratang
1) start as early as possible
2) tie it to your line of research so you don’t have to start a lot review from scratch
3) make sure everything you write has two purposes
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@jfitzgeraldMD
YES! I’ve ~joked~ that we need a true informed consent process regarding pregnancy and childbirth. But it’s really not a joke. There are so many things I didn’t know were possible issues going in (due with my first in a few weeks and not having a good time)
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@MJJRAS
FYI I don’t care. I worked hard for those letters and I’ll do as I please. Thanks though!
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Had such a lovely time at
@srp_science
and cannot wait to come back! I also cannot overstate how wonderful it was to see everyone 🖤
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Raise your hand if you set ~very~ ambitious goals for the semester and absolutely didn't achieve them all...but made a lot of progress and did other things you're proud of!
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@AACAP
Ok. Now consult one of the many psychologists you’ve caught the attention of and make a correct infographic for your audience.
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✨I PASSED✨
Big congrats to
@CDelawalla
who proposed her thesis today! She's examining whether the bifurcation of positive and negative urgency is warranted... stay tuned for results!!!
Also sending thanks to
@AKaye_Johnson
and Holmes Finch for feedback!
@BSUPsychScience
@BallStateCSH
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As today is the grad school admissions deadline, I’d like to share the story of the time I blew an interview during a “non-evaluative” zoom game.
A thread🧵
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This was the former “club house” in my old neighborhood. Someone bought it, converted it into a home, and ran a swim club out of it. They even let people park there for some of our wedding events. Also…HOA is not free, they just didn’t take dues last year.
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@LMalloy
I mean…they aren’t all that wrong. Most of these items were staple “treats” for me growing up 😆
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Update: we survived the move. Moving sucks. Very happy to be in GA. Here’s the first ~real~ meal I cooked in my new kitchen:
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Learning in grad school is weird.
The more you learn, the more you realize you know absolutely nothing about anything. But when you sit down to write, you are surprised by how much you know on the topic you were sure you knew nothing about.
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Friend: So, how long is the PhD? 2 years?
Me: 💀💀💀 try 5-6.
F: then you can be a professor?
Me: then a year internship.
F: …
Me: then a post-doc
F:…
Me: then, perhaps if I work hard enough & the wind blows the right way & the govt doesn’t kill uni’s: maybe
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I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to put into words how wonderful it is to wake up and get to live the life I’ve been working toward/hoping for/imagining, for years.
Maybe in a few years I’ll be tired, but right now I’m relishing every second. I’m so grateful.
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IDK who needs to hear this but actually, null findings can be VERY informative.
Thanks for coming to my TEDtalk.
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Well this is neat! My first, first author paper with
@MeganKeen_
and
@TTCLeePhD
was chosen as an APA editor’s choice!
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My point in sharing this is to highlight how much has to line up for a woman to have a kid in grad school with any sort of "ease".
There is no good time to have a baby and career goals as woman in America--particularly in academia.
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Steve Kornacki and his khakis are the glue of our democracy at this point.
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Y’all have some ~thoughts and feelings~ on water heaters 😂😂😂
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Did you know that ~2 million people were killed during the Partition and that it was the largest migration in the HISTORY of humans?
Here are a couple things I’ve picked up from the Delawalla dinner table…
"My family lost everything because of this event."
South Asians from across the world share how the India-Pakistan partition shaped their identities after 75 years.
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She got a TT position at an R1 institution.
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@leighbeadon
@JinXunGoh
Aside from the very obvious issues with this…how much are chem profs making that they are paying so much in taxes?????
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Inequitable University Policy of the Day:
I earned a grant for my research (yay!), but the only way I can access it is to front the $ and wait for reimbursement, which takes longer than the credit card billing period...thus I pay interest to access my research funds (not yay).
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Hello
#academictwitter
#psychtwitter
Just wanted to celebrate the submission of my first, first-author manuscript with a tweet 🍾🥂
Sincerely,
A tired, but very excited grad student
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I’m pretty sure I didn’t even know what psychology was in high school lmao
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Your quarterly reminder that librarians are the most helpful people.
Today I met with the psych dept’s librarian and learned all kinds of cool things. The BEST is that you can connect google scholar to your uni library account.
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Happy application deadline day to everyone applying to PhD programs! You should absolutely take time to rest and celebrate this weekend—it’s a BIG accomplishment!!!
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@Chops310
*must pay out of pocket first before reimbursement for travel awards
**Oh you're on a grad student stipend? Check will come via snail mail to the address provided in approximately 4-6 months
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TURNS OUT “ludacris” is not the actual spelling of the word.
If you need me, I’ll be at the local elementary school relearning how to spell things.
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As Mother's Day approaches, let us remember that one of the more important aspects of motherhood is the freedom to CHOOSE that path.
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Me: *adds to read later folder* I’ll definitely circle back to this.
My “read later” folder:
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Lots of people have pointed out the many issues with this tweet, but I’d like to highlight one near and dear to my heart and that is calling ADULTS pursuing graduate training “kids”.
We are ADULTS, graduate training is a JOB we are PAID to do, and this is our career.
My jaws keep dropping as I go through 70 PhD applicant files. People w/ 2 coauthored papers & an interesting solo writing sample don’t even make it to the top 10 in my pile.
The level of knowledge, research experience & passion these kids bring to the table is just remarkable! 🤩
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Dear Microsoft Word,
There is never a time when I prefer to draft in 11 pt Calibri font over 12 pt Times New Roman. Never a time.
Best,
Colette
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I know I say this every month but…SEPTEMBER?!? Are you serious?!?! It was April 12 minutes ago.
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Just so we are all on the same page the “if you don’t want Islamophobic posters at this conference, then come review posters next year…we need more Muslim reviewers!” take is a bad one.
Call out your colleagues when you see this stuff! Don't be a bystander.
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My hot take for the day is that college student samples aren't always the devil*. Allowing high quality work done in college samples can make research more equitable because the funds & infrastructure needed for sampling other pops is hard to come by for those not at R1 unis.
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