Sophie Hodgetts
Assistant Professor @ Durham University | They/them | Interested in sex, gender, hormones, PMDD, and neurodiversity | Views are my own.
Fan of cats, vampires, horror, video games, and music.
Staff page: dur.ac.uk/staff/sophie-hodgetts/
- PARTICIPANTS NEEDED! We're looking for adults with PMDD and adults who menstruate w/o PMDD to complete a study on cognition across the menstrual cycle. Please see below on follow the link to find out more/take part! www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.5/surv... #pmdd #womenshealth #menstrualhealth
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- Want to do a PhD in Psychology at Durham? I'm looking to supervise candidates interested in researching #PMDD and/or #neurodivergence - drop me a message to chat or discuss ideas!
- We’re delighted to launch the NINE DTP 26-27 PhD Studentship competition. Please see the NINE website for full details - ninedtp.ac.uk/the-applicat... #NINEDTP #PhD #ESRC
- Next week! Dr Helena Tucker and I will be delivering a 3 hour training session on PMDD for @cosrtlearn.bsky.social. We will be discussing how PMDD affects couples, and practical suggestions for supporting clients. Info and tickets here: www.cosrtlearn.org.uk/product/16-o...
- Reposted by Sophie Hodgetts"With dismay we witness our university leadership making soulless choices that hollow out our institutions from within and erode the critical and self-reflective fabric of academia". [from Guest et al., 'Against the Uncritical Adoption of "AI" Technologies in Academia']
- Reposted by Sophie HodgettsStarting now: @drmbothapsych.bsky.social 's public lecture on autism, dehumanisation and the problems in autism research. Very excited to listen to this after the first year of being colleagues @durham-university.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sophie HodgettsHappy #Bisibility Day to those who celebrate. 💙💜❤️
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- Reposted by Sophie Hodgetts@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised! 3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution 2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions. Please share and apply! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
- Next week! Come and join us (well...me!) to chat all things sex and gender teaching in Psychology. Registration is FREE! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a89d52... #HigherEd #Psychology #TeachingPsychology #SexAndGender #InclusiveTeaching #UKAcademia #Pedagogy
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- Last push for responses to the below survey! The form will close at the end of the day. #HigherEd #Psychology #TeachingPsychology #SexAndGender #InclusiveTeaching #UKAcademia #Pedagogy
- 🧠 Calling UK Psychology educators! I'm developing a webinar on how we teach sex and gender in UG Psychology programmes — and I’d love your input. The goal? To share current approaches, inclusive strategies, and tackle challenges 📋 Got 5 mins? Fill out this short survey: forms.office.com/e/3AHkbEaNJG
- 🧠 Calling UK Psychology educators! I'm developing a webinar on how we teach sex and gender in UG Psychology programmes — and I’d love your input. The goal? To share current approaches, inclusive strategies, and tackle challenges 📋 Got 5 mins? Fill out this short survey: forms.office.com/e/3AHkbEaNJG
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- Reposted by Sophie Hodgetts“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/5mgp
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- New article in The Conversation about my recent work on PMDD and relationships! theconversation.com/premenstrual...
- Reposted by Sophie Hodgetts📢 Still time to apply for our MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience @durhampsych.bsky.social ! 👉 durham.ac.uk/study/course... 🧠 Join a top Psychology department and kickstart your Neuroscience career. 🔍 Wide range of research groups: durham.ac.uk/departments/... 📩 DM me for any question
- New publication alert! 🚨 My first paper on #PMDD is out in PLoS One today! In collaboration with @iapmdglobal.bsky.social, we looked at the impact PMDD has on those with the condition and on their partners, who often fall into an informal, familial caregiver role. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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- Reposted by Sophie HodgettsJudith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
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- Reposted by Sophie HodgettsThe crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance
- It has come to my attention that I do not, in fact, own a cat; I own a soot sprite.
- Participants needed! 📣 My dissertation student is running an interview study that aims to find out more about what it's like to be both #ADHD and #PMDD - as there is next to no research out there on this! Click below for more info: qualtricsxmzn93vbtyk.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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- Last call for participants for this study! Thank you to everyone who has taken part so far 🏳️🌈 qualtricsxmqdmwn2cfr.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- New year, new call for participants! Please help my undergrad BSc student if you can! Shares etc appreciated :) #LGBTQResearch #MentalHealth #QueerVoices #LGBTQCommunity
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- Last push for participants for this study too! For this one, we need a few more cisgender men to take part. You'll be asked to complete a short series of questionnaires and possibly invited to interview. Link: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- Last push for participants for our study of sex/gender differences in cognition- we desperately need more autistic men and neurotypical men to take part. You will need a computer/laptop with a keyboard to complete the study. www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.2/surv...
- Reposted by Sophie HodgettsStudents whose universities demand quicker feedback-turnaround by staff are barely (if any) more satisfied with their feedback. Who would guess it? My new paper 🙃 doi.org/10.1080/0260...
- Some end-of-week and end-of-January softness, it's now 5 years since I adopted the floofiest baby to ever exist
- Reposted by Sophie HodgettsThe history of fascism provides valuable insights into assaults on education. (Wannabe) Authoritarians long understood the power of student movements in shaping democratic change. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Participants needed! 📣 My dissertation student is running an interview study that aims to find out more about what it's like to be both #ADHD and #PMDD - as there is next to no research out there on this! Click below for more info: qualtricsxmzn93vbtyk.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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- Reposted by Sophie HodgettsWe're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
- Very pleased to share that I finally got Senior Fellowship status! Massive shout out and thank you to @dramypearson.bsky.social and @dr-liz-evans.bsky.social for all their help and support with my application 🥳
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- “When you became Denise, I told all of your colleagues, those clown comics, to fix their hearts or die.” I'm so genuinely gutted by the loss of David Lynch. The world just got a little less wonderful.
- Reposted by Sophie Hodgettsonce again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
- Reposted by Sophie HodgettsAre you a supervisor wondering how to better support your neurodivergent postgrads? Go read our latest article in @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-s...
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- New year, not-new call for participants! We are still very much in need of responses for the study of sensory processing, menstruaiton, and mental health. Shares also appreciated!
- Still in need of participants for this study of #sensory processing, #menstruation and #mentalhealth. We need neurotypical, #autistic and #PMDD folks to take part! durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

- New year, new call for participants! Please help my undergrad BSc student if you can! Shares etc appreciated :) #LGBTQResearch #MentalHealth #QueerVoices #LGBTQCommunity
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- My go to, especially during peer review, is "I may have missed this but..."
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- I love Spotify Wrapped season. Not too suprising that Alkaline Trio have topped mine, given their new album, tour, and that my cat is named after Matt Skiba 😅
- Do we talk music here too? Either way, I saw Sleep Token last night and they were very good.
- Still in need of participants for this study of #sensory processing, #menstruation and #mentalhealth. We need neurotypical, #autistic and #PMDD folks to take part! durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

- Reposted by Sophie Hodgetts🚨New paper alert: Exploring experiences of autistic burnout in motherhood, led by the fantastic Ashton Ferguson for her undergraduate (!!) dissertation. (Short thread)... www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
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